The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-12-10
LIVE IN MISERY
MID DUST CLOUDS
RESIDENTS ON UPPER HENNEPIN
AVENUE SORELY AFFLICTED.
Pulverized Limestone of the Macadam
Works It's Way into the Houses Thru
Almost Invisible Crevices, Selling and
Bleaching Costly Fabrics and Furnish
ings-Praying for Rain.

Everywhere outside of the paved dis.
trict the dust nuisance is supreme. Up
per Hennepin avenue is peculiarly at
flicted owing to it's being macadamized
with limestone, which makes fine, pen
etrating dust, laden with germs, destruc-
tive to health and property.
Outside of the misery endured, the
scourge is unbearable to the housewives
thru its attack on furniture, paintings,
rugs, and clothing.
Dust on the Hennepin pavement as
but where the pavement stops and the
macadam boulevard begins, it is several
it in clouds. This morning the sprin-
kler went as far as Nineteenth street,
and then turned off onto LXndale, and
the inha bitants along the macadam road
We're left to pray for rain or snow. Or
dinarily the macadam makes good
thorofare, but there has been no rain
since Oct. 81. The original macadamiz-
ing was done with the granite chips
from the cutting Of the city hall and
lite supply was limited and the road had
to be resurfaced with limestone, which
stone is the cause Of the difficulty, as
in the ong-continued dry spell it has
been ground into fine, white, penetrat-
ing dust. Not only does it blow. thru
destructive in itself Unless something
is done to lay. the dust, or rain comes
the loss will be immense. "* a.
F'What shall we do9' is the cry all
along the street and the Lake of the
Isles, the sunnyside and the shadysidIe7
aroused. 1t is likely that a petition
will be passed from house to house, de,
handing relief Of the authorities
cit is not because we have to dust
three or four times a day that we com
plain - said Mrs. E. r. Osborn, 1925
aennfRn this m OF an% va bat that hat
house is in danger Of destruction. The
whole day is devoted to a continual
round of cleaning. The curtains suffer
as much as anything, the dust cutting
and destroying them. Paintings anc
rugs are also attacked. When the dust
most impossible to get out and seems tc
wear out the threads like sandpaper
Washing is rendered almost impossible
as the clothes on the line are covered
with dirt before they are dry. It is
strange how the dust works thru the
s aonbl f. y windows Nothing seems te
The same opinion was expressed at the
home Of DR.. A. A. Laws, where it was
stated that housekeeping was becoming
impossible. At 1901 Hennepin it was
said that all hope had been abandoned
that everything valuable had been de-
stroyed, and that the future held no ter
rOrS.
Inquiries at the office of the city en-
gineer showed that there is no imme
diate prospect Of relief. The idea Of
sprinkling the streets with oil has beer
given up on account Of the expense
The reason stated for not sprinkling the
street with water is that water supply
of the hydrants has been cut off because
of the danger of freezing. The hope
held out for the future is that the street
will be resurfaced with granite chips
In the meantime, it was asid, 'ELet the
people pray for rain or snow. -