Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 154, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 June 1916 — JACKSON HIGHWAY COUNTY ORGANIZATION [ARTICLE]

JACKSON HIGHWAY COUNTY ORGANIZATION

Meeting of AH Interested to Be Held Thursday Night at the Coort House at 8 O’clock. A meeting of the citizens and taxpayers of Jasper county interested in the Jackson Highway, will be held at the court house at 8 o’colck p. m., Thursday, June 29. . X It is the desire <k the committee that this meeting be representative of the entire citizenship of the county and it is especially desired that the people of both the north and south ends turn out a substantial representation. At this mating a permanent county organization will be effected, which will be auxiliary to the interstate Jackson Highway Association which has general charge of the location and improvement of the highway from Chicago to Neiw Orleans. The fortunate geographical location of our county and a reasonable amount of effort on our part will insure us the permanent location of thi3 great highway from one end of the county to the other. Up to this time such roads as there are on the Jackson Highway line have >een improved by the townships at township expense, and in most instances maintained at county expense.

The time is near when the state of Indiana, with financial assistance from the general government, will begin the building of trunk line roads of cement and brick, to the construction of which the local committee will je required to contribute but a very small part. A brick or cement road through the county will be worth more to the citizens than an interurban railroad, and the Jackson Highway will be one of the first to be improved in the state. * A little effort, well directed, wi'l keep Jasper county on the Jackson Highway map and ultimately bring us the pavement. Crank up your machine and come in Thursday evening and we will talk it over among ourselves. LOCAL COMMITTEE, Charles G. Spitler, Chainnan.