Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1910-08-19
WORK is BEING DONE RAPIDLY
ON FRONT STREET
A FINE APPEARING STREET
Will Move to Court House and Sixth
Street Monday and Work
South.

The warren Construction COM
pany commenced on Monday the fin
ishing work on Front street west of
Sixth. The mixing plant has GER
tainly been doing good work all the
week. The finishing work on this
pavement is very interesting and has
attracted a crowd since last Mon
day morning The stone was first
spread and then binder was put on
which was rolled down by the big
12,OO0-pound steam roller Follow
Ing this came finer course. and so
on until the finish. One is Impress
ed with the roller work, as without
1t 1t would be difficult to do the
beautiful pavement which is turned
out by the Warren Construction
company. Early in the week an
amusing incident occurred while the
bitulithic preparation was being
spread over the rock work. A gray
haired gentleman who was standing
near enlightened the crowd as to the
manner in which this work should be
done. He gave out the impression
that the paving experts were not up
to their business and found fault
with the manner in which the big
machine had mixed the fine rock
preparation, and to illustrate its de-
fects stepped forward and grabbed
up handful of mixture, which he
tried to let go Of astonishingly quick,
for 1t had been boiled at tempera-
ture Of $50 degrees and as 1t is
spread on hot, 1t burned his hands
shockingly and caused him to stop
his lecture on street paving very
abruptly.
The work is progressing very sat
isfactorily and is giving no little
pleasure to our citizens, who &C
down to the mixer and watch the
preparation as It comes out OF the
big machine and is dropped into {
patent dumping vehicle, being cartet
10 the place and spread by experts
over the surface to be paved Thi
kind of work requires experience
and none but experts are employed
10 handle any part Of the bitulithl
finish. Every day samples are sen
TO the head office. showing the char
acter OF material being used ant
once a week a square is cut out, az
ter It is cold and this is also sent Il
the Portland office for examination
where an absolutely correct recor
is kept Of the quality of the worI
which is done here on the differen
blocks and streets
The largest amount of pawn
done in any one day since the layin
of the pavement has commenced ha
been 900 yards, but the machiner
has not been in shape to do fas
work. The usual average under fay
orable conditions is from eleven hur
dred to twelve hundred yards pc
day and II is expected that this wi
be accomplished from next Monda
on. Front street will be complete
mp TO Sixth street by Saturday nigh
when the force will be moved to IN
court house, and the paving OF Sixt
street will be commenced and pusl
cd to completion as fast as possiol
n. w. Scharf. the superintendent
construction. Is giving this job u
closest attention, and he has bee
complimented by many OF our lea
ing citizens. not only for the mo
thorough manner the paving is D
ing done. but the fine looking sire
which ne leaves behind him HIS
v,ructions from the head office Is
turn ont the best kind Of street Wo
and not 10 stop short Of accomn"-
ing this in every yard Of paveme
laid.