Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 124, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 May 1915 — WILL IMPROVE AIR LINE ROUTE [ARTICLE]

WILL IMPROVE AIR LINE ROUTE

Meeting Will Be Held in Lafayette Friday to Perfect the Plans For Making the Route Attractive. Lafayette Journal, May 26, 1916. President Albert V. Weigle, of the Airline Dude Highway route, is communicating with the active members of (the association in each of the towns interested, seeking to arrange a meeting to be held in Lafayette at 1 o'clock Friday aftemooif to take the necessary steps to make the route the favored one for automobile travel between Chicago ana Indianapoiie. It is' expected that representatives will be present from Lebanon, Frankfort, Wolcott, Remington, Rensselaer, Crown Point and Hammond and plans for the improvement of the highway will be discussed at length. There are a few bad spots in the route and it iB planned to eliminate these at once. It is also a part of the program to oil the entire road as soon as the Speedway races are over. Thin will be the longest stretch of oiled highway in Indiana and will make a strong appeal to tourists. The

straightening of curves, cutting down grades and widening of the roadway in some places is also contemplated. Considerable advertising will be done in one way and another and the desirability of the route will be brought to the attention of motor clubs throughout the country. No other route offers so many advantages to the motorist ami it is certain that a great deal of the traffic between Indianapolis and Chicago can be diverted to this rente in spite of the fact that it was not designated as a part of the Dixie Highway by the commission. At all events it is the plan to make the route so attractive that motorists will not be able to resist its features of beauty and utility.