Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1918-02-24 | Page 45 | To Build Hard Surface Roads

TO BUILD HARD SURFACE ROADS Indianapolis Will Gain Huge Profit by hy Step as vr War ar t I I HeraM ul S Special 1 In Indianapolis Feb 23 The The cit city of oC I Indianapolis will vill profit this hl year ear b by Invested In iii more than a halt half million hard surface highways as a ii war sit sin Marlon county count council has ha passed a resolution declaring it was In favor tavor of o appropriating money mone foi fOl oi the building of three state highway roads in the county The estimated maximum cost cosi costIs Is and the lie resolution proposed that tho ho council the time sum auni at ata ata I Ia a meeting to be bo called before March 15 L JJ II H. Wright right chairman of ot the In Indiana Indiana indiana In- In diana hl highway hway commission urged that the action be taken takemi tal en declaring that the thc national and anti state governments were desirous of or building roads Toads as a military preparedness measure The proposed highway hi hwa roads Include the time t improvement ment of or the time Madison road Com room the city it limits to the county count line ne a distance of ot six and one halt miles the time Improvement of ot time the National Ol Old limits west Trails 11 road from front the city to the county count line a distance of or five of or the road miles n-miles 1 and u the i tailing starting at Ue the canal in iii Broad Ripple and amid running mt north rth In College avenue to Williams cre where according to plans plan It Ii will sass ass under un er the tIme traction elevation ele the time railroad line hue and b by over and then north t U h the time county count line on omi the lie lange lanse lIn line road rot a i distance ce of or six ei miles Plans cd by La the lie state tate highway son are ale such that lint the roads do not riot hav ha to cross an any aru railroad railroad railroad rail rail- road track Mr II WT said J If tho the war Ja lasts we ve will need roads more than an nil of ot Ul m tit can cami realize now said Mr Ir Wright hue he he railroads will become more and mor congested conr Th The go eminent Is 18 t to use Ule trucks to carry freight to 0 th tb Atlantic o l coast from this part o of the time soun country ry and Is li anxious to get the rOMS rois H hi as good goo I shape as possible Mr 11 Wright added that that the construction construction tion ion of ot such uch as 9 IJ by the tho state Plate highway would give the govern government o ment the time connection It d s with military cantonments lie saul said ahl hat hint he knew the state stale council of t ne fa favored favored ta- ta the th work worl on the state tate highway roads as at he hue had lund seen seeli a letter V m it mitten itten it- it ten b by the council to the time county count C council oil coun n- n cil cn ot of Bartholomew county urging urgil tint body hod to do what t It could toward buill in lug Ing the lie highways as