The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1921-06-02

HAS BEEN
DONATED.
Lake County Must Raise
$4,000 To Keep 1t.

GROWN POINT. Ind June a-Laki
county IS of one accord that the idea
stretch of road that the Lincoln High
way Association proposed 70 build b
tween DYER and schereryille must no
slip to some other section ST the coun
try because Of local indifference or iael
Of cooperation
To have the Lincoln Highway IS IL
Itself a great advantage but it is price
less to be singled out as the one count5
o. all the hundreds of counies through
Wfich the coast TO coast road paesc,
from New York to san Francisco Tys
miles Of the deal highway viii be bulls
this summer f Lake county contribute:
The $4,000 which is its share OF the
total expense of more than 5000 00o II
tho county commissioners arc callec
upon for this appropriation 1t Is no
likely that they Will refuse when 1t /,
considered that the cost Of a grave
road would be much greater.
GUARANTEED TO LAST 25 YEARS
When tho Lincoln Highway Associ
alton with headquarters IN Detroit de
cidcd to build model road $500 cngin.
GERS in al sections Of the country wers
notified to send their suggestions. a
dozen of the best engineers available
PASSED upon tho su ggestfons and ii was
decided that reinforced concrete with
tile drain and an advanced method OF
construction was the type of road that
would bear up under all kinds Of wealth
er and traffic The association want
d to build this road 50 that IL could
Re exhibited IN the interests OF better
road building The present type ot
country roads DO net live long enough
70 see the bonds mature The ideal
reinforced concrete road will live be
tween Twenty-Five and thirtv years
TO COST 100000 4 MILE
The pres sident of the United States
Rubber Company gave the Lincoln
Highway Association $4,000 to be
lsod IN building the deal section of
road The problem Of where to build
nc road was then considered and en-
sineers toured the route OF the high
Nay for a distance Of several thousand
miles before they decided upon Lake
county New Jersey. Pennsylvanis.
lhio and Nebraska pere hot after the
Improvement but II came TO Lake coun-
ty practically unsolicited The In.
diana beard Of state hishWay commits
7ioners readily consented 10 give s6s.-
Vice president Bemet Of the Lincoln
ishwav Commission recently visited
Lake county and At meeting in Garv
enlisted \ the aid Of the commercial
clubs, manufacturers associations and
thor civic bodies in the undertaking
s representative vas appointed by each
~ these societies 10 form a county
Lincoln Highway council Henry
onkey OF the Manufacturers Associa-
ton and a N Turner of the Chamber
IF Commerce are the Hammond repre-
sontatiyes Harry Summers secretary
II the Gary Commercial Club is the
chaidman and Otto FIheld. secretary.
The state IS building a substantta4
road on the Lincoln Highway. east TO
Schoraryille, where the two mile stretch
begins To enable the state TO assist
Il the building Of the road between
Schercryille and Dyer il was necess ary
fer these interpretations to disannex
INC road Abutting land has been rur-
hased. giving the road a width OF a
hundred feet The pavement viii be
forty feet across, leaving thirty feet
On cach side for trees and shrubhrry
TO ELIMINATE THE DrTCHES
The telegraph and telephone compan-
ios viii be asked to put their lines n
conduits under the road. Ditches arc
be eliminated and the road VIII be
trained by tile sewers. Farmers Will
he asked to agree not to rent any Of
the space along the ideal stretch for
bill board or other advertising and ths
towns Of Schereryilie and DYER have
greed to keep the road and the park
ways clean. The Northern Indiana
ias & Electric Company is TO be asked
.o provide wiring for the lighting Of
The roadway The highway associa-
ton further propose to purchase forty
acres Of suitable land fer a picnic
grounds.
The road viii have q proper base and
is to be ten inches thick Army en-
5ineers are to supervise the construc-
tion Of the road and if there is one
stretch of pavement in the country that
is UP TO specifications the two mils
road in Lake couny VIII be IT, There
viii be more viewers than workmen
The country wide attention tnat tbs
proposed ideal road has attracted was
manifest the other dav when three
members of the Australian parliament
called upon the Lincoln Highway As
sociatfon for all available data regard
ing the project Thousands Of visitors
will be drawn 70 the new road as soon
as It is completed and Lake county-
fame will CORES spondingly rise.