Rensselaer Journal, Volume 12, Number 29, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 December 1902 — Ditch Contract Let. [ARTICLE]

Ditch Contract Let.

The contract for deepening and enlarging the Scott-Cooper and Union Lakin ditches was let by the county auditor Monday. John Hack & Son, of Lowell, were awarded the contract for the dredge work at $9,600 or about 9 cents per yard. Thomas Florence got the contract for the Deering extension above the Chicago & Eastern Illinois Ry. at 7j cents per yard. This extention is team work. There were no bids for cleaning the upper 100 stations of the Lakin lateral.