Rensselaer Union, Volume 10, Number 19, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 January 1878 — A County Enterprise. [ARTICLE]

A County Enterprise.

TOtjpadt ■•'fcorcuw tW Kankakee *• bridge, in meatfield township, it 9wnpfct«d and ia now ready for the AoeotamodatiMi of the traveling jS®a. The work ia one of grHt magntrafo fur Una oornty, and of great utility to the resident a of the .northeastern part of the county. 'lt has been long needed. It is a .aAMUttU Bpd well •onstructed work. The contractor, J. I’. Dun deserves the thauka of onr people for the conscientious manner in which he has carried out hie part of the contract, and the county commiwioners for timely and judicious liberality evinced in carrying out and putting the finish' ing touches to this important im provemenL There have been 31,645 cubic yards of earth placed in the grade; both slopes have been >olrn with blue grass seed, and planted with double rows of willow and birch cuttings; the road bed has been covered with sand to the depth of one foot over its entire length of about one mile, amountjpg to 1,500 cubic yards ;in addition some 70 tons of hay were used, and <l4 feet of bridging built; making altogether the most complete turnpike and most important improveintnt ever undertaken by Jasper county. Il is a work whereof our people may justly feel proud. The total cost of the work, in round numbers, is 97,200. Now keep the ball rolling. There is plenty of room for mordimprovemenls of the .cams character. Public Spirit.