Rensselaer Union, Volume 6, Number 2, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 October 1873 — Highway Across the Kankakee. [ARTICLE]

Highway Across the Kankakee.

Oakwood, Ind., Sep. 13, 1873. Editors Union: —At a meeting of the citizens of Keener township, Jasper county, Indiana, on the L-yening of September 13th, 1873, for the purpose of devising means for constructing a public highway, from Buck Ridge across the Kankakee swamps to Bachelor s Point, e! D. Fairchild yvas elected chairman, and. A, 11 \V ilco.v, secretary. On motion of David Baker a paper was drawn up lor subscriptions to defray :hc expense of the work, and §BOO was subscribed on the i spat. ———i—q On.motion, Valentine Swartz was j appointed to circulate the Bubseript.ion paper hi Keener J townships. On motion, the people of Hebron, | Porter county, were invited to co- j operate in the enterprise. On motion, the Secretary was directed to furnish a copy ’of; the proceedings of this meeting for publication in The Rensselaer i Union a:ul the Hebron Sun. On motion, adjonmed to meet 1 Wednesday evening, September 17, 1873. E. D. Fairchild, Ch’n. A. R. Wir.pox, Sec. ,