Rensselaer Journal, Volume 11, Number 17, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 October 1901 — INJUNCTION ASKED. [ARTICLE]

INJUNCTION ASKED.

Commissioners Begin Injunction Suit Against Contractors and the City. Monday evening the Board of County Commissioners filed an injunction suit in the circuit court against the city of Rensselaer and T. J. Sayler & Co. The commissioners are not satisfied with the manner in which the brick street is being built around the public square and ask for an injunction to prevent the city from accepting the work and selling bonds to pay for the same. The commissioners claim that the foundation for the brick work is not according to specifications, that it is uneven, in hollows and ridges; that the crushed rock is only about four inches thick, when the specifications call for five, and in places only three; and that it is not properly rolled and tamped. '• They claim the brick is not up to sample, are of variable color and hardness, full of flaws and uneven in size and shape. The ;attorneys for the county are Ferguson & Wilson and Hanley & Hunt. The case will be heard by Hon. Virgil S. Reiter, of Hammond, today, Judge Thompson being disqualified, as he is an interested party in the improvement. In the meantime the contractors are going ahead with the work, only about a half block yet remaining to be improved.