Rensselaer Journal, Volume 11, Number 13, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 September 1901 — Throws Up Contract. [ARTICLE]

Throws Up Contract.

John Hack, contractor for the Gillam township gravel road, has thrown up his contract and work on the road has stopped. Hack and the superintendent could not agroe upon the manner In which the grading should be done and Hack threw up the contract. The superintendent insisted that the dirt from the cuts should be used to make the grades In low places, in many instances making a long haull with the dirt. Hack claims the specifications did not call for this and that he could not afford to do it at the price he took the job, nor could he do the work in this manner at the estimate of the engineer of 6 cents per cubic yard.