Excerpt from Bulletin No. 753, Vol. 96: Proceedings; December, 1995 Through various mergers and acquisitions, this railroad eventually became part of the Monon Railroad's mainline route between Chicago and Louisville. Later, the line became part of csk Transportation's railroad system. Also, during the mid-1800's, predecessors to today's Norfolk Southern and Conrail railroad companies constructed lines into Lafayette's downtown area crossing many streets and roads at grade. Of course, at the time of construction and for many decades thereafter, conflicts between train traffic and the horse and buggy and pedestrian traffic common in that era, were not an issue of concern. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.