Arizona republican., 1910-05-17
PHOENIX STREETS
 WILL BE OILED NEW GOOD ROADS PROCESS WILL BE TRIED OUT. Evans and Stephenson Introduce Method Used With Success
 in California.

In about two weeks a Ward patent oil sprinkler will be on the ground and the first few city blocks will be sub jected to the new process as a test If the process is found to be all that is claimed for it, and if it works az satisfactorily in Phoenix as it does in coast cities. many of Phoenix streets and avenues will be paved with it by fall. During d recent visit to Cali fornia during which he examined the work of the machine in several cities and found It durable and satisfactory, MT. Evans secured the sole right for the use of the Ward sprinkler in .Ari- Zona for ten years.
 It is the purpose of Messrs Evans and Stephenson to demonstrate by paving several blocks. perhaps begin ming the work on First avenue or Fourth avenue: and then when it is thoroughly tested to proceed with the work not alone in Phoenix but also in other cities of the territory.
 The secret of the Ward engine con sists in the application of the oil under high prsssure-spccifical 50 to 70 pounds The old is shot into the pre- pared surface of the road bed. instead of being poured in and allowed to set tie in the hollows as under the old method. Oiled streets have not proved very satisfactory in the past because of this. The oil settled in the hollows and caked while the higher places re ceiving out n thin coating, quickly broke through under heavy travel and formed chuck holes.
 The new method is thoroughly sci entific. The surface of the street is first broken up and graded to the. of- ficial grade of the city. IL is then wet down with water and rolled with a twelve ton steam roller till a solid road bed is secured Then the patent oil sprinkler is brought out. The oil used is practically crude oil with the volatiie substances. as> distillate and gasoline. extracted while the as phaltum contained in it remains. The oil is heated to 1So degrees as it can not be used in its natural temperature. The sprinkler consists of a tank for the oil. and an engine which forces it under high pressure from d TOW of nozzles The oil is shot into the earth and absorbed by it. not being permit leu Ip III lltllt SlItdIlS anu tNfill- ually cake.
 After the first application of oil d light coating of sand is strewn over the road tO take up the last drop of oil. It is rolled again and again is subjected to the oil bath and the ab- sorbent sand and rolled for the third time. The result is hard. smooth, dustless road that will require no sprinkling and that will never become muddy. With such road cross walks are superfluous. Heavy traffic will make no impression on it and the de structive l-heel of the automobile will not wear it out. All these things are claimed for the reads made by the new process by it's projectors.
 still another argument for the pro- cess is that not more than two-thirds as much oil is required as by the old method. thus reducing the cost so that it can be used in this district where oil is high on account of freight charges.
 Both Stephenson and Evans have watched road making by this process in California and inspected streets aft CT they had been in use for some time. Evans has been a member of, the parks and boulevard committee of the board Of trade for two years and has had an opportunity to make a special study of the good roads question and the best materials and methods of obtain Ing good roads. In Long Beach he drove over roads laid out partly by the new process and partly by the old and became convinced thta the wearing qualities of streets treated by the Ward machine were due to the fact that the oil is shot into the ground, That. and the layers of sand, makes all the difference.
 The problem of paving the streets has been up before the city council d number of times in late years. It has been placed second in importance to the acquisition of q sewer. The lack of funds in the city treasury has -hus far prohibited action in the matter The need has become more and more urgent with the city's growth. During the dry season the impalpable dust is driven in clouds by the slightst breath of wind, and when the rains come the streets are unspeakable. Councilman Hackett in particular has been strong for paving and has presented the mat ter ct different sessions of the council! Now. however. with the plan as out lined by Evans and Stephenson, the | treatment of the streets with the Warc process will cost the city nothing. lr any event. it is always the property holder who pays and in thfs case il will cost him less than it did to lay cement sidewalk in front of his prop | erty.
 The estimate is 50 cents front foo ard contracts have been prepared or | that basis. That cost will vary some what with the width of the street, bu | 30 cents, or $50 for hundred foo
 frontage. will be the average. ce ment walk for the same distance cost | about S35. When the engine has beer put in use in Phoenix and it's produc
 tested the matter will be put uI
 squarely to the property owners oi the streets and avenues. The process has been used with excellent result in such cities as Alhambra. Cal. Bak arcf,aId Fresno. TnnP Reach HanfOrd