Arizona republican., 1921-03-20

and the county highway commission have arrived at an agreement for a consolidation of operations so that all the work shall be done in one "Set-up" at a time, instead of being performed simultaneously in two or more. Al ready a part of the machinery in the Chandler "set-up' is on the way to be used in the Fowler ..set-up" for the completion of that and for an exten- sion of the road building to Glendale.
 It is estimated that with the en- larged facilities in this part of the program that work can be finished within six weeks or less, when the work of connecting the Chandler work with the Tempe Mesa road will be un-
 dertaken and will be completed within
 30 days.
 There are two reasons for this con
 solidation of operations. There will
 then be sufficient trackage of the in dustrial railway to reach all parts Of
 the work and there will De four mixers
 at work by which normally $500 feet
 day will be laid. At present when a.
 mixer needs repairs, with only two on the stretch of road, there is a partial cessation of operations The remain ing one cannot permit the working of the industrial railway to full capacity and the crew of the disabled machine left idle for four or five hours. What can be done with, a consolida- ton of effort was shown the other day 1 when one of the mixers went out of commission. Efforts on the other
 were redoubled, with the result that
 in a single day more than 500 feet of road was laid. i Further to facilitate operations the work will be carried on at night
 something which can be done more
 easily when the work has been thus 1 consolidated.
 l ET0llowipo copverSatiop with the l highway commission the following let l ter was addressed to the commission: Phoenix, Arizon, March IT. '21. The Maricopa County Highway Com mission,
 Phoenix, Arizona.
 1 Gentlemen:
 After operating for several months on the county highway program, we | have decided on certain policy to provide the greatest efficiency and the
 greatest amount of progress per day.
 we are at present operating from
 two set-ups, namely: Chandler and l Fowler; our proposed basis Of opera l tion is as follows:
 .To shut down temporarily our op- erations at either one set-up or the I other, leaving the bunkers. buildings and track intact for use later. We
 would propose to move all of the ma
 chinery from the closed down setup ana operate the entlTe equipment IfOul
 the one Set-up. This would enable
 us to lay more pavement per day than
 at present. on account of having all
 of the equipment and organization I concentrated at one point, and also by J providing a surplus of equipment to take care of breakdowns, consequently l we would complete the set-up we were l continuing to operate in less than one | half the time of the present system, | after which we would transfer all of l the equipment to the set-up which had | been shut down and we would likewise l finish that in half of the time we would require under the present plan.
 In this way the total mileage of the two set-ups would be completed at l least as soon as on our present plan; in other words, instead of operating both set-ups for four months each, we
 would operate each set-up sor two months. This should be an advantage also to the people living in the vicinity
 of the Set-up as they would be sub- iected tb all of the inconvenience o1 closed roads for two months instead of four besides getting the completed road as called for in the program. a least as soon as at present outlined. This concentration Of operation would lead to economy of operation both to ourselves, and to the county and would provide for the completion of our contract at least as soon a: under the present plan of operation which in any event would be severa. months in advance of the time called for in our contract.
 Tt is our desire to change to thi: new plan as soon as the two payer: which were to be moved, have finished the mile they are at present paving as the economy represented by tha change is a serious consideration ts us, in order to enable us to make uI in part for the large unexpected ex lpenditures in the form of absorbing O discounts and other items, therefore we would respectfully request that vol advise us as soon as possible whicf set-up you prefer that we suspend op- erations on first.
 Yours respectfully, ''TWOHY BROTHERS COMPANY By John D. Twohy.' The following day the following let ter outlining in detail was was ex ] pected to be accomplished by consoli dation was sent the commission: Phoenix, Ariz., March IS, 1921. "Maricopa County Highway Commis sion,
 Phoenix. Arizona.
 Gentlemen:
 Confirming our conversation of to l day in connection with our propose, plan of operation as set forth in ou \ letter of March 17th, wish to advis you that with our consolidated equip