Jasper County Democrat, Volume 11, Number 32, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 August 1908 — SLOW PROGRESS BEING MADE [ARTICLE]

SLOW PROGRESS BEING MADE

Several breakdowns have occurred sin.ce the dredge started through the Washington street crossing. Saturday, while trying to dig up the bottom, a .tooth was broken from the dipper and that caused some delay, then a cable was torn in two, causing another delay. Monday and Tuesday a few stops were caused by minor breaks, all of which go to show that dredging in rock cuts isn’t fun by any means. The rock is not blasted deep enough where the water mains cross and must be drillelf and blasted deeper, which will cause further delay. It does not look now as if the bridge would be replaced for a week or more.