Evening Republican, Volume 23, Number 149, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 June 1920 — NORTH JASPER GETS STATE ROAD [ARTICLE]

NORTH JASPER GETS STATE ROAD

NEW ROUTE NO. SO PASSES THOUGH KANKAKEE, WHEATFIELD AND KEENER TWPS. Governor and state highway commission hive acted on new improvements. Seven additions to the state highway system and one elimination of a road already designated Thursday were agreed on by Governor Goodrich and the state highway । commission. | The commission designated the road from North Vernon to Madi- [ son as a part of the system. Governor Goodrich had not favored the road. It is the one that figured in' the Watson-Jenkins-Davies story of a votes-for-road trade which caused Governor Goodrich to appoint another in the place of David C. Jenkins, chairman of the commission. The commission changed Route 39 so that it “begins at Indianapolis, runs thence in a southerly direction over what is knowm as “the Brookville road through Rushville to Brookville.” As designated Apr. 1, the route was described: “Beginning at a point east of Putnamville on Route 3, running thence in a northwesterly direction to Greencastle.” It was marked at the time for reconsideration. Route 26, which runs from Nashville through Columbus to North Vernon, was extended to run from Nashville to Bloomington. Route 49, which was" described in the first designation “beginning at Schererville, in Lake county, the Lincoln highway north to Hammond” has been changed to ( read “Beginning at Hammond, in Lake county, running thence in a southerly direction through Dyer, Cedar Lake, Lowell, Morocco to Kentland.” \ The change in Route No. 49 will give Newton county a better and more convenient road than had Route No. 6, which passes through here been diverted to Mt. Ayr as was desired by many in Newton county. Route 44, which formerly was designated as “beginning at a point on Route 10 south of Hebron, running thence in an easterly direction through Koute, Lacrosse, Knox, Bourbon, Warsaw, Columbia City to Ft. Wayne,” was changed to read, “Route 44 to begin so as to run in a westerly direction through Bourbon to a point on Route - 1 about four miles south of Plymouth, thence north through Plymouth, thence in a westerly direction to Valparaiso.” THE COMMISSION DESIGNATED A NEW ROUTE, ROUTE SO. IT BEGINS AT “AGROS, IN MARSHALL COUNTY, RUNS THENCE IN A WESTERLY DIRECTION THROUGH CULVER, KNOX, SAN PIERRE, THENCE WEST, CONNECTING WITH ROUTE «.” This route will enter Jasper county from San Pierre, pasmg west just a half mile south of Tefft and Wheatfield and will connect with Route No. 6 running north from Rensselaer to DeMotte. Route 45, marked in the first designation for reconsideration, was designated as “beginning at Montmorenci, in Tippecanoe county, running thence in a northerly direction to Wolcott on Route 7.” The commission eliminated that part of Route 40, connecting Madison and Vevay. -