Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 180, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 July 1912 — Came Within $45 of Getting A $26,000 Stone Road Contract. [ARTICLE]

Came Within $45 of Getting A $26,000 Stone Road Contract.

W. F. Smith, of the Smith & Thompson firm of stone road contractors, was at LaPorte last week at the letting of a stone road contract. There were ten bidders and Smith & Thompson were next lowest, losing the job by only $45. The contract went for $26,300 and their bid was $26,345. They have a new job in Lake county, near Maynard. The contract is for about $15,000.