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u.snlmH imvciuonU Tlio total iiuviiig tn tho city toUils (ucuty itiltes. Sieiie.s shov a tcniimi-iiry btublc,
woik, waKtHiit liaullng asplmlt anil Ixill ilujj cutblnj;.
mlvlii iilant, laying concrete binder
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iO)uUtlou, Tho city boauta of 'JO
mllea of hrd nurfaro pavemont, prac
llcally ajlor which wmh luld lit th'i
past throo yoarH, Tho coat approxl
luatev $1,000,000. Tho bulk ot tho
pavomont la asphalt with cuncroto
bato, lajd by Clark & llonory Con
structlon company,
"Mod(ord ia tho bout pnvod city a
tho world. Not only Iiiib It tho niont
paved Hfreota (or Its alzo, but tho
quality of tho pavomont la auporlor
to that or any city nouth of It," said
Sum 11)11, proHluut ot tho Na.toual
Court ItoudH MBsocliitlou mid foro
niOBt koimI ronils advocato In tho nu
tlou, whllo rocoutly visiting In thla
city.
"I liuvo luspoclod nil tho now roada
uiul paving construction uudor way
In both Kuropo and Amoilcu, bo 1
tool that I know what I am talking
about, Pavomont and good hotels
liuvo truusforiuod Medford Into iv
mobt uttructlvo cty, Medford and
Aahlnud uro far ulioud ot any cIUob
south to Baoramonto,"
A city ot 11,000 Inhabitants, It has
380, 045 square yards ot pavomont, or
10. 85 lineal mllos, or U0 pijuaro
jards jior capita, Medford has moro
paved utreotH today that 1'ortlund
had ut tho tlmo of tho Lewis and
Clark fair In 1005 and 1'ortlund at
that tlmo was a city ot 15,0,000 In
liabltuntH, Asphalt I'oisl
With ho- oxcoptlou ot tho first
and Boino ot latt scnBon'd work, all
ot tho pavomont In Medford has boon
laid by tho Clark & llonory Construc
tion company ot Bncramonto. This
company lays an auphaltlo pavomont
upon u concrete baEo, wlitch has
proved wry satisfactory, whllo upon
a tow rosldonco stieots au asphaltlo
macadam litis boon laid. This typo
ot pavomont was adopted by tho city
after ft thorough investigation of
pavements throughout California wai
tuado by a commlttco of city officials,
Tho Clark & llonory Construction
company began operations In Medford
lato In tho season ot 1910, and Jan
uary 1, 1911, found 157,02 1 squaro
yards ot tho Improvement laid In thy
city. In 1911, having contracts
ahoad ot thorn, they got un oarly
start and laud 179,253 squaro yardi,
Tho company orectod a huso plant
In this city and rushed tho work,
Tour )ears ago lucre was not
single squaro ard ot paving In tho
stato south of Kugeno. Then It was
that Medford, an ambitious llttlo city
ot 5000 souls, started an agitation
for bettor streets. Kach winter
found her thoroughfares Impassible.
Tho agitation grow and a contract
was let for 35,000 yards. This was
laid on tho principal street ot the
city, and so obvious wore Its benefits
that tho following Bonjon au addi
tional contract was lot. fit 1911 this
was supplemented by a contract
greater than tho first two together.
Other towns in Southern Oregon
havo profited by Modtord's example
and now uro having their streets sur
faced. Tho glgautle task ot mak(ug Med
ford tho best paved city In America
was in tho hands ot tho Clark &
llouery Construction company ot
Sacramento and Stockton, Cal. That
thoy are,,ilolig a good' job and ur
laylng.'a .superior pavoment Is evi
denced by tho fact that thoy havo
been awarded contract after contract
for laying their asphalt pavemont In
tho city.
Tho Clark & llonory Construction
company Is a California corpnratlqu,
In which W. II. Clark Is president.
In charge ot tho work being done ta
thla city was Arthur W. Clk, ,wh
mudo a record for himself and tat
company by the manner in which
tURdled tho Job. The company la
one of the largest contracting flraw
oh tho Pacific coast and now ha pv
Ing plants at Koseburg. Stockton,
Sacramento, Uktah, Ban M(9, 8ft
Jose, Oakland, IlurMogame, Kuga,v
Salem and other cities. The fast
that all ot the cities In which (bay
havo worked speak highly of ttwlr
pavoment and the mlnner la wklJi'
t Is aid shows ..that ,th wmaf
does" Its work well,' " " '$
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