The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1920-09-10
SPEED UP PLANS
FOR NEW PAVING
lengthy Discussion At
Meeting of City
Commission
FAVOR MACADAM BASE
Commissioner Steiner Says
Discrimination Shown
BY Concrete Men

THAT macadam base may supplort
concrete base I'm future paving hnrn
appeared possible after special
meeting Of mayor nud city commits.
sluncrg ycatcrday morning. although
no official action was taken.
Iufor alton REGARDING the
pirougth and pra,tiDIhiUN ut r1.
adam was furnished h' James nnd
William Fuller uf m" Parker Wash /
iugton Paving COMPANY tily bnEI
ucrr 4. D.. GrIrrg and r. o. llurhr..
at ono time city engineer. ana q ur1D
tlrnI paving man, u't"r which there
was general discussion of this Iu
formation. a g. BruwnDI repre-
Rortiug the Cement Manufactures
association for this district was also
present to argue against Wa'ndnm
and In favor ~ cement AN rcwuui
is unobtniuahlo. aud as Do WAS up
pnrcnt 10 city officials that lirowucll
e. biased tho Information furnished
by him was Of little value I'm solving
the paving problem, which has bccn
caused by the cement shortage.
Mr.. Hughes talk was perhaps tho
most oulightcning I'm that Il wasl
baEcd ou local ryporiouc" In build
Ing macHdam streets. Under his al
reCtion, mncadam base was hdilt
on Main street from Tenth to Thir-
tecnth streets, Hud from Boulder
avenue to Main strcot on Twolrth,
II years ago. This paving after
years OF service vs. regard ID na part
OF the best paving Jobs In the city's|
history
This base was made about seven
inches thick. or two ana one-half
inches thicker than the ordinary
concrete base. It'is ~ "two-courso"
construction. and was topped with
two inches OF asphalt.
Basiug his statement on his oN-
perionCC Mr.. Hughes said tho only
successful method OF laying mac
adam 80 II viii stand the knocks OF
heavy traffic ~ to allow the mac
adam base to be used without sur
facing other than that provided by
the heavy steam roller for year or
more.
by that time" he said, "all tho
soft places will show up. with a "a
inch roller, certain soft places not
visible or disccrnihla will not be
touched by the roller because OF
the existence OF hard places on each
side of them which hold the roller
up. II has been my experience
and | have tried practically every
known method Of laying macaaRm
base pavinR--that traffic will bring
these soft places to light
They can thcn he repaired and
the asphalt surface applied This
systom assures surface that IL uni
form In hardness, and no holes will
develop except under extraordinary
c!:cGin;ances.
Mr.. Hughes said he learned his
lesson about mnCadam from build.
Ing the Red Fork hard surfaced
road. The surfacing was placed on
this road Immediately after the mnc-
adam base was built. Soft places
developed, he said. when traffic be-
came heavy, with the result that the
road Is now literally fun OF holes.
He declared that II the base had
been used by itself for several
months before applying tho suTfacc
the road would now be in excellent
condition.
Both James ana William Fuller
representing tho Parker-W Washing
ton Paving company insisted that
macadam base will Withstand IN,
raVages OF time and traffic as well
as concrete base, except that tn,
macadam must be almost twice nl
thick as concrete. They said that
by using a special roller made with
three narrow rollers instead OF one
very wide one, the soft places could
be reached when the base was laid
and that II could be surfaced lmmc,
dlately
As proof they cited several thous
and square yards or macadam- has,
paving laid by them In the city o
Chicago which has now stood abou
three years OF heavy traffic wtihou
signs OF moro than ordinary deterio