Jasper County Democrat, Volume 22, Number 68, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 November 1919 — DANVILLE PAVING COMPLETED [ARTICLE]

DANVILLE PAVING COMPLETED

Ceremonies Mark Laying of Last Brick in Illinois County Road. Danville, 111., Nov. 19. —The last brick in the Dixie highway through Venmillon county was laid today with appropriate ceremonies- The highway is now paved from the Indiana line, east of Danville on the Covington road, to the Iroquois county line at the extreme north end of the county, making one of the longest paved roads in the state. The last paving was done midway between Rossville and Hoopeston, two road outfits working on the job. The Dixie highway’is only a part of the great county road system which is costing Vermilion county $1,500,000. Every town in tjie county, except one, is now con-, nected by paved roads with the county seat, the connecting links being completed during the last few days. A large force of men will now be employed, placing the shoulders to the pavements and it is expected that by the first of the month most of the roads will be ready for acceptance by the county. In all, more thin 150 miles of road have been paved in the last three years in the