The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1907-03-02
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REVIVAL OF RUMOR THAT CON
STRUcTIoN WILL BEGIN.
Enough Interurban Lines are Headed
This Way at Present to Make
Richmond a Center.

While the people OF Richmond are
daily expecting TO see several new
traction lines thrust their noses inside
the city limits, the old rumor that. the
Columbus, Greensburg and Richmond
traction line will be built to a GER
tainty within the one year and a
half, is being circulated throughout
the city.
The old c. G. & r. proposition is
well known to Richmond people al
though it has never assumed any pro-
portions, but at the same time all will
recognize 1t as probability. Thomas
w. Rominger OF Huntsville, who Is one
OF the promoters OF the road has
again revived his interest, although
according to local statements he has
been thinking of the scheme since the
road was first projected and he now
has the road built complete-in his
mind, and the next thing the promot-
ers will have to do is to get the mon
ey to finance it.
Some time ago a Chicago firm ex-
pressed a willingness to back the
scheme, but when representative
went to the windy city to inquire into
the backing qualities of the men, he
found them to be very good. in that
they Immediately backed out" Upon
examination the representative of the
new system also found that the firm
which had made such great boasts as
to its financiering abilities, could not
have placed the price Of meal ticket
on three-cent restaurant counter, let
alone back a traction line where sew
hnndrnd Thousand dollars would
have to be secured.
Since the revival of interest in the
line however, several local men have
begun to cast their eyes in that direc-
ton. as all agree that the line would
be money maker as it would pass
through the heart of the rich farming
lands of Bartholomew, Decatur and.
Fayette counties. A portion of the line
would pass through Rush county, but
would not strike Rushville, unless
present ideas are changed.
In speaking of the matter yesterday,
a local man who is blessed with good
sized bank account, said that there
was a probability of local company
being organized to finance the scheme.
1t is understood that several wealthy
men of Columbus, Greensburg and
Connersville are more than willing to
help promote the road. Among these
is Joseph /. Irwin of Columbus. the
sole proprietor of the Indianapolis and
Columbus traction line. His road at
the present time is the only railroad
ia the United States that is entirely
out of debt, and it is said that he is |
willing to turn his attention to new
fields, and is interested in the pro-
posed line. 1t is interesting to note |
that the majority of the proposed trac-
ton lines IN Western Ohio and East |
ern Indiana all turn their noses to-
ward Richmond. Should all be built. !
Richmond will be one of the largest |
traction centers in the middle west. |
Those roads now in Richmond and
hose proposed are: Indianapolis and
Eastern; Indiana, Columbus and East
srn; Hamilton e Richmond; Column
BUS. GreenSburg and Richmond; Ind
New Castle & Toledo; Chi
cago, Bluffton & Cincinnati with the |
proposed line between Richmond and
In the event that the Columbus,
Ireensburg and Richmond traction
inc is built, the other Connersvi1le t
inc to Richmond will probably be
abandoned. In case. however, the lat
er is built first, the c., G. e r. will
run to Rushville and thence
Oward Richmond.
The traction development in this
,ity is watched with interest, and it is
that within the course of at
east the next three years all roads
will have entered this city.
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