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About Herald and news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1942-current | View Entire Issue (July 28, 1963)
KLAMATH FALLS, OKKGON. SI SOW, .ILLY 28, I9J City Launches Self Improvement Inability' Project City crews and private c on struct ion firms! have been busy this summer working on scores of city improvement projects including sewer and paving work by the city street department. park and marina improvement by the recreation department and work by the city police and fire departments. "This is an all out effort on the part of Klamath Falls toward self improvement designed to en hance the livability of the city and prepare for new residential growth and make the area more attractive to prospective indus tries," Bob Kyle, city manager. said. "Klamath Falls is feeling the will to progress and improve it self and all city departments and private business groups arei moving forward together," Kyle said. The most recent project under- taken by the city is permanent repair work on the two Xlunici-through the three-inch asphaltemergencies. but rather that thel pal Airport runways. The $24.000; pavement to the base rock and! cost of the project will be shared! equally by the State Board of Aeronautics and the city. In a report submitted to the state board Feb. 12. the citv manager explained, "Because of age and weather exposure, thesel runways have developed longi tudinal cracks on cold joints be tween original paving spreads and contraction cracks at ran- dom locations. These cracks go! " " nmiTmiiimii PARKING AREA RETAINING WALL A crew from the City Recreation Department is working on a retaining wall at the parking lot next to the newly resurfaced Moore Park tennis courts. The resurface work cost an estimated $500, but the wall is being constructed mostly with city owned material. l m. PREPARING TO CATCH RUNOFF Storm sewers are beinq constructed on Washburn Way, Pershing . Way, Avalon and Austin streets to catch rain water runoff in gthese areas that previously were without the facilities. Sanitary sewer projects are also planned for 'the Moun tain View section. The Mountain View work will cost ap proximately $25,000 and the contract was awarded to the W. D. Miller Construction Company. open to a width up to one inch wide and allow surface water to penetrate into the pavement base and cause further failure. "The complete removal and re placement, including in some cases, sub-base reinforcement is tile only recommended perma nent repair for this type failure,' he said. Kyle indicated the new city projects were not necessarily! X ! 4 ... . CRACKS ON AIRPORT RUNWAY These are some of the 43,000 feet of surface cracks that will be repaired by the City Street Department at the Municipal Airport starting this week. The State Board of Aeronautics has agreed to defray 50 per cent of the $24,000 estimated cost of the project. Some of the major repairs will include complete removal and replacement of some of the worst sections and reinforcing the sub-base. Work on the run ways is expected to last over a month. defects were noted in routine in spections and repairs were deemed necessary. The sanitary sewers are beiii: put in where new houses are being constructed and need sew or connections to the main linos. About 97 miles of sewer pie will go into these sanitary sewer extensions. Some of the sewer and pave ment projects that already have been completed include the Wash burn Way, Pershing Way, Avalon and Austin streets sewer systems at a cost of about MO.OOO. The contractor is A. II. Patterson. A little wnrk remains on Austin Street. Kyle said. The W. D. Miller Company was awarded a $25,000 contract for a storm sewer project in Mountain View and the work has not been readied for this project yet Sanitary sewers are slated for both Austin and Peach streets, but contracts have not been awarded yet. Estimated cost of i the Austin Street project is $8,000 and Peach Street, $8,600. Storm sewer projects for Klam ath Avenue and Owens Street are in the design stage, the city! manager said. Completed paving projects in clude Union Avenue from Mitchell to Washburn Way at a cost of $13,778. The work was done by the Asphalt Paving Com pany. Lark Street was paved from South Sixth Street to Shas ta Way at a cost of $8,718 by the city street department. Other future street projects in clude Laguna Street, with a $30, 000 contract already awarded to Hughes and Dodd, Medford; Wor- den Street, a 42.000 prnjerl yol to be awarded: Van Ness, Tiffa ny. Benson, Euclid and Birch total S39.600 project jet to tie awarded; Avalon Street. $3!)500 to the Asphalt Paving Company and Calhoun, $8.li00, vet to be awarded. An additional improvement planned by the Parks and Rec reation Department includes paving and curbing the entire ice rink area after which the sur face will be sealed. The cstimal-iAbout half the funds will cornel Some minor work was comnlct-la cost nf ssnn. The work InrlniM ied cost of the project is $3,400.lfrom admission charge rcceipts.ed at the Central Fire Station atjlavatory and shower replacement. t1mmimmmmmm ,, 1 1- i i . ...Hill "Sr i. x ift.--J'c. ' Mt '9t,. t: POLICEMEN BUILD OWN RANGE City policemen worked almost two years dur ing off-duty hours constructing this outdoor shooting range off the Oil road. All the bulldozing and grading was done by policemen with borrowed machinery. The target holders were constructed and the targets put in place recently. Five runways, like the one at the right, will be asphalted in the near future. Planting grass and digging a well are planned after the runways are paved.' SUBSTATION IN SERVICE SIX MONTHS The new fire substation at Shasta Way and Mitchell Street has served the eastern section of Klamath Falls over six months now. Almost all the work is done and the firemen are just waiting for the grass to pop up. Bob Kyle, city manager, is shown inspecting one of tho asphalt curbs at the rear of the station. The sorely needed building was con structed at a cost of $45,000. There is one fire truck operating out of the building, a 750-gallon pumper, and there are sleeping quarters for eight, although the sleep ing dormitory will eventually handle 12. ton I " li&J-' -'"i fl 1 ft xal NEW DOCKS JUT INTO MARINA New docks sup ported with styrofoam flotation were launchod at the Moore Park Marina this month giving boaters plenty of room to secure their lines while loadinq and unloading passengers. The docks provide almost 250 feet of dock ing space for boats of all sixes. The Klamath County Parks Commission provided $2,700 of the funds, taken from state marine license fees paid by Klamath County boaters. Some $600 came from the City Recreation De partment. Other recreation department projects include now poles at Gem Stadium, $3,300; California Avenue extension at Conger Park, new storage building and rostroom at Conger, $4,500, and preliminary work on, Richmond Park. MAIN STREET BEFORE AND AFTER These two shots show Main Street before, left, and after, right, the new slurry seal surfacing that cost the city approximately $950. Slurry seal projects completed in the last few weeks included South Fourth, Fifth and Sixth streets. Forthcoming Worden Stre Avalon and for most of shift piece paving projects will include Laquna Street. et, Van Ness, Tiffany, Bunion, Euclid, Birch, Calhoun streets. Asphalt paving it planned these streets. The slurry sealer is a make of equipment designed and built by City Streof Department men and it fits the bill as well at most expensive pieces of equipment. Kyle said this little bit of street department ingenuity saved the city a con sidcrable amount of money. pmm, -j y -n 'i KLAMATH AVENUE IN TOP SHAPE When the City Street Department starter! prying into Klamath Avenue they found out how not to build a street. On the original project, necossary base rock wasn't used as a foundation and the street failed in many places. Where it failed it was replaced with sufficient base rock and the rest was re surfaced. The project cost an estimated $4,500.
