The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1917-03-20
VIII Soon Be Put Under Way With
Opening Of Settled Weather
Work Of This Company Is
Well Known in This City.
Largest Contractors in Paving and
Road Building South Of the Ohio
Rlver-teadqusrters in Lex
ineton, Kentucky.

llb i0HuenCc Is lelI anu SuOWu Al Tie
progress of communities built along
the arteries of commerce, which are
good roads. The smaller cities and
towns are following the example of
big cities by having a street pro-
gram, that is the plan for the i'm
provement of their streets and
avenues within a given number Of
years. Mt. Sterling should fall in
line with this excellent movement
and has indeed been devoting much
attention to street Improvement,
fully approved by our progressive
citizens. The contracts for the paw
ing of East Main street from Wilson
to Willow street, High street from
street from the Chesapeake & Ohio
Railroad to Holt avenue, which will
tremendously add to the appearance
and up-to-dateness of the city, is in
charge of the we'll known contract
ing firm, Carey-Reed Co., of Lexing-
ton, the largest street paving con-
tractors South of the Ohio River.
This paving contract will be laid
with asphaltic concrete which is one
of the most satisfactory materials
known. 1t is particularly fitted for
both light and heavy traffic, auto
mobiles, etc, is easily cleaned, not
affected by heat or cold and if brok-
en- by any emergency, can be repair
ed without tearing up any consider
able part of the structure. Prob
ably the most important material
entering into the makeup of a first
class asphalt pavement is the char
acter of the asphalt used. Like 9TH
er commodities, there are numerous
brands and varieties of asphalt on
the market. TRINIDAD asphalt is
generally recognized as the standard
and the City Council of Mt. Sterling
exercised good judgment in select
ing this brand of asphalt for the Mt.
Sterling streets. This well known
material was also used on North
Maysville street. The work on the
paving contracts will be put under
way as soon as the absence of frost
renders a solid road bed possible
and the settled weather will enable
the company to carry the work to
IT'S conclusion without interruption.
The contractors say that due to the
extreme scarcity of efficient labor
and the car shortage, East Main
and Sycamore streets could not be
completed last fall. The streets will
be first graded and leveled its en-
tire length. after which 5 inch
concrete base will be spread and
over this the finishing 2 inch thick
ness of asphaltic concrete surface.
The work will be particularly inter
esting, owing to the splendid equip
ment OF the Carey-Reed Co. Beside
their huge steam rollers they have
a portable asphalt mixing machine
which mixes the asphaltic concrete
en- the premises and enables 1t to be
spread while hot. strong feature In
:ts efficiency. They have various
road machines. rock crushers, road
rollers, oiling machinery. drags. car
snloaders, plows. etc, all OF which
arc steam power and admit of the
company's putting through several
different contracts at the same time.
The work of the Carey-Reed Co. Is
we'll endorsed In Mt. Sterling owing
to its splendid execution In con.
structing the .Maysville street paw
ing four years ago. Among the
many large contracts which this
company has executed may be In
ciaded 90 per cent Of the street paw
ing done In Lexington during the
past Ave years. aggregating about
800. 900 square yards or 20 linear
miles. They have very recently I'm
ished miles Of asphalt road In
Kanawha County, West Virginia, at
a cost OF 100000; also Z miles of
asphalt road for Fayette County.
Ky. and paved the entire length of
Main street. Nicholasville. KY. about
s years ago. Beside the Mt. Ster-
ling contract they have a number OF
other contracts under way, among
these being $4,000 square yards OF
street. paving In Lexington, 1 miles
OF asphalt road in Fayette County
KY. and 10000 square yards OF
street paving in Maysville. KY. The
company lays all kinds of street
paving bat favors asphaltic concrete
ss being the most economical. SER
viceable and desirable type OF paw
ing for residential streets. They
perform contracts for both street
paving and hard surfacins roads
and their contract work calls them
into nearly all parts of the South
where road improvement is under
consideration. The Carey-Reed Co.
was organized In June. 1911. and Is
corporation composed OF Geo. B.
Carey. President. and Jas. II. Reed,
T.scretary and Treasurer. Both men
are experienced road builders, their