Jasper County Democrat, Volume 20, Number 99, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 March 1918 — COUNTY ROAD SCHOOL HERE [ARTICLE]

COUNTY ROAD SCHOOL HERE

Prof. It- C. Yeoman Will Talk on Construction and Maintenance. Preparations have been made for a County Road School to be' held at the court house in Rensselaer on March 13. The road school is under the direction of the Highway Department of Purdue university with Prof. R. C. Yeoman, a forme% Rensselaer boy, in charge. The school will be free and all who are interested in road work are welcome. The commissioners, Lighway superintendents and trustees are particularly interested and it is their duty to be present. Mr. L. H. Wright, chairman of the State Highway commission, will be present and assiist in making the road school a success. Prof. Yeoman will illustrate with lantern slides his talks on Indiana roads and new problems in road maintenance. These pictures were taken mostly in Indiana for the purpose of illustrating the problems of which he speaks. Although Prof. Yeoman is well acquainted with jasper county roads and conditions, he will arrive a day early to inspect the roads in their present condition and to give the officials of the county the benefit of his special study of the problem and the information accumulated at Purdue university during the past few years. This is an opportunity for those interested in better roads to attend and exert their influence toward road improvement. It must be remembered that a few men

working efficiently to 'maintain the highways will save hours, yes, days for each of the food producers of the county, and in this way the proper maintenance of our roads will contribute many times its cost toward the greater food production and winning the war. PROGRAM 10:30 a. m.—lndiana Roads, by Prof. R. C. Yeoman. Discussion. 1:00 p. m.—lndiana Market "Highways, by L. H. Wright, Chairman Indiana State Highway Commission. Discussion. 2:00 p. m.—New Problems in Road Maintenance, including discussions on the use of Oils and Tars, the Patrol System, the Auto Truck and Drainage, by R. C. Yeoman. Discussion. In the evening of March 13 Prof. Yeoman will talk at the Community club southeast of town on the general subject of Good Roads. This will also be illustrated by lantern slides and he will take up the benefits on good roads in times of peace and their relation to the railway transportation. He will also show some diagrams of the highway systems as they would be planned at the front showing again the relation of the strictly military highway with railway transportation. This lecture would be mainly to interest the people in the science of road planning and its importance to the nation both in times of peace and in times of military crisis. The latest information from Washington on the road program for the season will be given