Jasper County Democrat, Volume 22, Number 8, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 April 1919 — INDIANA WILL GET ABOUT 500 [ARTICLE]

INDIANA WILL GET ABOUT 500

Ready to Accept State’s Share of Army Truck* for Road WorkIndianapolis, April 25. —L. H. Wright, director of the state highway commission, has sent a telegram to the United States bureau of roads, department of agriculture, that the Indiana commission Is ready to accept Indiana’s share of the army trucks which the war department has asked the bureau to distribute to states which are cooperating with the federal government in the matter of establishing a national system of good roads. It is believed here that Indiana will receive possibly 500 trucks of from two to five-ton capacity. The trucks will be turned over free to the state and will be held In the name of the highway commission. The Indiana commission held an all-day meeting at the statehouse yesterday, but arrived at no definite plans. The commission will meet again next Tuesday.