[CBQ] Re: Cinders

[William Barber <clipperw@gmail.com>]

Andrew,

My first home, at 5407 Fairview Ave. in Downers Grove, IL, was built  
in 1967 on a Downers Grove Street Department road supply lot.  
Cinders, salt, stone and other road maintenance materials were stored  
there for years. However, I am not sure what the source of the  
cinders was. Some could have been from the Q suburban engine terminal  
on the west side of town. I never thought about it before and have  
long since moved from that location. We moved into the house when it  
was new and I do know that getting grass to grow there was a real  
problem.  I used some of the cinders for fill (the majority had been  
removed before the lot was sold by the city) and the rest was covered  
with numerous loads of top soil and my sweat! Thanks for reminding me.

Bill Barber
Gravois Mills, MO

On May 21, 2009, at 12:45 PM, CBQ@yahoogroups.com wrote:

> +Re: Cinders
> Posted by: "andrew koetz" andrewkoetz@gmail.com   andrewkoetz
> Wed May 20, 2009 10:44 pm (PDT)
>
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> A park that is 1 block away from my folks house in St. Paul was  
> used by the city for cinder storage from the local railroads for  
> use on city streets during winter here in St. Paul. And after the  
> cinders were gone after diesels took over, that was when the city  
> went to using sand and salt in the winter.



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