People's Pilot, Volume 6, Number 26, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 December 1896 — That 832 Foot Bridge. [ARTICLE]

That 832 Foot Bridge.

By the extension of a bridge north of Rensselaer, Jasper county will have probably the longest wagon bridge in the state, the length being 832 feet.— Delphi Citizen. The distinction of having the largest bridge in the state comes from the possession of two other' state eclipsing specialties, viz., the greatest ditch building pirate and the only boneless backed board of county commissioners. Most aby county can have an 832 foot bridge by running a drainage ditch so as to divert waters from their natural course and then leave the outlet dammed up so as to flood a few thousand acres. All that is needed is a B. J. Gifford and a triangle court .willing to build bridges instead of protecting suffering citizens by ordering the water removed. It might be remarked in this connection that the people of Jasper county will make matters so warm for some one that the flood now ruining many fine farms will be removed and there will be several hundred feet of bridge for sale on some bargain counter.