Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 34, Number 10, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 October 1901 — Commissioners File Injunction Suit. [ARTICLE]

Commissioners File Injunction Suit.

• Bumors of a probable appeal to the courts by the county commissioners, in regard to the brick street improvement, which had beep circulating for some days, were verified Monday evening, when a Buit for an injunction was filed by the county commissioners. The suit is directed, against the city of Bensselaer and T. J. Sayler & Co. The complaint is quite voluminous. It states that the foundation for the brick is not properly made, that it is uneven, in hollows and ridges; that the crushed rock is only about 4 inches thick instead of 6, and in places only three. Also that it is not properly rolled and tamped The brick are alleged not to be up to sample, of variable color and hardness, full of flaws and uneven in size and shape. It is asked that the oity be enjoined from accepting the work as done by the contractors, and that it also be enjoined from selling bonds to pay for the work. The attorneys for the commissioner’s are Ferguson & Wilson and Hanley & Hunt. Judge Thompson waq in Chicago but returned at 1:45 Tuesday afternoon accompanied by Hon Virgil S. Beiter, of Hammond, as speoial judge, and the hearing of the injunction petition was held before Mr. Beiter.