Predecessor Companies
The late 1890s was a time of horsedrawn carriages and wagons pulled along roads of ruts, dust, and mud, so the arrival of the streetcar was appreciated. A number of streetcar lines that started prior to 1900 in Indiana grew into hundreds of miles of interurban lines networked across Indiana by 1911. "When before we had moved by horse and carriage we now rode on plush seats to places 20, 30, even 50 miles distant." In 1930, this unprofitable network formed the new Indiana Railroad interurban. The plan was to increase both passenger and freight business and profits. A brief description of these IR predecessors follows.
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