The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1910-09-29
BIG VICTORY FOR
ARDMORE ASPHALT 7
THE SHELBY DOI. .NARD COMPANY
LANDS CONTRACT IN oKLAHO-
MA CITY.

The letting OF 4 contract TO the
Shelby Downard Asphalt company to
pave some of the streets of Oklahoma
City with Ardmore rock asphalt, caus-
ed the reported of The Ardmoreite
TO look into the work being done by
this company. 1t appears that Ard
more asphalt Is becoming very popu-
lar in the southwest and the Shelby
Downard Asphalt company has prob
ably the largest yardage of asphalt
paving under construction than any
company now operating in the south
two miles under course of construc-
ton, which followed after a contract
o fabout one mile that was finished
last season Ada, Okla, is also paving
the entire business district with Ard.
more rock asphalt. Holdenyil,e, Okla.
Is also paving the entire business dis
trict with the same material. Fort
Worth, Tex, has about 10000 square
yards under course of construction,
which follows about 10000 square
yadrs which was finished Garlic" IN
the season. Jennings avenue, one of
the principal thoroughfares of the city
is paved with this material and traf-
fc records show that about 200 We
hicles pass over this pavement each
day, which is about one half OF the
number that pass over Fifth Avenue
in New York, this record being based
upon observations taken by the En-
gineering department over a period OF
an entire week. Kansas City, Kan,
and Kansas City, Mo, have been using
Ardmore rock asphalt for years, some
of the streets now having been down
in the neighborhood of ten years.
Over 100000 yards have been laid
there this season.
1t is said by experts that the excel
lence of the Ardmore rock asphalt
pavement is due to the bituminous
lime stone that 1t contains, the pave
ment being a mixture of bituminous
lime stone AMI bi.uminous sand, tho
former giving the density and close
texture of the pavement, which Is only
eoualed by the European rock asphalt
Samples We're recently submitted by
The Shelby Downward Asphalt com
pany to contractors in Copenhagen,
Denmark and correspondence has been
had relative to placing a sample pave
ment. The foreign contractors having
figured that the cost of sending Ard
more rock asphalt to Denmark via
Galveston is not much more eXpen-
sive than shipping it from Sicily to the
same port, where they are now getting
their supplies.
The original pavements laid out OF
the Ardmore material, while fairly
satisfactory, were in no way equal 10
the present product, the mixture OF
the three classes of rock asphalt CIV
ing all the latitude necessary In the
construction. so that payements can
he made of the proper density and
temper 70 meet the conditions OF any
climate.
The Oklahoma City contracts are
opening up a new field, as nothing but
foreign asphalts have been laid in OK
lahoma City and there Is no question
but that when the wearing qualities
Of this material are shown in Okla
homa City that no other material VIII
be used for paving, therefore, unlike
the foreign asphalt, Ardmore aspha
will stand the heaviest kinds of traf-
fc without any percoptIble signs Of
wear. while the artificial asphalts are
only claimed to be good for light traf-
fic.
Mr.. Downard called the attention OF
the reporter to some 70 the traffic
records on London streets, as SHOWN
by the transactions of the Society OF
American Engineers. Some of the
rock asphalt streets such as Cheapsde,
showing a total number ofvehicles per
day of about ten thousand and there
can be no question that Ardmore as
phalt will out wear any European rock
asphalt, for these asphalts have all
been fully compared with the local
product. 1t would appear from the
imense popularity of this product that
the Ardmore mines are bound to reach
a production that will make them an
important factor in the development OF
this city.