Jasper County Democrat, Volume 21, Number 92, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 February 1919 — GENERAL AND STATE NEWS [ARTICLE]

GENERAL AND STATE NEWS

Telegraphic Reports From Many Parts of the Con n try. SHORT BITS OF THE UNUSUAL Happenings in the Nearby Cities and Towns—Matters of Minor Mention From Many Places, IS EXPERIMENTING WITH SLAG For Repairing the Roads in Newton County. Cpunty Highway Superintendent Skinner is experimenting with slag for the improvement of roads in the north end of the county- and believes that the material will prove successful. About a year ago Superintendent Skinner improved a street in Morocco, using slag, and says that it is standing wear well. He recently purchased twenty carloads of this material, buying it for 10c a ton plus freight charges, and is widening the roads in the north townships. Where sand makes passing dangerous Mr. Skinner is using the slag and widening the roads about four feet. He says the twenty carloads will be sufficient to widen the roads whleh have in the past proven to be treacherous, and believes the slag will prove to be better material for this purpose than stope. If he is right in the estimate he places on the material the improvement can be made at a small cost, for 10c a ton for slag, plus the ■freight, is about as cheap as any ■material could be purchased for. —Newton County Enterprise.