NEW YEAR'S EDITION
Medford Mail Tribune
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AlBJUrOJtOOKKflON, JIOXIIAY, JANITAKY 1, 1912.
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No. 242.
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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
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,... 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
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