Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 305, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 December 1912 — SUPERINTENDENT PAYS FOR BRIDGE. [ARTICLE]

SUPERINTENDENT PAYS FOR BRIDGE.

Action Brought by John and Frank Schroer Gets Quick Action in Circuit Court. The Republican last week contained an article about a bridge that was out in Barkley township and that was so poorly marked that it almost cost the life of a Rensselaer physician and a trained nurse. The bridge was out about three weeks and John and Frank Schroer last week brought an action in the name of the State of Indiana against William Folger, trustee of Barkley, and Willis Hurley, road -supervisor, to compel them to put the bridge in. Mr. Folger had contended that the county should put the bridge in and the commissioners would not do it. The case was heard by Judge Hanley Saturday. He made County Superintendent Osborne, who was the superintendent of the ditch, a party to the action, and directed that he have the bridge reinstated and charge the expense against the ditch, which will prove satisfactory all around and is certainly putting the cost in the right place.