Jasper County Democrat, Volume 22, Number 29, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 July 1919 — MANY NEW BRIDGE CONTRACTS [ARTICLE]

MANY NEW BRIDGE CONTRACTS

Are Let and Much Other Buainea* Done by County Commissioners. At the regular July term of th* county commissioners, which was held Monday, by working until about 11 o’clock at night, all th* business of the term was disposed of. Among the most Important bust* ness done, perhaps, was the lettln* of the many bridge contracts that bad been advertised and involving quite a number of thousands of dollars. Contract was awarded to the Winamac Construction company for • bridge in Barkley township, at the John Shroer corner, for >5,300. Ta Roe Yeoman of Rensselaer the following bridges: One over Olivei* ditch % mile east of Gifford, $988;; five in Jordan township, one near John Loehrke's at $738, one over Neaius ditch at $1,038, one over Mosquito creek at S6OO, one over, Bice ditch, $l5O, one over Nesius ditch, $772. To William DeArmond, repair of Daniels bridge in Barkley township $1,900; bridge in Keener township, near Virgie, $821.50'; bridge in Keener, near Hebron grade, at $3,102. To B. D. McColly of Rensselaer, repair of bridge in Barkley township over Iroquois river, $595; bridge In Newton township, near Amos Davisson farm, $1,070; two bridges in Union township, over Davisson ditch, at $590 each. Rochester Bridge Co., bridge in Newton township, near Charles Day farm, $3,079. East St. Louis Bride Co., bridge near new Hebron grade, $6,598. The contract for completing the C. L. Carr stone road in Newton township was let to B. D. McColly of Rensselaer for $10,470. Notice was ordered given for receiving bids on August 4 for the following stone< roads: A. S. Barlow; Julius Hine; J. W. Hitch Ings; Franlt L. Hoover; Jacob May; J. R. Phillips; John Rusk; G. I. Thomas; Robert J. Yeoman; Bertus C. Eldridge, and Frank Fenwick. Bond of W. D. Bringle as superintendent of the Maurice Gorman road in Jordan township was approved and contractor, William Stalbaum, was allowed $492. Contract for completing the F. J. Slight stone road was let to Eno* ■Hibbs for $3,421.62. Contractors filed petitions to be relieved from contracts on the H. W. Jackson stone road, the Henry M. Rayburn stone road, the W. O. Rowles stone road, the Fred S. Tyler stone road and the Henry Amsler stone road. All set for hearing on August 4. In the Calude Spencer petitionfor stone road, expense account was allowed as set out in report and. cause continued. In the \John Stack stone road petition, road contractor, B. D. McColly, and his nephew by marriage, Harry Kresler, were appointed viewers, and County Surveyor Nesbitt as engineer. No bids were received on the Granville Moody stone road and same was ordered readvertised. Contract for roads No. 3 and 4, known as the W. L. Wood stone roads in Union township, were let to Johnson & Hlndly at $17,880 and $2,741, respectively. Contractors Johnson & Hlndly were allowed S9OB on the Joseph Kosta stone road in Union. A. E. Herriman, contractor, was allowed $946.40 on the John J. Borntrager stone road in Newton*. All the old county unit road petitions were continued to August 4. New county ..unit road petitions of Alex Merica et al and Eugene L. Kirk et al were referred to the board of commissioners and

County Surveyor Nesbitt, to report on or before August 4. In the Curtis M. Dewey ditch, same was referred to E. D. Nesbitt, B. F. Alter and Robert Mannan, drainage commissioners, to meet July 15 and report on or before August 4. Report in the William Folger ditch was found not to be according to law and same was referred back to the county surveyor, B. F. Alter and Elias Arnold, to report at September term. Board found that M. B. Price had been succeeded by E. D. Nesbitt, Bf J. Moore and B. F. Alter. Hearing in the A. I. Sargent ditch was set for August 4 at 1 p. m. Russell Van Hook ditch, S. C. Irwin was allowed an attorney fee of $26. Drainage commissioners were granted an extension of time till August 4 to report in the Andrew K. Yeoman ditch. County officers reported fees collected for the quarter ending June 30 as follows: Auditor, $45.50; clerk, $330.50; recorder, $531.10; sheriff, $41.45. Mary Kearney of Bainbridge, Ind., filbd a petition asking that copies of bonds numbers 5, 6 and 7, in the Maurice Gorman stone road, which she was the owner of and which had been stolen, be issued. Petition was granted, petitioner having filed a bond of $1,200 to protect the county from loss. The new Farmers’ National bank of Remington was designated as one of the county depositories, it having filed a bond for $60,000. The board found that it was of public necessity for Jasper county to be represented before the state board of tax commissioners,'' and appointed County Auditor J. P.Hammond and County Assessor G. L. Thornton as such representatives and agreed to pay their expenses. Interest on deposits in the various county depositories for the month of June totaled almost sl,100, as follows: First National bank, Rensselaer, $237.66; Trust & Savings bank, Rensselaer, $263.81; State bank, Rensselaer, $226.09; State bank, Remington, $240.55; Bank of Wheatfield, $75.82.