Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 191, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 August 1913 — STEPS FOR IMPROVEMENT OF WASHINGTON STREET. [ARTICLE]

STEPS FOR IMPROVEMENT OF WASHINGTON STREET.

City Council Takes Preliminary Steps For the Improvement of Washington Street.

At the city council meeting Monday evening a resolution for the opening of the new street at the depot wds adopted. A resolution for the improvement of Washington street was introduced and the council ordered placed on file four sets of specifications for the improvement. They provide for brick, asphalt cement, Dolarway and macadam wearing, surfaces. September Bth was set for hearing remonstrances. The superintendent of the light plant was instructed to extend the line to Fairview Addition and the power line to the Rensselaer Lumber Company’s plant. The clerk was instructed to advertise for blds for furnishing coal for the city plant. Ordinances for sidewalks on Rutsen and Harrison streets were passed to third reading.