Jasper County Democrat, Volume 22, Number 85, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 January 1920 — A NORTH AND SOUTH HIGHWAY [ARTICLE]

A NORTH AND SOUTH HIGHWAY

Through Tippecanoe and White— Wolcott-Montmorenci Road. At a meeting of the Tippecanoe county council, county commissioners and the Rotary club of Lafayette last Saturday, the former authorized the commissioners to go ahead and Issue bonds to the amount of $8 65,000 to build 19 of hard-surfaced highway under the couoty unit law. This road will be 18 or 20 feet wide and will begin at the Montgomery county line south of Romney and extend north to Elston, where it will connect with the Sheenan road already constructed *to Lafayette. From Lafayette it Awill extend on north on what is * called the river road to the Browm gravel road, and thence on north to the White county line. It was officially stated at this meeting that the matter had been taken up with the commissioners of Montgomery and White counties and they had each agreed to continue the road on through their counties without interruption, Montgomery county south to the Putnam county line and White county north to Monon. This line follows near the Monon railroad from Lafayette. Henry W. Marshall, owner of the Lafayette Journal Courier, who was one of the prominent citizens of Lafayette present at this joint meeting of the county council, county coanknissioners and Rotary club and spoke In favor of the road, is quoted by the Journal Courier as follows: Henry W. 'Marshall, Sr., stated he believed the plan was the best that has been suggested. He pointed to the great territory that would be served which is a feeder to the Channels of trade in Lafayette. He said he was one who did not believe in building all the roads asked for, but he felt this road should be built. He also spoke of the attempt of the state highway commission to practically cut Lafayette off in the road construction program, but said he had the assurance of the director of highways that before the plans of the commission went to the governor for final approval the 22 miles of road running north from Montmorenci to Wolcott would be included, which with the road from Lafayette to Montmorenci would keep the Jackson highway intact. (He also said the road west would not end at Chase as originally planned, but would continue to Boswell, and that the road east would be continued to Kokomo instead of to Middlefork as originally planned. If the state highway commission does take in this road from Montmorenci to Wolcott, as Mt. Marshall states he has been assured by Mr. Wright it would do, it is of pleasing interest to Jasper county people, who were much disappointed When the Montmorenci road was left out of the system as first selected by the state highway commission. K