Jasper County Democrat, Volume 2, Number 29, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 October 1899 — Commissioners’ Court. [ARTICLE]

Commissioners’ Court.

A special session of the commissioner was heki Thursday for the purpose of passing on bids for two bridges in Gillam tp., one in Marion and one in Carpenter, and also for a heating plant at the poor farm. The bridge bids en- | tire ranged from $4,925 to $4,200, five bridge companies filing bids, i The lowest bid was a lump bid, | instead of being separate for each bridge, and could not be entertained, therefore the letting will be re-advertised for the November session. Bids for the heating plant were $829 for steam or $949 for hot water. A Chicago man offered to put in a hot water attachment for the present furnace for $575. No action was taken. W. C, Babcock, auditor-elect, filed his bond in the sum of $lO,000 with J. D. Babcock, Granville Moody, Walter V. Porter, J. F. Warren and J. W. Cowden, bondsmen. Same was accepted.