Jasper County Democrat, Volume 2, Number 3, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 April 1899 — The Keener Gravel Road Matter. [ARTICLE]

The Keener Gravel Road Matter.

A Keener tp., gentleman—a J straight republican too —was in the city this week and we made a ■ few enquires of him in regard to that famous 16 miles of gravel road in his township. He says the work is progressing nicely under the new superintendent, ard that about five miles of the J sixteen miles is now completed, j He said he was thoroughly a6g| quainted with this road matter, j and he estimated that the amount 1 still on hand from the sale of bonds i would fall short at least SIO,OOO of completing the contract He also | intimated that the more responai- -] ble of the alleged bondsman wera|| giving themselves no as they are confident they cannot | be held in the matter. He aayfi|i that whik the grade was ones 1 made for the full sixteen mite*,|| this was a long time ago, ami it 1 now requires considerable work to * grade it up again, the road having been continuously traveled over > since same was first made. || ably abont $20,000 of the $31,509||j received from the sale of bond»l has now been expended on tbiMfl road and, including the tax nop||i due and delinquent after ttbaW Monday, the people of Keener ’;|j have paid $2 on each SIOO valuation in taxes. As a sample mm business management of a board] of commissioners it will j sary to hunt about for some tifiiHf to find a parallel to this. j