Jasper County Democrat, Volume 18, Number 9, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 May 1915 — Lafayette Meeting Boosts “Air Line'” for Dixie Route. [ARTICLE]

Lafayette Meeting Boosts “Air Line'” for Dixie Route.

Mayor Spitler and E. P. Honan returned home about midnight Thursday night from attending the Dixie highway meeting at Lafayette. More than one hundred business men from Boone, Clinton, Tippecanoe, White, Jasper and Lake counties met at the Hotel Lahr to boost the “air line’’ route for the Dixie highway. W. S. Galbraith of Indianapolis, secretary of the Hoosier Motor Club, presided. The repeated expressions in talks made by representatives from the other counties was: “We have the best roads in the state and the most beautiful scenery. Our boards of commissioners have promised cooperation and will keep all roads in good condition.’’ ■ " • The Chicago-Indianapolis Air Line Dixie Route Association was'formed, and it is the intention to go ahead and put this line in first-class condition whether we secure the official Dixie route or not. A meeting will be held at the court house in Rensselaer at 8 p. m„ tonight at which the Jasper county committee will report on the Lafayette meeting, and two delegates will be appointed to go to Indianapolis Monday to attend a meeting of the various; county committees on the “air line route’’ ana the Indiana members of the Dixie highway commission, and also Jo atj tend the location meeting at Catt tanooga, Tenn., May 20. The route through Lebanon, i Frankfort, Lafayette, Wolcott, Remington, Rensselaer and Hammond h said to be 53 miles.shorter than the central route through South Bend, and this is certainly an item that should be given great consideration in the location of the official route.