Jasper County Democrat, Volume 14, Number 63, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 November 1911 — MORE FUNDS ARE NEEDED [ARTICLE]

MORE FUNDS ARE NEEDED

1 Per Cent Assessment Ordered on Iroquois Ditch REMOVED EXTRA ROCK CAUSE Of Fund Lacking About $3,000 of Paying Contractors for Removing Ledge Near Gangloff Bridge.

While the original Iroquois Ditch assessment was sufficient to pay all expenses of the original contract and have $2,400 left In the fund, the extra contract for removing the rock ledge found on the Gangloff farm east of town has made it necessary to make another assessment to cover the $3,000 the fund is now short to pay said contractors, as will be noted in the report of the commissioners' proceedings in this column. It is also thought there is something due from W. F. Smith & Co., for rock used in constructing the Rensselaer-Marion tp. stone roads a few .years ago, the Rensselaer Drainage Association, which owned the bed of the river, donating the rock to the ditch improvement, and it was sold to the road contractors for three cents per yard!*'* The contractors have paid but SIOO on account and have never rendered any statement of the amount used. Supt. Price says he can get little or no satisfaction from them, and the commissioners ordered Price to proceed to collect whatever is due from the road contractors and turn same in to the county treasury. The proceedings of the board follow:. Iroquois ditch; Sternberg & Son! show that there is $5,138.45 due them and $2,405.19 in the ditch fund, and the board finds that to secure funds to pay expenses and contractors a levy of 1 per cent should be made on general benefits assessed. The commissioner of construction directed to prepare an assessment sheet of same and file with the auditor, also that be Dr»ceed to collect from W. F. Smith & Co., and turn same into the county treasury the amount due from them for rock used. Contractors allowed $2,000 On report of engineer. E. C. Burkhart petition for vacation of highway; Chas. Kersey, Frank E. Lewis and W. H. Tyler appointed viewers to meet Xov. 20. Tunis Snip stone road in keener tp.; bids received and consideration of letting continued to Dec. term. Joseph Stewart petition for macadam road; amended report filed and approved and notice ordered published. Set for hearing second day next term. Estimate tor supplies for poor farm approved and notice ordered. Thomas M. Callahan petition for highway; report approved and road ordered established 40 feet in width.

S. C. Irwin petition for highway; extension granted to second day Dec. term for filing report. Thomas M. Callahan petition for highway; R. W. Burris, Nathan Eldridge and Grant Davisson appointed viewers, to meet Nov. 20. E. C. Maxwell ditch; treasurer shows to board that he has collected $3,526.46, and time of payment having expired, bonds are ordered issued for unpaid assessments. Same order in the Joseph A. Akers ditch, treasurer having collected in this cause $2,782.59. Wm. H. Wortley ditch; petitioners ask leave to amend endorsement on petition to correspond with notice given, which is granted and cause continued for objections. Samuel Huggins ditch; cause submitted and evidence heard. Assessment of Martin ifockma stricken from report and lands of Samuel Huggins increased from $175 to $210; from sls to S2O; from $240 to S2BO and $2lO to $245, Report approved as modified and ditch ordered constructed. Geo. H. May appointed superintendent. Jasper Guy allowed slls attorney fee. Charles H. Gersfer petition for highway; John O’Connor, Henry Meyers and Joseph Smith appointed viewers, to meet at office of Daniel Fairchild Nov. 20 and qualify. ’ H. W. Marble petition fur highway improvement in Wheatfield tp.; election ordered held on Saturday, l»ec 9. 1 N. Littlefield and R. B. Harris appointed election commissioners.