The story of StreatorBeing an account of the growth of its institutions civic, social and industrial, with special reference to its manufacturing and business interests; together with an outline of its early history and life sketches of some of its leading citizens . s shovel. The company is capitalized at $000,000. C. Barr is president and principal stock-holder. Brick Paving- for Country Roads. The product of the comi)any is mainly usedfor paving purposes and is marketed in thewest and northwest. The fact that Mr. Barrrecently doubled his plant is evidence that heis an optimist on the
The story of StreatorBeing an account of the growth of its institutions civic, social and industrial, with special reference to its manufacturing and business interests; together with an outline of its early history and life sketches of some of its leading citizens . s shovel. The company is capitalized at $000,000. C. Barr is president and principal stock-holder. Brick Paving- for Country Roads. The product of the comi)any is mainly usedfor paving purposes and is marketed in thewest and northwest. The fact that Mr. Barrrecently doubled his plant is evidence that heis an optimist on the future of brick sees the cities and villages of the middleAvest as inevitably bound to pave all of theirstreets sooner or later with vitrified brick, themost durable, the most practical, the most THI-: STORY OF STHKATOlt. 19 economical material tor tlie purpose. Not onlythat, bnt he sees the einerf^ence of the eountrj-road from its jonjj burial in the mud and theawakeninj^ of the farmers from their Ion.;;Ietlu;rii:v. The eominu: I the aiitdiiinhilo onto the farm is j^oin;;- to make a demand for vitri-fied brick ])avin,ij:, which is Koing to grid-ironthis country from one end to the other andmake it as easy to travel and haul loads as it isin A view of a Hrl(k-Paveil Road V. itii Dirt Road Along Side of It. Three Hundred Miles of Brick Roads. The world is awakening to a realization ofthe necessity for better c(nintry Theaverage countrv road i<a reflection ujjon ourcivilization. The condition is jiardonable indistricts wliere good paving material < aniiot beliad, but where the linest irrade of ]»aving brickcan be had and where the hauling j/xpense isminimized, it is inexcusable. Cuyahoga County. Ohio, has three hundredmiles of brick-paved country roaes,1 found that the ideal pavement for countryroads was brick. Brick is the chea])est antl best i)avementt
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