Rensselaer Republican, Volume 21, Number 34, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 April 1889 — The Rock Must Stand. [ARTICLE]

The Rock Must Stand.

The Indianapolis News of last Friday says: “After all, that mammoth rock near Momence, HI., which obstructs the Kankakee river, will continue to obstruct without molestation for probably two years longer at least. The Governor and the Commissioners have decided not to undertake the work of removing the rock. “What’s the trouble?” the Governor was asked yesterday morning. “Money, money, money!” he replied, with an expression that meant three times three. “Then nothing will be done?” “Not while the State’s finances are in their present condition. We must cut down expenses wherever possible, and nothing but the running expenses of the State government can be paid until some arrangement is made for obtaining more money.”