The record-union., 1895-12-17

In answer to question as to whether
he had not spoken to King about fur
nishing macadam from Folsom, he an
swered that he had read in the papers
that the Folsom macadam could be had
much more cheaply than what King
was using, and he proposed to him TO
get an extension of his contract and di-
ride with the property-owners the diff
terence in cost. King said that Heisen
was interested with him, and witness
went with him to Heisen and proposed
to him the same thing. Heisen said he
was afraid it could not be done. That
afternoon c. c. Robertson of the Audit
| or'S Office came to him and said he was
also interested as he was agent of the
man who was furnishing the macadam.
| Witness was finally told by King that
| he was tied up so that he could not
make the change, and the matter
dropped.
H. ]. Farley, civil engineer in
County Surveyor Boyd's office, showed
samples he had taken from the surface
| of the street yesterday. He said that 1t
was not dropped from wagons, but was
| the original material. Some of the
stones were more than two inches
across. AT Tenth and F, he said, the
| large rock where he dug down was
mixed with earth or fine stuff from the
| bottom to the top. At the entrance to
the alley between F and G he found
| four inches of earth In macadam
roads the fine stuff works downward
and the coarse stuff toward the top,
but the coarse stuff taken by him had
not done so. 1t was as it was placed
there
w. H. Hugo, who dug the holes, tes-
titled that the sample shown by Mr..
Avery yesterday was taken from In
front of the house where he lives, but
which he does not own. 1t was about
| like that taken from other holes, and
did not contain surface dirt. From c to
q street the top was loose and was
| coarse stuff like Farley'S sample. Be
tween C and E streets, where the top
was loose, the roadway was dry, but
between r and C streets, where it was
raei-ed there was about an inch OF
mud.
anes / Felter had watched the
work while the street was being made.
The rock used on the lower layer would
go through the top of a good-sized
hat, he thought. He picked up bag OF
samples at the time, and had them
here.
The sack was opened and lot of
large flat stones was taken out lie
said that about one-third of the rock
was like them When he objected to
IL.
the surface and dumped them at the
intersection. When the second layer
was put on, he protested in the pres
ence of the Street Superintendent, as
There was so much dirt in it. He also
took samples, which he exhibited.
The samples contained considerable
dirt and many stones that were more
than an inch across.
The specimens, he said, were taken
from the sixty-four feet in front of his
house, and before the street was rolled,
He would have preferred Folsom rock,
because he thought it would be better
material.
Calvin E. Crockers testimony was
much the same. He had watched the
work day by day and picked up some
samples. There was a great deal OF
rock put in the street that would not
pass through the large ring. He TOOK
samples of the top layer. 1t was full
of Cordelia Hill dust-that was where
il came from. The material used fur-
Their up the street was coarSer. lie
heard a conversation between Trustee
Devine and King, in which the former
told King that there was too much art
in the material and to quit using IT,
Street Superintendent Murray also took
the larger stones and threw them into
the bottom of the street. King spread
the stuff in front of his place in spite
Of his protests and said that Mr.. Muir
ray told him to and he could not help
it.
While the top layer was being spread
people who came along would say,
''This a fine street." and King would
take a rake and rake the coarser stuff
up on top to cover up the fine stuff.
County Surveyor Boyd had examined
the Street and the holes that had been
dug The surface of the street appears
| like rock, but he pushed away the sur
| face rock and found about two inches
| in thickness under it that was largely
! composed of dirt-not rock dust, but
dirt of a reddish tinge. The object of
making a macadam pavement is to
keep out as much dirt as possible and
make a roof instead of sieve. Dirt,
| if put in it, will prevent it from knit
ting together and shedding water, and
from forming a good road, that would
! not need repairs.
A. NJ. Seymour, who was associated
with Mr.. White as counsel for the prop
! ertv owners, offered the specifications
prepared by the Bureau of Highways
at the request of the Board of Trustees,
for the making of first-class macafam
road.
Platnauer objected to the introduce
| ton of it and Tozer and Devine also
| objected.
! Leonard said that the board was go
! ing to build macadam streets and he
/ would like to hear them read, in order
| that he might learn what constituted
| a good macadam street They were
ruled out, however, and the board ad-
! iourned till 100 o'clock tomorrow
night.