Jasper County Democrat, Volume 13, Number 24, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 July 1910 — WHY NOT CRUSH IT HERE? [ARTICLE]

WHY NOT CRUSH IT HERE?

At the meeting of the city council Monday evening the Street Committee was instructed to purchase a carload of crushed rock for street repairs; the intention being to ship it in. Now there are thousands ot carloads of rock lying along the .Iroquois ditch bank, closer to the central part of the city for hauling than from the railroad, and this rock is as good or better for road purposes than any that can be purchased elsewhere. There are several stone crushers now lying along this ditch, one of which could f>e leased cheaply for a time, and the rock utilized and thus make labor for our home working men. Rensselaer needs many carloads of rock to put her streets in the repair that they should be kept at all times, and the appearance of the property along the ditch where this rock is piled up would be greatly enhanced by its removal. Arrangements should be made to crush jip a big lot of this rock and-have it spread on our streets instead of shipping in a carload occasionally from a disr tance. ■ • ' . ■■ ■ V ■ '