East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-03-27
COUNCILMAN REM
ON STREET PAVING
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proposed to be purchased from War
rem Brothers is only small part of
the proposed improvement. The street
committee has now in its possession
duly executed agreement by War
rem Bros. company in which it agrees
to furnish to any contractor desiring
to bid upon any proposed street i'm
provement, first, THE necessary road
way mixture for the wearing surface,
having thickness of two inches af-
ter compression, prepared under the
patented process of Warren Bros.
company, and delivered hot in the
wagons of the contractor at the btu
lithic mixing plant located in the city
of Pendleton.
Second. The right to use any and
all patents owned or controlled by
Warren Bros. company, which are
necessary to be used in the laying of
such pavement.
Third. THE bituminous flush coat
ing cement and stone chips for coating
the wearing surface, delivered in
wagons of the contractor at the btu
lithic mixing plant located as above.
Fourth. I'VE will furnish to the
successful bidder. or to the city, at
our own expense, an expert who will
give proper advice as to the building
of such pavement.
Fifth. THE price at which this
service is offered to any and all con-
tractors who make a bid on Warren's
bitulithic pavement, in the city of
Pendleton, state of oregon, Is $1.50
per square yard of furnished pave
ment."
This agreement will be placed on
file with the city recorder and may
be seen with the plans and specifica-
tions already adopted by the council
for bitulithic pavement. Hence the
field is and will be entirely open for
competitive bidding, pot only upon
bitulithic but also upon all other
classes or kinds of paving or macad-
amizing that may be hereafter pro-
posed. This company also makes a
10-year guaranty of its pavement,
which is an item of Importance.
The cost of preparation of the
streets for paving, including clearing,
drainage, cement curbs, cutters, mac
adam base, etc, is a much larger item
of expense than the finished paving
itself.
Illustration of Cheap Streets.
The streets of Pendleton as they
| appear today is fair illustration of
cheap makeshifts of so-called econ
omical street improvement. 1t is i'm
possible to estimate the enormous
sum of money the city of Pendletor
and property owners have spent in
imperfect and incomplete street i'm
| provement. -..
The greater portion of the city's
general fund Indebtedness today rep
resents cobble stone surfacing and
mud scraping. The Golden cobble
stones on the streets of the New Je-
rusalem' may present a more bril-
liant and dazzling effect but it is
doubtful If they measure up more gold
| than has been squandered without
adequate results upon Pendleton':
streets.
Must Have Permanent improvements
We have reached a stage in ou
progress as a city where permanent
and up-to-date improvements mus
be made. The problems of progress
and prosperity must be met and solv
ed by the citizens of Pendleton in
careful, unprejudiced and unbiased
manner.
The best of schools, better mora
conditions, strict law enforcement
clean, attractive and healthful streets
sanitary residence conditions are o
incalculable interest at this presen
time.
Other cities around and about u
with less advantages from natura
standpoint are outstripping us Il
population and wealth, simply becaus
they are making themselves more at
tractive and desirable as places t
live.
Comparative Cost of Paving.
The following figures show the cos
of Warren's Bros bitulithic pawn
in a number of cities where the sam
, has been extensively laid, the pric
J being an average per square yard:
Glace Bay, Nova Scotia, ...... SIS
Portland, Me-, ...............' Z'z
Brookline Mass. ............. 20
; Boston, Mass. ............... 20
Portland. Ore. ............... FL
Walla Walla, Wash. ......,.... FL
, Pendleton, Ore. (estimated) 49,. FL
The estimates received on aspha
paving are approximately the same
those of bitulithc while estimates o
. vitrified brick paving are considers
1 bly, higher. On the sO-called Victc
h