Rensselaer Republican, Volume 16, Number 17, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 January 1884 — The Special Session. [ARTICLE]

The Special Session.

And The Proposed Bridge. The Hons. "Waymire, Prevo, and Nichols, commissioners of J asper county, met in special session, on Thursday, Dec., 27th, and contined m session for two days. Adopting plans and specifications for a new bridge over the Iroquois river, at Rensselaer, was the principal business of the session. The plans decided upon contemplate a handsome and very strong iron bridge, with a single span 100 feet in, clear length. A single driveway 20 feet wide, and two sidewalks each 6 feet wide. A substantial stone abutment at each end will sustain its weight. The bridge promises to be a convenient, durai ble and ornamental structure, and one which will be an honor to the town. Its total cost will probably be in the neighborhood of $5,000. Sealed pioposals for building the bridge and also the abutments, are advertised for iu this issue of The Republican. The proposals will be received until Feb. 20th. Represenatives of nine different iron bridge companies were in consultation with the commissioners on Thursday. The bridge is of the kind known as the Platt Truss, single intersection bridge. Other Matters. —The amount of the official bond to be required of •Circuit Clerk elect, Jas. Irwin, was fixpd at the sum of $15,000. The trustee of Carpenter township was authorized to incur an indebtedness of $1,200 on the civil township. H . W. Wood, J. M. Wasson and Sylv ester O’Meara were appointed to view site of a bridge over the Iroquois, north of Madison Makes ve r’s residence, in Newton town,shi p.