Jasper County Democrat, Volume 14, Number 93, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 March 1912 — BIG DITCH CONTRACT LET [ARTICLE]

BIG DITCH CONTRACT LET

Monterey Firm Wins on Bid of $164,000. M inamac, Ind., March 1. —A contract for about 3,000,000 cubic yards of excavation on the Kelman ditch was let here to Engle Bros, of Monterey, Ind., for $104,00.0. 51 This ditch is the largest In Indiana, the main line and branches being 100 miles in length,” thirty feet deep and 100 feet wide in places. The construction work will bfgin as soon as the weather permits. » '