SOCIETY
Medford Mail Tribune
SECOND
SECTION
FOIi'l'V-MRST YIOAU.
MIODKOWDOIfl'XJON, Sl'NIMV, JUNK 18, 1011.
No. 75.
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I'ppor Mm HIiohn (irnilliigCnnip anil I'm lug Haul; Sotnnil Mint, Conrmin llano (Jang anil a (Jang iJijIng Surface, Third Mae Slums tlio Oomroto .Mixer anil iiiiilcr, tlio I'Kth tlio Curb ami (Sutter (Jang of thi Clark .Ji Henry Construction Company
T IH'I tinto in elnso al linnil wlfoii
I Medford will ho known iih tlio
host pnvod i-ily of its size in
America. 'I'll I co hundred incii, modern
mnchinoiy anil nonily lf0 head of
horses am einployodin transforming
lint' Hlrcots, which hoietofnio lit
mill-winter have boon Imt stronkN of
iniio iiiln hoiiluvniiW open to Iraflio
the . ttjir around. To ilata nearly
!I(I0,IMI0 Hipiari) yards of pavoinoul
has hern In ill while a contract I'oi' an
additional ,100,000 square, yniils Iimk
j'iihI boon Int. When completed Mod
ford will Iiiivii nearly '!! miles of
pavi'il streets, costing nonily
$1,000,000, a IrenienilniiK iiiiiimiiiI aoii
stilitiin Ihii )0)iilnli(in now ustiumtuct
al I u.niio.
TIuto ycaih npi llitno was not n
HiiiKlo hiiuire jaul of paving in tlio
slato honth of Salein, 'I'lion it was
Hint .Medl'oiil, an aniliilions lit t to nity
of .ri(lll(l soiiIk hlniti'il an auilation for
liotlnr KtiTolh. Kanli uintni' I'onnil
liar lliiminKlil'nii's iaipanhililo. Tlio
iif;ilaiiiin ki'ow anil a Contrai't was
lot for :ir,(l(IO yai'iU. TIuh was laiil
on 1Iio piinolpal hi root of tlio oily
anil ho ohwons were itn lionotith, that
tlio following hoason an aildilimial
oontraot wiih lot. This hoiisoii (his
luih licon Hiipploinonlod liy a oontraot
art fjroal as the first two toptthor.
Ollior towns jn sonlliora Oiokoii
liavo profilod hy Moilfonl'rt oxiun
plo anil now ara luiviuir thoir si roots
Hiirfaooil, Tlio uoiiiily ooiirt roooj,'..
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Iniziii),' tint honol'ilh to ho ilorivoil from!
Knoil toails liavo also oalloil for the'
laying of an asphalt maoadam loiulj
hotwoon tltih iMtv ami (Vnlral Point.
, Afoilfonl polnloil I ho way,
Tlio ji,imtio task of making lloil
ioril tlio InWt pax oil oity'in Amorioa
is In Hut luultls of tlio Clark oi Hon
(Vy Conslriiotion company of Sacra
mento and Stockton, Cal'. That thoy
aro titling a good joh and aro layiicj
a snpi'ritu' imvomont is evidenced liy
Hut fact that (hoy havo just hoe'n
awarded (ho second coalraot after
laying hix or seven miles of their as
i;lialt jmvoinent in tlio oily. They
now hivo inoro work than llioy cult
oomploiii this season, which will o
Imiil iiili I lit rainy season M.,ts in,j
hut I hoy aro making great effortsi
lo got as much of tlio work dono'
as poshihlo. They will comploto
their original contraot Into, in .Inly!
ami then will Mint on tlio work of
layingytho additional 100,000 yards j
of pavement. It may ho that a thiidj
contract will he gien them ne.xt sea
sou hut oxen if tlit"' is not done Mod-!
ford, for its siyo, will ho the host
paved oily in the Tinted Slate-,
Tlio Clark A llenory Coiihiruotion
company ih a California corporation,
in which K. Clark and Samuol
iroiiery aro the iinuipn and con
trolling htoekholdei-. In charge of
tho xvoi'k heing thuio in this city is
Arthur V. Clark who is making a
reconl for hiiiibclf and the conipuuy
hy the manner in which he is handling
tint job. I ho ctunpany i ono ot- tho
largc-t contracting iiini- on tho Pa
cific coa-t and now ha paving plaut
al l!o-eharg, Stockton, Sacramento,
Ckiah, San .Mateo, San Jo-iy Oak
laud and Hurliugamo. Tho fact that
all of tho citie- in whioh thoy have
worked speak hiuhly of thejr pave
aieiit and tho manner in which it i
laid shows (hat the company can ho
depended upon to do a hplondid joh
in Medford. Iloforo letting tho lu
cent contract tho nuunbefh of tho
.Medford city council xl.-ited several
of , theo cities and gained lufouuu
tiou i'irbt hand in icgard to tho ctun
pany and on thoir return immediate'
ly entered into tho now eqntniut. .
r But let us take tho field and see
I how thi- company goes nlmut tho
handling of a largo contract Midi a-
i- iiimiT way in .tiuiioru. rui a
few ligiuch regatding1 tho immensity
of tho job and then wo will go for a
rido with Arthur V. Clark, "tho
bo-,"
Kow; of Medfonl's re-ideuts teali.e
tho immensity of tho work now go
ing on in .Medford. In order that
thoy may grasp tliit in a conci-e
manner hero aro u few fauts and fig
ures :
Threo hundred aro employed, all.
for tho most part, being expert work
in on.
Ono hundred and fifty horses tiro
owned by tho oojupnny, and thoy
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aro constantly trying to obtain
moro.
Twenty carloads of iimtoriul ar
rives and is tisedench day on tho
streets,
Tho largest size of any asphalt
paving plant is in operation.
A look screen is in operation
which loads 100 wagons daily, scoop
ing tho material front, tho orook hod.
Threo steam rollers tiro in con
stant operation.
Ono grader is in use, xvjiieli plows
up tho streets and loads tho dirt onto
patent dump wagons.
Eighty patent dump wagons aro
in use.
Ten thousand sacks of omiiont aro
(Coatlaueil on PBl,)f
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