Jasper County Democrat, Volume 13, Number 71, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 December 1910 — JUNGLES DITCH CONTRACT LET Long Contested Improvement is Now. Likely to be Made [ARTICLE]

JUNGLES DITCH CONTRACT LET Long Contested Improvement is Now. Likely to be Made

JOHN HACK’S BID IS LOWEST An Even Dozen Dredge Men Here to Bid on the Work, and Sternberg & Son Beat Price Down to 8.76 Cents Per Yard —lmprovement Will Cost $23 ? - 000. jnkThe Davis-Jungles ditch in Barkley tp., which has been whipsawed back and forth between the commissioners’ and circuit court for several years and has been down to the supreme court once, now stands a chance of being dug. The-contract was let Saturday to John Hack of Lowell at approximately $23,000, or '8.76 cents per cubic yard for the 262,298 vacds of earth to be excavated.'Y Tin# bidding, was open and an even dozen dredge men were to bid on the work, next C. H. Sternberg & Son being the lowest bidders to Mr. Hack.