Oil and water -- a mixture

College Corner News, Oct. 1910

Streets Oiled

Liberty's streets in the business section with the exception of a portion around the courthouse, which is controlled by the county, have been treated to a coat of oil.

The work has been done by C.E. Davis of Connersville and is paid for by the firms having frontage on the streets benefited.

The dust and loose dirt is first swept to the side of the street and the crude oil is applied by a large sprinkler. An amount of the dirt is then swept back to cover the oil and the street rolled by the steam roller.

This treatment is no longer an experiment, as least in many other places and the good effect is already evident. The odor is not very bad and the streets are a little unsightly for a time and a little inconvenience by the oil being tracked into the stores and houses, the road soon hardens and the dust is kept down.

It is believed that two or three treatments a year will demonstrate the superiority of this method of road preserving and dust prevention and that it will be used extensively, if not altogether on the streets next year.

In College Corner, the dust laying qualities have been demonstrated and a movement is now being agitated by our progressive merchants who will arrange to oil our streets next summer.

Democrat, Dec. 1914

Novel Water Supply

On the farm of Andrew Kelley in Fairfield Township can be seen in operation what one might call a novel method pf supplying water where needed. Mr. Kelley has experienced much difficulty in obtaining water, having dug and blasted a number of wells which were failures as the earth is underlaid with continuous ledges of heavy limestone.

At the suggestion of friends, he was persuaded to try his luck on a high elevation back on the farm far above the line of limestone.

This he did during the dry season just past, and at a depth of 23 feet, succeeded in finding a good supply of water raising to near 14 feet.

Then with one and one-quarter inch galvanized pipe he had same piped to his barn and uses instead of a pump, an inch and a quarter hydrant lever, a full flow is had in an instant.

It required about 600 feet of pipe and as the well is at an elevation of some 60 feet, the water is syphoned and will flow continuously when hydrant is open.

This work was planned and installed by J.T. Buckley of Fairfield Township.