Jasper County Democrat, Volume 11, Number 5, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 May 1908 — STONE MADS IN NEWTON COUNTY [ARTICLE]

STONE MADS IN NEWTON COUNTY

Work to Start in Ninety Days and Road Must be Completed Within Twelve Months. Newton County Enterprise: The construction of the six jnilee of macadam roads in McClellan and Colfax townships, known as • the Harris road, was sold Monday by Superintendent Williamson at the law office of Judge Darroch. There were three bidders and the work was awarded to Henry Templeton for >12,249. The viewers’ estimate of the cost of the road was $14,012. Mr. Templeton is given ninety days in which to begin work and must have the road completed within a year. He has contracted with the Lehigh Stope Co. of Kankakee for the necessary material, pnd expects to begin active operations as soon as the bonds have been sold.- The road is to be eight feet wide and eight Inches deep. Six Inches of the material will be crusher run rock, equal to Kenneth or the Kentland stone, to pass through a two and one-half inch ring, with a top dressing of two Inches. Mr. Templeton has had some experience in road building and will no doubt return a satisfactory