Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 116, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 May 1919 — NEWTON’S FAINT HOPE [ARTICLE]

NEWTON’S FAINT HOPE

GOODLAND HERALD GIVES FOLLOWING ACCOUNT OF ROAD MEETING. f A goodly number of business men* and farmers met at the First National Bank building Monday night to talk over a route through Newton county with the Indianapolis-Chicago state highway in view. The route mapped out by theHerald last week was agreed upon by those present as a glance at the county map convinced them. A delegration consisting of Wm. T. Cory, John Moran and S. H. Dickinson was selected to get in touch tsrith the good roads committee in Bendon and Lake counties to ascertain their views on the line the Goodland delegation selected through Newton county. This route as stated last week would pass along the east corporation limits of Fowler and along the west side of Goodland —this road making a run of over sixty miles with only two turns from the south part of Benton county to Water Valley bridge over the Kankakee river, <the north edge of Newton county, vto connect with the road into Crown Point. As all routes for new roads are to be selected by April Ist, 1920 everybody interested in roads must get busy. The east and west Corn Belt route .is practically assurred and that much Ve have to be thankful for.