Jasper County Democrat, Volume 17, Number 14, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 May 1914 — Street Paving Being Delayed by Sewer Work. [ARTICLE]

Street Paving Being Delayed by Sewer Work.

Work is progressing slowly on the laying of the sewer on the south side of Washington street, and it will probably take a week or ten days yet to complete the job. It is proving quite a difficult, as well as an expensive undertaking. The banks of the excavation have caved in considerably along in under the sidewalk and the city will have to put the walks in as good condition as they were before deepening the sewer.

This sewer work, which, is being done by the paving contractors, at additional expense, is delaying the paving considerably. Several carloads of the paving brick are here and have been unloaded along the line of the improvement. The work or deepening the sewer and also the removal of the light and telephone poles from the street should have been done • last fall, or very early this spring at farthest, as it is very doubtful if a solid foundation can now be secured where the excavation was made for the sewer work. At least it will not be solid enough by the time the brick Work Is put in to prevent its settling and the concrete cracking underneath.