Jasper County Democrat, Volume 22, Number 22, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 June 1919 — DREDGE NOW IN DEEPEST CUT [ARTICLE]

DREDGE NOW IN DEEPEST CUT

lielkTed That Oliver Ditch Will , Benefit Large Tract of Land. The big dry land dredge at work on the Oliver ditch in Barkley township is now Just across the road from the Daniels bridge and is in the deepest cut of the entire ditch, it is said, this point being some 28 or 30 feet in depth. The dredge is running night and day and has been throwing out lots of dirt. It is believed that this ditch will remedy a great deal of the drainage problems of the so-called Gifford district, at least will drain all the lands tributary to the ditch. The dredge men had a peculiar experience a couple of weeks ago, when all the dirt taken out of the old ditch bank and the bottom of the new ditch and dumped over at the north side thereof, some distance from the ditch, disappeared in a sink-hole, the ground settling, and taking the dirt that had been thrown out with it. The dredge ( was on the bank between the ditch and this sink-hole, and it settling. The dredge men became alarmed and hurriedly moved the heavy machine forward to firmer ground and expect later to go back and complete the digging at this point.