Jasper County Democrat, Volume 23, Number 22, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 June 1920 — MT. AYR TO HAVE LIGHT PLANT [ARTICLE]

MT. AYR TO HAVE LIGHT PLANT

Contracts Let This Week and Work Will Soon Start. The contracts were let this week by the town board for the building of the Mt. Ayr electric light plant and lines as well as those for materials, and the work is expected tu begin as quickly as the material arrives and rushed through to finish as early as possible. • Harry J. Fritch of Watseka, 111., was the lowest bidder on the bpllding contract and was awarded same. The structure is to be of cement blocks and to be 14x20 feet, and will be located on the park just south of the school well house, unless some public-spirited citizen comes forth and donates a site otherwise for it. This is all the land the town owns, and it is not in position just now to buy any, hence the selection of the above place. The contract for the building of the town Unes was let to T. H. Dixon of Kentland, while the contract for the engine, went to the Fairbanks-Morse company and the generator and material contract was awarded the Western Electric Co. The bonds were handled by the local bank. —ML Ayr Tribune.