Rensselaer Republican, Volume 22, Number 28, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 March 1890 — COMMISSIONERS’ PROCEEDING S. [ARTICLE]

COMMISSIONERS’ PROCEEDING S.

Viewers Appointed for a Gravel Road. At last there is excellent prospect that the pioneer free gravel road in Jasper county will be soon a reality. Owing to the persistent enterprise and ! energy of the people of Remington j and Carpenter township, a petition with the requisite signatures was pre-: seated to the board, asking for the construction of a.gravel road, begin- • ning at a point on the Benton county line, two miles south of Remington,; and extending directly north through the town of Remington, then following the northwest road past the Remington fair grounds to the half section line road and then north to the Jordan township line, The Commissioners • selected as viewers for this important case are D. R. Jones, of Carpenter tp., J. T. Randle, of Rensselaer and Harvey W. Wood, of Marion town- : ship, The county surveyor will act as their engineer. The time for beginning their work is Monday, April, 14. Their report to be made the first day of the June term. J. M. Wasson. R. B. Porter and L. P. Shirer were appointed viewers for Jasper county for the 23 mile proposed ditch along the head waters of the Monon creeki m White, Pulaski and Jasper counties. The branch m Jasper county is not extensive. For the proposed big ditch in Wheatfield and Keener townships, 8 or 9 miles long and deep and wide in proportion, D. H. Yeoman, of Marion township. Addison Parkinson, of Rensselaer, and John J. Porter, of Remington, were appointed viewers. April 22 is the day appointed for beguiling the work. Another inter-county ditch was petitioned for by Amanda A. Denton, David Culp and others. It will extend into Monon township, in White county and Hanging Grove, Milroy and Marion townships, in Jasper' county and will be a pretty big affair. Francis M. Parker, Elzer A. Griswold and Alfred Donnelly are the viewers for this county. The bounty on grown wolf scalps was. reduced to $5 each. That on cubs still remains at $1.50. The previous contract with Shelby Grant, as manager Of the poor farm, i was renewed for another year, from March 7th. James N. Leatherman of Rensselaer, was appointed Ditch Commissioner to succeed W. W. Watson, resigned. DOCTORING THE POOR. The contracts for doctoring thfe! poor nf thc various townships, for the ensuing year, are for the follow- 1 ing amounts: Walker S2O, Keener S4O, Kankakee S2O, Wheatfield sl6, Union $29; C. V. Jones, of Kniman. Gillam $25, 11. G. Jones, Medaryi ville. Carpenter SSO, M. W. Reigle, Remington. Jordan S3O, J. C. Deining. Hanging Grove sls, Barkley S3O, Marion, with poor farm SSO, Newton sls, Milroy S2O; Mary E. Jack- ! son, Rensselaer. Total for county $360.