Jasper County Democrat, Volume 18, Number 21, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 June 1915 — Dredge on the Borntrager Ditch Is Nearing Brook. [ARTICLE]

Dredge on the Borntrager Ditch Is Nearing Brook.

Sunday was show day at the big dredge and hundreds went to see it work. It was busy throwing dirt just east of the Foresman bridge and cutting out quite a channel. When this is completed it looks like it will be dangerous to go along the bank when the river is dry as a fall into the river bed would mean a broken leg or neck. While the big dredge was busy with the channel the bridge gang were making preparations to move the iron work of the bridge. All the wooden parts had been removed and the intentions were to skid the iron frame on rollers to the south without taking it apart. That bridge has been in place since 1882 and looks like it might last many years longer. There is more water in the river than the dredge can use and for the first time since they started the water was allowed to run past the dredge freely while at work.—-Brook Reporter.