Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 37, Number 30, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 April 1905 — Surveyors to Boss The Ditches Again. [ARTICLE]

Surveyors to Boss The Ditches Again.

Under the new oadifioation law there is to be quite a ohange in the manner of caring for all the public ditches and drains. At one time it was the duty of the county surveyor to look after all drains' but for some reason this was placed in the hands of the township trus-eea and for a number cf years these offloials have had this work to attend to iu addition to their other regular duties Under the new law in the codification bill, the work is again placed in the bands of the surveyors. It will be their duty to see that all drains are kept in good repair;they will reoeive bids for the work of oonbtruction and cleaning out all ditches and all new work will be done through them. It means a whole lot of extra work for the surveyors as at tfiis time the county is pretty well supplied with a net work of ditches and drbins that need attention at all times.

In Receiver's Hands. The big printing and book bindery of Wilson, Humphreys & Co., of Logansport, has bsen placed in charge o? George S. Kiatler as re oeiver. The action was taken on petition of Thomas H, Wilson, one of the heaviest stockholders in the concern, who states in his oomplaint that the oompany owes about $37,000 whioh it is at pre sent unable to pay; that it has property on which it cannot realize readily without great sacrifice and has a number of uncompleted contracts amounting to SIO,OOO to sli,ooo. The Wilson, Humphreys company is well known over torthern Indiana and for many years did most of the book and blank work for Jasper county. The reoeiver will continue the busineea under the direction of the Court.