Jasper County Democrat, Volume 9, Number 7, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 May 1906 — THE IROQUOIS DITCH. [ARTICLE]

THE IROQUOIS DITCH.

Brook Reporter: The construction of the Iroquois ditch in Jasper county which embraces the deepening and widening of the Iroquois river and the removal of the stoue from the channel of the river to a depth of 7J feet at the city of Rensselaer, may be fraught with some interest to some land owners in this locality. This improvement, when we take into consideration the vast territory drained by its construction, will undoubtedly tend to produce sudden rises and extreme floods of the bottom lands below the point where the improvement ceases. This will necessitate the deepening and widening of the the river further down its oourse to protect these bottom lands against overflow and it seems likely at this time, that the next great drainage project will be the strengthening, deepening and widening of the river to its mouth.