County buys pile driver for bridges

Whitman County’s public works department will buy a vibratory pile driver for local bridge projects from Hercules Machinery Corp., Ft. Wayne, Indiana. The machine vibrates support posts into the ground to ensure they are tightly in place. Public Works Director Mark Storey said it works better than the bridge crew’s current piece of equipment, which essentially hammers the posts into place. Hercules was the lone bidder for the pile driver, with a quote of $41,500....