Arizona republican., 1910-12-18
PAVING FACTS BROUGHT BACK Return of Committee From
 Its First Trip
  IS PLEASANTLY SURPRISED
The Committee Learned That Street Paving Is Cheaper Than Had Been Supposed-A A Trip Will Be Made to El Paso.

Having obtained figures and statis-
 tics of every conceivable nature re-
 garding various pavements found sue
 cessful in California, the special in
 Vestigation committee composed of
 Councilman Charles Stauffer, Roy $.
 Goodrich and Dwight B. Heard re-
 turned yesterday morning from a
 hurried trip to Riverside, Redlands,
 Pasadena and Los Angeles, Tonight or
 tomorrow night the committee will go
 to Fl Paso to complete the investiga-
 tiOn it was instrusted to make.
 While the committee will make no
 report to the council until it returns from Fl Paso. Messrs. Heard, Stauffer and Goodrich all say that the result of their investigation and inspection of California pavements was highly satis- factory. They declare that the paving of Phoenix will not be nearly as diff cult or expensive as was at first feared.
 Ideas of city officials. experts and workmen who actually laid the pave ments and Of property owners them selves were secured. The committee did not waste a moments time. From early morning until late at night the investigators were on the jump. Councilman Stauffer says that at times Mir. Heard fired questions at persons intei osed lsith sJlA sre..s rapidity that a professional cross-examining lawyer would have turned green and blown away with envy.
 Everywhere that the investigators went the city authorities and others with whom they came in contact realized that they meant business. Pavements of every kind that has prov en to have good wearing qualities was inspected in all stages of construction and of allages from the smooth dirt surface upon which the base $ laid to pavement fourteen years old.
 The committee left Phoenix We'd nesday night. H. J. McClung, who was originally appointed on the com mittee. found at the last moment that he could not go and Mir Heard went in his place
 Thursday was spent at Riverside and Redlands. half of Friday at Pasadena and the remainder of the day up to 3 D. m. at Los Anweles l In every place the Phoenicians were warmly welcomed by municipal officials and they found no difficulty | whatever in obtaining the data they desired. In fact they got a great deal l more date than they hoped to get when l they left. When this is compiled in 1 their report it will be intensely inter | esting to the people of Phoenix.
 We had no idea that we would be able to get so many facts and figures in such a short space of time" said | Councilman Stauffer We were made welcome everywhere We went and noticed that the Californians seem to think that Arizona belongs to them, in a way. They are ready and anxious to help the territory in every way pos sible and spared no trouble to see that we got what we wanted"
 Riverside, says MT Stauffer, is one of the best governed places he ever visited It is almost a model city. with some fine pavements. The investigat- ors rode all over the city, looking at pavements in every stage of ccnstruc- ton and wear. No one who could be reached and who would be likely to have any information on the paving question was overlooked. The figures secured include the cost of rock of all grades. oil of all grades and Of laying the pavements which Riverside boasts.
 For many months the council has been in correspondence with coast paw ing contractors. The committee made no effort to see these contractors, but endeavOred to substantiate from other sources the statements they made in their letters.
 Modern road building is something comparatively new, but in California the experimental stage is about over. Riverside. Redlands, Pasadena. Los Angeles and other places which the committee did not visit have spent much money on pavements that did not wear long enough to pay for their laying. But pavements which havel been down fourteen years and are as good as they ever were may be said to be successful.
 One very gratifying fact that theI committee discovered is that there is practically no expense connected with the maintenance of such pavements as the California cities have found best adapted to their needs. When proper ly laid the pavements wear almost in- definitely. Some need resurfacing at times, but this can be done without dis turbing the base.
 It was observed that there is tend ency toward narrower streets in the residence sections Pasadena is nowfl to narrow all her residence 1 streets. providing for a strip of pave ment in the center and a wide parking