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Source: Crawfordsville Weekly Journal 5 April 1901 p6

Indianapolis Journal – Some of the men interested n the propos
ed electric railroad between this city and Crawfordsville held an informal meeting in this city last night and another meeting will be held within a few days. Among those interested in the scheme are Crawford Fairbanks of Terre haute; Floyd A. Woods, Frederick A. Joss and SA Brubaker of this city and John R. Bonnell of Crawfordsville. It is the intention to organize a company with a capital stock of $1,000,000. It is estimated that it will require about $800,000 to build and quip the lines. Franchises have already been secured in Marion, Hendricks and Montgomery Counties. The proposed route between this city and Crawfordsville is by way of Danville, North Salem and Ladoga.

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