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Alexandria, Alexandria County, District Of Columbia
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The Indiana Legislature appoints a committee to report a bill authorizing borrowing $1.4 million at 4.5% interest for railroad construction connecting various cities including Evansville, Lafayette, Madison, Indianapolis, and others, using the Canal fund.
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Indiana
Event Date
6th Inst.
Outcome
borrowing one million four hundred thousand dollars at 4½ per cent. per annum, reimburseable after thirty years within fifty years, for rail road construction allocations: evansville to lafayette $200,000; lafayette to michigan city $200,000; madison to indianapolis $150,000; indianapolis to lafayette $150,000; falls of ohio to intersection near columbus $100,000; lawrenceburgh to indianapolis $150,000; new albany to terre haute $180,000; leavenworth to intersection on new albany and terre haute rail road $70,000; connersville to huntington county seat $200,000.
Event Details
A select Committee of thirteen appointed in the Indiana Legislature to report a bill authorizing the Canal fund Commissioners to borrow on the faith of the State of Indiana one million four hundred thousand dollars for construction of Rail Roads to and from specified places. The Indianapolis Journal of the 6th inst. indicates the Committee is likely to agree upon a Bill soon.