Jasper County Democrat, Volume 22, Number 16, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 May 1919 — PROSPECTS LOOK VERY BRIGHT [ARTICLE]

PROSPECTS LOOK VERY BRIGHT

For North and South State Highway Through Jasper. Chairman C. P. Fate of Crown Point and Representative Otto Flfield of Lake county, Chairman F. E. Babcock and Representative W. L. Wood of Jasper couffty, were in Indianapolis Wednesday by appointment with the State Highway commission regarding the proposed state highway from Indianapolis to Chicago. They met with much -enc<t ragement and feel safe in saying that the prospect of securing this road along the line of the old Ja^kson highway Is very flattering indeed. • / *The highway commission is very busy and there were several delegations there from different sections of the state the day they were there. The commission appears to be a very comipetent body of men indeed and impress one with t£e fact that they will honestly endeavor to carry out the spirit and letter of the law. ‘vrhe feasibility of the Jackson highway was most favorably and unanimously received by the members of the teommlsslon, and we should not be at all surprised to have official announcement made in a very few days of the selection of this line, as it is the desire of" the chairman of the commission to have the road selections as soon as (possible by the commission, that the counties may know where they “are at” and go ahead with the building of county unit roads. All the counties along the old “J. H.” are working together in perfect harmony and are united on the lines of the proposed road, the only changes of consequence over the old route being in Jasper and Lake, where changes for the better have been made, as all admit when the changes are pointed out to them.