Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 305, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 December 1912 — REFERRED REPORT TO COMMISSIONERS [ARTICLE]

REFERRED REPORT TO COMMISSIONERS

Ryan Ditch Report Held Not According to Law—Ditch Lower at Source Than Ordered. The Ryan ditcli hearing, which has been occupying the time of the special term us the circuit court, will be taken up again at the continued term to begin on Thursday, Jan. 2nd. The court made an order referring the report back to the commissioners, County Surveyor Osborne, L. P. Shirer and L. T. Timm and they have been directed to have their amended report on file by the 2nd day of January. The court held that the report was not in accordance with law, that there was too much fall from the low lands at the source of the ditch to the rock ledge which begins at the Saltilla bridge and that the ditch shall be deeper in the low lands and the waterfall decreased. It has also been sugegsted that the ditch channel be narrowed through the rock ledge, which extends a distance of more than four miles.