Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 142, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 June 1911 — A New Dust Prevention Said To Be Far Superior to Oil. [ARTICLE]

A New Dust Prevention Said To Be Far Superior to Oil.

Kankakee is experimenting with a new dust settler. It is called "calcium chloride’’ and is said to do the business. The effect upon the dust is wonderful, and if the lasting qualities are as good as the experiment indicates, the dust problem has at last been settled. The compound resembles crushed rock salt, is scattered over the road with an ordinary wheat drill and looks very much, when applied, like a light snow. It is applied dry, but in a few minutes it absorbs sufficient water from the atmosphere to liquify and in so dolpg it forms a sort of mud which when packed hard by travel : makes a dressing almost like a rubber top. The compound does not dry out, but continues to absorb moisture and in this manner completely annihilates the dust. The expense is the same as that for oiling the Streets, namely, 820 for long blocks and 316 for short blocks. It is said to have many advantages over oil. The streets can be used immediately after the treatment and the more traffic upon it the better it becomes. To make a complete and lasting success the treatment should be applied at least twice in one season. The second treatment, however, would require only about half as much per block It requires about one ton to the block for the first treatment. Calcium chloride has been used extensively in the east and its use is now becoming general all over the country, especially I where rock and gravel are common. I It is equally tf&ccessful when used on I dirt roads or in a liquid solution on I brick pavemqpts.