Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 136, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 June 1912 — Active Work Begun On New High School Building. [ARTICLE]

Active Work Begun On New High School Building.

The grounds for the new high school building, to be erected on the vacant lot just east of the present high school building, were staked off Wednesday afternoon and active work was begun this morning. The ash trees that are to be saved for replanting around The new building, were dug up this morning and the others cut down and the brush burned. Sub-contractor A. C. Robinson has a large force of men and several teams working with scrapdAs, which presents a very busy scene. The sod was plowed up this morning and the men are now working at the excavation for the basement which is to be under the entire building. Fred McColly has been hired by the school board to look after its interests and to see that all specifications are complied with.