The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1909-06-11
LATER SUSlA WE'D BY
DlSINTERhSTED EXPERTS
City Council Spends Several
Hours Listening TO OppOS-
Ing Contentious

After spending several n0urs IN air.
lng their differences, city Engineer y
y. Hooker and Superintendent n, y.
Bcasley Of the hin Construction com
pany relative to The material used IN
laying the concree base which car
rles the asphalt surface on Noble ave.
nue the city council Instructed the
two engineers 10 get together this
morning with the mayor aud local eX
perienced, disln crested concrete men
and agree upon the proportions Of
cement, sand and rock to make first.
class concrete base that viii come
within 4 substantial compliance Witn
The specifications.
City Engin9er's Contention
The city engineer whose appoint
ment has not yet been conilrnej by
the council, although he has been at
work two weeks and who has MOI as
y5t EiVe EtVef a bond bond 10 The st sts fer 9se
faithful performance Of his duties, and
Superintendent Beaslsy differ radical
N al to the number OF yaeds q barrel
"A cement should make II properly
mixed. Engineer Hooker declireR It
should run rs yards with the con.
crete, while Superintendent Beasleg
who citAa Government authority, de
clarud II should run over yards,
There was considerable discussion
lndulged IA tt The couneilmen, En-
gineer Igocke and superintendent
Beasleg relative 20 tho use Of smaller
stone m the concrete base han the
specifications which call from one
lclf 10 iwo and one.half inches stone.
Property Owners Approve Paving
DisInlercaled experienced concrete
contractors on lbia city declared iat
nigh the concrete was mixoi literal
iy In compliance with the spociiioa
lions ann malntHlnod that i made 8
better concrete haso $ i held more
mortar 10 hold Il together
Cly Engineer Hooker held 20 the
contrary. Several property owners
IA the meeting declared that ulsf
were more than satisfied with the
paving On East Noble avenue ana de-
clared 1t the best job they had seen
Ia OkhhomR. Property owners on
West Noble avenue where paving
work wac stopped Monday by the city
engineer. stated They we're satisfied
that tho company was laying good
concrete and prevailed on The city
council 10 LET the work proceed az
once as the closing Of the street naa
demorllzed the business on the west
side
Defend Dust Ia Concrete
some lively discussion was had az
N whether The specifications should
be literally carried out or not ~ inc
ma ter OF allowing some dust when
gets into the concrete unaSoidlbly
when using the machine.mixer 20 go
into the concrete. The specifications
we're drawf with oAe Intention ot nav.
Ing the concrete mixed by hand amt
called for al concrete 70 be free from
dust. or othe- foreign matter. super
intendent Beasley declatnd That there
MAS not machine upAa lhit would
heen all the dirt and dust oui ana
ci ed Government authority 10 show
that the machne-mix on concrete Was
hettpr ihan the hand-mlx also mat 4
emsn nercent Of dust was hcneficiAl
IN making concrete. Contractors JAKE
Douglas Ei. Murphy and Eeri Bill
lnes. All experiences cnnere G men.
stated that The small amount Of dirt
ana dust that went into the concrete
was beneficial.
Complied with Specification
snperln endent Bensley stated that
The seaaom the contractors were pef
mittlng fine stone 10 90 into me con
crete vas because u made @ better
concrete chan By complying literally
with tbs specifications under which
shev wpr's aworAIng. He defled the
council to take q six Inch euhe ~
concrete turned out hY his machine
mlxer and one of the same size m7fit
IN any lahra ors ana send Il 70 ths
beat concrete expert lp The country
for comparison.
Object a. 4MlklHu Machine fna asx
tlly &laideeI ksbdI@aH bid roppfll
men HbhSf and iffaphklI dblhcieh s
l,hn uFe of the mixing machine, atal
ine they did not believe lhe c0nstrun
llon company wac giving The city tn
praper proportions Of cement and tha'
there was no way iur The inspector (
heep In accurate cheek Supprlntena
ent Beaelcy offered 20 let the city les
The machine exety day and declare
thai recent tests made showed inorl
remeut was gulnE into the conerei'
mlxnre lhan WIZ reQulred..
Ctr Enplieef Hpckef IN hts writ
Ins report 10 1hh council reported e
eofdIna to calculations made by hin