Jasper County Democrat, Volume 18, Number 5, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 April 1915 — GENERAL AND STATE NEWS [ARTICLE]

GENERAL AND STATE NEWS

Telegraphic Reports From Many Parts of the Country. SHORT BITS OF THE UNUSUAL Happenings in the Nearby Cities and Towns—Matters of Minor Mention From Many Places. The Dixie Highway. The project to build a highway .From Chicago to Cattanooga, Tenn., has been launched. The road will be built and eventually will be paved all the way. This is a road we should look into and do our utmost to have come through Lowell. The Hammond Commercial Club sent representatives to Chattanooga and came hack with the report that Hammond will be on the route. And now comes Rensselaer with the statement that the road will pass through that city. Now is the time for Lowell to come forward and put in her claims for the road, as she is nearly on a direct line between’ Hammond and Rensselaer. The magnificent stone roads in Luke county and the many other resources will be a great inducement for the promotors of this road to consider our claims when they are presented. The road is to be built without a cent of cost to the taxpayers of the county, the company will bear all the expense of its building. It will be purely an auto road and will be the best that money can build. It is worth trying to get and we would suggest that our business men’s organization affiliate with the Commercial Clubs of Hammond, Rensselaer and Lafayette in the matter and do their share towards getting the road. —Lowell Tribune.