Jasper County Democrat, Volume 17, Number 36, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 August 1914 — Tar via Covering Looks Good. [ARTICLE]

Tar via Covering Looks Good.

Sherman White of Brook, the Tarvia street oiling contractor, began active work here Tuesday of sweeping the dust off the streets that were dry enough tor the purpose—in some places sprinkling had been indulged in too freely to permit of sweeping until they had a chance to dry off—with a big rotary steel brush, and Wednesday commenced placing on the Tarvia. A large sprinkling tank designed for the purpose, with pipes and levers at the rear, which are operated by a man stationed on an iron seat at the rear of the tank, regulating the flow of the fluid, is used in spreading the Tarvia. Apparently the contractor is doing a very good job indeed. His outfit for spreading the fluid puts it on more evenly than it could possibly be spread by hand —the method heretofore used in what oiling has been done here —and it is probable that the work may be extended to some of the other streets not included in the order of the city council.