Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 52, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 February 1912 — Big Ketman Ditch Contract Let at Winamac for $144,000. [ARTICLE]

Big Ketman Ditch Contract Let at Winamac for $144,000.

At Winaipac Wednesday the contract for the Ketman ditch, whiGh was petitioned for in 1906, and has been in the courts since that time, was let for {164,000. Engle Bros., of Monterey, were the successful bidders. There will be 3,000,000 cubic yards of excavation on the work. The ditch will be the largest in Indiana. The main line and branches will be 100 miles in length, thirty feet deep and 150 feet wide in places. The construction work will begin as soon as the weather permits. The ditch will strike several counties, including Jasper,