Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 218, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 September 1914 — Many Dredge Contractors to Bid On Marble Ditch [ARTICLE]

Many Dredge Contractors to Bid On Marble Ditch

There are today about twenty-five dredging contractors at the Makeever hotel and from ten to twenty more are expected to be here tomorrow to bid on the marble ditoh, the great canal that is to straighten and deepen the channel of the Kankakee river. Engineer Clifton J. Hobbs, of Kersey, will sell the contract Wednesday in the east room of the court 'house.