Jasper County Democrat, Volume 9, Number 21, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 August 1906 — SIDEWALKS THAT NEED “FIXIN.” [ARTICLE]

SIDEWALKS THAT NEED “FIXIN.”

There are numerous sidewalks in the town that need looking after before another winter comes. They are as low —and in some cases lower than the ground alongside them, and when we get a heavy rain, or the snow melts on them in the winter, they are little better than sluiceways for the water to stand. Property owners along such walks should be required to cut a small ditch a few inches deep close up to each side of these walks to let the water off, and this could be done with little labors or expense. Another matter that should be required of all par-

ties putting in new walks is the leveling off of the dirt excavated for trench for such walks. There are places in town where this dirt has been thrown out on both sides of the walk and allowed to remain there, furnishiug an embankment to hold the water and snow on the walks and disfiguring the appearance of the property. These are little matters that the city council should take up and act upon in interests of the general public.