Jasper County Democrat, Volume 11, Number 19, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 July 1908 — AGAIN BLASTING ROCK. [ARTICLE]

AGAIN BLASTING ROCK.

A blast was fired Thursday morning under the Washington street bridge that tor? a good sized hole in the floor, and no doubt if the entire blast had been shot at one time the whole bottom of the bridge would have been torn out. This bridge should have been taken out before the blasting was done, as it will be impossible to get under it without doing it some damage. The city water main lies just north of the bridge and it will be blown up and repaired after the dredge goes through, in the course of a week or two. The .water will be shut off, the main blown up and connection made between hydrants on each side of the river to supply water on the west side until the main can be repaired. ,