Greater Indianapolis ;the history, the industries, the institutions, and the people of a city of homes . ough ^layor Caven was the effectiveoriginator of the Belt Railroad, the idea wasnot a new one in his day. Indeed it had beenfigured on from the start. In the spring of1849 the town was stirred up by a proposal ofthe Bcllefontaine and Peru roads to lay a trackthrough the central part of the town, along tlie streets. At the meeting on the 3rd, Ovid But-ler offered a resolution that the city allow therailroad companies to have a common trackaround the city on North, South. East and Weststreets
Greater Indianapolis ;the history, the industries, the institutions, and the people of a city of homes . ough ^layor Caven was the effectiveoriginator of the Belt Railroad, the idea wasnot a new one in his day. Indeed it had beenfigured on from the start. In the spring of1849 the town was stirred up by a proposal ofthe Bcllefontaine and Peru roads to lay a trackthrough the central part of the town, along tlie streets. At the meeting on the 3rd, Ovid But-ler offered a resolution that the city allow therailroad companies to have a common trackaround the city on North, South. East and Weststreets, and that no tracks should be permittedwithin these limits. He argued for this atlength, urging, among other things, that theDepots would be located on or near thesestreets, and the cars from any road couldtraverse them at pleasure, thereby virtuallymaking the depot for each road a common de-pot, as the business man would deliver andreceive his goods at the depot nearest hishouse. But fortunately the railroads did notdesire this convenience, and so the matter wasput off to a later and a better UNION DEPOT AND AMERICAN HOTEL, 1854. streets. This raised objection, and on ilarch3, IS-iO, a citizens meeting was held at thecourt house to discuss the propriety of admit-ting a track to be laid within the city was some clash of opinion, lietweenproperty owners who wanted depots near theirlaiul and people who did not want railroads onstreets near them; and the meeting finallyagreed that the question should be left to thepeople along the streets proposed to be used,reserving to the council the right to removethe tracks at any time, and the railroads tokeep the streets used in good repair. Thisposition, which was adopted by the council,headed off the railroad companies, and on April1-t, the Locomuih-c announced that the Peruand Bcllefontaine roads had decided to runtheir line through Nobles pasture, and con-nect with the Madison without disturbiui anv With the increase
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