Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1910-09-09
BUILDING THE STORM SEWER
WITH MODERN MACHINERY
MACADAM SOUTH OF BRIDGE
Sctell K Schell Will NIacadam tbe
Lane from County Road to
Rock Crusher.

The storm sewer from L street TO
the bridge, will be completed next
week. No piece of street work in
Grants Pass has been pushed with
as much rapidity as this particular
job. NJ. c. Ament, who has charge
of the contract, has been doing it
with his donkey engine and a big
plow to loosen up the dirt. A large
gang of men stand ready with
shovels to remove this dirt as fast
as the plow loosens It. This is a
great improvement over digging a
sewer with pick and shovel and
its quite a revelation to the aver
age citizen to see how easy it is to
make a sewer excavation when you
know how and have the machinery.
R. H. Gilfillan. who has the con-
tract for curbing Sixth street from
l. to the bridge. will commence oper-
ations in few days. That is as
soon as he completes the concrete
work on the Hamilton bridge out
at Fruitdale. The grading of the
ground for the curb will take con-
siderable time, as the old cutters
are out of place. This job of curb
will be quite an undertaking. as
there is somewhere in the neighbor-
hood of three thousand feet to be
laid. The contractors who will put
down the macadam will be unable
to start the work until the curbing
is completed. It will require some
study and careful work to macadam-
ize the long block from the bridge
TO NJ street, as that piece of high
way must be used every day while
the work Is going on, consequently
only half of the street can be done
at a time. BY this method the
heavy traffic over the bridge can be
cared for. This Sixth street job can
hardly be completed before some
time in November.
1t is an old saying that one good
turn deserves another and that
good example is always followed in
every community and this leads us
to say II Is the intention OF the
county court to macadamize the road
from the steel bridge to point
where the roads branch west, south
and southwest This work will be
started as soon as the city can spare
the steam roller. II is proposed TO
rent this machine to put down this |
piece of macadam. Waiting for the |
roller will put off the work until |
late in the fall, but the job can. be
done better after the rains come than |
now. In California macadamizing is
invariably done during the rainy
season and Il Is claimed that rock
work of this kind can be laid bet
ter when the ground is wet. This
piece of road is used by more people
than any other in the county and
the court shows good Judgment In
having the Improvement made this
fall. This particular public high
way has long been source OF an
noyance. both to the people and the
county court, and when the rock is
in place there should be rejoicing by
all the people in this city who have
occasion to 60 beyond the bridge,
and by the farmers from all sections
south OF the river
Schell & Schell have decided to
macadamize the lane leading from
the main road above the bridge down
TO their rock crushing plant. This
road improvement is necessity as
the coming rains will make mud
hub deep II the improvements are
NOT made. II would have been
splendid thing II the macadam had
been put on three months ago, a. " P
would have prevented the dust and
saved the expense Of snrinkliug the
road. The macadamizing must be
attended TO before the firm com
mences hauling rock for the sixth
street. macadam from L to the
bridge.