Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1915-12-17
SInEETS BETTERED
|1FI1fGrHEN BLOCKS ARE MAcAD-
1fIzED AND CURBED.
LABOR MoxlHT KEPT AT HOME
cost u PX0D6rty Owners Benefited
Rsnd bos "A pproximately $4,000
81 Issue Bonds.

N Chief among the works carried on
bv the municipality Of Dallas in the
vear jnst closing has been the street
Improvement work. The city is at an
advantage in owning its own quarry
and rock crusher, and is thus enabled
to secure til maferials at minimum
Acost. In spite III this advantage, hard
nsurfacing Hes out of the question,
"and all that was actually demanded
Ebv traffic o01ditions had already been
aaid. By 6he construction of macad-
am strsefs fhe city has built up net
svork of fb6foughfares that would be
Il fle6ided credit to community much
greater Ill sixe than is Dallas. The
suz{sce has been laid properly on a
earefulIy prepared sub-grade, and is
mot QivinR way in any manner. 1t
IL sloW to collect mud, and summer
|tlust il almost an unknown quantity.
The n1acadan Is lasting and in more
than One place in the city can be
Found To be almost as hard as asphalt
|pavenent, BY being properly built,
|pr0 perl " lrainHd and kept in good re-
pair n1acadam street will last for
l q :. 4 r,,s +s,,r tbot ;s credit to
xha Il !, ,,,,,,,;tv and to the men who
~ ~ ,es,o,Ts;bia for the constructive
work, at comparatively low cost.
For next year hard surface is not be-
ling considered. The city administra-
s;,,a M 20 - n II l .sorL hat viii nrobablv he
II L & sa M ;y ths Hrst months of sniino
,, s,, <rl,;.h r;ll fnrtbar improve t6e
etse.t at.y srs w fa,,n ;ncreas;no Of the same
III ~ ,,o,,,1 ~ ,,ro1ertv affected
t's ~, Nv .l.t .a,.,.a aon,,;o1
NH tne Nhl1ops s'reeV woiNs ,o,oI VA ie. u
on tnis {sn 'neie weie einliuye' np;t " a
iafge n''t n iieh' in ,:nls aouisioi e.', ~
tNtnty &4o eniieu d iiNelinoou lloii,
Iaelf lapotS " .he locA ;iaotc. quatiy 'llt nf
&, Sts-rt W. y. potor Groanuood
Il \, n ',,, ',s ,s,s annloreJ last surhmer
r.,s y Ell xii G n Steward as snnerin.
..'s '.'s' L. st'' b Il, rool, ono,rv W. d;rootod
w 5'''' ss's II ~ 'r;as e tba fdrca fbara From
~ T'nI.r,,s, s,s ,,,t;lslate in Octobor when
=, "a - T., ,s.. s,,onob material on hand 70
sa..,>, ,.<-7 III '+La ,yorll thot oonld ba
S.,l NJ e,,,.e tl,a ro;ns nrovontod fur.
tbe~ M rros,,sss - The citv,s eynendi-
t.,,,.,. .,s e01' 1nl,.x on s+roots ovnlus;vo
49, - !. I, ~, ~ III ornshor amountoJ r.
u Sse " Eor lahor Of tho rock
~-'r 'srr,.,s, ,s, IL cr,sbar tba o;ty snen,
II r;'or ooa 81 '''; NJ, a,,nn;o;noj;ty ovrS tbo
sII 1;iya,r;so tha onorrv and
III 4,,;,,oant sn +bat tho onIv
M ,s''., Is II III aaassor, IN nrodro;ng
= f..;ia;r' rsotor;alS waro thoso foT
e ez;.r,.. ',1, n ~ ocst of tbo rool, nSod IN
80 r. :k.---st-rt: :; uoauoso.toJ h,,
"a ,-.t ~ .~,,sh;nn ond banl;nn mo,
- ~, ,1-' ,,,,ss ~. III a,,Ss har ot IN nerts a
,,a~,3 ,..; 4 4 = AZ rorJs of rool, wara
~ ~ J. II. ,st of stroot hu;ld;ng
''sss' ss.sts.:ss. ~ 80. .ss az ~ Se1 - IN ~
'''', . = '''' - v'''o-oo' ..
Noe oniy were street l,lip,oNelnehtS oo l!
MADE pue more tnan ll'ooo nheai
1eet q eeuens eurplng "e.e Piaceu'
az a eo7t o. ~ cents d loo.' or Y
lo'al Q. Fo'ovo'.s. IIe street "orKi
as wen as tnat at the quarry ana
uS ~ s,,rHu rne oyo o Ia iai rnSor % oou o
tract after competitive bids had been
received on The work Combining the
hest Of macadam streets with cement
curbinos On both sides on over 10
blocks Of the city's thoroughfares. it
can readily be seen that the work done
IN Dallas IN 1915 was of no insignif-
ieant scope The Uglow avenue i'm
movement work has been included in
the figures here presented by Auditor
Gregory. but IN the bond sale and
city books this work has been en-
tered As A separate undertaking. Three
and one-half blocks were improved on
Uglow avenue bv macadamization.
Cnrbs were also placed over most of
this In addition to the Uglow avenue
improvement 151b blocks of macadam
streets were built by the city. These