The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1910-05-28
May IsLh. 1910.

Committee appointed by him. com
posed Of col Thomas J. OMEN. Mr
D. oBrlen Mr. Thweatt. a. B.
Cochran. Mr u j Cray aud Mr. j
a. Temple of chickasha. Oklaho
ma
Gentlemen: Ia accordance Will
the request Of your secretary. col
Thomas J. 0Nell was employed 10
investigate and render a written re-
port. regarding the work done under
certain contract. by and between
G. A. Heman Of st Louis. Mo-. and
the city Of clhickasha. Oklahoma
I arrived in your city Thursday aft
ernoon, May 5th. 1910. and met with
Col O'Neil and AIR d OBrien and
several members Of the committee.
Friday morning. May 9Th 1910 I
met with an the members Of your
committee and your city engineer, MIR
= 4 colby and spent me balance Of
Friday getting ihe necessary plats.
plans and other data. from the enei-
neers' office. aiso the office ~ your
city clerk and inspected the asphalt
plant
Saturday. May 7th 1910, in com
pany with Mr Gilkey. ! inspected the
quarry near Norge ana Saturday art
ernoon was largely spont IN inspect
ing the work on the streets
sunday May Sih. 1910. IN company
with your Nh Colby. | again went our
to the rock quarries near Norge and
took some photographs. copies Of
which | enclose Sunday afternoon
ia company with col O'Neil We again
inspected the asphalt plant
Monday. May 9th. 1910. In company
with Col ONeii MF. b. OBiien. yonr
city engineer Air Colby. was spent ia
making cuts IN streets already CON
pleted ana STREETS upon which all
work has been done except the as.
phalt surfacine
Tuesday May 10Th. 1910. was spent
largely ia he city engineers odice.
checking over his computations and
certificates. examining Inspectors and
chemists REPORTS and Tuesday after
noon your city engineer had d grad 1
ing machine put under steam and It
was run over the concrete foundation /
on about block and a half Of this I
on which the red sand stone had been
used entirely 1t was the city engl- I
neer's Intention also to run this over
some limestone base. but the writer
felt satisfied with the test and ii
would have been necessary to run this
machine over some asphalt surfaclng.
which would mark same considerable.
Wednesday morning. May liih.
1910, | met with your committee and
rendered a verbal report as 70 what
had been done and left for Kansas
City via the Frisco. arriving here
Thursday morning Since that time
have been getting the samples
analyzed and preparing my report
! find that your city did in this
contract under date or Nov 2oth.
1908. award i2S blocks OF street paw
Ing. which inciaded grading. curb and
gutter draining and paving amount.
ing in all TO approximately s5sl574gS.
All OF the above work has been
completed with ne exception Or about
80 block OF paving which has yet to
be surfaced. with the binder and as
phaIt wearing coats
As TO the grading. could only
check quantities as given BY the city
engineer with prices as set out in the
contract and find these correct
AS to the cunb and gutter. this looks
first class IA every particular There
are few breaks caused BY teams.
etc. striking the curb. no fault Of the
contractor The materials used look
good and ! would accept the same.
subject to the maintenance guaran-
tees
AS to the draining lt is In accord
ance with the plans and specifca
lions and what could be seen looks
strictly in compliance with contract
and worlSinanlIkc. checked quanti-
ties as given on plans with the prices
and found same correct
As to the concrete foundation, find
several different materials have been
used; the thickness | carefully check
cd and found in every instance com
Piled with the plans. in fact in
number Of cases even little more
than they required
The writer ln company with Col
o'Nenl. Mir O'BdenN NAlr. E E Colby,
the city engineer and three assist
ants made the following cuts, in your
streets Monday, May 9ih l9l0
Cut No. I. Kansas Ave.