Rensselaer Journal, Volume 11, Number 42, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 March 1902 — Iroquois Improvement. [ARTICLE]

Iroquois Improvement.

To Whom it May Concern: We the undersigned residents of Jasper County, Ind., and land owners interested in the work herein proposed, after having investigated the matter to some extent, do think that the time lias come for a general improvement of the Iroquois river above Rensselaer. In support of which we make the following suggestions: Ist. The channel should be widened and deepened by means of a dredge working from the source to the outlet. 2nd. The line of the improvement should be confined chiefly to the existing channel. 3rd. There should be no laterals ordered in connection with the main. 4th. The channel cut through the limestone ledge at Rensselaer should be less than one fourth the number of cubic yards ordered removed in the original survey. sth. The improvement should begin at the Thompson ranch, which would be nearly 6£ miles shorter than the original. 6th The improvement shou’d be made under the five mile or Timmons law to secure an early completion.Signed: John E. Alter, B. D. Comer, James H. McClanahan. Waiter Harrington, Amos H. Alter, Joseph Williams, James Burns, Shelhy Comer, David S. Alter, J. L. Babcock, W. L. Wood, T. F. Warne, S. T. Comer, Robert Stephenson, Maiy Brown, D. H. Yeoman, Henry Grow, Geo. Markin, W. L. Wishard, M. M. Wishrrd, Charles G. Spider, Frank Foltz, J. W. Shed, Geo. K. Hollingsworth, Pixley by Ferguson & Wilson, John W. Taylor.