Jasper County Democrat, Volume 10, Number 18, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 August 1907 — WHY THIS DIFFERENCE IN ROCK PRICES? [ARTICLE]

WHY THIS DIFFERENCE IN ROCK PRICES?

The rock being excavated on the Iroquois ditch from the creamery bridge on the west to Conrad Kelner’s west line, on the east, belongs originally to the Jasper County Drainage Association, which owns the bed of the river between these points, except at Mrs. Geo. Robinson’s, whose ground extends to the center ot the river. The association donated this rook to the Iroquois improvement, and the same has been engaged by Delos Thompson and W. F, Smith at 3 cents per yard, and is being used on their stone road contracts in Rensselaer and Marion township. It is not thought they will be able to use all of this rock, we understand, and they are reported to be willing to divide up with Jasper county on a part of it at the price they pay. The county now owns a stone crusher which is set up on the Moody land east of Kellner’s ice house, and in addition to paying Moody for rental of ground to set up the crusher and to crush rock for repairing stone and gravel roads, an agreement has been made,we are told, to pay Mr. Moody 10 cents per yard for all rook used, taking it from the pile excavated along his land. Conrad Kellner disposed of all the rock 4a ken out of his part of the river bed to Smith for $lO, we are told, which is probably much less than 8 cents per yard. Now, why, if the reported agreement of the county to pay 10 cents per yard for the Moody rock is correct, is the latter rock worth so much more than the rock at any other points along the river?