Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 4, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 January 1917 — ADD TO CITY’S APPEARANCE [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

ADD TO CITY’S APPEARANCE

Concrete Signposts in Use at Lincoln, Neb., Are Ornamental as Well as Useful.

Heavy relnforced-concrete signposts capable of withstanding the attacks

of small boys la thickly. populat- * ed have been designed to carry the street names at intersections of tiroroughfares in Lincoln, Neb fc Each is foursided and near the top pieces a square concrete cap which bears the street In let- * ters cut a half

inch deep In its faces. The post is about seven feet in height and costs approximately $3. In addition to being of substantial construction it has the added virtue of sightliness. On the other Jiand, it is of a type which is difficult to read at night unless exceptionally well illuminated.— Popular Mechanics Magazine.