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MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MTOFORTVOKlftlON, "MONDAY, JANUARY t, 1012.
Medfprd's Public Improvements Total $2,000,000
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MUNICIPAL IMPIIOYKMKNTS IN MKDFOlll) JANUARY, 11)19.
CJoiicthI Suntiiwrr.
Mites.
PAVOmnht .'.' 16.77
PtanKary sewers 24.95
Storn) aewers 1.50
Water malnn S 7.40
Concrete walks 24.68
Miscellaneous
Gravity water aystom ; 23.00
City bull ........ .....4... ..t.-iii
Cluster lights' j '
Fire department
Hoard wnlks ' it t ..... . 5.00
Macadam roads '. .32
Cost.
S34.307.30
193.74.R1
31,090.06
244,558.99
91.214.IiK
1,328,21
275.000.01)
25,000.00
22,054.00
10,000.00
5,280.00
,1.590.50
Total
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Pavement ,,VV1
Sanitary sowers
Storm sowqrs
water ninins . . .
Concreto .walks . ,
Miscellaneous . . . .
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Totals for Season of 10 tl. . -:
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.91,715,193.62
Cost.
$434,536.33
52,660.17
2,717.75
77.399.86
16.1S7.15
1.&2&21
Total J5S4.829.37
Paving Statistics of the City.
1 vSq. Yds.
Ultullthlc pavement prior to 1911,. 52,475.41
Asphalt pavement prior to 1911 104,549.24
Total prior to 1911..
.157.024.65
Asphalt pavement during 1911.'. ;. .175,419.05
BrJckollthlc pavement during 1911.. 3.S34.00
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Miles.
2.33
5.27
7.60
S.95
0.22
Cost.
$142,316.08
,246,864.89
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J389.770.97
$425,911.23
S.625.00
Total during 1911.
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.179,253.15
1434,536.23
Grand total January, 1912 336.277.S0 16.77
;VaW Main Statistics of City.
Mains' built prior to 1911 20.06
Mains built during 1911 7.34
9S24.307.20
9167,159.13
. 77.399.86
Total January,
1912....,
Sewers built prior to 1911.
Sewers built during 1911..
Total January, 1912..
Sanitary Scwrr Statistics of City. . ,
9244,558.97
9141,104.44
. 52,560.17
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'' . Sidewalk Statistics of City.
Concrete walks prior to 1911
Concreto walks during 1911
Total January, 1912. ,..,.. ... ..... ....
24.S1
20.30
4.3S
24.68
9193,764.61
975.027.40
16,187.15
991.214.55
Medforid BestPaved City in World
(CestlBBed tress Fact !
that the work tieod sot bo delayed.
Two large concrete' mixers, each
capable of turriing out 1S00 square
yards of concrete base a day were In
use.
The monthly payroll exceeded 930,
000. ii
Twelve hundred barrels of crude
oil were bunted daily. " --':'
Three buadred and fifty barrels of
asphalt were' used- each day.
One hundreU 'aad eighty cubic
yards? og sand ' and' gravel passed
Mhrough the plant dally.-
400,000, Sacks Oment.
So great 'was the amount of ce
ment used In the city that Mr. Clark
estimated that the sacks, which he
returned and' n which he Is allowed
10 cents each, will amount to 940,
000. tin other words, 400,000 sacks
of cement were used on Medford's
streets. t
Twenty thousand dollars was paid
monthly to tho Southern Pacific for
freight charges. ' "
The company lays an asphalt pave
ment iwhlch Is shown to bo' very suc
cessful wherever It has been laid:
Flrsttthoy lay a concrete baso'soiae
five laches la thickness, then a' binder
course an Inch thick, and on 'top' "of
this le laid the wearing' surface two
inches In thickness. Tho new' con
tract calls for tho laying of an as
phalt concrete base, tho pavement
bclngv lighter. It was adopted owing
to the splendid showing It has made
In California cities.
Medford Is well satisfied with the
pavement being laid In the" city, for
she feels that she Is getting a "square
deal." And after all, that Is the one
big essential.
Tho following letter speaks for
Itself:
December 26, 1911.
Mr. O. Arnsplger,
City Engineer,
Medford, Oregon.
Dear Sir Your letter of December
2 1st at hand requesting a complete
report of tests made on paving sam
ples taken from work laid in your
city.
In the oast two" years, during which
time wo understand the greater part
of your sheet asphalt" pavement has
been laid, 86 samples of wearing sur
face mixture have b4cn analyzed, re
quiring the 'making of over 500 sep
arate determinations. In the main
these tests have indicated the? use of
the best quality of materials avcliable
for this purposej this being further
checked by analysis and tests made
on samples of raw materials fur
nished from time to time.
A short time ago while In your
city, through your courtesy I had tho
opportunity of Inspecting the fin
ished work' as well as tho plant from
which it was laid, and your local
concrete sewer pipe plant In which
It Is understood much. of tho newer
pipe used In your cltr and neighbor
ing cities' Is manufactured. The gen
eral excellent appearance of your
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pavement compares favorably with
the best work done anywhere Such
work as hus here been accomplished
shows a thorough appreciation of
modern engineering methods of con
struction as well as an efficient con
trol through the use of offico check
ing and field Inspection. The Im
portance of such a control should
become more plain as tho Increased
value of tho pavements become moro
apparent through their possession of
qualities not found in pavements In
which control has not been exercised.
This being accomplished at a Cost per
yard'of pavement laid ns low as found
In any city where work of equal qual
ity has ' been put down. Samples
taken from the factory of your local
concrete- sower pipe on which tests
have been mado show this to bo tho
best quality of concreto sewer plpo
that has been submitted to this la
boratory for testing. This Is due to
the uscj of materials well adapted to
tho purpose In connection with n
thorough understanding of the prin
ciples of good concreto construction.
The result of tho uso of crushed
rock in tho aggregate and tho wet
method of mixing Is u finished pro
duct of great density and consequent
low porosity and elimination of leak
age In tho finished line.
This product Is superior to tho In
ferior grades of clay pipe found on
this market and will compnro favor
ably In strength and gcnoral qunllty
with much of tho bettor grades obtainable.
From the above mentioned tests of
materials and mixtures' entering into,
and of the completod work Itself, it
Is apparent to nnyouo conversant
with such matters that any compari
sons made can result only favorably
to tho work accomplished in your
city. Yours respectfully,
V. C. KIKLI),
Chomlst.
' Hnglncurlug Department, Testing
Labprntory.
Medford Homes
Jfrtlfnril rapidly Iincniiiin it city
of licnnlii'iil hnrww. Willi (ho crowlh
oC I hi city lin come h icritHt. improve
ment in uryliilBdhirHl (loViu iiihI
finUh. Ak llio now water ayaUtn
Iiiim Ihoii completed, iumiriitic nu
lililiiiilnncu of Hfo-xiviiiK moUluro,
union lawnx, klimlo tree and almli
Iiory are replacing llio parched yards
or llio villiiKtt era. Stately mnitfilniia,
iictiireMiiie IiiiiikuIowk mill vo;.y cut
lne are cuing up ns if by mngle in
nil partH of the. nily.
Medford in a lioini' oil v. wlieru Ilic
mnjorily of rowidcul own their
liomo. I'lntn and tuiiomuiitK tlioiMt
demoVnlizerM of (lie lioiiie lire nx yet
iinkiiown, KiiineroiiM new addition
llml liuvc hccii phici'd on tlu market
lit ciihv forniM linvo, Kunc like hot -cakc,
rendering it clicnpci' to liny
and liulhl IIiiiii to pay rent.
Mfedford's dbstly Gravity System of Pure Mountain Water Best in World
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MEDFORD WATKK HYKTKM -f
Water' right dally flow, -f
4,860,009 gallons. 4
'Diverting dam on Outto 4
creek. '' ' ; 4
23 miles 16-lnch plpo 'lino. -f
i2,000,000-gallon reservoir, 4
210 feet abovo city. - ! 4
27.4 miles caBl-lron dls- 4
trlbutlng system. ' v 4
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Tliero aro three points In the game
of municipal water supply: Quantity,
quality-and cost. Medford won on
all throe points.
Tho quantity delivered at the city
rwvolroxccods tho original esti
mate by a third! tho quality Is better
than was originally proposed, and
finally, tho total cost of- the gravity
portion was 932,000 less than tho
J3WhQ00,, allowed ,, . .,
v An jtMUobof. 93GDjO00. of bonds
was authorised 4iu May, 1908, 'of
wktoh .96C,00Q-Wa'. td be1 used 'for
cast-Iron plpo within tho city proper
Ur..d!.8U'Juut!ou) hydrants and. acces
srl. an 9300)000 iw-as tallowed for
the "gravity supply and reservoir. -Tho
report which was the basis of
the bond Issuo estimated the supply
at 3,000,000 gallons dally, diverting
the supply front the north fork of
Little Butto above the Fish "Lake
company's Intake to their canal. As
carried out, tho supply was actually
diverted at a point th'reo miles far
ther up tho creek.' assuring bettor
water for having gone abovo the two
largo stock ranches of Hanlcy and
Sllnger, and moro water for tho
added 400 feet of elevation. II v this
bettorment tho "gradient1' becomes
23 feet fall per mile, against 13 feet
per mild proposed.
The expenditures on tho gravity
water system aro as follews:
Tho net proceeds of the sale of
1355,000 gravity bonds amounted to
9337,408.20. Ten thousand dollars
were never Issued, the bdudlhg com
pany 'refusing1 that much' as necessary
to cover' Interost during the time of
construction. " '
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Tho expenditures on' tho gravity
water system aro as follews:
Water rights 9 15,000.00
Right -of Way 2,309.86
Telephono line 2,939,45
Reservoir site U acres) 250-00
Litigation (right or -way) 1,529.73
Hamilton construction
contract .. ,n.m .. 239,800.00
BxtraB.' . -t'i , .-..'. it. ..-. 4 15.72
Engineering, surveys, or, 9,585.25
IurrstlKntimiH, Applo
gnto, etc,
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122.6Q
Inspection
Administration. .' .....,
Miscellaneous, printing,
etc , . . ,
1,861.00
536.C0
'307.90
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Total 9274,718.20
Deduct 6,200.00
Cost!'of gravity" system", . 9268,518.20
Tho distributing system pafd for out
of the so-called gravity water bonds
amounted to 968,979.93; grnvlty sys-1
tern, as above, f 268,5 18.27; total,
9337,498.20 proceeds of tho bonds.
1 Whnt did Medford get for tho
9355,01)0?
"Water right A perpetual water
right to a dally flow of 4,8pd,0bb
gallons from a puro mountain stream
whose minimum flow Is nt Umst ton
times this amount, and further guar
anteed by the stored waters In' Fish
lake and Four Mllo Inky, on tho
summit of tho Cascades.
1'Jpo lino 23 miles of lfi-lnch
plpo Hue,' constructed of mnohluu
bauded woodon stave plpo having a
earryifg capacity of 4,100,000 gal
lons dally, ''
Distributing rosorvolr A reser
voir about a mllo east of town hav
ing n capacity of 2,000,000 gallons
at an olovntiou 2 lit feeet nhovo tho
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business center of Medford.
Reservoir slto and park Five
acres of ground for fiituru enlarge
ment of reservoir or fur city park.
Distribution Pipe; 3124 feet J2
Ineli pipe, 1102 root 10-lncli plpo,
2010 foot K-liich pipe, 23.015 foot
fi-lnijli pipe, 8236 fcul l-lnoli pipe;
total, 37,877 feet, Including hydrants,
gates, blowoffs and other fittings,
and 0,83 miles of cast-iron mains,
Reservoir, Holding 2,000,000 Gallons, two Hundred Feet Above City
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During HUH 13.21 mlliw of ad.ll
tlonul mains were laid and In lull
7.31 miles, making n total of 27.1
niHiii of caMl-lron inaliiH actually lulil.
To tho 968,1170.113 from tho gravity
water fund expended for dlslliiillon
was milled tho amount rulmtud on
frclglit by Hie Xouthprii I'nnlfln cuiu
pauy, a Jotal of 973.717.88. Thus
them was. actually received uiiil ox
pnilded out of gravity water bunds
for "distribution" 97i!,!IM.K,l.
Tho citizens of Medford may well
ho proud of their water iiupply. No
better water lit fiirnlnheil any city ju
the. stale.
Tho supply In adequate for 20,000
people without rust riot Miin, and ffjf
ured upon hihiIi averngo iih apply In
tho mldillo wust, the riiiunt ilv diillv
ilullverud to tho dlHtrlliiillug losiirvoLi'
Is Hiifrielniil for 25,0110 to HO.UOll
people.
In this coiiiivcIIimi It may liu'ln.
lurostliig lo unto that 'be nvcniiie
ci.Ht of it municipal wator mtpply ,ni'
cities of this olaH Is not fur from
950 per capita. Pumping syslouis
go n llltlo lower, and gravity Hy
tcius u llttlu hlghor. Modfunl'li
gravity supply has cost lens than 960
per capita of pronout population, mjjl
when It Is Known Hint tho mipply Jh
sufficient ror Hiilcu tho proHont pijpn
lntlon the liidehteduess ner canlta'lH
among tho lowest or the towns having
n system us good ua ouru.
The lliicul of watr ayatemK, til
bout of sewer nytiHt, the ihUm of
paved MtreHta, elect rie lighta and all
inniltfrn couvotilsMfHi, lifr prograiv,
cultuitnl people, the lueinipolilaii and
coMiiiopolilaii clionictcr of tht dac,
coiulduml with a nn( dcllnlitfiil ellto
ate mid the iiiim! pcluriMo)ue of iwii
cry, make Medford sought hhuiiik
clliim itf tin ideal plncc for a liomo. '
The residents of Medford have UiU
been content with Hie ordinary in
their dwelling limine. 'I'hey luivu
buildcd in ncconl with the natural
building xileH fouml mi every hami,
itml (he modern residence- oiu of
U stately coleninl bt.sle, mhhc (be
modem mid couvcuicut ImiiilhIw -Iioiino
an energetic, money- pcmliiig
people.
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