Jasper County Democrat, Volume 22, Number 14, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 May 1919 — MEET HERE NEXT WEDNESDAY [ARTICLE]

MEET HERE NEXT WEDNESDAY

Committees From Lake, Jasper, Tippecanoe, Clinton, Boone. The Jasper county committee on securing the Indianapolis-Chicago state highway through Rensselaer on the old Jackson highway and other boosters to the number of 14, drove to Lafayette Wednesday wnere It met the Lafayette committee and further discussed the matter of securing this road. It was a good meeting and was attended by representative organizations of Lafayette and newspaper men of that city. The feeling there Is that this is the only logical route and that no other route could be seriously considered by the State Highway Commission. The socalled Adeway, which goes through Newton county, is considered too close to the Illinois state line and also too close to the Dixie highway running through Terre Haute, Danville and Watseka to make that a feasible route for an Indiana road, intended to accommodate Indiana in general rather than Illinois people in particular. Besides, it is shorter than the Adeway by several miles and passes through a .much better section of country and one that is more thickly settled, and Is about midway between the Dixie highway and pie old Michigan road, which is one of the north and south roads already designated and- passes through Logansport. It touches all the county seats through which it passes between Indianapolis and Chicago and the great industrial cities of the Calumet region. It also has fewer railroads to cross and the grade is better. At this meeting it was decided to have a joint meeting of the committees of Boone, Clinton, Tippecanoe, Jasper and Lake in Rensselaer next Wednesday to further discuss the matter and take such steps as may be thought best to bring the advantages of the Jackson highway route before the commission. Those attending the Lafayette meeting were: F. E. Babcock, E. D. Nesbitt, Mayor .Spitler, City Engineer L- A. Bostwick, Fire Chief J. J Montgomery, E. P. Honan, Hon. W. L. Wood, A. Halleck, L. H. Hamilton, Vern Nowels and R. D. Thompson of Rensselaer H. W. Gilbert, Walter Johnston and Postmaster Dennis O’Riley of Remington. IS YOUR NAME WRITTEN HERE?