Evening Republican, Volume 23, Number 62, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 March 1920 — BIDS WERE TOO HIGH [ARTICLE]

BIDS WERE TOO HIGH

ALL CONTRACTORS WANTED MORE THAN THE estimated COST. . About twenty contractors were here Wednesday to bid on the construction of the Barnard ditch. The lowest bid received was 16 cents per yard, while the estimate was but little over 11 cents per yard. The bids were in charge of Engineer C. J. Hobbs, the commissioner of construction. The main ditch in this proposed improvement is twenty-one miles in lenth and the laterals are about 8 miles in length. It is estimated that some one million yards of dirt, will have to be removed. The hearing will be. continuedfrom day to day for sometime with the hope that • some arrangement can be made and the contract let as the improvement is very much needed. It is possible that some of the large land owners affected will make arrangement for the construction of the improvement. Abraham Halleck is the attorney for the improvement.