Jasper County Democrat, Volume 12, Number 46, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 September 1909 — MARBLE DITICH IS FAT PICKING [ARTICLE]

MARBLE DITICH IS FAT PICKING

Expense of Reirini Filed Monday Reaches $1,649.39. ATTY. FEE OF LIKELY SIO,OOO Will Swell Preliminary Costs to *15,000, With Other Expenses—-Use Of Drainage Commlsioner's New Auto Goes In At *6 Per Day, Or a Total of *j22o—Estimated Cost Of Diteh *271,283, and Benefits *3s2,oßß—Cause Continued 10 Days For Objections.

The report of the drainage commissioners in the Kankakee river ditch, known as the Horace Marble ditch, was filed Monday. The report comprises about 600 pages and the preliminary costs are something enormous, reaching, no doubt, in the neighborhood of 115,000. The estimated benefits are $352,688, and estimated cost $271,283. The attorney. A. Halleck, will likely receve, if the ditch goes through, $10,000,0r 4 per cent on the estimated costs, which would be $lO,840—a fortune in itself. This Is the fee allowed by law, we understand. The main ditch is 118,000 feet long, and 4,025,687 cubic yards of earth are to be removed. There are seven laterals, 2,700, 2,400, 1,500, 3,000, 2,000, 1,900 and 5,300 feet long, respectively.' * The bill of Hugh L. Gamble, enneer, is $670.65 Chainmen 54.00 D. M. Waymire, com. ineluding $220 for use of automobile at $6 per day 717.06 ’ J. A. Carson, com.. i 434.76 Nettle Price, 26 days on report 78.00 Mrs. A. Halleck, office work, etc. 120.68 J. A. Hodgins, team and driver 9.00 T0ta1..... 1,649.39 This is not the total expense aside from attorney fee by any means, there having been already allowed by the court upwards of SSOO on bills filed and there are several hundred dollars more in bills on file In which no action has yet been taken. The total expense before a shovelful of dirt is thrown out will probably reach *15,000. The report is filed and ten days given for hearing objections, as provided by law. ........„