Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 20, Number 59, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 March 1899 — The Establishment of Stone Crusher Plant. [ARTICLE]

The Establishment of Stone Crusher Plant.

The establishment of a stone crushing plant in Rensselaer, as the one needful first step in a general system of street improvement, is so obviously the right thing to do that our people are almost unanimous in demanding that it be done. In fact it is almost impossible to find anyone who opposes or throws cold water on the plan, unless it be someone who is, directly or indirectly, interested in some out of town enterprise which they fear a Rensselaer plant will conflict with in some way. Our people want a stone crushing plant here, because they want our streets improved at the cheapest cost; because they want the work done here and the money spent here, because they known that our rock is as good or better than any we are likely to get from elsewhere; because they want the material furnished here to keep in repair the system of gravel roads radiating from our town; because they want a more general and extensive system of street improvement than they are likely tp get for a long time to come unless there is such a plant here. Lastly, they want it because they know that the health and prosperity of the town and of the surrounding country will be much advanced by the removal of the rook from our river. A movement for forming a stock company for such a plant here is now under way. Let the people and the officials give it the proper encouragement and it will be a success.