Evening Republican, Volume 23, Number 43, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 February 1920 — Have an Eye to the Future. [ARTICLE]

Have an Eye to the Future.

It is common in a good many dries to find a street originally laid out to come to an abrupt end for a block, after which the street is continued. No doubt -the founders never dreamed that more and wider streets would be necessary, and thought that in laying them out they we» anticipating all possible road expansion for hundreds of years to come. Where such streets, by continuing them through the block, would create an outlet for additional traffic, thereby eliminating congestion and confusion, the property owners, as well as city and government officials, should take additional steps to rectify it.