Jasper County Democrat, Volume 22, Number 12, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 May 1919 — UNDER THE COUNTY UNIT LAW [ARTICLE]

UNDER THE COUNTY UNIT LAW

White Ctounty Propose* to Build a North and South Road* A (petition under the county highway act is being circulated throughout the county asking for a county road from the county line between White and Tippecanoe counties south of Brpokston, extending Oh rough Brookston, Chalmers, Reynolds and Monon ajid connecting with the road to Rensselaer. The road will be known as the Joseph S. Minch et al road. The petition sets out that the road desired will be of public utility and in this the petition Is correct as the road is one of the most used roads in White county. It practically parallels the Monon railroad and gives the county a good north and south road throughout its entire length. There Is probably no other road in White county that is used more frequently than this road. The petition also asks that it be tnnde of concrete or some other paving material and it is hoped by those Interested most in its construction that when finally decided upon, the turns and corners will be straightened. People living all along the route

and others who travel extensively over the county are enthusiastic about this particular road. When completed It will be 18 feet wide and 32 mllee In length. Persons interested in Its construction recently interviewed the state highway commission and that body approved the plan to build this road because of the great number of people It will benefit. The director of the state highway commission spoke of the east and weet road through this county and said that White county people should take no steps toward its improvement because within the next two or three years it would be built as a state road. With the north and south road, such as the one proposed tn this petition, and an east and weet road across the county built by the state highway commission, White county will have the foundation for a real system of roads as Intended by the framers of the new road law.— Monticello Herald.