WANT "ADS" & Them In IMI 11-1111 (Jp Only One-cent a Word 1-HL Subscription, $1.00 a Year. •» • W -------------------------------------------------- ------------- LENTS, MULTNOMAH CO.. OREOON, THURSDAY, JUNE 3, 1915 DECORALION SERVICES ROAD PLANS BY RELBEN WILSON POSI NOW OUT Voluminous Specifications Make Good Sized Book. Plenty of De­ tail. Discriminating Require­ ment. Fortune did not «mil«' very < Iteerily upon the old veterans on Monday, tlie k the crowd to Uie cemetery The program consisted of a prayer by Rev James Anderson, Chaplain of Reulx-n Wilson Pe new 8 and 10 inch pipe that has Tlie pupils graduating were, Hilda been laid in Lents has been provided Hazel Buns.-, McTaggart, Elma Dozier, Robin Reed, Harold Bartel), Fred L»- I with hydrants every few blocks. There were a number of blocks of new pipe / mear and Clair I-amear They received laid on Fourth avenue and on Mt. their diplomas from tlie Board amid Scott avenue that was not fitted with ! cheers from the crowd. * *. hydrants. This was due, so they in­ The big room wax filled; all Heats were formed the people at the time, to a taken and standing room wax at a prt- scarcity of hydrants, ■ mi urn. However that wax not tlie prime oc­ Mention should be made of each and casion for the visit to the Council. The can every part of the program but we 'lelegation went to secure an appropria­ here only note one, that of Percival tion for new boee. The hose now in use Gates’ solo; it speaks volumes for his is practically in ruins. It never was musical work and his teacher, Miss à very strong, being second hand when Chapman. r* sent out here. Far over half of it is One of tlie big features of the evening I completely useless. There is not enough - f •■ r was the presentation of a new 6 x 12 sections lett to make any sort of a fight flag to tlie school district by the Alumni A with should there be a fire at any con­ association of the school. Mrs. Doras line of tlie most cliarming and ap­ —Hardmg in Brooklyn Eagle. siderable distance from the hydrants. Meyers I^ubner made tlie presentation preciated social events of tlie school year F. R Peterson presented the matter and she handled it very creditably. Mrs. wax tlie annual iuuciieon given by Mrs. for the delegation and be was followed Laubner wax one of tlie first graduates N. E. Chambliss, May 28th, at iter briefly by Mr. Darnall. of Gilbert schools. She personally gave home, 4Nfl7-t>.’>Ui street, complimentary The council gave assurance that some a gold Eagle to cop the flagstaff. to tlie Principal and Teachers of the Ar­ hose was being relined and tl>at as soon Congratulations are in order for the iel* school. ax it wax reaiiy a part of it would be past term. Reports way both tea« hers Tlie house, inside and out. wax a sent to Lente. Commissioner Bigelow and scholars can join in saying, “ We bower ol nKrr Festoons of English was out the early part of the week and did our beat.” ivy an Rudd and Mr. Gillis were the soloist be. by reason of just sueh construction extravagance as is referred i to the center and attached to the _ n_ u d • n ..... 1 so liberally helped us financially and while all the guests sang the dear old to in the foregoing. The installation of meters is an attempt to , Ichandelien forming a canopy. | . .. . , , . ..... . maile it possible for us to have our songs known to everyone. Mrs. Chamb­ put a stop to just that condition of things, which it is expected will I . , At the apixunted time the bridal party , , .. , . . . . , . . ,, usual Memorial services, also the officers liss «*citication> lor the road surfacing la now on tile in the »Hire of the county clerk. A brief el- amination of it will suffice to allow any­ one that it la a very comprehensive set of specifications ami make« a printed volume of over 100 pages Each of the several type* of paving is explained in full for every section of the roads to >»• constructed. Cement Concrete No. J, Concrete No. 2, and Haxaam ; Aaphal tic Concrete on Macadam, and on Con­ crete; Bitu lithic on Macadam and on Concrete; Wood block, Stone block ami Brick on Concrete, are all provided for. The effort* of Ila- asphalt influences to make tlir context an unequal one han practically failed, since tin- cement men were awake to the scheme* that might ariar and have noted al) tlie advantages taken against them. Taking Powell Valley road ax a sample tlie two leading pavementa may la« very well «xn|>ared. Tlie specifications read, Cement Concrete No. I. IMO cu. yda. earth excavation; WOOD cu. yda. old Ma cadam excavation; 4 cu. yds, Station overhauls ( Free haul 300 ft.); ’*U* cu. yds. cmaiied rock, new bane anil ahoulderx , AltMo M|. y<|n. of pavement. It will I m * noted that a considerable amount of .Macadam is to la* excavated. Thia can lie used in leveling up the latae and terming the xhoulden*. or the bank on each side of the roadwuy. But altho there is 9000 yards of old Macadam excavation, tots) more than enough to make tlie new laua* ami sitoulilers. tia* specifications call for 'idtti y arils of new material. That is en­ tirely unnecessary in Concrete specifica­ tions ax the Concrete is laid fl inches thick ami most of the road already has a Macadam base. Concrete is laid suc- ceeafully on a well |*acked eartlieu base. Thia BUM* yards of crushed rock were for the purjKixe of raising tlie cost of construction to the Concrete contractor. Compare this with the *|>eci flcations for asphaltic surfacing ami it will be seen ttiat the omission of this rock from tlie Concrete specifications would have placed the asphaltic contractor at a dis­ advantage The Asphaltic surface, Bitliulitic, Warrenite, or sheet Asphalt must lie laid either on a Concrete- or Macadam l>a*e and there is no doubt that the Concrete- base will stand no chance in this contract as tlie price would be too high. The Asphaltic sur­ faces will lie laid on a Macadam Itaxe, ami if the people who drew up the specifications could force tlie Concrete contractors to provide a Mat adrm base they would have them at a decided dis­ advantage. The specifications tor Asphaltic Con­ crete, Bithulitic or Warrenite are pro­ vided to la* on a Concrete or Macadam base For the purpose the specifications will lie given for the Asphaltic Concrete on Macadam base, which is: 1500 cu. yds. earth excavation; 7400 cu. yds. old Macadam excavation ; 4000 co. yds. of station ovorhaul; 100 cu. yds earth embankment; and 7000 cu. yds of crushed rock in base and shoulders, and the same amount of stir face yardage. The excavation for asphalt will not be ax deep as for Concrete, as its depth is much less than the Concrete. There are several reasons for believ­ ing the Concrete will have preferential . consideration. It offers a more depend-1 able surface for all sorts of vehicles, es­ And looks ax if he’d like to die. pecially heavily loaded ones. It will But when there’s any dying done, never break through with any load that It ain't the inule, I'll bet a bun. is put on it while an Asphaltic surface Some folks don't treat mules with baa ls-en known to cut into all sorts of respect, ruta In a season or two. When an As- They say they ain’t got intellect; pliatic surface breaks it has to lie re- 1 That may lx* so, but if you've got dressed at a coat approximately two | To go to heaven on the spot, thirds of the original cost Wlien a 1 And want a way that doesn't fail. Concrete surface begins to show signa of > Jnat pull the taam-l on his tail. wear it can la* covered with any thick­ The mule, he tends to his own biz; ness of Asphalt at almost any figure He don’t look loaded, but he is. that the county can afford or wishes to spend Thia may run from ten cents a The regular monthly business and yard npward. Nome of tlie Concrete social meeting of the I-entx Y. P. A. wax pavement» have been surfreed with held in the church Tuesday evening. Asphaltic oils at six cents a vard. The election of officers took place which The Asphatie surface will be at a dis­ advantage as compared with a six inch I resulted ax follows: Pres., Eva Bischoff; Cement Concrete roadway The speei- 1 Vice Pres., Mildred Nordberg; Rec. ficationa provided for Asphaltic aur-, Nee., Hasel Sotnmerfeldt; Cor. Nee., faces laid on Macadam is that the l«ae Ralph Npearrow; Trees , Karl Nordberg; shall lie prepared by laying upon a After the graded surface a layer of broken stone Organist, Myrtle McNeil. varying in sire from 1J-* to 8 inches in 1 business session the young folks met diameter This layer shall be approxi­ tlie famous “Sniggles” family, who mately llu inches in thickness and shall made their first appearance while in be thoroughly rolled with a road roller allowing a compression of 200 pounds to Lnnt*. An unusal jolly time wax had. the inch of tire. No two inch surface will make a good roadway with that sort Mr. and Mrs. C. McIntyre and Elsie of bare. That will provide an entire road surface of only three and a half and Merle Berry spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. E. W. Payne of New Era. inches. •/ A \ - c- MRS. N. E. CHAMB­ LISS f NIE RI AINS MR. DALY GIVES REASONS FOR METERING OF THE CITY that further inspection will show the same result demonstrates ------------------------------- Daily Mails clearly that from 8 to 10 per cent of the consumers are wasting Born, to Mr. and Mrs. T. H. Drake, Mails at tlie Lente postoffice arrive and depart daily, except Sunday, asfol- water under the flat rate system, for which the other 90 per cent Tuesday, June 2, a son. ' lows: must pay. We are unable to see the justice of such an arrange­ Depart Mrs. Elizabeth Brown and Mire Arrive ment. In addition to the money relief to the 90 per cent, a reduc­ 7:30 A.M. Blanche Merill entertained a number of 6:00 A. M. tion of waste enables the maintenance of higher pressures and bet­ young people at the former’s home Mon- 12:50P. M. 12:30 P. M. ter fire protection. 5 36 P. M. day evening. ’ 3:30 P. M. The flat rate system merely gets the money necessary to main­ tain the department, spreading the cost over the entire city of con­ reasonable expenditures for distribution mains, pumping plants, sumers, regardless of whether particular individuals (the 90 per etc, by a genera) meter installation. The test of meters canducted by the Bureau of Water Works cent) get their money’s worth and pay for the extravagant waste shows that a meter costing $5.80 (in small quantities) passed and carelessness of the other 8 or 10 per cent. The city of Seattle has a larger supply of water (gravity sys­ 241,600 cubic feet of water, enough to last a family at the mini­ tem) than Portland and now has 40,000 meters and expects to be| mum rate for 40 years. No repairs were required at this time and the meter was in good condition at the end of the test and ap­ 100 per cent metered during 1915. The recorded experience of progressive cities and water works parently capable of passing an additional amount equal to that engineers is in favor of meters and they adopt them wherever indicated above. possible. The Cities of Chicago and New York refused to buy Fire Hydrants—the total numtier of hydrants installed in the meters until a few years ago. Both of these cities are now install­ city of Portland is less than 5000, 530 of which were installed dur- ing them as rapidly as possible, Chicago arranging to manufacture ing the last three months. In other words, over 10 per cent of its own meters. the total number of hydrants ever installed by the city of Portland The city of New York has just completed arrangements for a were put in under our supervision and direction, This, I think. water supply far in excess of their present needs and is protect- would impress moat people as having been a very literal inatalla- ing the city against further unnecessary expenditures by the in- tion of hydrants, especially in view of the fact that thia city has stallation of meters. The city of Chicago has an unlimited water more hydrants per thousand of population than moot any other supply Immediately adjacent to it and protects itself against un- city in the United States of similar size.