Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 242, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 October 1916 — ROAD ELECTION CARRIES IN UNION [ARTICLE]

ROAD ELECTION CARRIES IN UNION

Vote Is Almost Three To One In Favor of Building 24 Miles of Road in Obion Township. The stone- road election in Union -township, providing for the building of 24 miles of gravel road io Union township, was held Saturday and the taxpayers, by a vote of almost three to one, favored the road. The vote was as follows: ■ Yes No North Precinct ... .75 32 South Precinct % 37 Totals- -...171 69 Total vote —.240 Plurality 102 The election provides that there shali be twenty-four miles of gravel road improvement in Union township. The bonds for the road will be sold and the contract for same let some time this fall and work will be staffed as sOon as this is done. The voters of Union township are to be commended for their action in this matter, and the overwhelming majority in favor of highway improvement. The roads north of Rensselaer for several years have -been the worst in the county and a bugbear to all tourists as well as our own citizens of Jasper. At certain seasons of the year the route, including the 24 miles that is to be improved in Union, has been almost impassable and consequently many tourists chose other routes than ones passing through this Owing to the great increase of travel by the automobile route, the improvement of all bad roads is bound to come and Union township has taken the right step in this matter, and it is now up to other townships to follow their lead, if the reputation now enjoyed by Indiana for good roads is to be maintained. Heavy weight men’s Patrol rubbers, SI.—HILLIARD & HAMILL.