Jasper County Democrat, Volume 17, Number 100, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 March 1915 — TARVIA NOT SATISFACTORY [ARTICLE]

TARVIA NOT SATISFACTORY

For Street Oiling, and No One' Wants It This Tear. The time is approaching for doing something to our streets again this year to lay the dust. Last year tarvia was tried, and rather late in the season, too. Notwithstanding all the claims that have been made for tarvia, it was not considered very successful in Rensselaer, and there is scarcely a citizen here who wants it again this year. Crude oil seems to be the best material that has yei? been found for this purpose, and at Brook, Goodland, Wolcott and other places where it has been used season after season, it seems to have given general satisfaction and lasts longer than tarvia, which costs more. There is scarcely a street in Rensselaer at the present time that shows any evidence of the very thorough application of tarvia put on here late last summer, and it is not probable that this material will ever be tried out here again.