Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 260, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 November 1915 — ORVIS SALRIN TO BUILD GRAVEL ROAD [ARTICLE]

ORVIS SALRIN TO BUILD GRAVEL ROAD

Bids In One Mile of Alva D. Hersh- | man Road for $2,450 — Seven Bidders and His the Lowest. The county commissioners today, Tuesday, let a contract to Orvis Salrin, of Walker township, to build the mile of grave l road petitioned for by Alva D. Hershman and others. His bid was $2,450, which was only S4O less than the bid of Hibbs & Parker and $45 less than the bid of Jacob Johnson. The others bids follow: A. D. Hershrtim $2,738, T. M. Callahan $2,800, B. J. Moore $2,861.60, A. S. Keen $3,460. The commissioners in the company of Delos Thompson made a drive to Carpenter township this morning to see the completed portion of the May stone road which W F. Smith & "Co., are building and which is the first water bound stone road the county has built.