South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-07-23
ELKHARTANS AGREE
TO HIGHWAY PLANS
Citizens Waive Personal 0pln-
ion and Follow Advice OF
Local People.

ELKHART. Ind. July 23-At a
meeting OF citizens including mem
bers of the public service board OF
the Century club Thursday plans were
made to meet the stipulations of the
committee of St Joseph citizens re-
garding the proposed Improvement OF
the highway between Elkhart aud
South Bend.
/ While it was the consensus of opin-
ion that il would be more feasible TO
( improve the South river road across
the north end Of Baugo township, the
lElkhartans decided 10 waive personal
opinion and TO conform TO the WISHES
of the citizens OF the neighDorlng
county 10 open "A more direct ROAD
along the north side of the lnteTur-
ban track as an extension or west
Franklin St from the Hump" to the
county line
The proposed new plan Involves the
Improvement Of Franklin ST. south
ward and westward from the Indiana
aV intersection. instead of including
the West Indiana av. concrete road
from Franklin TO the Baugo hne-lh
the accepted route between Elkhart
and 'Osceola.
In consideration OF this change the
ST. Joseph county men have minated
that they would use their influence
TO induce the st. Joseph county com
missioners to build half mile OF new
road eastward from OSceola, north
of the steam and electric line tracks
to join the new Elkhart county road.
The st. Joseph county Improvement
would include a bridge over Baugo
creek. When a committee approached
the commissioners last Monday they
deferred expressing an opinion until
they could secure an estimate of the
probable cost of the proposed i'm
IprOvement.
BY next Monday the EllIhartans
hope to have options on the entire
right OF way over the proposed new
route distance of four miles.
+. L. Arnold, who has taken much
interest in road improvement, said
that he believed he would be able 10
get deed TO a considerable portion of
the right Of way free of charge. He
declared that the Improvement eX-
elusive of what right of way that
would nave to be purchased, would
/ cost $4,000 The proposed right of
way would make the new road pass
through y farms properties.
| At a meeting of the Foresters the
following were chosen delegates to the
convention of the state organization
of the order to be held in this city in
! September: Adds Haight, Carl Stauf-
! fer, Joseph Bandel. Clarence T.. Rich
wire. Henry L. Ward, G. w. Mott and
| George Shaver.
E y. Douglas. ]. f. Mott, a. P.
Mellott and Charles Lewis were chosen
alternates w. w wilson Of Indian
Do
] interesting address and short talks
were given by c. w. Mott. +. y.
] douglas and Mr.. Williams of this city.
Further preparations for the state
meeting viii be made at the next reg
ular meeting
Mayor s. f. Spohn OF Goshen was
compelled TO perform a rather dis
/ tasteful task this morning when he as
J sessed his own son. Dan SpOhn, $1l
| for littering public thorOughfare
with rubbish. The complaint had been
/ filed in the mayors court by resi-
I dent Of the neighborhOod in which
the junior Spohn operates a small
| factory. The offense consisted of
throwing fresh cut grass into the
street. Young Spohn pleaded guilty
to the charge.
Holding that ali bids submitted for
/ the proposed 10 miles of concrete
roads between Elkhart and Nappanee
were too high. the county commits
/ sioners at tOday's meeting decided to
readvertise.
County Surveyor Reiths estimated
the cost at S123, 500 but the accept
ance of the lowest bids considered to-
day would make the total go much
! higher.
! Tifty-one years ago today. c. A
I COley, day turnkey at the police sta
/ ton, received two wounds while fight
/ ing in the Union army at Atlanta,
I Ga. one wound was from a rife ball
in the right shoulder and the ball is
still imbeddeG there; the other was
( from a bayonet in the left leg. He was
/ in a hospital three weeks and then
returned TO duty He was first
/ lieutenant at the time
A fugitive alHgator-about 10
/ inches long and said 10 be 6 years
| old-attracted a big crowd 10 the Lex
| ington av. bridge during the noon
hour. after il had been discovered sun
ming itself on some brush
A friend OF Archie Naylor. jr., OF
407 w. JACKSON St. aged IL years,
who knew il was his. notified the
young owner. The pet eluded his
would-be captors who had met but
i'll success up to a late hour. The
gator would slip into the water, swim
some distance away and then slowly
show its nose above the surface out
OF reach of the hunters" The pet
was first missed last Saturday morn
ing
B. c. Godfrey and r. w. Monger
nave returned from an automobile
trip 10 their farm az Wheatfeld. Jas
per county. which is on a portion Of
the reclaimed Kankakee marsh. Mr..
Godfrey says crops are looking bet
ter on Kankakee land than on any
other land they saw on their trip of
250 miles.
The Excelsior bicycle which was
left with Frank CarseIio of near in
terurban station No. 10 last Saturday
Dy a stranger who said he would call
Tor a, was stolen from an l1-year-old
neWshoy of Mishawaka 10 days ago.
When the wheel was not called for
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