Jasper County Democrat, Volume 15, Number 35, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 August 1912 — Road Oil Desirable for County Roads [ARTICLE]

Road Oil Desirable for County Roads

Every mile of paved road 1 in Lake county may be oiled by order of; the co*unty commissioners and through an appropriation by the’ county council if the agitation that.' has been started over the county! succeeds. So successful has sprinkling of streets with oil been in preserving pavements in the city of Hammond,' the town of Munster, the city of Crown Point and other places in the county that it may become a general custom both in the cities and country districts. The county commissioners are coming to the conclusion that the

traffic of automobiles on the county roads is so severe a strain on the ordinary pavement that something will have to be done to preserve it. With every mile of Lake county roads oiled the reputation’' of this county for firte roads would be more than upheld. This is said to be the only solution of the problem until the state gives the county the right to build more substantial roads in the first place.—Hammond Times.