Jasper County Democrat, Volume 18, Number 14, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 May 1915 — LAFAYETTE DISAPPOINTED [ARTICLE]

LAFAYETTE DISAPPOINTED

Neglected Counties to Improve Own Roadway to Chicago. Lafayette, Ind., May 23.—Headed by Representative Will R. Wood, Mayor Thomas Bauer and Albert V. Weigel, secretary of the Lafayette Chamber of Commerce, the Tippecanoe county delegation to the meeting of the Dixie highway commission returned today from Chattanooga and members expressed themselves as greatly disappointed at the action taken by the commissioners of the seven states through whioh the road will pass. Up to Saturday afternoon the local boosters were given to understand that there was no doubt that the Lafayette air’line route was then favorite, and would be adopted. The delegation was greatly surprised when the commission decided on another route. . The delegates say that the commission meeting ‘was all log-rolling and that instead of adopting th. plans of a great highway between the south apd the north they decided to spread the road out and give each commissioner a part of the highway. They characterized the road adopted as the “pretzel highway.’’ / The delegates from Boone, Clinton, Tippecanoe, White, Jasper and Lake counties will meet ihere this week and have decided to put the air line route between Chicago and Indianapolis in splendid condition and they say that the route is the shortest and that. the. travel will come this way. - ,- : -