Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1921-05-11
CRUSHED ROCK
FOR OUR STREETS
DecOrah Stone Products Co. Fur
nishing Some Great Stuff
That City Is Using on
Streets Here.
BEST STUFF WE
HAVE SEEN IN YEARS
Will Make Streets Practically Like
Paving And Is Very Reason
able In Price.


The Decorah Stone Products Co.
which was organized here this spring
by local people is proving one'of the
best organizations here in years, and
it is going to be a great thing for
the city. Instead of shipping in
crushed rock from long distances,
we will have plenty of it right here
at our doors, and it has been dag
nosed as the best grade obtainable.
The company secured big mo-
dern crusher recently and have been
turning out about go yards day..
The machine crushes three sizes, the
largest size being about as large as
a hens egg, and the second size
considerable smaller, while the third
is the screenings. The screenings has
considerable cement in it and when
placed on the streets, after it has
been wet down, becomes firm and
hard, just like pavement We
understand that the screenings can
be obtained for a SIPS yard, just
now, and the city has contracted for
considerable of it, and will place il
on the street, where most needed,
as fast as possible. 1t will be great
stuff to put on the crossing APP
proaches, ito relieve the jar that
drivers get now. We believe the city
can afford to spend good sum for
this crushed rock and they will get
something for their money in turn.
The hauling in of sand, clay and
dirt, is waste of time and money,
and has been demonstrated here for
Years.
We understand the ci.. ,vill. fix tia
street between the bridges, going to
the West Side with this crushed
rock, and we believe they will have
one of the best streets anyone ever
drove over.
The residents on Rural Ave. and
Maiden Lane, up near the Ed Sell
man home, are contemplating having
their street fixed up with the crush
ed rock, instead of paving it. The
Decorah Stone Products Co. figure
they can biuld the street at a cost
of a little over $4,000, where paw
ing would cost between $4,000 and
$4,000.
The screenings is also used for
fertilizing sour ground, and there is
a big demand for it for this pur-
pose also. In some places they are
paying $500 a load for it.
The company has an unlimited
amount of this rock at their quarry.
The big crushing machine has an
awful appetite, and keeps two men
busy feeding it the big rocks.
A large amount of the crushed
rock is being used in the paving ON
Broadway, put on underneath the
concrete.
The demand for this rock is going
to be heavy and the company will
have all they can do to turn out the
demand. Six or eight men are em-
ployed at the quarry now.
The company will supply this rock
to anybody now, who wishes a load,
or hundred loads. After a while
the company will be shipping it out
by car loads to other towns. The
quarry is just a block or two
straight south of the Milwaukee
stock yards. The crusher is work.
ing daily, and it is worth anyone's
time to take trip out and see it
work.
The officers of the Decorah Stone
Products Co. are Z. F. SelIman,
Pres; w. B. Reed, Vice Pres; r.
Bucknell, secretary and treasurer.
and the directors are Messrs. o. p.
Olson, Alex Haatvedt, B. F. Lennon,
Chas. Mollart and Edwin Matter.
Any one of these gentlemen can give
prospective customers any informa-
ton regarding the crushed rock that
they might want.