Jasper County Democrat, Volume 13, Number 30, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 July 1910 — HAS STRUCK MONTICELLO Street Oiling Takes Like Wild Fire There, Says a Monticello Paper. [ARTICLE]

HAS STRUCK MONTICELLO

Street Oiling Takes Like Wild Fire There, Says a Monticello Paper.

A Monticello paper; in speaking of the popularity of street oiling in that city, says: ‘"Street oiling is taking like wild fire in this city. People have been watching the experimental work on West Broadway and are convinced it is just tlhe thing. Yesterday all of Broadway from the railroad to the west side of First street was oiled and the street out in front of S. W. Myers and Fred Biederwolf’s homes also. Today J_- B. Lowe and all of the people on the east side of Main street north from Washington street to Jones’- restaurant are having 'itoeir share of the street oiled. Material will arrive this evening to dress Harrison street west from the alley at the Methodist dhurch west to the railroad and Illinois street from Broadway to Jefferson. “Still other portions of town are figuring on having the work done. Chas. Holladay and his neighbors are talking it on South Main street; the Ehlerts and others and others are talking the square in which their store room and Hotel Forbis is situated, and T. J. Hanna and neighbors are talking up that portion of Tippecanoe street.

A Standard Oil man was here to-day talking asphalt oil and he says there is enough orders in sight to warrant the ordering of a small tank car and by purchasing in that manner the oil will come much cheaper, making a material difference in the expense of the work. “The oil is serving a two fold purpose. It keeps down the dust and also preserves the roadway from wear and tear. When a street is permitted to remain dry or where it is sprinkled the material of the road is gradually worn to a fine powder and blown away. With - the oil all these fine particles are re-cemented in place and form a protection to the solider materials beneath. It is only a question of time until all the streets will be oiled for that reason. It means a reduction in the number of flies about town also, as the oil is sure death to the eggs deposited in or near it.”