Many, however, considered the locomotive an intruder, and have never re alized the benefiting influences which it brought.
There were made by the citizens along the route donations of land and money, and the people in this township were not far be hind in the work.  Many, however, considered the locomotive an intruder, and have never re alized the benefiting influences which it brought.  The success of this railroad is due largely to the war, for which it did .a great business — at that time the only direct line from the interior of In diana to the Falls, and from thence to the heart of the enemy's country.