Jasper County Democrat, Volume 19, Number 32, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 July 1916 — BIG BENTON COUNTY DITCH [ARTICLE]

BIG BENTON COUNTY DITCH

Gilboa Land Owners Will File Remonstrances Against Ditch. Some of the land holders in Gilboa tp. and White county, whose farms will be affected by the proposed Hollingsworth ditch, the report of which was filed last w r eek. are objecting to the assessments and will fight the ditch in the circuit court. This week a number of the wealthy land holders of Gilboa have employed attorneys and remonstrances against the proposed ditch will be filed in the circuit court here, which means that the matter will have to be threshed out in the court during the October term. The proposed drain, which is to cost about $70,000 and affects an area of some 12,000 acres, is one of the most extensive drains in the county. The original petition for the ditch was signed by a majority of the land owners but it seems that they were not contemplating as costly a drain and are now attempting to block the improvement. Some believe assessments are too high considering the benefits to be derived. Attorneys Snyder and Hawkins of this place are representing the remonstrators from Gilboa and a ber from White county. As the time has elapsed for the filing of a joint remonstrance, each objector will have to file a separate remonstrance, setting out reasons why the drain ashould not be con structed. County Engineer Don Heaton, assisted by Chester B. Whicker of Lafayette, the commissioners and viewers, have devoted several weeks in going over the route of the proposed ditch and lands that will be affected in making their report which was filed last week. —Benton Review