When building this section of the canal the late James Wherry , of South Bend township , this county , had the contract .
Contract was found necessary to build an extensive riprap or retaining wall sloping from the edge of the towpath to the river .
When building this section of the canal the late James Wherry , of South Bend township , this county , had the contract , and it was found necessary to build an extensive riprap or retaining wall sloping from the edge of the towpath to the river .