Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 41, Number 114, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 October 1909 — Kankakee Commissioners Surveying Below Bridge. [ARTICLE]

Kankakee Commissioners Surveying Below Bridge.

Following the filing of a remonstrance 1 by the Monon railroad against the stopping of the proposed Kankakee drainage scheme, known as the Horace Marble ditch, at the Monon’s right-of-way at Water Valley, the court after hearing the objections instructed the drainage commissioners, D. W. Waymire and Hugh Gamble, of this county, and J. A. Carson, of Porter county, to look for an outlet further down the river, and they have been making a very thorough survey below the bridge. Of course, it is by no means certain that the ditch will be dug, but it does seem agreed that there is not sufficient outlet at the bridge and it is not improbable that the commissioners will recommend the continuance of the ditch to the state line. The commissioners made one trip over the river in a launch and they will now proceed to go over it slowly and carefully and will make their report at the next term of court when Judge Hanley will hear the report and also listen to the numerous remonstrances.