Jasper County Democrat, Volume 19, Number 28, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 July 1916 — Contract Let to Frank Medland. [ARTICLE]

Contract Let to Frank Medland.

Trustee Harvey W. Wood, jr., and the advisory board of Marion tp. let the contract Saturday for the new consolidated school building which is to be erected on the corner of the George P. Daugherty farm southeast of Rensselaer, to Frank Medland of Logansport, Who is the contractor on the county hospital nefw in course of construction. The price is $9,580, which includes the building and heating system complete, But one other bid was filed, that of M. V. Brown of Rensselaer, whose bid was a little more than SIO,OOO. The building is to be completed by October 1, or within the mext three months. The $9,000 five per cent bond issue to provide funds for erecting the building—the trustee having a few thousand dollars on hand for the purpose—were sold to the Fletcher American National bank of Indianapolis at S2OO premium.