Jasper County Democrat, Volume 4, Number 42, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 January 1902 — MUST PUT UP BOND. [ARTICLE]

MUST PUT UP BOND.

The Halleck Telephone Co., which for some time has been trying to secure a franchise at Valparaiso, has thus far been unsuccessful. The Valparaisians, profiting by the experience of other towns where this company has been given a franchise, only to do nothing or practically nothing towards putting in a system of phones, will ask it to put up a bond to expend $3,000 in their city within one year. We commend the foresight of the gentlemen comprising the city council of Valparaiso. In dealing with Abe it is always well enough to have a bond to back up his verbal promises. Our neighbors on the north, however, should see to it that the “bond” has a more tangible existence than that which Mr. Halleck accepted for the Keener tp., gravel road contract a few years ago.