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Willatilsisn-u\3(1■Syndicate 1( Build ElectricD.TKhoOk,liaiuroncroiis lt;11 vinous and iliolr branches, Win* .tap the. I)okI.' or Siiliiyan, Clay, tirfeerio, .Vigo, Owen and Parke coiinty coal fields. ■' ' ,* The -fi'oigliL rolling sloclr, will all bo of.'fctanrianl sizg anil iJrolmlriy^bund-icwl jii 'trains'by Jteavy'eioclHq iooonio*.lives. • Connection will be had'Yith all railroads id. I.lic IndianariolLs Bolt raihroiitl: 11 is also announced tlint'thb• • r ■ »company will not .-try to abhofb' t ; preReri t‘ ,• ■ i r action., lino betweenBrazit arid Toi;vcr 11a!ii tc.' The Compariy ■pr^i'ers to v6ht€r Torre Haute iy another'route. ' vThe* Indiana Trust 'company/acting as {niateeiVTviiriaane- betid* to. the 6x--.lent of did (5.006,600'fiidif^age; ...Tiiey• • . ' 7^ V * s lt;|i a . j .NpV • f *m*UV r*'‘ nnnr I ntai*ncf lt;. no irahtaA $5,000,000 MORTGAGE EXECUTEDAt iNbiA^ApbLis by the :1 r . , r • ■ ~ I* 4 m'■ NEW COMPANY. .'■.. • , -*r • ■*.viIT beiir; 5 pbr * cetif. interest;- payable acmi-anniiaily; and will Hip ilHy. years;J. ;j.• Appel-left* at hoor to;file; the morteago in Hendrl eks, l^tnkm, ’C(iy,? Tarkfciv'dwen, ;;Morf^;'-SuiUva; Greene counties: -' :Vl v- •■-* /1-0-. 1• ;RILEYTO'NICHTold, Boo ed, aft* lent day willcliubeliden'I*pataftmaariidot; icatwimameOil:wfc •A11 frcanan-dayhisthetheicenLo alinguirieINDIANAPOLIS, Ind., Oct. _21;-~In\ a. $5,000,000 -mortgage executed .to 'theIndiana Trust company, .as trusted;’ anil filed In. Marlon arut several other counlies, today, .an elaborate systemr of electric eoaL- railroads is announced:Great Audience WilJ-Hear the Poet at■ 1^1- r. $,««««« « •••• • • - w •• «■»*%■*(« * t--PriticetB Rink.'James Whitcomb. Riley, the 'Indiana The mortgage was filed by ihe Indiana poet, who is to-appear at.the*Princessor.•**:foCoal Traction company, successors ol the iurimriapohs. Plainfield Electric railway; and covccr noh'oiily the fouiy.toon miles of road .now In.operation.• .. •• . , • ’ » *» , r '»•. ■between Indianapolis arid Plainfield, but a system of /IC5- iniies of •traction 1ineg lo he constructed, next year. The western terminals'of iiris~ystem will lc Koclaulle, :Terre IT a tile, and .Sul lb van’. The company ioi’euds to buikirink tlds evening,, arrived in* the cityyesterday, with . his . manager,. Mr. ;Dickey,, and both Are-registered, at the Wayne hotel;tomwinab£to41M•i •V Mr. Riley. will Tie. given a, great ovation to-night’ as-'the saio::bf-:siats '-hasbeen very lafge^ JJe _wll_K be 'introduced lo the audience by Mr. Sainiiel M. Foster. ' • • •; -Dr. A. E. Eulaon^ chairman of- the. and operate a * coal .-carrying - road, as | comniitteor tinder1 wliosfe - auspices Mr:!rrendidlany*hadouUl The-ditle-l. oa 1 its ie of-;e • at wice cohd arid : -\Lr. just endi* 3; in..the 0 the ^ sup-se lie 3 fun-[ not, O. F. acral. Gien-wcll as . a passenger road, and 'tojle-liver into 4rilt;Uaiiipblis arid to- steanV roads Indiana coal on standard' coal4 ■- ■- *• ^ r % • • • •cars.Tim officers of the new Indiana Coal Traction company are Albert Lieher,-president;. Fred Francke, vice . president and -T. J. Appel,- secretary.,.-It is. understood that the 'road, is to be. an Indiana Dnion'traction interest• , „ ( i(Hugh J. McGowan and George VI Me-Cullocli are. heavily interested tbdugli;I their names do riot appear -among-thedirectors^ ■ ’% ■ • * •The company announces that it will build a double-tracked road between 1 Indianapolis, arid Terre Haute:. The J maps submitted today siiqw that the 1 Plainfield line is. now:almost . completed .into Cartersburg and •DanTitle, the latter town being-reached by'-a spur from Carf.ershurg. Beyond Car-tcrsburg • iiie - road is to parallel theS:]]aanRiley appears,. said=Jast: eveniqg -.that the doors-of the ririk; would'open;at 7 • o'clock, in order- to:- facilltato- the seating’ oi those desirous of bearing the prief, ; ; ’ v ■ •1 “There will be a great rush - tonight/; 'saifi Dr. Bulsori; “and' It is dq*-sired liiut ail who ohiia^eirly;*so as to avoid corifusi6fi: andtrusTf-as the hour for Mr. Riley's appeafanco approaches// • •• ; :: The entertammeut begins :at'8:15-.. ----J-Iq-.-:—. ' .GRAIN DEALERS MEET MmwAvit HOTELTVTiist.3;1fjtI1.5 -tm.ITER.—Mrs. to-day cn as Irteen-jr 24-itcned sr the• Members of the Eastern Grain Dealers*-association held a meeting attiio Wayiift-hoLei ycHfeniay • after noon.Routine business was • .transacted. and Vatidalia through Amo, Coatsvillo arid 1 reports were heard from tlie delegates Clayton. From Greencastle the. main' who attended the meeting-of the na-35nc is to le carried by. a short cut to Brazil, passing midway between the Vandal! a and Big Four- railroads most of the distance, and touching no important Towns. At Brazil it is - to cross' to the south of the -Yandalia and running a mile' or two' south of the Vandalia tracks/head for Terre Haute by direct route.Starling at Grcencaslle. a. branch line is to he’ run through Vivalia, Fem-dalc aud Lakeland to Rockvllie. It will he a single track road, constructed principally as a coal carrier.The other big branch road will leave the main Iinc at Plainfield and.head southwest by Monrovia, Hallsiaydcn na rc-nnd, Eminence, in Slorgaa county and Ciay City, in Clay county to Sullivan. A short road will be run south from Asltviiic to Linton. This line will tap some very heavy coal leases, iuclud-CLUB, I iag thousands of acres held by the Me* Gowan-MeCulloch syndicate. Thelional association, at Minneapolis. •“Wo are just ’now trying to induce the farmers to hold their grain a- little longer/’ said Mr. Egley, of Bern^ the president of the. association, last 'night “The corn i scarce]?' dry enough yet. because there lias not been enough wind/'.Mr. Eglcy had just returned from Grand • Rapids, where, on * Irehalf of his own compan?’. he closed a lease with the G. R. I- railway officials, of the elevator at Huntertowh. “We ! shall, begin tt^mcrrow pulling in new : machinery/4 lie .said. “ and wiu make it a uiolt;lern plant *rhe Iraprovement will cose about .$2;WO/*——— K)-EX-WARDEN GETS A DIVORCE.tc.)illy of lcM an hall nrmer-t is to of the ustrics to putPITTSBURG, Fa.. Oct 2t—Peter K. Soffol/ ox-warden of the Allegheny couniy jail was to-day gratilcd a dbvcrro from his wife. Kaie. The juryroad from Plainfield to Sullivan will 1 finding that, ibe cliarco of mfidcUfybe ftlngto track, with long switches. Ii will bo or special construction for coat traffic.Secretary J. -T. Appel said to-Oaywas suhtaiued. Mrs. Soffel was a sensational figure in the escape from jail of the conviutod murderers. Kd and John Biddle, nearly 1 wo years ago.that it was the intention of the com-[For her pari in llw escape Mrs. Sof* pan?- to get all of this system coa-Sfel 5s scning a seuience in the west' slructod during the coming year. Thepower houses win bo located in the I coal fields. The system, with its nnm-cnt penitentiary. She-was not. present. at the trial and no evidence In her favor was offered.
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