«-•ge Six
OREGON LABOR PRESS
the road traversed as well as the unite all Oregonians in a desire for
distance covered. The roads that 'as many miles of good roads as the
the paving materials used in doing tax-payers can possibly afford to
• C o n t in u e d f r o m P a g e 1.»
the Multnomah County toad-work construct each year.
I of last year went over were ad With a paving clique to contend
tractors slightly less than did that materials entering into a square yard mittedly in good condition. So let with, an initiative measure is the
of two-inch bitulithic wearing-sur
which he studied in detail.
us turn to auto-truck haulage costs ¡only way to get such a sensible
D e t a il P a r i n g C o at» a t A lb a n y a n d face as it i» laid in Multnomah as determined by the United States good-roads law upon the Statute
County and the city of Portland
Spokana.
Government i.. thia State. According Books of Oregon. Voters, and es
Let us now make a comparison comes to 17.5 cents, while an exam to the good-roads bulletin issued pecially tax-payers, should remem
between the detailed costs of paving ination of Table 1 shows that the by the United States Government. ber this next November. Tax-pay
entering
work done at Spokane and at Al actual cost of the materials
. . .
the cost of hauling apples by auto- ers should vote for such laws, for
into
the
two-inch
asphaltic-concrete
. . . . . . . .
bany so as to see what the various
.
c __,__ ___ truck over roads in the vicinity of they of all others desire that tax
wearing-surface
laid
at
Spokane
was
raw materials entering into a square
Medford. Ore., that are in fair con money shall he expended honestly
and sensibly. Labor men should
yard of wearing-surface come to, as 23.4 cents. This greater cost for dition is 11 cents per ton-mile.
asphaltic-concrete is due partly to
well as what is the actual cost of
Inasmuch as one ton of bitulithic vote for such a law, for it is a law
mixing and putting the materials in the fact that asphaltic-cement cost t paving mixture will make eight that guarantees a maximum mile
than at Portland.
,
,
, , .
, .
place. In order to facilitate this more at Spokane
1
. .
, ,
,
square yards of two-inch bitulithic age of good road with a given ex
,
study we have prepared Table I but i s d u e mainly , . to the fact i i that
-
wearing-surface in place, we find, penditure, for all graft is cut out,
more asphaltic-
which also shows in a third column there is considerably
.
,
using the Government figure, that and the money expended upon the
c e m e n t u o in g in t o a n a s p h a lt ic - c o n - , .
e ,
the estimated cost of the materials
*•
,
.
...
the cost of hauling one square yard roads appears in permanent road
than into a nitu- .
, , .. ... , .
going into a square yard of two-inch Crete pavement
1
,
. ..
of two-inch bitulithic wearing-sur- way put in with an honest minimum
lithic
pavement,
for
asphaltic-cement
,
.
bitulithic wearing-surface. In using
*
.
..
face one mile is 1.4 cents. Assum- of profit to the paving companies,
is
t h e m o s t c o s t l y i n g r e d i e n t in a .
this table the reader must remember
.
. J .
mg as an extreme case that all and so the most work for our work
.
. .
• the
. l
,
men possible from the expenditure.
that the Albany wearing-surface was bituminous 1 paving mixture.
paving
mixture
used j in
Mult
I he only other cause ot difference UOIIia|, County road-work of last Farmers should vote for such a law,
one and one-half inches thick, the
same as that of the California wear in cost between the two pavement' ycar was hauled out of Portland and because they of all others want the
ing-surface already referred to, while that could account for the high price by auto-truck, which would mean an greatest mileage of gjod roadway
the Spokane wearing-surface has a asked for bitulithic pavement here ■ avcrage haul not to exceed 16 miles possiblet with any expenditure of
thickness of two inches, the same at Portland is that it costs more to jor tbjs w()r^> (|,e cost for haulage money upon roads, for it is they who
as the bitulithic wearing-surface mix and lay bitulithic than it does Woujd he 22.4 cents per square yard use our roads the most, and it »>
that was used upon the Multnomah 1 asphaltic-concrete wearing - surface, i Qf wearing-surface. But the truth they who are to reap the greatest
County road work of last year.
1 I he cost of mixing can be no greater
that the average haul for this financial returi from good roads.
Table X. Compárteos o f P avin g Coats a t Albany, Oregon and Spokane, Fashlogton work was very far from being six-
Note.—Save this article so as to
A lb a n y M u lt. < ’o u n t y teen
Spokane
miles and probably dial not
- in c h
2-in ch
2 - in c h
compare
it with others in this se
A a p h a ld c -
exceed six miles as the mixing plants
A s p h a lt i c *
B itu lillu c
< ’o n e r e to
ries
If
you arc a tax-payer you
C o n c i« '
p er i*«i yd. were placed near the work and on
p er *q. yd.
p e i aq . y<l.
the railroads in most instances, as will want them all next November.
P L A N T C O ST
A t.p h a .ltic C e m e n t — S p o k a n e . 1 1 6 p e r to n
for instance, at Linneman Junction
A lb a n y ,
I li.t S
p e r to n ;
M u lt n o m a h
9<t O9.r. on the Estacada line while paving AN URGENT CALL FOR FINAN
90 076
County, »lib» p e r t o n ........... . . .......... • • • • • •
S a n d — « p o k a n e , » 1 .0 0 ite r c u b i c y a r d ; A l
CIAL ASSISTANCE.
the Powell Valley section.
b a n y , » 1 .» » p e r c u b ic y a r d ; M u lt n o m a h .
n 029
•I 07
0.000
C o u n t y . » 0 .1 0 p e r c u b i c y a r d I . ------. . . . .
K o o k — S p o k a n e , » 1 .4 0 p e r c u b i c y a r d ; A l-
A ctu a l C oat o f B itu lith ic W ea rin g -
The machinists and blacksmiths of
bany\
p e r c u b i c y a r d ; M u lt n o m a h
O.U47 I S u rfa ce U p o n C olu m b ia H ig h w a y
o . 0 1 g
0 .0 2 5
C o u in n ty
t y . , » 1 .» # per
p e r _ c cu
ub
m t e yaru
y a r d .....................
Y
the
Rockford Bit Co., of Kokomo.
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0
1
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i
t
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Coal a n d P o w e r a t P l a n t ..............................................
W ork .
it.0 3 »
’ a n t L a b o r ...................................................................
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Ind.. are out on strike demanding
Hence, if we make' ample allow the reinstatement of those of their
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|0 290
T o t a l C o o t r .f M ix t u r e
a
n
ce in every p- rticular, including members who were discharged by
S T R E E T C O ST.
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su
ch a p r e p o ste r o u s fig u r e a s an the firm for being active in organ
P a i n t C o a t ........................................
0 002
W o o d ...................................................
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0 001
a v e r a g e hau l o f IS m ile s, w e get izing. Owing to the fact that these
T o p S a n d ........................................
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M id
Labor .........................................
.33.9 cents, the cost of mixing and men were unable to complete their
»0.021
laying the bit ilithic pavement, plus organization before this trouble
Coot o f L aying on S t r e e t
0.008
••H au la g e ............. • • • ................
0 .2 4 2
120 cents, the ro/alty charge, plus 22.4 arose, they are without financial
Coet o f Pavem ent In P l a c e . . . .
0.021
D epredation and M aintenance
¡cents for haulage, or a total cost of backing. This means everything to
»0.2«;
» 0 .4 ’
¡76.3 cents per square yard as the the future organization of Kokomo
•G ra v el
» F u el o il a n d w ood .
» W a g e « a t S p o k a n e : U n s k i l l e d la b o r , » 3 .0 0 fu r
8 - h o u r ’d a y . • • S p o k a n e , h a u l. 1 .7 m i l e s ; A l b a n y h a u l, m in im u m
¡cost to inside contractors of the We must win this fight!
¡bitulithic pavement put in on Mult Hundreds of men in the other fac
than
in
porportion
to
the
difference
There surely is a surprisingly great
nomah County roads
last year. tories who are seething with dis
in
weight
between
a
square
yard
difference between the Spokane cost
Even this is consideiably less than content are anxiously watching the
of
bitulithic
and
of
asphaltic-con
of 44 cents for laying a two-inch
Bitulithic the 85 cents demanded by the War result. This is the first time that
asphaltic - concrete wearing - surface crete wearing - surface.
pavement
is
six
per
cent
heavier ren Brothers Company for furnish Kokomo has sent out an appeal since
and the bids of $1.18 to $120 per
ing its bitulithic paving mixture to its organization in 1901. Many times
square yard made and accepted for than asphaltic-concrete pavement in
contractors’ wagons at its mixing wc have depleted our treasury in
place.
Because
of
the
rock
frag
the Multnomah County road work
plants. But if we assume an aver response to appeals from our fellow
of last summer, or, as another ex ments being coarser in bitulithic
age haul of six miles for the mix workers elsewhere and now we urge
ample of local work, the charge of wearing-surface than in asphaltic-
ing material from the railroad— on others to do their duty in ’helping
concrete
it
costs
a
trifle
more
to
$1.12 per square yard made for the
which
is probably considerably us i.i our time of trouble. Do not
spread
the
bitulithic
mixture
than
two-inch bitulithic wearing-surface
greater than was the average haul, throw this appeal into ihe waste
put in on Rodney Avenue in this it does the asphaltic-concrete. But
both these items will not make the as such a haul allows one to reach paper basket or receive and file, etc.,
city.
cost of mixing and of laying bitu out 12 miles in either direction from but donate, no matter how little.
ST+V — Labor ra id $3 For • H oar*.
lithic more than ten per cent each mixing plant—we get a charge Send all donations to S. Banner,
Let us see if this great difference
greater than that of laying and of only 8.4 cents instead of 22.4 1506 N. Kennedy street, Kokomo ind.
in coat was due to the higher wage
E n d o r s e d u n a n im o u s ly b y th e K o
mixing asphaltic-concrete surface of cents for haulage. So that the total
paid for labor on the Multnomah
k
o
m o T r a d e s a n d L a b o r C o u n c il o f
cost
of
the
pavement,
including
the same thickness.
County road work. Hardly not
haulage, depreciation and royalty, K o k o m o . I n d .
when it is considered that Spokane C o st o f M u ltn o m a h C o u n ty B itu lith ic becomes 63.3 cents per square yard
E. T. HAMILTON. President.
Weirtng-Surfaca.
paid its unskilled labor on this pav
S. B a n n e r . S e c r e ta r y ,
of two-inch wearing-surface, which
ing work $3-00 for an eight-hour
Assuming, therefore, that it. costs ¡¡s probably approximately what the s u c h a s s i s t a n c e a s p o s s i b l e .
day, while we cannot remember of about, ten per cent more to mix and j wor|( d;d COst the contractors. But
any inatance where the contractors lay bitulithic pavement than it does what a tremendous difference be-
either upon the Multnomah County asphaltic-concrete, let us compare twcen ¿33 cents and $1J8 t , nts
B e F a ir to Y o u r W ife
road-work or upon paving work in the cost, in place, of the Spokane per square yard, the price that ¿he
8ave
her the drudgery of the Waahtub
the city itself, have paid their men asphaltic - concrete wearing - surface j contractors werc paid. Of vourse,
It w on't coet much when you patronise the
anywhere near that wage for un and the Multnomah County bitulithic
jmniense profits that the accept-
skilled labor, or worked their men wearing-surface, including in this ance O1 sucb a bid bv the Koad.
E co n o m y
less than a nine-hour shift.
estimate all charges except the vari- jmastcr agd the County Commission-
W e t W a sh L a u n d ry
The only other legitimate causes able one of haul. This is done i n |ers made possible for one of the
507 EAST FLANDERS
that can account for the great dif Table III.
main contractors did much to en
PH O NE E A ST «226
ference between paving prices here Tah to XU. Comparison
npai
o f Bpokano and able that concern to meet certain
Multnomah Connty P avin g Costa.
A
UNION PLACE
and paving coats elsewhere are that
M u lt -
paper that it is rumored was great
Spokane
n o m a li
the paving materials either cost
50c for 20 lb s.— you do the it onlng
f o u n i y ly in need of attention at certain
2 -ln .
more here at Portland than else
2 -ln .
A s p h a ltic
of Portland’s largest batiks. But I t 's Dirt cheap, but it 's also C lean ch eap !
f
o
n
e
r
e
t
e
B
i
t
u
l
i
t
h
i
c
where, or that the materials enter
S u r f a c e the writer of this article can not
S u rfa ce
ing into a square yard of two-inch
P L A N T C O ST
hut think that, unless this
» 0 .1 4 9
»0 0 95 help
a ltfc fe r n e m
bitulithic wearing-surface cost more S A a x n iih
0 .0 2 0 monstrous price results in such dis
d ........................
0 .0 4 7
than those entering into a two-inch P o c k ............................. . o.o2r.
K IN D O R F B R O S .
satisfaction that rational road laws
C oni
m id
P u rer
at
aaphaltic - concrete wearing - surface,
. . 0 .0 1 6
Il 01S will be passed in regard to Oregon
P l a n t ........................
0 04 0
0 04 4
or that the cost of mixing and lay P l a S n T t R E L E a lx T ir C ...........
We Have Moved to
O ST
highway work, Portland banks will,
0 0 02
ing bitulithic wearing-surface is P a i n t C o a t ................ . . . 0 .0 0 2
in
the
end,
pay
dearly
for
the
set
0 0 02
0.0 0 2
W o o d ............................
125 GRAND AVENUE
much greater than that of mixing f o a l
0 001 back to the good-road movement
0.001
.
0.001
T
o
p
S
a
n
d
...................
and laying asphaltic-concrete g e a r K lu a h C o a t . . .
0.0 0 4 that is bound to result from this
L a b o r ...........................
0 0 06
ing-surface.
mixing-agreement system of prevent
C o a t |>er a q u a r e y a r d
Coat of Bitulithic Wearing-Surf»«».
ing free competition in bidding for
. 9 0 .35«
» 0 .3 0 »
o f |> a v ln g . . . .
road work.
Let us first examine into the cost
M a in t e n a n c e a n d 1 »e
p r e d a t i o n a t 10 p e r
of the raw materials entering into a
0 031 O reg o n S h o u ld G et R oad s A s C heap
cent .................
square yard ot two-inch bitulithic
A s D o e s C a lifo rn ia .
T o ta l C o st p er s q u a r e
or Warrenite wearing-surface. Ac
yard o f pavem en t
H e r e w e w ill e n d o u r s tu d y o f
»0 239
In p l a c e ..................... » 0 .3 9 2
tual testa made upon hundreds of
Table III shows that, including road costs so far ” th,s Í,íue «*
samples of bitulithic pavement taken
maintenance
and depreciation of concerned, for unless Government
from Portland streets and analyzed
M anufacturers of
at the asphalt testing laboratory of plant, the cost, of the Spokane work Kood road* bulletins and the report
was
392
vents
per
square
yard
of
of
citv
of«ctats
of
Albany,
Ore.,
the city of Portland—which by the
“BOSS OF THE ROAD”
way is the first to work out a two-inch surface, while the actual | and Spokane, Wash., and the pave-
”ta.le by the asphalt
method of analysis rapid enough to cost of the wearing-surface in place men‘
OVERALLS
allow many such analyses and on Multnomah County highways, ex-, te5ti,’K 'ab°™»ory of the city of
studies to be made—show the exact elusive of haulage in both instances, Por,land upon bstulithtc pavement as
proportions, as well as the kinds, and of rovaltv in the case of the H has been ,a,d ,n Portland, are
S alesross*, f i l t h s a d A nkeny S treets
of raw materials that go into bitu Multnomah County work, was only ab’?h'td v fa,se- wf are forced to
33
9
cents
the
conclusion
that
paving
costs
in
Factory,
Grand Ave. and E. Taylor
lithic pavement. Using these quanti
’ In estimating the cost of two-inch thf Sta,e of OreP°n shou,d not dif'
ties as actually found to exist in
J. P. FINLEY & SON
Portland's bitulithic pavement and bitulithic wearing-surface at 33.9 frr materially from those that Cali-
Procreasi«»
applying to them the maximum cents per square yard in place on fo r n ,a '» obtaining upon her high-
’’•••'eral Directora and Embalmera
.
Competent Lady A ssista n t
prices of raw materials that pre Multnomah County roads, everything " y*-
«ta and Montcomery
Phone Main S
vailed at the time the Multnomah has been taken into consideration ¡ California is obtaining her good
County road work of last Summer except royalty charge and cost of r?ads 50 cheaP’>’ mai"’>’ because
re,.o d s to ? he s,mPk «pedient D o N o t E a t
was done, we find that the actual hauling mixture from plant to place
where
it
is
laid
1
furn,sh,n8
tbe materials that con-
cost of the raw materials making up
The royalty charge is easily dis- trac,« rs « « J " Pavement, laid for
a square yard of bitulithic wearing-
U n fa ir B r e a d
’he
surfaen two inches thick is as shown posed of by allowing the maximum ‘heJSta,e J An <n«»’a»'v* b>”
royalty that up to date has been ku?d ur«ed
,he. f,r_st ar,ick ,ba‘
in Table IL
jwill provide that the State must fur
XX. ctoM o f M a lt aoasah (Xraaty testified to by any representative
Haynes Vegetarian Bakery
M M U t k to W o ortag -B u rtaee
of the Warren Brothers Company nish all materials used in State
■
highway
construction,
and
that
coun
P e r H q u a r o in litigation in the Pacific North-
Products—Known as Haynes Bread,
Y ard o f
S u r f a c e T w o west. This maximum royalty -.harge t k l n,a>’ if ‘bn ’ choose, do like-
Cakes and Pies
I n c h e s T h ic k is 20 cents per square yard of wear-
" dI/ nab’' Oregon to get her
Aaphaltic Coment at »10.»0 per ton »0.0S5
in o -s u r fa c e
IRood road!' at c0,ts »PProximating
AND
Sand and Rock » “•»
’ • 70 Pe r #
¡those obtained by the State of Cali-
at’ »10« par cubic
C o st o f H a n la g a .
| fornia. Such a law will end th
0 .0 4 7
Twentieth Century Bakery
Flush*Coat or Faueegee..................... 0.004
The cost of haul is somewhat incessant bickering and back-bitinf
■total Coat o f Raw M aterials.. . .»0.17» more lifficult to determine, as it that at present characterizes all ou,
Products—Known as Gold Medal
Table II shows that the cost of the is dependent upon the conditions o f campaigns for good roads, and wil
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