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About Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 1, 1912)
NEW YEAR'S EDITION Medford Mail Tribune MEDFORD SECTION MEDFORD SECTION X liwi'y-pjitsT yioAU. AlBJUrOJtOOKKflON, JIOXIIAY, JANITAKY 1, 1912. -,i'.ii..;.r.y.ri No. 242. - r ,.., ., ,,., .. , . r--- i - -- - - - - - Making Mf IffORD mE Bst pawd vV jtC "ik. pllliBBMflriBtfiQP'j'klit jr & Medford Ih tho boat paved rlty of Hb iiUo In tho United states, mid probiilily In tltu world. A city of 11.000 IiiIiuIjIIiiiiIh, It Iiiih aao.277.80 huiihVo yards of pavoniont, or 10.77 lineal mllos, or at) Hqiiuio ynrilH per uapllii. Modforil hun more jmvod HtiootH toduy than Portliuid had alx years ago, and Portland at that tlino wub a city of K.0,000 Inhabltanta. .Morn than oiio.hnlf or tlio total amount or pavoniont lud In Medford him houn laid during tlio pant year. Tho pnvliiK season In mil Haw 179.2fia.iri square yards or pavoniont laid, or 22,220 uriiaru yards more than In tho two yoara provioua, which totaled 157.034 Hquaro yardH. Medford la by no moans through with ...!...- kJ I.. ... a ll I il... in .. . . . . ' ' """-'' -"-"'"""-" --- mmm wvaHMa i i ,... mm 111 .Mi-iiiiini, niiiiHiiiK " uiiik .v noiioiy t'oiiMMU'iion HUiolo, Vi lnK Plant, Conm'to (,'iiiik, Hinder (JiiK, riu-rct Mixer, SurfticliiK Guiij; and Curb and (Juttcr Crow. tho work of luuuovliif,' hor atiootB, and additional contraotH for 1912 arn now holni; vontuniplatod. AHilialt I'himI. With tho oxeoptlun or tho flint huuhou'h work, all or tho pavomont In Medford has boon laid by tho Qlark llonory OoiiHtruotlon company of 8aoranionto. TIiIh company laya an aHplialtlo pnvoinont nanii conuioto Iiiiho, which Iiiih provd' Tory iUIb- fautory, whllo upon a ftr rili!onco Htrootii an asphaltlc niacadin, haa boon laid. Thla typo of piiTtliitnt wub adopted by tho city aftor a tkor ouch InvoutlKatlon of pnvomontH throiiHliont California wan uiado by n coniinlttoo of city officials Tlio Clarlt vS; llonory Construction company boKiui ooiatton8 In Medford Into In tho aoaiion Of t'JlO, and Jnn nary 1, 1D11, found 1G7.02I Hquaro yaidu of tliu linpiovoniont laid In tho city, TIiIh year, having contracts ahoad or thorn, tlioy got an oarly Btart ami laid 1 70, 25.1 sijuaro yavdB. Tho company oroctod a Iiiiko plant In thin city and riiHhod tho work. Tho city Iiiib oxpondod ?824,;t07.20 for pavonionL All In Tlnoo Yoiii-H. Throo yoars iik thoro was not u bIiikIo Hquaro yard or paving In tho stato south of Kimono. Thon It was that Medford. an nmbttlmiB llttlo city of 5000 aoulfl, started an iiKltntlon for liottor atrootH. l?uch wlntor found hor thoroughfares lmpuBslblo. Tho agltuttou grow and a contract wiib lot for ilMUO yaids. Thla wub laid on tho pilnclpal utroot of tho city, and ho obvious wore, Kb bononta that tho rollowluK hciiboii an addi tional contract was lot. in 1911 thla wiib supplemented by a contract Kroator than tho rirat two together. Other towns In southern Oregon liavo proritod b Modrprd's oxamplo and now aro having tholr utreots aur raced. Tho gigantic task or making Mod donced by tho ract that jjioy liavo boon awarded contract after contract for laying their asphalt pavement In tho city. Tlio Company. Tho Clark & llonory Construction company Is a California corporation, lu which V. It, Clark and Samuel llonory nro tho principal and "con trolling atockholdors. In ohnrgo of tho work being dono in this city Is Aithur W. Clark, who Is making a record for himself and tho comnunv ford tho best pavort city In America by tho ananuor In which ho la handling tlio Job. Tho company Is ono of tho largest contacting firms on tho Pa cific coast and now has paving plants at Itoaoburg. Stockton, Sacramento, Uklnh, Stm Mateo, San. Joso Oak- Ih In tho hands of tho Clark & llonory Construction . company or Sacramento and Stockton. Cal, That thoy aro doing a good Job and aio laylutf a auporlor pnvomont Is oyl- land, and llurllngnmo. Tho fact that all or tho cities In which thoy hno wnrkod Hooak highly of tholr pave ment and tho manner In which It la laid shows Unit tho company doos ita work woll. Fow poopto leallzo tho alzo of tho Job such as Mod ford lot thla past Benson. Iloro nro n fuw facta and figures; Throo huudrod men woro em ployed, all, for tho most part, bolug export workmon. Ono hundrod and fifty horses woro employed, ownod by tho company. Twenty carloads of material nr- rlvod mid was used each day on tho BtrcotsN Tho largoat bIzo of any asphalt paving plant was In oporatlop, A rock Hcrceu was In , operation which loaded 100 wagons .dally, scooping tho material from the crook bod. Throo Btoam rollors woro In con stunt opcraMon, Ono gradnr wa8 In uso, which plowed up tho stroota and loaded tlia dirt onto patout dump wagons, KIghty patont dumpwagona wors In uso, Ton thousand sacks of cemont war plied about on tho stroots of tho city, Flfteon thousand sacks wero hold m a rcaorvo forco In tho warohouisq lu caso a freight tio-up should occur o I (CouUnueJ on vum o fll
