Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 244, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 October 1913 — STONE CRUSHER HAD VERY BUSY SEASON [ARTICLE]

STONE CRUSHER HAD VERY BUSY SEASON

Superintendent W. S. Parks Makes Report- Which Shows That , the Crusher is a Good Thihg. The county stone crusher, which is located .on the Gangloff farm, just east of town, was closed down about a week ago, after a very successful run, and Superintendent W. S. Parks has furnished the following figures of the work accomplished. To start with some repairs were purchased for tho crusher, probably about $125 worth. This included two new' dies, 2 belts, 2 chains and new boxing in the machine. It was put into perfect condition and is now in the best of ofder. When the rock is passed through the machine it comes out in three sizes, screening, binder and coarse. Only the screening and binder were used and finally only the screenings. In the first run 2,488 yards of screening, and * binder were crushed, an average of about 52% yards being made. Then the screening run was made and 572 yards crushed, an average of 35 yards per day. The total yardage was 3,060, and the average cost about 66 cents a yard. If shipped in it would cost laid down here about $1.25 per yard. The rock has been hauled to various county roads, wherever repairs were needed. The north and south road north of town and the road past the college were each repaired. The crusher ran for 66 days at a daily cost of $30.40, which included the cost of the rock at 7 cents per yard on the basis of 50 yards a day. The crusher has prover# economical, and it might be a good thing if it could be run a longer time each year. Not only is it a good thing from the standpoint -of economy, but the money spent for the rock, the crushing and the hauling, is all spent right here at home and a payroll of $30.40 per day is a good thing for the community. If sent away for the rock the money never gets into circulation here. Figuring the total cost of the crushed rock, the hauling and the crusher repairs, only abo,ut $4,000 was spent, possibly somewhat lass than that, and the rock has been distributed over many of the county roads in this commissioner’s district. The commissioners of the other districts had to ship the rock in for repairs.

T. Estrada Palma has been appointed Cuban consul at Chicago, and announces he has established an office in Room 601 Security building. Mr. Palma has received his exequatur from President Wilson and will assume the duties at oncer Information that scores of Chinese and Japanese annually enter the country in the guise of students solely to evade the stringent immigration laws, has come into the hands of Anthony Caminetti, commissioner general of immigration. C. W. Eego, of Des Moines, Ta., entered the penitentiary at Fort Madison, that state, Friday, to begin a sentence of fifteen years for larceny. He went to Fort Madison voluntarily and waited alone hotel until the commitment ptttJerp arrived.

Henry Lane Wilson, whose resignation as ambassador to Mexico, Is to be accepted by the present administration is at Seattle. He says he has no plans for the future, hut expects to remain a citizen of the state of Washington. Henry Wichard, a railroad man who claims Ohicago as his home, was arrested at Evansville Friday on the Charge of enticing Esther Runyan, a 14 year old girl, to Evansville from Clinton, Ind., and betraying her. The girl is being held as a witness. John Bellas, 81 years old, and believed to be the oldest active miner in the anthracite region engaged in underground work, died Friday at bis home in Sharhoken, Pa. Since he was 10 years old Bellas has worked in coal mines. Before coming to this country he was employed in coal mines in England and Wales. * Fred Grover, a lake Shore and Michigan Southern railroad detective, in Englewood court Friday, urged a fine for two boys charged with stealing a ride. Instead, he was ordered to pay them 40 cents an hour for work the boys testified he had forced them to do after their capture. The bill amounted to $2. We will have two carloads of fancy sand-grown Wisconsin potatoes on sale Wednesday and Thursday, October 15th and 16th at 80c a bushel, in 10 bushel lots from the car. , JOHN EGER.