Evening Republican, Volume 23, Number 45, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 February 1920 — MONTICELLO GETS HEADQUARTERS [ARTICLE]

MONTICELLO GETS HEADQUARTERS

TO BE CENTER OF NORTHWEST ROAD DISTRICT. The Thursday Monticello Evening Journal contained the following headline in a two-column, top of the page, article: Indianapolis, Ind. February 19, 1920 To the Evening Journal:— We bring 'home the bacon. Headquarters Northwest Highway District to come to Monticello. (Signed) C. D. Meeker. S. A. Carson. The State Highway Commission has decided to locate the headquarters of the Northwest District in Monticello. The district includes White, Lake, Laporte, Porter, Starke, Newton, Jasper, Pulaski, Cass, Benton, Warren, Fountain, the north half of Carroll and parts of other nearby counties. The importance of this move to Monticello is easily seen. It will mean an increase in local trade and may eventually lead to the building of a depot for supplies. A total of over six hundred miles of road is included in this district and fifteen floating gangs will be required to make repairs and otherwise keep up the highways. At a meeting of the commercial club last night S. A. Carson and C. D. Meeker were appointed to represent this community before the State Highway Commission in presenting the advantages of Monticello as the headquarters point. The left for Indianapolis on the morning train, and a telegram arrived this afternoon saying that the headquarters had been assigned to Monticello.