Tipton County IN Archives History - Books .....Railroads 1883
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Book Title: Counties Of Howard And Tipton, Indiana

RAILROADS.

   The Peru & Indianapolis Railroad was built in 1854. The county donated
certain lands for depots and freight houses, and the citizens usually gave the
right of way. Besides this, the county took $10,000 worth of stock in the
company. In 1869, the county voted on levying a tax of $60,000 to aid the La
Fayette, Muncie & Bloomington Railroad, now the Lake Erie & Western Railroad.
There were cast 1,026 votes for the levy and 515 against it. Half of that large
appropriation was to be levied in June, 1870, and half in June, 1871. The Great
Eastern Railway, now the Cincinnati, St. Louis & Chicago Railway, was
constructed about twenty-five years ago, but what help was given cannot be
learned. In 1871, Cicero, Jefferson and Wild Cat Townships voted on the question
of aiding the Toledo, Thorntown & St. Louis Railway, but as the election was
illegal for some reason, another election was held in 1873 for the same purpose
in all the townships with the following results, the amount of aid to be
$50,000: For the tax—Cicero, 568; Jefferson, 176; WildCat, 332; Prairie, 7;
Liberty, 16; Madison, 74. Total, 1,173. Against the tax—Cicero, 52; Jefferson,
20; Wild Cat, 2; Prairie, 248; Liberty, 218; Madison, 199. Total, 739. This road
has not yet been built, and the Erie road was not until about six years ago.

   The Indianapolis, Peru & Chicago Railroad has in the county 13.55 miles of
main track, valued at $7,500 per mile, and 1.61 miles of side track. The Lake
Erie & Western Railroad has 20 miles of main track, worth $6,000 per mile, and
1.23 miles of side track. The Pittsburgh, Cincinnati & St. Louis has 11.56 miles
of main track, valued at $8,250 per mile, and 1.12 miles of side track.


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COUNTIES OF HOWARD AND TIPTON, INDIANA.

HISTORICAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL.
ILLUSTRATED.

CHARLES BLANCHARD. EDITOR.
CHICAGO: F. A. BATTEY & CO.
1883.


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