Jasper Republican, Volume 1, Number 12, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 December 1874 — Still the Work Goes On. [ARTICLE]

Still the Work Goes On.

Notwithstanding the extreme cold weather the past few days, the work on the new railroad is going on rapidly. Mr. Gutches. the gentlemanly contractor, understands his business thoroughly; he economises in labor as well as in finances. During the pleasant weather just passed, he concentrated his forces on the flat land, in the creeks and on trestle work; and held in reserve for bltfworkmen the dry cuts on side hillsAod on knolls, for cold and windy weather, so that hands may have employment all winter, and by the first of March have the entire grading completed between this city and Monticello. We understand that work on the abutments and piers will also be prosecuted this winter, and at an early day in the spring the entire work of grading, bridging, and trestling will be completed and ready for the iron and rolling stock, and the toad reaSy for business. —Delphi Times.