Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 165, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 July 1916 — Republican Editors of the Tenth District to Meet. [ARTICLE]

Republican Editors of the Tenth District to Meet.

A meeting of the republican editors Of the Tenth district will be held in Lafayette Friday. The meeting has been called by Lawrence Lyons, of Brook, republican chairman of the Tenth district. The meeting will be held at the Hotel Fowler at 1:30 o’clock and plans for the coming Campaign will be discussed. Harry S. New, candidate for United States senator, will be present. The assessment the oiling of the streets of Rensselaer has been made and in the next few days property owners will receive from the city treasurer a notice giving the amount of their assessments. There is considerable dissatisfaction over the oiling of the streets and ic is probable that this will be the last year oil is used here. The oil is a success in laying the dust but is hard on the streets and the oiled streets soon become full of \chuck holes and are much poorer not treated with oil. The new road to the college, which was rebuilt last year, was treated to oil and is already beginning to show the effects. Tarvia. seems to be the material to use on streets. It not only lays the dust, but makes the surface of the road almost as hard and smooth as cement and it wears for several years without further repair*. When putting it on, the street shou'd be given a new dressing of fine stone and the tarvia mixed with the stone and rolled. This kind of road is being built in many sections and it is a pleasure to ride over them and they seem lasting and are not nearly so expensive as some of the materials used in road building. The many thousands of dollars spent each year in trying to keep the roads of Jasper county in repair should be used in making permanent roads or in repairing the ones we have in a manner that would be the most lasting. We believe if the county commissioners would take a week off and take an automobile trip through adjoining states that they 'would learn much in road builds ing that would be of benefit to the roads of Jasper county. Taxpayers should not object to therii taking such a trip at the county’s expense.