Arizona republican., 1910-12-28
Report of Special InVesti-
 gating Committee SERVICES OF AN EXPERT
City Council Will Endeavor to Secure Engineer From Riverside, Cal, Who Will Investigate Local Soils and Conditions.

Recommending that an expert be brought from Riverside, Cal. to de- termine the type of pavement best adapted to the streets in the business district of Phoenix, and that an oil macadam pavement from 90 to 34 feet in width be laid In the residence section, the special paving investi- gating committee made its report yesterday.
 The report of this body. which is composed of Councilman Charles A. Stauffer, Dwight B. Heard and Roy <. Goodrich, was made to the execu- tive committee of the citizens paving committee. The executive committee held a meeting yesterday, discussed the report and adopted il as pre- scented.
 In accordance with the recommen- datiOns of the investigators, the exec utive committee this evening will go before the council and ask that the municipal authorities of Riverside be requested to lend Phoenix the ser vices of that city's engineer or street superintendent to give his opinion upon the best pavement for the downtown district and to figure the cost of paving the entire city only an expert familiar with the various subsoils and with the cost of paving materials can determiIa the points upon which information must be had before Phoenix can take any definite steps toward paving her streets.
 The expert will report to the execu- tive committee and the executive body to the general committee. IL IS ex- peCted that he will not be more than week in completing his investiga- tions. so rhe general committee should be ready to make a report to the council within a short time Nh re- port will be made to the council until all the information needed to at once begin paving has been secured.
 Councilman Hackett, who is chair man of the executive committee. stat ed last evening that there was not the slightest doubt the council would act upon the recommendation that paving expert be secured If no one can be gotten in Riverside, the coun- cil will look elsewhere for the man needed.
 Concisely and briefly, the report of the paving investigators sets forth the facts and figures they were able to secure in Riverside, Redlands, Pasa- dena, Los Angeles and Fl PasO. Fol lowing is this report in full:
 Report of Committee of Special In-
 Vestigation of Pavements.
 Phoenix, Arizona. December 22nd,
 1910
 MT. Eugene Hackett Chairman of Elk
 ecutive Committee, Phoenix Citizens
 Street Paving Association.
 Dear Sir: Your committee of special investigation, after a study of road conditions in Riverside. Redands, Pas adena and Los Angeles County. Cali fornia, and Fl Paso, Texas, beg to re- port as follows: Tn all of the cities which we have visited We found that the construction of permanent pavements has been of great material advantage to the com munity. wherever proper pavements have been laid. We have also found that where the best results obtained. the street paving construction has been managed on strictly business and nOn-pOlitical basis. In order to get such good results, 1t is in our judgment very necessary that the work be thoroughly organized. | This would require first, the services
 
 fish d uniform grade. and to arrange for a system Of surface drainage. Any pavement needs to be well drained. 1 and owing to the fact that our subsOil in Phoenix is largely adobe, this be- comes especially true here. The class of rock used for the base | of pavement and the method of lay l ing that class of rock largely affects | the permanent value of the pavement. ] We therefore feel that our rock supply should at once be carefully investi- | gated. tests of the various rock made, | and if possible an option secured by i the city on that rock which seems ! ton We find that those cities which l have maintained constant tests of all materials used such as oil rock, as phaltum and cement. during cOnstruc- ton. have secured best results in their ! road construction.
 We find also that experienced and reliable inspectors are of very great value to city in its street paving. | and in the paving system to be in | stalled here. we believe that one or more of such inspectors should be ob- | tained. We find that the construction of | permanent pavement greatly decreases | tbe cost of maintenance of streets and ] particularly where a suction sweeper | is used. No sprinkling is required and 1!