Jasper County Democrat, Volume 22, Number 42, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 August 1919 — WILL PROTEST ACCEPTANCE [ARTICLE]

WILL PROTEST ACCEPTANCE

Of Home Avenue Street Improvement by City Council. * It is said that the property*owners on Home avenue will remonstrate at the meeting of the city council next Monday evening against the acceptance of this street improvement. The specifications called ./or the rolling of the grade before the coarse rock was put on, rolling the coarse rock before the fine rock or screenings were put on, and then sprinkling and rolling the latter until a good hard surface was obtained to the satisfaction of the engineer or superintendent. The property owners contend that very Little rolling at all was done on this street, and that it was not sprinkled and rolled as the specifications required, and hence it should not be accepted until it is completed according to contract. While this street Improvement has been completed but a couple of weeks, perhaps, the coarse rock are even now showing through in many places, and to drive over the street is like driving through loose rock, which is really all it is.