Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 57, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 March 1915 — Brown Dyke Petition Was Dismissed in Hammond Monday. [ARTICLE]

Brown Dyke Petition Was Dismissed in Hammond Monday.

Judge Virgil S. Reiter in Hammond Monday dismissed the petition of John Brown and others for the Brown dyke, which had already been to ,the supreme court, where Judge Reiter’s former decision was reversed. The dyke was partly constructed, John Hack & Son, of Lowell, being subcontractors. Part of the assessments had been paid. Brown gave notice of an appeal but it is doubtful if the case is again carried up. The strongest argument against the construction of the dyke was that it forced the water that naturally would have spread over the waters of the north side of the river on to the south side, overflowing lands that were not ordinarily overflowed. Attorney A. Halleck appeared for the Northern' Indiana Land Co., which has been fighting the dyke.