Evening Republican, Volume 14, Number 186, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 August 1910 — Levee On Kankakee River Is Nearing Completion. [ARTICLE]

Levee On Kankakee River Is Nearing Completion.

Contractor John Hack, of Lowell, was in Hammond this morning. Hack is now engaged with his dredge in completing the last lap of the levee on the north bank of the Kankakee river east of the Monon railroad. The contract is for about two miles of construction and when completed there will be a continuous Ihvee on the north side of the river from the State Line to the high lands, a distance of nineteen miles. Mr. Hack hopes to complete this work in about five weeks.

The levee is said to be nine feet- in height, but in places Mr. Hack says the built up part is twelve feet, while in others jt required but four or five feet to make up the average. The base is about forty feet in width while the top runs about six feet in width. It is, believed that the levee will protect Lalce county lands from the over-flows, and in this way reclaim thousands of acres of land. The expense is borne by the owners of the land.—Hammond News.