Las Vegas age. [volume] (Las Vegas, Nev.) 1905-1947, 1928-06-19
OPINIONS FAVOR
PAVING PLANS
INFORMATION OBTAINED
ON BARSToW TRIP SUM-
DAY: HIGHWAY DEPART
MENTS APPROVE.

City Commissioners Roy Neagle,
w. B. Mundy and o. j. Smith,
Ed. Clark and w. E. Ferron, mem
bers of the committee on paving
appointed at request of the city
board: James eastman and High
way Engineer c. C. Boyer drove
to Barstow Sunday TO inspect the
Outbound gravel paving which has
been in use for more than two
years on the Barstow-V Victor
vile highway.
They were met by a committee
of the Barstow Chamber Of Com
merce who showed them every
courtesy and gave valuable in
formation on the paving. They in
terviewed Mr.. Hill, in charge of
maintenance of that highway, who
also recommended the pavement
highly.
Members of the party report
that they received much valuable
information on the trip and that
the practical demonstration of
that pavement after more than two
years of very heavy traffic will
be of Importance in determining
the course of the board.
Replies TO a dozen or more in
quiries mailed by City Clerk VIM.
L. Scott, TO different State High
way departments esking for in
formation on the Outbound gravel
type of paving are beginning TO
come in.
To date Mr.. Scott has received
four letters, these being from z.
E. Sevison, State Highway Engin-
eer of Wyoming, H. A. Young
Assistant State Highway Engineer
of Nevad, C. E. Pope Construct
ion Engineer for the California
State Highway Department, and
W. C. Davidson, State Highway
Engineer of New Mexico.
While all four letters agree in
the statement that it is too early
to tell just what the life Of the
Outbound gravel pavement will be,
all unite in stating that it is be-
ing used by their departments,
is moderate in cost. and should
be ideal for a city of the size of
Las Vegas.
Fillowing are short quotations
from the letters.
2. E. Sevison, of the Wyoming
State Highway Department says:
None of the Wyoming cities or
towns have used this type of pave
ment as yet. There is no good
reason why city streets carrying
light traffic should not be sue
ceSSfully improved with this type
of surface. The annual cost of
maintenance should not exceed
$250O0 per mile for and So foot
sidth."
Mr.. Sevison goes on to state
that the department has just COM
pleteo orIng 20 miles of gravel
surfacing and that the Sanp is
rendering satisfactory service. The
years program calls for so miles
additional Surfacing and that the
upon mhich fork is just being
started. In closing he says Our
experience is not such as to en-
able me TO make a statement as
to the probable life of the sur
facing"
w. A. Young. Assistant State
Highlay Engineer, Carson City,
calls attention to the fact that
the state has used this type of
paving on the Victory highway in
Fernley. An experimental section
was built last year east of Fernley
and this is proving satisfactory
It has been in use long enough to
insure a substantial redurtion in
maintenance cost, so far having
cost less than $10~to maintain.
Quoting Mr.. Young. In my
opinion 1t should be suitable for
city street work, the low cost
elimination of dust, and result
tant smoothness of surface being
the factors upon which my opinion
is based"
C. E. Pope, Contraction Engin-
eer of the California State High
way department writes that as
yet the department has had no
experience with this type of paw
ing on city streets. but that ii
should certainly have a place
where it Is desirable to keep the
dust down and get a street paved
at a moderate price.
Personally" says Mr.. Pope, 81
would not hesitate to use this
method of construction for the
residential streets of a city the
size of Las Vegas"
w. C.. Dawson, State Highway
Engineer of New Mexico writes
I'VE are just beginning on a pro-
gram of construction of this kind
of paving. At present there is no
more than a mile of the oil pro-
cessing work completed, and there
fore no data which would enable
| mo IN give an Oninion