Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1910-11-04
FORTY THOUSAND YARDS OF
BITULITHIC PAVEMENT
TWO MILES CEMENT WALKS
Eleven thousand Square Yards of
Standard Macadam Being
Laid On Lower 9th.

The present weather conditions
have made it exceptionally favorable
for the completion of the various
street improvements under contract. |
The Warren Construction company
has completed the paving of nearly
forty thousand square yards OF street
surface with bitulithic pavement.
Within a few days the same company
will have completed the laying OF
about two miles of ten and twelve
foot wide cement sidewalk. The total
cost to the property owners along
thse improvements, together with
the necessary drainage pipes, inlets,
catch basins and man holes, is $1O2,-
557. The total Of the city engln-
eer's estimate upon the work was
s937 more than the actual COST
which was an exceptionally close es-
innate.
The grades and lines as finally
laid out have been closely followed
throughout the entire work, with
only two exceptions, which are to be
rectified by the contractors before
the lob Is finally accepted. 1t was
hoped by those interested that the
block on E street, between Fourth
and Fifth streets, would be included
in this work. but it was found impos-
sible to get the owners all signed up
for the bonding privileges in time
TO begin work before the plant Is
shut down. so this block will have TO
go over until the early spring, wheh
It Is expected that several other
streets will be ready for similar
improvement.
Contractor Gilfillan has about
completed four thousand feet OF con-
crete curb and gutter along Sixth
street, from L to the Rogue river
bridge.
schell & schell are finishing the
5sub-gratle along Sixth street from
the end of the pavement to the
bridge preparatory to laying eleven
4 thousand square yards Of standard
Il macadam a width of Sc feet lna'
Is from gutter to gutter. The es'
timated cost Of this Improvement IS
little more than $4,000 and vi.
he completed within 80 days
TO complete the work as rapidly as
possible, the contractors are runnlnI
tboir own crushing nlant and also inc
q one belonging to the city north o.
n town. schell & schell also have tn'
contract and are finishing up 'n'
sixteen-foot roadway along Io"'
street which has so long been
source Of much inconvenience TO ln
nrb,ic The present contract VII
nut this street in as good condition
nc is nossible, considering that '
N width Is only sixteen feet. TINS 'n
Of 4 street will never be as it shoai.
N until the city or the property o"o''
make some provision for dramas
and fin the large. ugly bitches alon
8 either side Of the roadway ana ="
macadam the Sill width instead
the narrow trail as IS no" O'"
# done.
The CITY council has ordered
modern street cleaning machine j.
the paved streets which will De
operation within a few days WIZ
t,ls machine the entire paved CIV
trict can be made perfectly clean
S three hours time.
Perhaps the improvement VIII.
will be most appreciated will ne 'I
alleys in blocks 40 and 90 Wne'
the heavy traffic during the Wln'
< months has kept the alleys aIlno
impassable. Now there Is lou
teen-foot driveway Of pavement N'
1 three feet Of sidewalk space oa.'
the concrete curb. and all ao'
snortq and roof drains are om'u
into the cutters and 'he storm "'.
'NN carried n tho sewers
In addition N these 'm''''
rreots. about 90 rllos of saw.
N sewers have been laid d'r'os
M srwrer. et an evnorso Of near
seno0 plars pro he'oT conn
for tho new hitch school sewer WI