Rensselaer Republican, Volume 26, Number 20, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 January 1894 — TUE ROAD CONGRESS. [ARTICLE]

TUE ROAD CONGRESS.

Meeting of the Indiana Highway Improrrtnent Association. The road congress, or Indiana Highway Association, began a,two davs’ session at Indianapolis, Thursday morning. The attendance was not to be compared with that of the first meeting, which occurred at the same Dlace, Representative Hall, last year. At that time the attendance was estimated at 800,the hall and gallcriea being packed with farmers and men interested in the construction of roads. There was not to exceed fifty persons congregated in the hall when President Mason J. Niblack called the congress to order. On taking the chair President Niblack stated that the object of the meeting was to ’bring forward the best methods of road buildipg. It was not the purpose to put additional burdens on the people. It was intended to keep up the discussion of this subject from year to year, until the road problem was tolved. Addresses were made by J. A. Mount, and others. Resolutions by the St. Joseph Valley Grange were presented, giving plans for the improvement and preservation of highways. Quite a number of interesting piners on the subject were read. ‘ The Roads of F.oone County” was discussed by D. M. Burns, of Lebanon. His paper was of a descriptive character and referred only to the character of the roads in Boone county. .