Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 20, Number 89, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 July 1899 — All Street Bids Rejected. [ARTICLE]

All Street Bids Rejected.

Rat Most of Them Will Be Advertised Again. The City Council held a special meeting Wednesday night, to consider the bids for improving various streets, as elsewhere stated. The Mayor was present and all councilmen except McColly. It seemed to be unanimously agreed that the bids on the streets around the square were all too high, and a motion to reject all the bids for those three blocks was made and carried unanimously. The next motion was to accept the bid of the Indiana Macadam and Construction Company for the block on Cullen street, from Washington to Cornelia, being the block west of the Makeever House and Hemphill’s livery stable. Those voting in favor of accepting the bid were Murray, and Spitler. Those against, Dean, Eger and Gwin. All the remaining bids were rejected by the same vote. Those voting against accepting any of the bids, did so because they considered them all too high. It was ordered that all the preposed improvements be advertised again accept the three blocks around the public square. As to them they are dropped for good, for this year at least. The next jetting is set for August 14th.