East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-08-03
MILE OF MODEL
ROAD At SALEM
GOVERNMENT is NOW AT
WORK AT SALEM
Machinery WIN Be Brought From Sa-
lem Here TO Build Mile In the Vi
cinity of Pcndlcton-Details of the
Work Given by the Salem journal.

Since Pendle ton is to be the scene of
the second mile of model road to be
built by the good roads bureau of the
agricultural department of the gov
ernment this season, the progress of
the work on the first mile which is
now being built at Salem will prove
highly interesting to Pendleton and
Umatilla county people.
The government is now at work on
the road near Salem and as soon as
it is completed, the machinery will be
brought to this city for the construc-
ton of one mile in this vicinity, the
location of the model to be selected
by the county court.
The Salem Journal gives the fol-
lowing account of the work at Salem:
The mile of road near the fair
grounds will be the pride of the Will
lamette valley and the object lesson
will doubtless prove of more than To-
cal interest 1t is during the state fair
that the construction of the road Will
be watched with interest and 1t will
prove a drawing card If the work is
still in progress at that time. The
road would nearly be completed now
had It not been for unforeseen circum-
| stances that arose, first it was the
rainy weather, then rails could not be
| secured for the construction of the
track leading to the bunkers, then the
rock could not be secured. and con-
| siderable delay was experienced.
The work on the mile lesson road
has begun in earnest with the laying
of the rock. The work began yester'
day at 9 o'clock. and will continue un-
til the road is macadamized through
out. The work is in charge of d. G
Haire, James T voshell and A. Will
bert. who have been sent out by the
government.
With the exception of Mr.. Voshell
who came recently to take the place
of A. E. Loder, as engineer, the other
two experts built a mile of road sim
liar to this one now in construction
here at Pullman, Wash, previous tC
their coming here.
Coming to Pendleton.
From Salem they will probably 60
to Pendleton to give an object lessor
in macadamized road-building in east
en- oregon.
There are various methods used il
the building of macadamized roads
but the one pursued in the local lob
iect lesson" is about as follows:
How it is Done.
The preliminary work consists Il
the establishing and the grading o
the road. Provision is then made TO
the drainage of the road, and in thi
| ma SAlRr
was used, almost entirely
The sub-grade was thus made read
to receive the crushed rock. VINE
finished the sub-grade is as smoot
and as hard as pavement, this smoot
surface being obtained by sprinklin
and rolling of the dirth with heaV
roller
The roadbed upon which the eS
pertinent is conducted is is feet wild
with seven foot BERN or shoulder.
The crushed rock is brought fror
county quarry by electric cars to tn
bunkers especially erected for tha
purpose.
= From the bunkers the crushed roc
is hauled on the road by means
spreading wagons of capacity
about two yards The first layer
- crushed rock is screened at -
a inches and put down inches thic
and rolled to inches by a lotto
steam roller.
On top of this first layer a secon
le layer of rock screened at Y inch'
is layed down three inches thick an
again rolled to a thickness of two il
,e ches. Subsequently another and la
layer Of what is called screening
laid over the previous layer and tho
oughly sprinkled and rolled
'h Then the road is almost submergt
with water and again rolled effectiv
" until every crevice or opening
ne the road surface is closed. The VOL
is so well regulated that four men C;
spread more than II yards of rock
one hour.
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