Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 182, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 August 1914 — COMMISSIONERS LET CONTRACT FOR BRIDGE [ARTICLE]

COMMISSIONERS LET CONTRACT FOR BRIDGE

Work Street Structure to dost Only $2,600 and 8t Louis Bridge Co. Gets the Job. The commissioners let the contract Monday lor building a bridge across the Iroquois ditch at Work street, thus ending the rivalry 'occasioned by the suggestion that the Washington street bridge be removed to Work street and a new cement arch bridge at Washington street be built.. The council had made an appropriation of $5,000 to build the Work street bridge, but the contract lor the bridge was let for $2,600 to the St. Louis Bridge Co. The proposition for a cement arch bridge for Washington' street will have to wait until a more favorable time. It would be a good thing, hfrwever, if the commissioners would order the bridge painted white. This would prove a big improvement in the appearance of the bridge and serve as some palliation for the disappointment because the cement arch cain not be had at this time. The new bridge at Work street will probably be pu/t in within the next lew weeks.