Jasper County Democrat, Volume 6, Number 11, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 June 1903 — Where Asphalt Is Cheap. [ARTICLE]

Where Asphalt Is Cheap.

Not far from the town of Ardmore, In Indian Territory, and partly within the corporation limits, Is an asphalt mine which la thought to be extensive enough to pave all the streets in Indian and Oklahoma Territories. Ardmore proposes to build her streets of native asphalt She will be prodigal In the use of asphaltum, for the reason that lt Is more economical than crushed rock and cement The plan Is to take tbe asphaltum as It comes from the mine and make a foundation six inches thick. This will be pounded and rolled until compact. Upon this will be spread a coating of the same material crushed into coarse gravel size, mixed with the powdered material that results from the crushing. This also Is thoroughly tamped and rolled. The last coat la made of the same material ground to a powder and then heated. No wagon' ’ ways have been made, but many sidewalks have been built In this maimer, and they are gttlng most satisfactory results. The crude asphaltum can be laid upon the streets at about half the cost of crushed stone.