Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 189, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 August 1912 — DITCH IS ESTABLISHEDASSESSMENTS REDUCED. [ARTICLE]

DITCH IS ESTABLISHED—ASSESSMENTS REDUCED.

Lower Iroquois Improvement Petitioned for by J. J. Borntrager and Others Now Seems Certain. .Special Judge John W. JJanan, of LaGrange, came this Thursday morning to render his finding in the matter of the Borntrager ditch petition, which was tried in the Jasper circuit court during the months of June and July. As was expected, Judge Hanan found for the ditch and the record establishes it. A number of modifications in assessments were made and the Rensselaer corporation assessment was reduced from $2,500 to $2,000. Attorney Geo. A. Williams, who was the sole attorney for the petitioners, scored a big success*in the establishment of the ditch. Arrayed against him as the representatives for the remonstrators were Attorneys Halleek, Foltz, Dunlap, Leopold and Parkison, of Rensselaer; Darroch, .of Kentland; Wilson, of Hammond, and others. All were present when the decision was rendered and most of them had been authorized by remonstrating clients to give notice of appeal from the decision to the higher court. Judge Hanan asked the attorneys for the remonstrators to frame the wording of the record of exceptions. The appeal will doubtless be made by a considerable number of land owners and the City of Rensselaer will probably join, according to City Attorney Leopold. This will delay the construction from one to two years, in all probability, but it is hardly probable tliat it will defeat the project