Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 170, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 July 1914 — H. w. MARBLE GETS [ARTICLE]

H. w. MARBLE GETS

Nine Firms on Hand When Contract for Digging Northern Jasper Ditch Was Let - H. W. Marble, of Wheatfleld, was , the successful bidder in the Hobbs ditch letting in Rensselaer (Monday afternoon. Nine firms mentioned below were on hand and all of them agree that the contract went very low. The Hobbs ditch will run through the town of Kersey and will have its outlet in the Hodge ditch, which is a lateral to the Kankakee. It is to bo 11/*l 1 /* mles In length and the estimated yardage is 118,000. Owing to the way it lies it will have to be dug with a dry-land dredge. Bidding started at 12 cents per yard various firms cracked away until it was finally sold to Marble for 8.65 cents per yard. The Rensselaer Dredging Co., of which B. D. Comer is president,‘was the next lowest bidder. This company’s last bid was 8.74 cents per yard. Mr. Marble has a dredge on hand ready to begin the work. The other firms bidding were: The Rensselaer Dredging Co., John Hack & Son, C. H. Sternberg, Dilley & Berdine, Wright & Herring, Will Brown ans H. H. Hansen.