Image provided by: University of Oregon Libraries; Eugene, OR
About Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989 | View Entire Issue (May 8, 1929)
Medford Mail Tribune Second Section Six Pages Second Section Six Pages Dtltf Twfnlj fsutUj Teir. WmUt rutr-fetcoui icv. MEDFORD. OKEGOX, WEDNESDAY, MAY 8, 1929. No. 47. r CITY SAVES Oil AIRPORT LEVELING Plowing, Grading and Other , Preliminary Work Carried , On By , Local Labor Runway and Drainage ; Will Also Be Handled By City Crew Scheffel Makes Report- Building the First Transcontinental Railroad The worn ot plowing. grading and leveling of the bltr now alr , port site, on which much progress ha.9 been tnado in tho past week or Bor with two weeks or more of such work yet ahead, is being dona under tho city council through ittj airport committee aus pices with City Superintendent Kred Scheffel in charge, of local labor. Immediately that work is finished, it Is tho plan of tho city administration to have Mr. Schef fel also construct the airport run way and drain it, wih local labor. - This field work already accom plished on the airport has been done with the city not spending a nickel of money for outside help. Also, when the rough field work is completed, the city officials will go no further without seeking ex pert airport engineering or aero nautical advice on the laying out of the first unit in the way of lo cation of buildings, runways and the like, with a view to future ex pansion . by ' establishing other units from year -to year as they are needed. The city officials spent hours in discussion of the new airport prob lem at last night's city council meeting, and it was finally decided that Mayor Pipes would within the flAit ilnv nr tivn nnnnlnl Iwn m -m bora of the chamber of commerce airport committee to work in a cooperative capacity with the council's airport committee, and also appoint a new member on tho. Jatter committee Ao lako the place of 12. W. Jannoy," recently roslgncd from the council,- r -. These two committees will then, aft soon s possible, decltlo whether FireMraniConnTentaUrairMrieetm 'sTjjR J VJ .C' . , , - A A8irra f II J , r-t , , ' . bridQ., I&k vR)C7 3 fi il Stage Coach bridged gap between ends of track Rounding "Cap Horn" on way to Summit Leaving Oakland Pier, 1869 . The nlxtleth birthday ot thn Southern Pacific, first transconti nental railroad. Is beinpr celebrated May 10 by a radio broadcast from K P O San Francisco, over tho Pa cific Coast network of tho Nation al Broadcastinsr Company and from K S Ifialt Lake, Utah. The broad- cast will be from 9:30 to 10:30 p. m.. Pacific standard time. Relnald Werrenrath, famous bari tone, is coming from New York specially to take part In this enter tainment. To a musical accompani ment of Construction day music there will be told over the air the epic story of the conquest of Sierra and desert, which was probably the greatest of pioneer accomplish ments. ' Construction ot the Southern Pa cific's first unit, which was Hi" Western end of the first transcon tinental railroad, cost 61, 000,000. The Southern Pacific, which ha grown with the west, is still driv ing apiken and has just completed. In the last IS years construction to open, up new territory at a cost of t,nno,ooo. It would bo bent to employ an ex port airport engineer on a per dlcm basis, or at u flat stipulated sunt to luy out tho airport, and aTwu whether tho airport field should ho c-lrcular in form, which form, would save considerable money in tho way of building, -otiulpplnir and maintenance, and submit their .dreisipn to the whole council for-'approval. -. ' The city officials also lust night had a dismission' lis io 'thV be'st time to sell-tho V 20,000 airport bond issue so as to bring about tho best sale obtainable In the bond market. Up to tho proscnt tho cost lias been homo by money borrowed .from city funds tempo rarily until tho bonds are sold. and it ..was decldod to continue So far, or rather up to May 6, only a little less than $30,000 has boon paid out on airport cxponse, Including the cost of tho land. Sceley Hall, number of , the chamber of . commerce airport committee,' met witn tho council and aided , City . Superintendent under tills plan for aovnrnl wooks I Hchoffot In explaining matters per- yet, when the -airport building, ex- penso. will have' npproacphod tho htuKo when -money must be paid jnt in large ebunks. Be Independent Own Your Home 7 Preferred Stock Invest your money in tliis suc cessful home institution it's SAFE, PROFITABLE and AVAILABLE. Owners ot this stock were recently paid ir'SO, 000 for 0 months earnings. MR Just as the strength and stability of the nation is centered in the home, so is your business and personal integrity bound up in the home you own. Be the house large or small, homo owners enjoy a feeling of inde- ' pendence that renters never know. Our con venient home loans make it possible for you to own your home on a liberal payment plan. We invite you to investigate this of-' ' for Take your family and yourself forever out of the rent-paying class. JACKSON COUNTY BUILDING & LOAN ASSOCIATION Over 20 Years in Medford -Not One of Our Stockholders Has Lost a Cent tuinlnff to tlie work a I road y do no anil that contemplated In tho fu ture. . The city .administration haw ol roady wived much nionoy In hav ing tho cleaning UP of the airport Bile and rough 'field- work done undnr.its own supervision with lo cal htbor and City Superintendent Heheffel In charge-,1 over what I would have been paid If an alr- port ex inert or airport building ; roncern had been given thlH Job. Of course, much practically free advice on this rough, field work bus been obtained u far from competent authorities. Tho formal report of City Su perintendent Scheffel to tho city , council of tho pro grew of the j work and I ho like, made to the I council last night, wan as follows: i Airport Progress Outlined We liavo had the um of the j county equipment for scarifying I the field, and to date have broken , up 2ft acres with tho county cfjulp 1 ment and IS acres with a 20 horse- power detractor and three-way ) plow.-- This equipment wus also used for pulling tho trees. We Perforated iron pipe f 24,000 KxciivutUiu of trenches 6,000 Gravel for trenches 5,100 Total estimated coat....r'...$3G.10U "Wo havo figured, the. graveled co u rue lor Lho runway whU:h la us oIIoavh: i i, - 8,3tfo6uble yards 'gravel ut K 11.70 .$11,110 1,800 cubic yards of de composed grunito at J3 ... 0,400 Total cost ot runway.- (10.610 Tho above would include 2 inches of uggroguto averaging in stzo from 3 inches to 1& Inches; 1 to 3-1 Inches; and 1 inch of aggregate averaging in slzo from 3-1 inches to 1-4 Inch and. one Inch top, surface of decomposed gl'HlltC. Wo havo computed tho ,ubuvo estimates to givo you un idea as to the probable cost, from jwhlch you can dotermlno tho osklmato of tho improvements you doslro to undcrtako at this lime. , Tho cost for tho various . items to date are as follows: Scarifying, per aero $ 6.00 Sprinkling, leveling and rolling, per acre 60.00 Drainage, per acre 100.00 Ciravellirg. per cubic yard f 1.85 Attached hereto l tho total ex pcndltureH to May 6. KxficmlltiircH at Airport Kor months February, March and April and May 1 to 6. Owner W. H. Core J. W. Wakefield Andrew Chatreau .. Well .Main O. O. Hoggs.. lilaiich Maul cstutc. Irfiiid riirrhnsvc Acres 200.00 2.1.77 I 1.00 3.31 C'UHt I'CP Acre $ 80. (10 77.91 !H.! i:'3.n M.Zu 301.112 Amount 11(1.000 2.000 3.000 4.000 2,400 27,000 found Ihut In using a nmiill truutor nnd three-way. plow, wo could not break tho ground deep enough to bo oC much benefit, and llicroforo thla equipment naa been discontinued; In acarlfylng Willi tho largo county equipment, lho ground la aufficlcntly broken ho that by UHlng tho "tumblobug" Herapcr, very llttlo uddltlonal plowing la neccwaary and wo find 111 ualng tho Kllllfcr aub-aollcr, we arc ablo to break tho hummocka. A crew of men" haa been em ployed cutting up the trcca and removing the bru.sh. Thla la prac Ucally completed. Wo arc i-awlng tho trcca Into four-foot lengtha. which ean bo aold, nnd have cut the buttn of the largo plnoa Into 18-foot lengtha which can bo sold for logs. ono ucro of ground has been rough graded wllh the light rqulp ment. and we believe thla in tho moat economical way to carry on the leveling. Tho estimated coat for rough grading la $45 an acre plua 1 5 for fine grading and roll ing, which ninken a total coat of ISO an aero to placo tho land in proper ahapc for the hard surface. Keltalvc to tho dralnago ayatem, we havo followed the auggcntlona of Irof. powcra and dc.ilgncd tho ayatem for ono Inch of rainfall per hour. The catlmatcd cost of drainage of tho runway 200 feet wldo and 270U feci long ia us fol lows: t'onrrete drain tile $ 8.600 Ivxcavatlon of trenchea 6,000 Oravcl for trenches 0,100 Pulllli! 1'Jecl.lon I'ubllHhlng, printing, U. t). post age, Judges, etc., I.J73.44. AdmlnllHrallnll March Investigations, Oakland, Calif., etc....; I 40.83 April and May Superin tendence and clerical 115.50 12C2.83 ICnglin-erins March and April Hur- vcys, limps, drafting $298.45 Clrouhd soundings 103.84 May Surveys and charting 25.60 Construction (a) A p r i I Krcctlng temporary office $ ! April Tear down buildings, niova fences and tianspartlng old lumber - (c) April Grubbing . and clearing May Grubbing and clearing ... and May , II (d) April I'luwing (e) April Leveling - Equipment rental Hmall tools' and May 25.78 S3.H7 63.71 60.88 54.21 65.60 67.00 64.00 7.95 Total cost of drainage... 114,600 Tho above estimato la for con crete pipe, and using perforated Iron culver!, tho costa ure al fol lows; i . - - ' Ixiytoii tjalom market road under eonstrtictio' $29,829.16 river . LADIES OF SOUTHERN OREGON Are Cordially Invited to Attend Free Demonstrations of Salads Frozen Desserts and Confections at the ncUrUKU tLtcritiu CO. Classes Will Be Conducted Daily 10:00 a. m. to 11:30 a. m. 2:00 p. m. to 4:30 p. m. Mrs. M. R. Hare Will Ue Two of Our General Electric Refrigerators For All Demonstrations Demonstrations will bo with f ro.rn dessovt-s, chilled foods, salads, appetizers and breakfast suggestions- . Mrs, Hare has bad eonsidcrablc experi ence in conducting demonstrations and giving lea turcs before women's organizations. Many health and table uses of gelatins will also be brought out in tlieso demonstrations. Desserts -will be served. Free Cook Books AVomon arc invited to briug, notebook und pencil for notation of menus not appearing in cook ...book.'- -. ,; ;v- ,j.;.,--i'-v .-,-,--.':w-;t- -. r.;,;- -. , i wnanasw tanMg t r "I'M MRS. M. R. HARE National Representative of the Charles B. Knox Gelatine - Co., Johnstown, N. Y. " - Thursday's Menu THUR8DAY A. M. Frozen Pudding with Different Strawberry Sauce Bavarian Cream, French Pastry . THURSDAY P. M. i Orange Jelly with Cheese Dressing Grapefruit Appetlzei CELEBRATE EGG WEEK By Using More Eggs and Pou ltry Thereby Helping to Build Up the Growing Agricultural Industry of Our County Our eggs are all produced under sanitary conditions and are graded and candled by expert candlers, assur ing you of the best there is on the market. 0 Farmers' Exchange Co-Operative CLAY D. PARKER, Manager O
