Jasper County Democrat, Volume 23, Number 21, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 June 1920 — SHOULD GET OUT SPRINKLER [ARTICLE]

SHOULD GET OUT SPRINKLER

Dutt on Stone Streets in Business Section Is Very Bad. The question that Is in the minds of, many of the business men of Rensselaer and should be in the minds of many more, is, Why do we have to stand for this dust? Several years ago the business men purchased a pressure sprinkling wagon and they are not getting tho use of it that they should. A part of the business district is built on stone streets and during the summer month* there is a constant cloud of dust on these streets. Thdso stone streets, along with the filth that naturally collects in the streets, is ground up into dust by the traffic and is thrown up into the air for the citizens to breathe or to settle in the places of business. Why not use this sprinkling wagon to wet down these streets? Even if it was used more on the brick pavements, the water would greatly counteract the intense heat reflected by the brick in summer. The cost would be slight compared to the comfort to be derived from having the streets sprinkled. It 13 a question that needs not only serious thought but concerted action.