Jasper County Democrat, Volume 4, Number 10, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 June 1901 — Page 6 Advertisements Column 2 [ADVERTISEMENT]

A dispatch from South Africa tells how a British garrison has surrendered after four hours fighting in which it lost two killed and four wounded. Four hours fighting; six casualties; and surrender. Is the censor lyifig or are the British degenerating? Newton county has been the field of a couple of “boxing contests” recently and the Brook Reporter man is having a nightmare in consequence, and says it’s all owing to having a democratic sheriff. Why, Bro. Dunghill, we heve these little “bouts” here in republican Jasper for 4th of July attractions, and all the swell people attend, too. A few bottles of Lydia E. Pinkham’s vegetable compound might be used with good results by the Reporter man. Every man working upon any of the gravel roads or other public highways of Jasper county is, under the law, entitled to 20 cents par hour. If working for any contractor or superintendent as a shoveler or common laborer, no matter what the contractor or superintendent may pay him ordinarily for other work, when employed upon any public work of town, city or county he is entitled to the compensation above given for the time so employed, and no contractor or superintendent can say him nay. A bridge company, composed of local capitalists, was recently formed at Winamac, and as a result Pulaski and neighboring counties are reaping the benefit of receiving bids for bridge construction from a firm not in the combine. Jasper county is and has been for years paying almost double what it should pay for bridges, and The Democrat suggests that at the next bridge letting done here the Winamac company be given a special invitation to submit bids. Regarding the good results from its bidding in other counties, we quote from the Pulaski County Democrat: “The Winamac Bridge Company shook ’em up this week at Knox and at Logansport. As stated some weeks ago, the Winamac company was no sooner organized than what appeared to be and doubtless was a systematic and prearranged attack was made upon it by other bridge makers—attempts to frighten the company here out of competition or else induce it to join the combination, pool with them and so keep up prices. But the home company gave them the merry ha. ha, refusing to either desert the nest or join the trust. Some weeks ago, before the company here was organized, the Attica bridge company bid $2,170 for a 70-foot bridge in Starke county, but it was not liought at that time. Another letting was set for Monday of this week. This time the Winamac company had its oar in the stream, and what was the result? Simply this, that that same Attica company, against the competition put up by the Winamac company, bid off that 70-foot bridge and two 30-foot ones in addition at less than $1,200 —only a few dollars more than half what it asked for the one bridge some weeks ago. Five bridges were let at Logansfiort the same day. and Phil Dellinger of the company was there to look after matters. Substantially the same thing was done there that was done at Knox except that the Attica company did not get any of the work. The officials praised the Winamac company for having submitted the fairest and squarest bid received, but the combine had cut the life out of the figures, same as at Knox, in an effort to knock out the Winamac competition. As a matter of fact neither the Cass nor the Starke county bridges sold high enough to pay for the construction, to say nothing of profit, but the other fellows are foolish enough to think, apparently, that the Winamac company will soon get enough and quit. They are mistaken; the company here is composed of good stayers, who don’t want work at less than cost of building but who will stay right in the game ready to furnish any length bridge at a fair pricemuch below what the kicking companies have been getting heretofore.”

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