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Show TWENTY-FOURTH STREET PROPERTY OWNERS I In yestordny's edition, we addressed you relative to the "'petition you i signed asking your City Council for the selection of Bitullth'ic on 24th st. Since your signing the same. Assistant Assist-ant City Engineer Roche has had an opportunity to examine over 1,500,000 square yards of this pavement laid in Portland, Oregon, a citv of over 200,-000 200,-000 people. Bltujithic has been laid there, commencing with 36,203 square yards In 1904, and its use has steadily Increased year by year until 448,247 square yards were laid In 1910 and over 5SO.O00 yards are under contract con-tract for the first half of 1911. In Portland it is laid under all conditions of travel and traffic, from that of the heaviest on Fifth street to the residence resi-dence streets. We are not author- - ' " I Jzed to quote Mr. Roche ..in anyt particular, par-ticular, but we Iviiow the 'pavemenfs speak for themselves to any one who looks ' them over. A matter of great importance to you is the one of durability dura-bility and that can only be established estab-lished by time and use under varied conditions of traffic and climate. Over 16,000,000 square yards of Bitulithlc has been laid in the past ten years In over 2S0 cities and towns. It would be "beyond your patience to scrutinize the annual repeat contracts in the long list of representative cities where Bitulithlc has been tried and gives satisfaction, 'but it Is to your interest to scan the limited and partial par-tial list herewith enumerated showing show-ing great geographical distribution and wide climatic range. Newark, New Bedford, El Paso Cambridge Portland, Fort Worth, N J. Mass. Texas (Boston) Ore. Texas Ma6s. Year Sq. yds. Sq. yds. Sq. yds Sq. yds. Sq, yds. Sq. yds, Laid Laid Laid. Laid. Laid. Laid. Laid. 1901 4,426 596 1902 1903 13,168 10,792 1,248 1904 34,508 13,339 1,631 36,203 1905 11,360 22,837 48,535 ' 1906 .... 20,646 .. 20,233-. 14,606' 61,394 1907 73,480 12,801 82,786 11,345 72,136 10,123 1908 19,539 5,320 19,720 13,337 129,918 41852 1909 26,890 155,914 16,444 201,329 73,040 1910 13,912 11,773 67,758 10,519 448,247 149,183 1911 83,920 28,484 59,685 21,000 582,094 190,778 Totals.. 297,423 86,935 406,096 113,563 1,579,856. 464,976 St. Louis, Rosedale, St.Boniface Dallas, Atlanta Toronto, Mo. Kan. (Winnipeg) Tex. Ga. Can. Manitoba 1903 149.116 - 1S04 205,607 44,685 19,825 21,632 1905 105,442 11,695 2,544 21,383 1906 90,678 1,713 26,268 21,654 33,154 1907 101,926 20,784 111,024 11,082 56,656 1903 92,196 28,460 22,340 71,542 1909 95,260 13,558 37,363 53,853 7,450 65,048 1910, 60,119 2,457 74,248 53,126 27,417 85,286 1911 86,143 15,827 25,000 221,213, 52,873 20,587 Totals.. 985,487 90,634 157,395 494,144 165,185 373,188 r"" -' ' -iogBMo aatii an aaj |