Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 125, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 May 1913 — CROWN POINT MAN WILL BUILD ROADS [ARTICLE]

CROWN POINT MAN WILL BUILD ROADS

Yeoman and Halstead Roads in Newton Township Sold Satur'day to Frank 0. Teach. The Yeoman and Halstead roads in Newton township were sold Saturday. to Frank C. Teach, of Crown Point, while the Oliver and Irwin roads in Barkley township did not sell, no bids being made. The Halstead road as petitioned to be macadamized is 5% miles in length and the contractor will receive $18,095, or $3,290 per mile, for building it. The superintendent is Alberta M. Yeoman, The Yeoman road is 4% miles in length and the bid for it was $15,325, or about $3,400 per mile. Mr. Teach is the contractor who is building the stone roads at Mt. Ayr.- The only other bidder was A. E. Harriman & Co., of Brook.