The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-11-20
HOW TO USE OIL
ON THE STREETS
San Diego, CAL, Collects Valuable In
formation for Salt Lake.
THE VALUE OF OIL PAVING
FUNDAMENTAL RULES TO BE
OBSERVED Units USE.

Now that the Salt Lake Real Estate
association has taken up the matter Of
paving the residence streets here with
oil and is planning to bring the matter
TO the attention of the city council in
formation nom southern California VIII
be of value. in a number of cities in
southern California street Oiling is done
extensively, 1t is said 20 be an un-
doubted success, while the cost is but
One-ffth the cost Of asphalt paving.
San Diego is making q thorough in
VeStigatiOn OF the subject, and Salt
Lake City should profit by the expert
ence Of those Investigations. L. L,
Shaffer and Daniel Cleveland, two
prominent men Of San Diego. were
sent to Riverside and Los Angeles as q
special committee 10 look into the mer-
lis of oil street paving These men
were met by Thad X. Seburn and May
or Mcfarland of Riverside and every
avenue of information thrown wide
open to them. They spent days in prob
ing into the subject I'm Riverside and
Los Angeles. ON their return TO San
Diego they submitted a report to the
committee they represented. The gist
of that report is given herewith, and
viii be found to be profitable reading
by those interested in the use of oil on
How Oil Is Used on Streets.
The method of paving adopted and
Insisted uOOn at Riverside is:
]. The careful preparation and shap-
ing of the rOadbed: then the thorough
packing down of the surface with wa
ter. and finally rolling hard and
smooth
.. When disintegrated granite or
gravel is used, the spreading of the re-
/ quired thickness Of this material upon
the prepared surface.
CNOte.-The granite OF gravel should
not be mixed with oil before or at the
time it is laid, but should be thorough
Is Watered)
.. After ne granite has been laid
| down it should be thoroughly rolled;
/ then.
4. The oil-about one gallon to the
/ square yard-shOuld be sprinkled over
| the granite in TWO applications. some
/ well approved sprinkler being used.
/ .. After oiling, disintegrated granite
| should be spread over the oil. and the
! surface should then again be rolled. A
/ ten-ton roller is used at Riverside
! The twenty-five miles of paved streets
j at Riverside. and the paved roads OF
! other California towns where oil is
/ used. may be divided into four classes
! beginning with the simplest and least
! expensive and thence passing on to. the
/ more expensive and more durable and
/ permanent roads;
Four Glasses of oil PAVING.
T. The natural surface rolled and Their
.. 4 base OF two inches of decomposeo
/ granite, we'll oiled.
J s. a base of five inches OF decomposec
/ granite, well oiled.
! t. Asphaltum-as represented bv Sev.
/ enth street in Riverside
! PdVlng OF the first class is much the
I cheapest, and is better than the natuTa
/ surface II =, however at the best only
/ q temporary eXpediont and Is adapted
/ only 10 narrow country roads. The oiled
! surface soon breaks. and is worn intl
! hoies. and needs frequent repairs. reoil'
1 ing and rerolling.
J The paving of the second class seems
. 10 have given good satisfaction at River
| side, and is "a great Improvement upOI
! the roads that are simply oiled
! The paving Of the third class, however
7 u the one adopted at Riverside as benl
( the most satisfactory. Mr.. Seburn en-
/ phaUcally recommended it as being sub
/ StartatN the best system OF paving to
/ general use where there is much travel oil
( heavy teamInE. 10 which il has proved
( itself to be quite adequate. This kind O
road is not likely TO need any repairs FOL
! some years. In this respect il is very
/ economical. II costs only One-flfth a:
/ much as ssphaltum paving, and is prac
! Uically as good.
Asphaltum paving makes a fine city
I street. but for hard and constant usage D
/ is not much better than the roads Of tn,
for most of our California streets anC
| roads