People's Pilot, Volume 5, Number 27-25, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 January 1896 — CEMENT WORK. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

CEMENT WORK.

By far the larger part of street crossings and sidewalks constructed in Rensselaer last year were made by Ira E. Rinehart. He came here late in season and his first jobs gave such satisfaction that he found himself crowded with orders at once.

Realising that this class of improvement would be made general throughout this whole town, he brought his family here irom Delphi, and became a permanent citizen, with the prospect of several years steady work ahead. Mr. Rinehart employs a force of about a dozen men, skilled workmen, and guarantees every foot of work done. He has put in uearly all of the side walks in front of business blocks on both sides of Washington street, and also a large amount of private walks. He contracts for all kinds of cement work, such as foundations, cisterns, street crossings, walks, gutters, and in fact everything of the kind, cement being his special and exclusive line. His prices are certainly reasonable, and no one has questioned the value received for their money. Mr. Rinehart is an acquisition greatly needed by this town.

There are seventeen postoffices in Jasper county, two of them, Resselaer and Remington, are presidential offices. They are all on the railroads excepting four.

IRA E. RINEHART.