Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 166, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 July 1916 — Land Owners to Fight Proposed Hollingsworth Ditch. [ARTICLE]

Land Owners to Fight Proposed Hollingsworth Ditch.

Some of the land owners in White county, whose farms will be affected by the proposed Hollingsworth ditch, are objecting to the assessments and will fight the ditch in the circuit court. This week a number of wealthy land owners in Gilboa township, White county, employed attorneys and filed remonstrances against the proposed ditch, which means that the matter will have to be fought out in the circuit court during the October term. The proposed drain, which is to cost about $70,000 and affects an area of some 12,000 acres, is one of the most extensive drains in the county. The original petition for the ditch was signed by a majority of the land owners, but it seems that they were not contemplating as costly a drain and are now attempting to block the improvement. Some believe that their assessments are too high for the benefit derived therefrom. As the time has elapsed set for the filing of a joint remonstrance, each objector will have to form a separate remonstrance, setting out the reasons why the drain should not be constructed. A few Jasper county farmers are affected by the ditch.