Arizona republican., 1911-05-26
COMMISSION
 ORGANIZES Eugene HaCkett Elected Chairman Of Commission DUTIES DEF INED LATER. Council Wall Pass Ordi- nance Describing Power of Commission-Interest ing Report of Iowa Com mittee on 'Bitulithic.

The paving commission appointed by the city council last Monday even ing held its first meeting yesterday afternoon at the Phoenix National bank, where the members came to- Srther for the purpose Of organizing. Little business, other than that of ~lecting d chairman. was transacted. as the scope of the commissions work will be somewhat confined pending the passing Of an ordinance by the council to declare and define its du- ties
 l.. Hackett, the former city conn ciiman from the third ward, was elect cd chairman Of the commission lt Was decided to mail contracts to property holders abScntf rom the city 8" that the signatures may be Se- cured and the paving begun with as many property holders as possible signed up for the work It was stated last night ny MT Hackett. from cor respondence which had already passed between the paving committee of the Phoenix Paving association ana the absent property holders. that there would be little difficulty in gaining their consent and support for the paving. as the majority already have expressed full approval of all that has been done up to this time to for ward the plan for paved streets
 It IS expected that there Will be no dissension or disagreement what eyer among the property holders in regard to the plans and specifications adopted by the council, and there is little doubt that the contracts will be signed unanimously B next Monday morning the work of taking contracts will be well under way. and from that time on the members Of the commission expect to see things move rapidly. The commission. since its organization. is made up as follows: F.. Hackett, chairman: II. J. McClung, Joseph Thalheimer, Clinton Lauver, and Aaron Goldburg.
 Since the adoption or a bitulithic paving for the streets of Phoenix. a great many questions have been asked by people who have never seen or read about the pavement. \ report of the success which has attended the use Of bitulithic in other places k of interest. The councils of many other cities. after investigation as thorough and extensive as that made by the council of this city, before making decision, have indorsed bitulithic as the best pavement obtainable.
 The following report was presented to a merchants association of Grin nell. Iowa, one of the most beautiful and best laid out college towns of the middle west, by a committee ap- pointed to report on the pavement which would be. in their estimation, most suitable for the streets of Grin nell:
 TO the Grinnell Retail Merchants and Manufacturers association: Your committee appointed in Jan. G9G9) to investigate and make recommendation regarding paving. has endeavored to investigate personally every kind of paving that can be said to be stand ard or that is in general use. We believe We have examined every style Of paving in general use in Iowa
 Individually We have inspected paving in Chicago, New York, Wash ington. Peoria, Rock Island. Mar shalltown, Newton and other cities As a committee We have visited Iowa City, Cedar Rapids. Cedar Falls. Wa terloo. Des Moines and St Louis, and in these places have investigated as thoroughly as possible the following styles Of pavement: Bitulithic. tarvia or tar macadam, asphalt, petrolithic. brick macadam (gravel and stOneD. creosoted block, cedar block, granite block
 We have endeaVOred to make our investigation from an entirely unpre- judiced standpoint. having in mind at all times the improvement and heautifying of Grinnell from thor oughly practical standpoint. Some styles of paving have been considered obviously out of the question for Grinnell on account of the high cost of difficulty of maintenance. In all CT the cities viisted we were most courteously assisted in our investga- tions by city officers and engineers.
 At Iowa City we had our first eX- perience with bitulithic paving. On the foundation is placed a mixture of bituminous cement and crushed stone, laid hot and rolled down with a steam roller to thickness of two inches. The surface is then treated to a finer mixture, and when finished has the general appearance of asphalt with | the exception that it is not quite as smooth. This paving at Iowa City has been laid three years and shows practically no signs of wear and is entirely free from checks or cracks. l
 So favorably was the committee inn pressed with this particular pavement that We decided not. to make any recommendation until we had exam 1 ined some that had been in use for a longer period and under heavy traffic. | St. Louis seemed to be the hearst ! point where we could he shown. Here I We found bitulithic paving that had