The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1914-07-07
COUNCIL Will
meet TONIGHT
Extent of Pavement on Lake Lin
den Avenue to Come Up

regular meeting this evening and in
addition to acting on the usual COM
mercial accounts, will take up the
matter OF renewing the lighting con-
tract and the consideration OF i'm
provement work now in progress.
At tonights meeting the council will
| decide how far on Lake Linden avenue
the new pavement is to extend. So far
provision has been made for extending
the pavement only so far as Tamarack
street on Lake Linden avenue, but it
| was understood at the time the con-
| tracts were let, that if the council
| could see it's way clear to pave addi-
tional blocks on this street. action to
| that end would be taken. Contractor
| ROehm and his men now have one side
OF the street paved as far as Tamarack
| street and il the work is to be extend
ed an additional block or two blocks,
money would be saved by starting this
work at once.
1t is understood that the cost of the
pavement is well within the original
estimates and that the council is at
liberty to pave one additional block
without exceeding the amount set
aside for this purpose.
There seems to be a msunderstand
ing on the part of Laurium residents
as to the exact nature OF the new
pavement The surface has not been
marked off i'm blocks as was the grant
told pavement, TO prevent slipping, but
has been brushed up to rough sur
face The fear has been expressed
that the pavement will prove slippery,
after this roughness is worn off.
Village officials explain. however,
that the pavement as it now stands is
incomplete. The street is To be given
n covering of tar and then a dressing
of sand, which when firmly pressed
will give it the appearance OF a ma
cadam pavement and should be no
more slippery than macadam. 1t may
be necessary to replace this top dress
ing every few years, but the body Of
the street will remain 10 stand the
wear and the cost Of the top dressing
will be slight, at least no more eXpen-
sive than the dressing applied TO ma
cadam roads just as frequently. TO
mark the street off in blocks would be
an infringement on the granitoid pat
ents.
Altogether about $4,000 gallons of tar
will be used this year on the streets of
the village. Some has already been
applied and other streets will be cared
for later, when the pressure of the
present work has passed.
Woodland avenue was given tar
dressing yesterday, the tar iip this in
stance being poured over, the, rough |
rock, so as TO form binder for it.
This will now be, rolled into place and
the top dressing of tar and sand APP
piled as on the other macadamized |
streets. 1t is felt that the tar and
coarse rock will form "A rockway al |
most as durable as concrete and much
cheaper.
Isle Royale street. from Third almost
to Lake Linden avenue, has been built
up this year with ashes, bound to-
gether with tar AS the grade of this
street was quite low prior TO the inn
provement work, it was first filled in
with rock cans and other refuse. This
was rolled into a firm foundation and |
the street then built up with cinders.
1t has been giving much satisfaction,
so far and the officials believe il will |
stand considerable wear.
The street department is being |
congratulated upon the speed with |
which the streets were cleaned and
placed i'm presentable shape after the
Fourth. The street cleaning devices
were in operation as early as $50
o'clock Sunday morning and the most
important streets were given attention
that day. The cleanup was completed
yesterday.