Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 146, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 June 1913 — INTIMATES THAT HE WILL ESTABLISH DITCH [ARTICLE]

INTIMATES THAT HE WILL ESTABLISH DITCH

Special Judge Also Says He Will Modify Some Assessments on the Ryan Improvement Special Judge Cunningham, of Kentland, who returned Tuesday to hear the argument in the Ryan ditch case, intimated from the bench Wednesday that he would find the ditch to be a public utility and that the benefits will exceed the costs. He also said that he would doubtless modify a number of the assessments with a view to their equalization according to the benefits possible to ensue from the construction of the ditch. He said that he would return to Rensselaer on July Bth to file his full finding. The Ryan ditch will cost about $300,000 and will be of even greater benefit in reclaiming swamp lands than was the Iroquois ditch. The source of the ditch is in Starke county and it cuts across a corner of Pulaski in reaching 'Jasper. Thousands of acres of low lands will be reclaimed and the benefit to cultivation will be enormous.