Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1907-06-29

Notice OF Intention to Improve
Portion of State Street i'm the City
of Salem, Oregon.
To Whom 1t May Concern:
Notice is hereby given that the
Common Council of the City of Sa-
hem, Oregon, deems It expedient to
Improve, and proposes to improve,
State street, in said city, from the
lwest line of Church street to the
!west line of Twelfth street, in said
city, with full intersections, and full
intersections, and full width between
curbs, save and except a strip seven
feet wide in the center of said street,
in the following manner, towit:
1. BY changing the grade of said
Iportion of said street so that the
same will be slightly lower than at
Ipresent established.
2. BY excavating the roadway of
said portion of said street full width
between curbs, save and except a
strip seven feet In width in the CEN
ter of said street, to the depth OF six
inches below the grade provided for
In the specifications for the doing of
said work now on file with the record
Ell of said city, and hereinafter re-
ferred to, and by thoroughly rolling
said portion of said street after such
excavation with a steam road roller
Weighing not less than IL tons.
3. BY placing on this foundation
irushed rock which shall be thor
oughly rolled with n steam road roller
weighing not less than ~ tons, the
said crushed rock to have q depth,
after such rolling of four inches, and
to present a uniform even surface
with proper crown.
4. By spreading on the said
crushed rock foundation heavy coat
of Warren's No. "a Puritan Brand
Bltulithic Cement, one gallon of BIZ
tulithic cement used TO each square
yard OF the foundation surface.
s. BY laying on said foundation
so prepared a wearing surface COM
posed of sound, hard, crushed stone,
mixed with bitumen and laid on said
foundation to the depth of two inches
after being thoroughly compacted
with a steam road roller, and by
spreading on said surface a thick
coat of Warren's Quick-Drying BIZ
luminous Flush Coat Composition,
and fine particles of hot crushed
stone.
6. BY constructing artificial stone
curbing along each side of said por-
tion of said street where no artificial
stone curbing now exists. except at
street crossings and alleys, and by
constructing artificial stone curbs. in
Guiding corner blocks, at all corners
where no curved curbs now exist and
by raising the artificial stone curb
on the north side of the roadway of
said portion of said street between
the east boundary line of Summer
street and the west boundary line of
Waverly street. so that the top of the
same shall be 2ls inches below the
Established grade OF the street when
completed.
All OF said improvements to be
made in accordance with the charter
OF the City of Salem, Oregon, and
the plans. specifications and esti-
mates for the doing of said work
heretofore adopted by the Common
Council of said city and now on file
in the ofice of the recorder of said
city, TO which said plans, specifica-
tions and estimates the attention of
all persons interested In said Inn
provement is hereby called.
The cost of all said improvement
to be assessed to the owners of prop
erty adjacent to said portion OF said
street hereby proposed to be i'm
proved.
Remonstrances against the above
improvement may be filed in writing
with the City Recorder of said city
within ten days from the final publi-
cation OF this notice.
BY order OF the Common Council
of the City OF Salem. Oregon.
w. A. MooREs.