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Identifier: historicalbiogra00coun (find matches)
Title: Historical and biographical
Year: 1883 (1880s)
Authors: Counties of Warren, Benton, Jasper and Newton, Indiana. (from old catalog) Batley, F. A., & co., Chicago pub. (from old catalog)
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Publisher: Chicago, F. A. Battey & co.
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wn as the Cincinnati, La Fayette & ChicagoRailroad, which was to diverge to the north from the line of the La Fayette,Muncie & Bloomington Railroad, at Templeton, and run centrally to the north-west corner of the county. This road was completed about the same timethat the other road was completed, and, like it, benefited the county atlarge very greatly, and those near the center of the county immeasurably.On this line of road, the towns of Atkinson, Fowler, Earl Park and Raubsprang up. This road, like the La Fayette, Muncie & Bloomington road,has been consolidated with other roads, and the name has been changed,until it is now a continuous line from Cincinnati to Chicago, and is knownas the Cincinnati, Indianapolis, St. Louis & Chicago Railroad, or, other-wise as the Big Four road, and is one of the best lines of road in thecountry. All trains on this road pass over the track of the Lake Erie &Western road between La Fayette and Templeton, under some sort of agree-
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X o m < X o u.o o -z. UJ Q GlUJ or HISTORY OF BENTON COUNTY. 281 merit between the two roads, but they make no stops between those pointsfor the purpose of taking on passengers or freight. At a special session of the Board of Commissioners, held in April, 1880,elections were ordered to be held in Union and Oak Grove Townships forthe purpose of voting aid to the Indiana & Chicago Railroad, in the sumof $9,000 in the former and $15,000 in the latter. The election in Unionwas ordered for May 22, 1880, and in Oak Grove for June 1, 1880. Theelections were held, as ordered, and resulted as follows: In Union Township,88 votes for, and 34 against; in Oak Grove, 2-49 votes for, and 75 against.This road has been completed through the county, and runs very nearly ina due north and south direction, running through Goodland, in NewtonCount3-, crossing the Cincinnati, Indianapolis, St. Louis & Chicago Railroadabout four or five miles south of Fowler, and passing on thence through Ox-ford

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