Jasper County Democrat, Volume 21, Number 4, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 April 1918 — Page 4 Advertisements Column 3 [ADVERTISEMENT]

NOTICE OF SALE OF DITCH CONTRACT Notice is hereby given, that the undersigned, Commissioner of Construction of the Ed. Oliver, et al. ditch, Cause No. 124 of the Jasper circuit room of the court house in the city of court, will, at the Hast court Rensselaer, Jasper county, state of Indiana, at the hour of one o’clock, p. m on Wednesday, the Sth day of May, 1918, offer for sale at public outcry, to the lowest and best bidder therefor, the contract for the construction of said ditch, according to the plats, prbplfes, specifications and peport. thereof, as the same are on file in the office of the clerk of tlie Jasper circuit court. The work consists of a Main ditch, about 8 miles long, and containing 414,686 cubic yards of excavation, and of one lateral, about 8 miles long, and containing 158,315 cubic yards of excavation. The main ditcli and the lateral’will be offered and sold, either together or separately as the commissioner shall elect, at the time of the sale. The work shall be performed - by a Floating dredge machine ou machines, or by dry land excavators. _ Each bidder will be required to deposit with the commissioner a Certified check or bank draft in the sum of $1,O(1Q.OO, or to file with the commissioner his bond in said amount with good and sufficient surety thereon, and conditioned that if awarded the work he will enter into a contract in writing and give bond for the faithful performance of the work according to the plans and sp'ecifications. as by law required, and each bidder, when making his bid, shall indicate whether the same is for drag line excavation or floating dredge work. i The commissioner reserves the right, I to reject any and all bids. EDGAR D. NESBITT, 1 ...j.' Commissioner of Construction. A. Halleck, Rensselaer, Ind., Attorney.