CALIFORNIA HIGHWAYS AND PUBLIC WOR Off fJ of D.. H, ty 0 P.I • <:'1 C H PUR(['.L ... H, ." £..'._ . ~-_.. ,_ " d al ..._ .....'_.bon .. ~.ltI._"'U1.... ~ .. _..., _00" I_ ... '" '-cI_~ ....- ','", .. H ...... , ...... , _ v .. fEIIlUAIlY 19"
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, " Federal Defense Road Program In California Presents Serious Financial and Traffic Problems By RICHARD H. WILSON, Office Engineer, Division of Highways
ItOI'OSI':O """I\eue';"n "nd im_ ;.. u..... ~nll.L l)(\II>' or tit. ,.ore p....,"""'."1 "r hljrh"'ly" for p"""';nl ~ 01 lb. I'robl...... P d.t.".. "nd II,ili'o,)' 1""11<)j(JO< Access Roads First r.....,inl Calilumit. State hitollw.,. 01· thl"Oul!'huuI !lIe Unilffl l:ltatetl ~..,,,. 6o:ioll in III .. _>n llo" .re inelnded I...... ' billhway (lm.jal. with ..,ri01.. Says U. $. Authority in 1M follo..-ill¥ I,. graphoo. "ruble".. (>r flnandnl!'. Th_ l'.<>b. A to.. mo"tho lIfO i~ ..... IlftalliOl! C.liforni. .. • bortle. len.. m"ill be IIOlved hnml.':li.t"ly il thOUl:ht lhat the ilDp...... em"'~ St"e. i. nm" of 0"""';1,. be th.. lb. 1''''lf'U' tor deY~I"I'",e"t 01 ,,_. of Iheltra~net..ork, ita 7~. 1....1. 01 n,,_rotIIi ",ilil.r,.. mariM, ..'r hill'h"'~r- i. to bo """."mn,alot! 000 mil.. with minor ucep and nu.1 loa-. IlooI...... "'... I.TIt" in Ih. nO" 'UlU'••"d in tin,. 10 ~.... eoIn"Idi"l" with the man porti"'''' or tb. SUI•• ~Iim.ol'" _"li· {"''''ih adeI. fo. l..iniOllt ope••Ii""", ma,lY Th. d"",",,(I. of Army and Xur IInl CO_MI. Bul 110... acoonl_ "Iea fo.Ia'll" nnlon",'"'' .nd ...,np" ."'hoTitie< r". all ar1Je"lal."J Iyalt'n'l Iq to ThOll. B. JIbcDon&1d, are beln" louted in C.lito.nit. b)· tlWl 01 ,I.''''"'' higl,w&,j". di,,;,'" tbe 1'1"1) u. B. Oommiaicmer of Pubne Arm)·, Xuy ."'1 )Iari"" C....]>O. lI,orn illlO Ih ..... dill;".' ph-. TI,. 1I.oalh. \.ho ollualiOll is "qllik Th.... mililary .-rv.tio". .,,,1 l.Jl..~t ,,"ler i. the d.,'olopmo,,1 of I" .....nocI. ~ It b&lI beeonM .p. .an'on""'nta.re now in tbo 1'-of od"I".'. inlerl<>di,,1l' "yile,n throulCb"ut the 0'" ire Xilion; not 1M rtntotle lIeI..otl< m1lll bDill planned for hon;;ing a"d lh. """""d ph.... ""lui,. the ~_ H «l"ulI.rrt eolllid.nUnn. lraioinll of ml"r hu"dred Iho""o"d. .'.uNi"" of do eonneeti", Mr. MacDo..1d upiallllt: "A of "'9U. Tb. e·elopm~nl of bi.b....' .. 01lJarI:m111l1 aDd tn11lformr. Thom... II. )Ia<'l),,,,.ld, t:"iled .nd oc ....tIl ..Ollnd indWitrial .~. 11011 trw 110...... of m&Il" old l:it.... Cotnm i..ionu of Pub)ie ]lo.d•. ... h~... in~~ ""Ii"il)' N""",, b)' GIllI.. Tho p&rlial "I!mateo ;n .dd i"l1 Ihe A.ph.lt l ...tilute IKI &llI.bl. Indl"~ lhal tho ,",fenoe order. ill rwultl"tl: In lnof in Te%.., on Deet,nbo. 10. 6e <'(Inp!M ...... n.lI A ,. .nd Jf• ..,. alon. h..". 19-10. 01...... ,.1 Ihe vriority of .""""" frw Gf IIHd 2.llOO \lin. ace.. ro..,1 ooD.truelio". »lrtieular1;v in bor· &lid ...... IlOG 1'O&d.. whieh. ,h·. St.lel. Th. 1'"Llin Roe.d. Ad if .dOCln.",,1,y Impro"ed. will TIw mon 1IJ'll"'" ..-I for I"" .... eon &I"(Iund $200,000.000, Th. ,,,i";.".lion ), .. i...u«l ",..""rand. IDefII is for ""tid.-lOry ._ <11 10 .. II 'hieh ""tlin. the p..... job of pl&llnilli Ih_ l!lllCle. !:l,.,...... 10 sit.. of ..nltlOlllellu, tniuinJr for tI";~l\oliOl' of op""i6. t"" roadI I. u"Ilder ....,...... d in ced"", """'I'>'- ...... Iion••nd t-o. .. """ _(l....--...... d. to mililarr liIrut1ion of the... is _ 1''''ll'",""iD~ m&Il" "Ie' th. aclll&! colLllruc lion ..illI tho rel:\llarl,. .van. eo"'I"'. 1'••'"'·.';0''' .1Id intl''''ri.1 rapidly. .rt.... Wllile Joo..tio"" of ind,,'tri.l • bl. Feder&! alld St."" fUlld1l. .~«Ird.n l"Gilll: fG....ard._lJrlI~~ 11"",1•. Itt .....·ilh I"" ",.."....."d•. .,I.nbl ..-b,.,." del...... , oroe", ue bting flIenra .J'" I>dd .1 ,·.riouo .....p&, o"v.r\I>el-. 'ram" <'(IngeilOon ttdord...ithin ...... ""lI&bl" time i. way Sy.tom .. mOlol.tlll'!uI. I~ WI'o\••",1 voriouo .'-0 """'t "'l1""t .nd i. of • mool der."". road """.trn.tiM be I'..... 10::.1 .get"';"'" .ueb AI eilito' .nd e<>ttn· ...rio.., nat".. in thot it ...m probably .ul",1 .apidly "'ith • ",ini"'um die. t .... fofl' 10 '1uil'ftD~uu iu the motte. "r ~_ Mori of Ihio ...... mil..,. II ai\lI· ...reed U(XID &II lneJud"d in Ih t.. .-llr ror N~h of the i",Ii-·ld".1 .Wit otl" the Stole hieh....,. "JItom (OQI")' t)f ._ ""'do " I"" ,·.ri..... e....'... .-....uiou...nd b._ 'tid .nd upenditnra of ,",,11 hi(Ir.....,. eonfe"",..., Th""" ~till ""m.ln ot"" lh. priorilY in D"'-,J "f eo".tr"el;"tI f"lIdo for rlfh\ of ....,. "'d imPnlvo. cr.1 propnooed """f.~_ whi~h b.v. fur rath projecl. lIMllt 10 neh rood& 1& nOI poulbl. I,ot been c.lled and whieb will un_ " ....er e..tIfondlo ....\lItM. Thio d""bledl,. I'\l'lui... addition&l upendi. ~IJ"'T>I! 1"'" .".n...... lea•• lb. cOlln\I.1 ... lbe onl,. ttl ..... 10 provide _ to """'''' "0.... The m' tIe. of ..·.il.bili',. of IIOUIW of local aid for ftl\O.llell\l" meh ill """roe of eoootruetion. rlcb\ or ...,. &lid conslrtlc:l.loll, ond 0")' rllnd, thot on,. of I~ 'I!"''''"''' In -.:.one ;1WI.nC'fOl WPA 'undo will ",I~hl h,ve for ,let towardo _ _nl,...... t !'uIldlt 0 ....lmOllI COm· he ~,·.;table for tIIio Iype of dde""" road 1... on t.hoeoo ro.da will be IUl"'rvWod 10)" In oome inR.n~ of ..."Iribulio,,", iW&d. ,\d",l"il'rllio" oel"", in n tbl I'ubli. Hood. Ad,n'n18',,"OI' nr by the Wf'A cord.nce ,..ilh pro...is;n... or Ihe ~"<'d tbe St.ll lli~h""r llep.,tmenl. WIdI• .n ...... rnadI for C.J.i· cr.1 Aid lli~b...y Aot of 1!Wl. ~"ed· fo..... hay. not bton dHigDoUd, at ero! fundo .Ilotal<'d (0 C.lifornia for .HlIIT OJ" wu ''O(In~~)I IJte P,"",I1\ UIIlI 1\ 'PJIA"l that in regulae "'ederlll Aid Ind ~"-t~e Hoed In th.M hll1lllnceo rlcht of '010" is '~N! IU~n Ihlo Slate th... -til be • tot.1 of eonSll'Uetion .. f""" tbe nOI • problem. but all the m&jorlty 10"" 300 mllu of luell road.o, Inelud. ""mlLl ".btduled prnjHU.nd"l "p of ""eNO ro.d. ue .ltnoiM on iBI: m&ny brldi_ .nd uperutl.. for Ih. 0""'''' or Ibt ..'l'tro! ._ conllty modo &lid til. WPA. Ad d_ rnde ",p&ratlon .lructW"eI, ...hlcb .nd lUli"" """" ,,",ui!"td by til. f10t _now upendiW... for rlcht of need conuruction, It 10 ....lmated m.rin., I,.nd mlli,.r1 """'PO ond way, .ny aula1&1lOI from Ibe WPA tI1&t conslruellon .nd right of ....y ..-r••tio..... is .liminated nnlil ricbl of ....,. 1& eoa.a reqnlred ror Ih. prornm wlll Sn"·~y no.. i" p..."...". on obta'ned. Amount 10 obout S28,eoo,llOlI. p...... ,...lJy .n """'" ....bich h",. be<" ,....-.. _..
[Two] TENTATIVE LIST OF PROPOSED ACCESS ROADS IN DEFENSE PROGRAM
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If aooeu road ce...l.rueI.lOll Ia to he <,_ .",'" ••",·W.E1> "o,"a,: It...... ROO.... accomplilbed Immedlatolly, a"d im· ':on01l"u.'io" OI)o'Tllio... now "nder COUll' X.dm;"',lo "hicb i8 no... nll mediate actlon Ia mon I..CI I'"", lhe w.,· It Clmp ~I" I,ll" Obioll" will ...... bu...... and Iflmlniotr..Ho" 11~J' i",,_ by 4,000 or 5,000 ve· boo !/."....tIJ· in.....,oed. bulklinr, and Ihe ....1 or ,""""" rood hicle< doily ..h"" COlliI' .. "ll In ~'011 ~'e.l· tbr The \>0"0 gorri_ al !:>C. C'OIlot.nttion ahould be bo.... by Ihe pl."ned .'....nlt "f 20.000 men 0." ..,I IPI,roprillioDJ. Iw.o" Soli"... ."d LM _. ..• ~m""n~'inp; It i. OII"""'et",<'l'tl ~[ont~rey Or Salin...nd the Ii..n. r.... or tb••,,,,po 'nel iuduo. Ollce .. week, ... ..Ill III eOlllinulO1 camp. When .be .all1l' .. in full Iri.1 plonll lll'rYM b,· ~"I"b ""1"",," m"...m'lIt of ,"ppl,. U"II.1Lo hll"',," Ore-ruiOll. 'ratlle ...... titio...... ill hf, _•. lh. camp and the r&IIga. n",cl, "·0.... In the e...... inn ••'" _he"
IP.....] r'--•• ''''} C.,li/o...i" Highways ,"ntLLD'Y ...... <1. T ....~~'C Th. H.-nil ~mil.'Y fl_.....li"', .1 Jolon in ~Io","",y <':o''''ly .. th. "lo, of th••rtillery rang•••nd ..'hil. '10 I• .,... l",rn,aMnt ."••n'p"'l:"1 .. pl.,,"....1tor thi••it•• \lie m(),·.,,_1 of ...,"'. 2.000 ,·.hiel.. '0 lhe. ..,. '1'(110 II..."'l'OIlndi,. ..mpo er)' '0"" d.y" .,ill Jl':!'iodi..Uy di.torh "orrll.1 lrollk In l(i,·.",Io.I. ("....nly. on Ih. Riv.r· .id._I·~..io Iw..d ~ .ilUlled )I.",h "'i.~1 .IId Clnlp Ilun. e.mp 111111 ".n .lIti_li""ofl unil for I"" Ir.lnlnK of droft.... ond ;" 1oeo1 1 on Ih. I'~rriol Ho.d .b"i,,~ al • r.l~ of al'" I.....~i ....l..y 2~ I(ln~. I"" h..llr ..v•• \ lh~ lall mil .. from 11.••amp ,.. Di· ~,.ele Lake.
n".. >l.llCR .'lUI ,"or... ~i&r<:h field .. a ~[iljl"l A"lltio" 1t'__"·.'I"" 'il".U' .i,o C.,,,,, II..". Wb;]r o"ly 1 I"'_"nel ..t 1.000 ".... io Intiei I,.led t.... 1Ia h .'ie/d. i, ..ill propo.lion· .,.Iy mribnl' 10 hill"hway ""Jl~"" tion i" ,hi, vi.iuit,.. pll'lieuJarly ..h.n 1_l'lIe llniu "'OV' to ,h. oommnR e.",o" " nto ."~ millt••, "' ft ..~ .t Murot. I~-'O mil.. ""rtb....11·. C.lil•••" o. 0. M
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1\ ill ...t;m.'~l II.., by ...ly """"llet' In .l tbae oil.. Ililrb..a~.. in """"""...,.d no,"truetio" .\'''~n bOlh nml'" Ire ill full openllo" ,..... it .t.> 10 be • pro...-l NuaJ and for wbi.h no deflni~ f"n.u .re trallla "ill .,"...!!" OboUl 8,000 .1.... HOUling 1'1'Ojec! .nd • :;.000 onil ....~.bl•. d.il)'. 1>00•• ". l,...jed 0lIl Ihe ..._ flNr C<>nditi",," ";,,,il•• to that .t th. 00 Tor...,. I'in.. II.... IllN'tb of f:!&n Cb_on ror wo.keftl in Ihil vidn· COlloolid.,~ Ai,..,...ft C<>'!>Oralion in 1>;"11", C.."p Callan ;. now under «)G. i,y whid. will both "'.Ierially .dd 10 s.n Oirgo ui!Jt on other high..IV" ".,lOtion. pre!...;n« for 9,000 ...... by ,..ftle vor"...... and "'....18 around industrial pl.n'" Jul;r first. Wh.n lho rpo a' U tb. Lockheed plant in Burbank, ....,'on. it ill ...,ima,'" l.d G.lXXl on lbe nillht oJ,ifl. i".la"... lh... ill "".... doubt as anti G. S. lUI. to lhe P!'rmlneney of th. """' TI811 c~ U~"", lio". Th. S,"te, eity or """nil' """"'d WJ<(JDmOOj" L'< ....." "'000 Tl,e ••,l••ily of the pl."t "'ill lOX'" "ot be held r"jlO,,"ibl. fOJ' tbe nom· III the City of & .. I)",,", U. S. 101 ",aclI. ",uimum of 2O.lXXl.nd a _. plete lI"alleilllf or """h impro'·.....nu pa-. the plant of the CGno;o\ida'Pd omi pll"t iI "nder eOn>llruel,"" ..·itholll ~~ "'"te.ill IlI'\i"",,,,," from Ai",•.tt CGtpO 'iOll. the Rya" ."d n"".by 011 U. S. 101. At l~e pl'l'lll!ll\ Ihe .'.d....1 no....n"".nl. the So '0 T A ll C<>mpani... and ti",. Ibn 15,000 e"'l'loy_ p~rlt 5,,000 AI"" ...nu lnffie froID the ntarh)' eUli in lhe 10' .e""'" tl.. highway 1lTLt1'BO'C 11'.....t:>l *""'" lInt"" Corp" lJ",.. and the ~.,.... from t),o pl."t ."d RI ,1'0 Hili" of The problt'DI of bringing the dsi@:. Tnininr St.';OIl. To~y Pin.. and "hilt eha"gtlIIlhe e(ID~lio" rew!li"lr nate.,.ln..egle l)'tIle... of billh...,...p Fort ~...... Tralk "'''ll'l'lliou from lb...."d't.. ",aJlri"llle.... U. 8. I<.,llq,.rtrnent io MlILRUr .. i..polUn\. m",,1 ...WID problem at thi. time and ,,,o,,iug 0" a"d oil' tI,e lot ""mplett!,)· Tho ",."teri. biKlnrRJ' 1)'01"'" in ""rtainly "ill OOeome luore a.ggra ti.. up tramo 01l!hil mlin artul'. eolifon'ifltoulo opprosi"",lelr 5.600 vakod with uJWln&i<>n or the pi.",. Tb_ .~ hrie8)' ""me of the prob n,il.... mOOII ot wh~h ia I_,ed 0" tAt and milita..,. bIL-. lem& ""nfrontinl!' ,h. Di ..i";"" of Fede,"1 Aid S,..um or mo,jGr State P'u'. '. ,- ~ ....'" c_•• .....m.nt ' SlAte hila,l•.~dmini.'r.tion .l,ol\" Ih.t 81) proximatel)" 1150,000,000 will be n..... _t). to bring the otrntegi. "ystem ill Califo,,,i,, "l) 10 ,h. required ,I."d· .rd._ This "",ount is entirel)" in ad· dit;"" to the "",d. for ""oeM road•. Th..... Impl"Ovmtent.l mil'" he ta.kon b1lO cotllidoration in the .l1oc:..tion of Fedoral food! .pportioned to Cd. ifornl.. ond.r Ih. F.dera.) Aid A..t. Rogular F.d....1 Aid .pportlonm.nt.a 1.0 Calilomi. for the tbeal yean .nd· ~ June 30, 1943 ....d 19i3 will &IlIount to only $1,600,000, and Ihill .....onnt ill wool 10 per cent Ie.. than Ulil St-t.te reeelv.d for Ule pr.viou. P"". '. ,. ~ ~I."", <:-.. ("","Uny" on __ U) Typ;••' ...n ••n .,.... '00.0 " ,."'•• ".d eo•••n ....n..
Ca/ifDr..u. HighwaYJ fUM Public Work.. Iy.....,y"..j [Sov...) $2,256,000 Bay Bridge Bonds to Be Retired, Saving $90,240 Annually
AX ~'nA1"CJSCO-OAKLAXU it" 'h. "ltm of $62,050,000 tor tht eredit to lite Sau Frsnci""o-Oakl"nd Bay Toll Bridge .;"king fund PU'P<>IIO "t eon"rnetwlt the b,idl1e, Ita,· Hridge. bond. I,.viog • par "Bl"e of Th. inter..l rlUt "'... fixed at [i [l<'r S DOS-DB ,~_~.>6.000 due September 1. ecUl. n.'",'" """T,n>:" ."d SerW bond' a",ounting to ~,. tltotlud ",a~ broken for lI'e proj. 1976, will he reliN'd ab."d of ••hM. 000 had been retl.ed on M8.t'ch 1, n', on ~[acd, lot, by exece;". of tbe ecl Ol' .J111y 9, 19:1.1. 1009, and on June 22, 1939. tb~ e.11 prjvilege, Til;. aeeomplil;l"uent A. of April I, W3~, the i111...... ' $1.000,000 oomblJllld with ~.ooo • fter four yeu. alld th,.,. and one· r.le "" ..If.liq"idatinl/ loa". l1lad• of fnndl nol nellded in lbe Bridg~ h.lf mOlllb. of operatio". "lid f"u. by Iha H. ~'. C. ",a. r'duced lor" OonltrtlcUOD Fund WlUl UHd to re· t"l1 r...d"et;Oll' .in•• June. 19311, peri"'-I or fl"e yeatil 10 .. per .ent, lire $800,000 of le,i&! hondo .nd eil'e.ted by Governor Culbert L. lber~by ting • .01l.iM,Rble err... $700,000 ot linking tund thereby 01..0" •••h.it",an of the Californi. o.,.i"" in inle,"".I d",-inK Co""l'"e mlleiug Ihe bond. onUl""ding to ,i,,". Th. tWltetioll wa. llIler u Ton Beidll' ,\"thorl1Y ;. but one of Ihe $71,000,000 ::"""" The.e lra""aOli",,. brill!\' tI,e of the bridl("; ,bat it. foundation. In 1he orilti",,1 "g"""-,,,cll' wilh flllanei"g pba.. or lhe projet::1 111' .,... The JaTge.l1 ."d ,1<"1"'01 "" ree Ihe fl. r'. e, the Ilri,llle .~\lthO,it~' 10 dale except f(>, th, relirement of otd; ito tunnel 'he worllr. laq,"", in eIp'el\""d Ihe inle,,-,ioo of ""'Iuest· .200.000 of ..riol bond. whleh tna. diameter of 1>0•• and ito roBi" ea,, i11g the I'11TOh,.. of addition,1 bo11'b! tore,; 0" ~I.rcb I, 19-10. sud wet. tilever .p"~ the 1011!!'..t .. nd he""i""t to provida for the Mn.'ruelio" or ted"lIIe<' imp"""iblc, it was old hondo ""d for tI", ;""Ila"",, ot to trstIlc on l\ove,"ber 12, 19S6. wilh " ...... ar}· to d.,.olol' new Ih""ri"" of i7:1,OOO,OOO of new """enue bo"'b! to the loll for p"...n~er e".. bed al d""'l!'11 and new con,Iruclion mcth· eompl.te lhe flJj~lld!lg of II," ,'ehie 6~ ~ellt.8 per e"r and drive' o"d 5 ...d.. Tha' the bridll' ...u ""n,plet,.,() nlar bridlt" a"d i"Iertlrbloll taeilit;.... e~nt. for eoeh addilio",,1 l"'""""!t"e,. well "hea,1 of ""hednle and at a ,\ """lnll in fUlu." inte"""t ehal"$""" Il~· }'ebrllar}' 1, 19$7, the t"atllc •,,,,-ing "I $7,000,000 ~ amplc "v, w.,. th,,~ '''e.ted ill Ihat tI," ,,"w ""d rCV"'"'''' bad b~n oneh lhat • dence of the c~",fnl M"'ilr' ""d sl',,,,,mellt pro,'ided tor Ih. ""m.nc~ flat rIlle or 50 ecnt~ wu e,lshH.bed enginre,i,,!!, akill ,d,ich we,,' in!o of *3~.000,000 ot ..ri"l r,,'enua with no cbarlle tor addilional pas the l',ojPct. bou". b~arinll: 4 per .e"l inle..ot ...ng"" a,,,1 wilh corre'pondi"ll" re. "ud $-10,000,000 ot oinkiu\( I,,"d duet;oll> itl lhe utCl! ro, I,,,ek. a",1 ",,'·.XUE '''''''' PaOJUT hond. "'ariHg 4i per ee"t inter,,"'. rrcill"lli. Relr,arkahle "" Iha rllllineerinil Antleil'''ti''lI: the posaible ..Ie of the felllur"" or the h,idl'"p may be, iu I>o'''b h~· tl,. R, F, G. il w." aloo nllJO >lO"E "EI>UCTlOXij fiM"eial .....ord ia e"en 'no.. onl· "\!'TC",i Ihat the Bridge Autho,;t,· 'fl,e"" basic ralel were again reo .tamlinl!'. In eOll.iderilllj' tI,. oril<"i "'0131<1 on """alf of lhe &In F,""_ dooed b)' OO"e,"or 01.",,', initi~t;"e nal flM"cin!!, ot the ('roje'" it ohonl,l d""o-Oakl."d lI"r IIridl"', ohr. Ih'011gll the Toll lIri,lge ,\",bo,il,' 1>0 ,",'ll\eml>en:d 'hat in lU3\! lh. .qually \Vil~ th~ R. F, G. itl any to 40 eont.8 0" ·Julle 15. 1939, to 35 Ih""ry or lI"allpinll" proje,'" of Ih" proflt made on the ..Ie of llle bond. cenl. on ,1"""ar)· 1, 19-10, 10 30 eC"lJ! I~'l'" lhro"g), lhe i.",a"c. of "",·e· .. t mO,"", than 101, 011 ~,"y 2~, J940. a"d 10 2S ccnts on llnr bond. ,vao cOlUl'aralh'ely "ew On .hme 5, 19:19, Ih~ oon,l .:;,e.· ,Iuly I, 19-10. and II"trie,1. ~nd il 10 donblf'lI if ",ell! ",ith Ihe R. F. C. "'"0 al'sin In .,pil. of Ihr ."b.tSllliol red"o· l'u],I;" "UPl'ort ro"ld I,~,'. b~en "", slll.n,)"i redlLdnll' thr. itlterel!t rate tion. Ihal hS"e lree" e"ect.d ill the eured ror aueh a large p,oj<'<:t on Oil the ..,rial ",,'eIlU. ho"d. fm", 41 t.oll ral"" lh' b"idlfe ho. du"ill~ lh. that buia. per <:ellt 10 4 I'rr ..nt. On Jun" 2'2, .horl rou' alld on~·tbird )"" period Fortll11atel)", aft., ,"nel' IIclj'OliR. I~39. lh" I\. F. C. ..,ld $31,700.000 of i18 op~,alioll 110t onl)' bnil, "I' liolt. lh~ lIecon"truetiou Fi".no. "f II, ....riai bond. olld :t;J~,300.ooo the ..nlire ,,"IIPr,.. of $4,000,000 lhot Co'poralion "gre.,.,l I<> l'\Jreh..... ot Ihe oinkin!!, fnn,T" ., 103 with a i. req"ired h)" tho bond ind.ntur, .ulll.ieni amonnl "f bond< to yield "",,,Hill~ profit ot f!.I30,OOO or bnt nee.. rund. hoI·. h.oll avail· 'he r"li''',ni. T"tl fl,i<1g~ Anlhor· "hid, .1.00:.,000 wa. opplied a. a 'CCn"o_ "" _. l<)
("~,,,..,'H" Califo"nia Higbway. and PI/blie WorkJ Highway Men Answer Call to Colors -, II FlITY SI~E _ploJ_ of 1M Dj'-....." of Il,~h " of Hoe SlJh, l)ep"I'\",,,ul or l'uLlie Worb II"'" ''',..'-er'''' lb• .-.II III 111" roI6l'11 alld ha.'" ""li,t,..] ill tl,e mUll ,. "rTi~ 0111,.,1. ~l"ltry_ . 1 The" have been """led t....,... for ,"" d"ra,;on ., 1M eod tit ",hid, tbe)' UI.&,Y ""unl to their J><>:>;tlo,,~ which ,..ill be held for tllem. Our.".. Ib,,'••'-'-. their joobo .itber ..ill be nil"" by .I'llibl.. ,ITU'" frolll the (;;'-;1 Sen-,,,,, ];,It or tho l'"n,,,,,,,.1 Board or tb.ir work ,,-ill be perf<>nlled b1 ,,,,_,,,,., ill the d.,,,,rtmelllj witb whioh II",. were """""i.ted. ..~"T ...... ".0:1> "~"''''''n>llI ~1.lIY of til",.. wI,,, 10..". 1/01" i"to .ro".... ""M'i~ aee , ...ined en..;""" ~ ...".j.....re """"i .....l b.,- tl.. War I)"""rtmelll. O'hon • ..., ..,roIJ_ ""d•• "'.,io"..1 "",...,ription .nd .., h••• """,, "",m";"';.,,,..!. 0"" employ.. of ,b. Di,-i"; eooll.0 h•• """" ~"fd 10''''' ('h;"f." Onl"."...... \\"&111,. in~to". O. C. A ounob", of "th.r .ml,ln~·""" of the Ilrl'arl"lM't of l'ubli. Work>. • .., II...... 0ftI<.e." ."d 0<1"",,,' a ••U iu Ih. H••• f"t".... The "am"" "n th. II""", null of 11,. D;";,I"n of 11;1110 ...... '" 10 ,1.lf .lId 1M ...... """',,1>; .nth .-lIi.1I tbq .... eo". """ed. are a. foil"..... : C.", •• Iom.. P'.nni~...... c""'••~. R.r....~d._...... Jon•• CIo.k l ..... H ...... _.. J.~I.. 1."'_'" ... ,d p ••h ••. t.. D.• • __ _1 Ii.,.",., I.~.I . HI",_•• 0'...... ";d.. o.",.. ",.~, a., Th.d J. k ... . • .•.• J.nlo. C_. 0 10' ,v c ,.h.n R.. .• T.'.. O••f...... ~ 0.11_, VII ~. lIt.._ Id,. 1. ••,...... n_ i.'••• 0 • .-.". L. H..__ • __ Hi"'.... ".i"..~._ L••d;n."..n, X e-.t .-. P_•••••••• _ •••_ J."i•• a.ld.. I.~.' . o."i.. e...... • TI __.CIo... X, I.~.I .- Ii. .Jo"l.. Brld•• . .-...... ,. Ed ... ______• "' Ii T 1 1l~.I~_ w.m a.leI .. H.n, It ••••••• ....~~... Hi E..I_. X H Tho t.. a.r••• I.~.'~ . L w .._. __._ • L XI ..., D.W.If...... , B,'d•• b.I .. L•••••".",. E. S. J ••;.. .INJ".] First Snow Survey Completed
By FRED H. PAGET, Associate Hyd'ilUlic Engineer
:\10: ~fl'c .he ulber, like .he in the "",u"'ai,,. ""d the bill ...hite "",n'~ "ot ollty 0' th. "'C'.g••I.pth wan. of II" __on, in r o the Oak"" ROII'i"l!:" dow" in ,heir ony.iad of th. ~now ov., 101'01...... t....h.'h 0 J'~cill< ti,;' ,,'inter eo Itonn millim,. hod ..,,·....1 ,h. 8i itb but...I.... of the an,o''''1 of "'01•• dk. ,lorm. P1'ooo Ih middl, of a den.. ~I."k", or ..'00 ny r..1 colll"i"." ;Il Ih. "",,wl'a.,k. Th. l)_n,M. ~nlil ,,1m..., Ih ,1_ of deep. R I ieo of thio wintu· . .'"n".,.,. IJ,,~ ..."",....;0" "'.. "or,,,I_ ,\1ld thill ,,",ow, tbe joy of ,I.. ",<1"" al rnany hy 1~,iol1a ill ~uh in,. ~"". was Ih" "'Mt~L ...i..... i••1/10 • boon 10 ,~. r.n,t! ...... ,..b.d h... juot bHn co,,,pl.teM. l.ake ][.len, lI"i" .ad m...... ral" fell in .he ~.I· ir.i".'i""i...nd lb. ind".lrl.lilIl (>n lb• ..,."b.rly 01"""" of M'. I...... OO feelןסJ'r" oud foothill. of tbe State. b.... to depend to • lI ....u deg"," oell at .n .I ';on of 8 .-\0<1 whitr all ,his Min ,..&0 taU· n,>o" ,b. m.llinl{ .""wp.ck to fur_ ll.~ ", ", "11 ,~,·~.l ...t ~" Ow' illl' in the l"wla",I_. wh", Wll> l{1>i"l! n~b them ... i'h ,h, ,teaoly aupl,I,· of ~••ll'P _ depth on Ihe leoel of on nIl in the mO''''Il';''.' h. Califor...... t•• ,·it.I".,I,,·i. e1i"e""". 195 in.h.., ""","ining 78 i".I,.. of "i. durllLlI tl,. will'er...in at 1011' ...11... Mom,l iSh",," al SOOO fNt .,_ )l ~(t"""'~~TlI JU"e .Jr,'.'i"". L11"oH)' mUn. OnO"" bi¥lJer ""...... Ied 162 i"ehe. 01 iI''''''· .... itb 6-1 "I' n",l th.. ~'00," no HC'I";on '0 thai lI:'."uol keep ." .""i\.lus e)·. on the ."...... 'he "or",.l ""I,ply lOT the .",in: ..uIe. Th" .k~'" tbo' fIot.k 10 tho p.."k ..II ...i",., .. "d "ot ... tio~d ",i1l1~...t 'hi.l,wati"n. hill.... _0 .. the fl.., pateh"" ..f ....ith ge"e,.1 .'at....,,,,,, of condi. At tho no""•• 8u",mit. th. high wbit••p~, .... Ih hil'-i(le! brought tio"., tbey .....,,,,,.ate witb Ih. I)i"i_ po'nt of IT. 8. IIil{h y 40 ""h...... bo.k ,,-....<1 of w of 000". While Ih. .ion of Waler It-._ ot the I)t"'• Socurne"to and II the "'..oure- ••in was ",.king J'ftO,d. in lI,e low, I).p"nmenl of l'ublie Wo.k. '0 $e. menlS av~raJlC(l .n even 8 (.., of I."d.. t~e onowr.1l ..... k..pi"l{ I)o.e .".... ,_ioo....1I,. ..."ur.'e "eu"n:. ~"o...-96 i"eh_..ith a ..ater eon·
(,...... ~ '''') Call/on/a Highway. ,nul Publlf' Wo.1u ,
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a_.. _ to 1. ~ f I •••• 0, 10. of WOlO' ~ ~ ~, _ fIl._ .~" ~ L W., • '''I __ .. '" .1 ' _0.""; ~ "I••Iot L T_ ~. '" _.1 1.~I w.,.. '" ....- '_'" _0 ,•• 0""'" " ••_ "' t •• ~I" _I•• _hi 11••_ 11. ri ~ll"'" 1..-...... 1_ .... In.,", ...... , ...... 1...... Iol~ I~ llo<•• H.,,....I, ...... ,. , ....~ l ..qMift ,",.,...'-1 "'~'" le"l of 37 i".h.. .'\oMul "-I'~r "th.r o'l\"onl..""".. l..i,.1;"" d;"" a' """ for lbe """,iUl; .prilLj( .",1 eo'l1~"1 IheN' for ,b. wllol~ _II tM" "'~". pow.r f/l"'I""" mt"I",.· ."w r. TI,""" (or•••". will be I. 42 1M"...... "d Iht f"~t I"d park n"ll'" """,.i"td in Ih. an"w o"r"ey b"lI.,. .., Iht ~·~Ien.1 _ni"... .11 h.I,.... ti" t" be publi.hed nn 0' ob""l ,\pril """Ul.T!! ~_I :<011 ....'. ..-i.b lhe "'0" ~nT\·.Y" ,\ br••k i" 101b. "11 bulle1i05 ~ ... n.il.hle '\1 the """tbom "lid or th. fl.;...., ,b~ w~.,h•• dnr;"ll ,he 1..1 wHk ;n u!",,, ....qu..t to Stll~ ni.-i.iou "f 'oeU"n>m'''''' in ,h. Kern Ri~tr .J.""..,. r..o..d the lI.hl "rk a"d W.l.r ltl'lUureel. \\"Iitnihtd II 1l""1Ml lind...., ..... tb. men h.d rnod th "d t...·· Som. "r Ito. tRor~ bard,. .""w o"r· ,'ati"" 9000 'ttt. ,ho...td III ""n tli"l1 ••, lit;., bil•••rrrin. ""' v.~-"..., 1001 mhuling tbe ad,liti"".1 •ll' ""0W d'l'th 0' &5 i".b...... n· ,h.ir i/fl''''.",,, The ft~lt 8i...... ".ry f oil· 11.1,1 .. b"""lth' ba.k, t;onl .b..... 6000 ,_ ...porttd I.... 'hilt 20 ;n.b", of ...lIer in Ibe 1Ul/l" rt_ "l'U"""" '!II01;Il> ,...k: ...,.1 6tlllo88 ..."ortin, 0"" A b"lIoli" i••"",,1 b.,· tbe l!-tAt. :Jl) ,n.b"" lJi...i.iotl or Wiler It"ao"r,·.. "" Feb· Four More Slilet Blr Th. "''''''n ...... r f/lnl..... ;n rlllr,' Unll ..to forth itt d~".n all Divlrsion of G.. Tint ,nO'" of Ihe ,ooum.in .·.t.,..h.d. ltlu.ur.nt.nU ,no,l. ,1",i,,1t ll", 1\1'1;1 (;oll"it"!)"'tll ."te"dme,,101 prohib- "0'" "I'"..,.in,.,,,, 7lJ ,,,,r ""1 of 'ht .ht(:k"p ,,,' Ihe .""",p.rk. X" f"...· 'ol.1 ",,_.;lOll oortnltl: I "ery healtb, ...t. "r runoff "r" i"elll(1"d i" Ihi. iti"ll' di,·rr,,;"o or hiltb,,,"y hm.b 1<> <'Il0' 0'" balr a' lb. p...... ,,,t a""",plek "ill ".. h~- f"". St.t... in I!HO. Th;' i. Ibe of tho _"",,'. o"l'l'ly i••01'<"'1• .1 d""b' d,"nll~ , ..",;,!••abl)' d"ri"l( 11rlt""t n!tlllber of 8t.at"" I" t...... ucllo to 1M- on tht It..,,,,,,!. Wi'l, Iht 01 lh. t ..".iui,,~ two ",o",b. "f ",i"'er. .clion in a"y tin.... J ..r A""tller 1'""lIT...I"~l Easterly Gateway to Los Angeles Involves Structure for Freeways
By A. N. GEORGE, District Construction Enginur
:-.: of ,I,,, tOOO1 "",~",,'t'o, ..tr",·IIo" into ,I".." 1o,,'" I~", A,,~...I... ~1'.n,,~1 "".Iy Ihe ri"~r ~lId lram. ~:'rl,. pl.'1Il (01' Ih<: pro';"'l ",,,,. 0 fetd. !",me i"t" Iht Civie eo,,- ..... <>bl~ 'I) ~ 1 ~r"d" Ihr '.1111,1.1 ....1 • "nglr "I"''' aer<>ool II, • '.r and bu.", ·1;011 O"~r tho Ali.., S...t.. f'e ,...,,, line I k. 10 ~." ri"rr .t • higbt> eleY..ion lha" Il,e 8u'_ Bdd~ lh~ I"", A"~.I",, Di~ 011 11>$ we-t .ilk or the ,in" o.i/:;"ol brldJ. for II ""I tion "f .,-ad.. I..t ..",," Th• .-J of ;mp"lnd f...,ilili... for ea", Ule. the n.me iDl! 'bf- bridll" .nd tl'e enrsi"" ,\li.., ";1_, 1..1'lIo "Wr th. ,\1"" s,~ 1_ lllUlW!tont. F,' .,,,1 Vh"'" l'...illt I.....b 1.(111 A"".I.. lliwr &,od o.dj.='1 .....in ",,"th.d,· I>f 11.. ""... IInion depot ....1 whi.h p~r.1Jd Ihe ri'·.r. Ji". ,.ilro&0< AlIKel"" ,'I.... a~ pl.t,",l ".,,,·i,,~ Ih~ !·".,ne 1':1...,tr" Th. old brid". ,,"rriLo 1l0W Illl'!.' w.)" for ut.",liuK ,\1"" R.il..·.y lra.1t.o ,""Y' ,),. north ...... 1· 'nlok Ii".. 01 'he !'••i~ F.I",,''''' Sl,...." ,lllo IIlld .t...... tll. (';Y~ ("en· ....y ot St.te Hi~II".r It"",. ~'6 0" llail"'lY ('(",'111.,,)' ,,-hick .....'-. all or '.r. ",b",h ..ill m~k. ;, <>I'. o( l1Ie '" Iboir pri'·.'e rj~ltt 01 ....J' ..·birh 'heir Ii"... 10 II•• ~."l end 110..10_, _ import."t tboro"~l'r.",,, or the j,; ""....llrl to .nd 011 th" nortll .id. or ,'''' 0;'''. ,,,,,,,'b•• w;lb • oi"ll'l~ ';1,' lit ,It. hill"h.'ay (01' 00'''" ,1~'~ll<>e (""I la,,& of hi~h....y tram. '" .....,h 01 th. point ,I'_llon. .. l"'''~I.I'''T>XI I....,'''.n' Th. 1,1.,,. .1.... I...... id..on. 26, Ih. 1.... .nu",i"" ",r"" ",arl~1 by th. City ol w.... 0,..1 ,Ill" I· ifl., Elfdri< II"IICU '\"1("1.. '0/'''''''''''' ..1••i.l.•J.., (', fl, Looo ,\"",,1... in 193" Tit. Rn.".i'llI "",I In ))",,·Id nlp """....,.iono illl 60 .",1 ,0 ' ....'_n'n.Ill.J. '1, "lIh ..... extrem.ly :,,'" AT ,,,,.,...,'0> the Mexiean OOrder \0 ('a".d8, .... radlili.. ,"'0,,1d ht: i''''oh'ed .,M! ..ho .in. M..".illl" plo"" rOT ,lIe "ltl....'e • 8<1 nortb or the i.1""""'ion of. {,....,..-.,. 10 1''''''011.0 The b.,,!I>"...... ~utly den,wbil,ed 10 proJl"r to UIlfl'1 th.", to "",.Iriblllr utili.io, porllotl' III II,••Ii"",,,..,, of
[Thir.- River Span and Distribution Structure to Carry TraHic of T.
Ham"". JJ.oul~vanl t.....,,·..v 10 \l'" pI_Ion .11 I'W.-\ pl'\lj~l. by di., ribu' j,,,, ..t...ClU"" on t.he ....1...... 81ma ..\n. ,,'h;"h Jd b.,·~ it>; "",ill tbe Pl'der-al G"'·erlllOeu'. ,he.. t",illl!' 11t<:J ...,t'J 0" II,~ r"lIo... in~ """,rib,,· ~"lran... 10 I..,. ,\"",1.. by WI}' of 1".lIlBe;~n' ,i_ to Ke' the "Ia,," """,. _'ORa' Ih" pro.-l lItru",,,,,,, ,Wer .\l~ pIN....I .nd • ",,,'r••' ....·."1"<1 .,,,1 aam--dI ••• • "".000 81...... hi,... ro~l Il>e i".h",lo" of • ,be _,"",lion ""mplet..1 pri<>r 10 Loo Angel.. OOllnly _••• _ "'.000 ..liter tlabonole dia,rfhllli{)l1 0' rueh"'. ,he d..-!li". ""t b,' 'he P",le..l (;..... Loa Angel. Oily It'OIII ~t on the j<,<:t ill forth <:om- pli«ol«l by th. faci th.t ,1><0 p..-n' "'....~ .l\u•.r Ex"",YlOrs" Total _. ._. $1,110,000 ..,ur. 0"" Ilomon. lloul",.,d _0_ The n~ rOt eml'lol"lJl~nt in th¥ .,.... IlL. I,,,,, land ,"'bicll ""ili....n... metropnlit.1I ...... to h..II' ...du•• 'he KA'~ .'USE D:PVleE the \\"1'.-\ ba-e<,,,,,,.,,, ,h" ried 0111 lIurl" a WJ'.-\ .Hohnynland ..,,,1 .., th.. 11>0"""'0 .os' or co,,· ---= hil:"l1,,''''- .,..1 lh. l'a,·ifi. EI..,tric. '''''''u.lly liberal term. '"'e.... arranlfed ~ 110,",''''''. ,h. pl." for Ill. 1'"m1IO\"'UI:I> ,.')l,l'T1(l.... PO"""""" I.... 'he ""n.lt'll",i<>" Man.v ,'~.....- "~re h~ld ,..hi.'h ""~no "'~r-e al\""d..1 b" """"-I,'a,iw," "r T~ or,!!i"al Sltallr"'l< r",,~,",.' ~ ,h" I"", An...... (·i,,· E/I~i"..,r\ (I' ft,,.; 'he Vni.." I'.cift.. lLooih.·•.,·, ,h~ $,--'---""","""-'-~'" Sa",••'~ Ra'l..r.y; ,I,. I'''dfl< .:1..... -. ~ triel ltail....'·, l1,~ 1'<,..,,, Ili!'b..,· "'e".,"m~tlt a",1 \·..;"no F..-I"""I . .e. ..,."..,ieo. q::: '\n ."empt ,,-.. ",..I" 'n fI".""" it ..ith Ib" help 01. I'WA !fran" ti'e ('it~-. ennut,· .nd tlu-"" ..i]l'\lIlJ. '0 eomb,,,~ in furniahinl< thy mon",. ,,_.~. In m.l"h ,h.. 1'...,1"....;, ~'.,I"ral """n,. Thif .U",np!. ,..•• ""."~. _,,,1 .nd ftna""i"ll' un,l.r • I·W,\ " .."t '.ill'd due In ,~ tiJIid ti"", li,,,i, wbich _ -gy ~""~ ","~""
.I."..ti.." a"d ..... 1..;'1 br the 'h...... il"""d. in 'he '<>II....i"" por ' Banta 1'e ••• • •• :H~ Padllc Electric _. •. __ 42'. Un"'" Pacific __ • ._••••24'. ~·<>lI",..,"1f tM ""ml,I~,i<", .., 1'"". 1;IIl'''.ry pia"••nd .."illlot... or _, j, d"'"rn'i/led that addi'i<;n.al r" '" ""kl be ""'1"i•.,1 ""d d ...... '0 Freeways Into Civic Center of Los Angeles at Aliso Street Th~ ,,_lit tH,t,,·..,.. cl,. City of r.o. AOl;'ell!ll and ,ll. tl,,..,., ".il_ rood. in.-olv..1 p.....,.;d"" thu the Cil.'· ""all I"." Ih••ail"""'" eoch month t"r """It I"rrorn'fd bJ' the'" a",1 in t"n, Ih. Cil,' ...iIl hill Ihe
_, ,ho' Ibi••,.,"mt be 00(',1 (0 ..ill"<>&d. eMh 1ll(H'lh for Ih.ir I"'" fI"""",, Ih >o....r'. """Iriboti"" """1"0 ollk _I of th. Cotal """' tor &(\,Ii' ' _tlrk on Ih. 001'."'" .,.. rillbt lIf ""y a'''I";"iliOll ....."'pletod t"", ";th lb. ""d."'ondinll tbe ,h..;,,1I' Ihat mllnlh. Cily .....11'\ """Il"" SIlA Of' WI'A ..... aCTl1~J. C'<),,-gnUCTIOI< 1lIlIIl:" , w L, 11- ...... lobor "lid Mlnl.ibutI01>1 to ""nlll.mOl lhe Ramona Boul~vonl atornl d".in W...It ..... alarted "" thill I,,,,,jeel Oil ...llhout any *ldillo"al "'* 10 lh~ ~"'''''r If. 1939, loy th~ """atru., ron tb~ !:l'"le'. MIllriboti"" ."•• in. I;tac•. Ii"" ..t a .boofly 10 Mrty lb. I'aeifte ~~ued 10 ~1.:!23. tile C"unl,.'. 1l'....SCtS(l a>:f.l:p }:I..,t,je a"""llI1 the ....rk by ..ay of eono to f'.?9I,OOO. and tile 1'h~ flllan.i~ .U y 81_1 hrid¥". 10", 1l'",,,n,1 .il~··. 1~_1l1 "".....can"" .. rvl. contribu.ion 'r"" : h akiog fo.. the W""lr"ctio,, worlr ::;t.eet fUl,d" 10 " Iillt amo"nt, and Il&l1n>MI fllDlb • _ il ll ..... ul<:b..ted on f.bn,a'y • 1,2;>6.167 1.....viM.l fro", the WI'A. Cknlaty fDJUil _ ~,271 20, 19-K1. at ..I,loh lim. a.tul """. 291,000 U.fnn~I;O" wilb bnilc tltolr .hoofly a/'Ollnd the WP4 f\llldl . 1,il81,002 II'''''. tlle I'ro.-""",,r'. eOu Ih.;r I".k. to a I_porary Io<:ation U·ibuli"n. The raiJ""..b' I'roporlion of Ih~ d"rl"l{ «Ih"'ruetion ...... rk. The re A.. ,b. 1939-11 b",.,";um budl<'!t tOlal coori of t~~ apoolaOr'• ...,,,\610,,· tal"ln( ....11" for tl,~ ...""Ierly ap. ,neluded ".!OO,OOO of Stote lIi¥b,,'.)" Ci"n .. no... provided "40.54'1 vi p~b 10 Ih. bridge 10.... ~, (""oJ. 10 .,.",.11'lld • ""no Moi" Ih~ 100ai 0001 of the righl or "'ay ."d eotJIl>l"'ed and the footiD!!" and pier. .long Ra__ lloul....,,! (St.,. :t2.64~ of Ibe lolal "111"'''''''. """. .'" oNrl,. ""mpleted for tbal I'''rt of Ili"b.....,. Root. 2$), tb. Cily pro- tr;bution for OOIl8ln'Oli"" lite '"....Iote, The d..,1r 10 I"" ..-..
(Flf...... ) ....lI.....~...... "" .." ...... _._ " "11 ...t ..... a ~ "'".'_.';''' ...... t ...... ""••,•• C~....11 ..... Slo'. lun,,;•• ,n _.....,,4
~.l,r ~pp...... h .ill "'" "tut.d ill 111~ II i. prOl>G11l1 If' pwlh Ih~ wo.k l!amoo,a 1I0,,1~,'ard ""' ~, ~1.-1 " ••y "eor r"!,,.... On 'he di.tribuuou IImelure to lho 10 lrall\e f1't)m St. Loll;" $I_l ....., Wo.k i. "0'' in plVf:..... "" Ih~ 8M. ll"""...hil" ..-orll .. .,1..... .,1)" a"d it is nol ."Iidpall'd lllal ....t ••I,. fooll,,~. roc 'he rion "110." ;,,~ On thl 11""'0"" ",om> drain. il will be r-ibl. 10 I'f'i"l': ..ITi..1 00> "" ti,. loot. • nd lb. ,n.in ~torm drai" Itrll.t"r. tralII. Itl n.....mo<>lhl~·.•".iftl)" and i"l!" .od pio" rn;"" ill $2,256,000 Bay Bridse 101 wl,i.h will ",ak. a fu.lh....y. 11136 Ibi. _1.lr,n"'" .... llllde, "I),. ill~ or f90.210 o'lIIl1an1. 19:;t1 .... Hlilll.l. lh. hri,llI~ "ill ~ Bonds to be Retired lluri"l' Ih~ Hul )"~••, 'h~••rOff, "o .....'·i".. 12.<:llO.()(I(j a"to",,,b11<"'1 .nd II.. g ..ing in ;"tete,1 .....uhin/[ f.om truck< ,"'. ,·u •." Du.io~ 1~1.>t. Ih...'i...... "1 '0 ,1&1. of 1"'0,1• Ih•., di"lf • bl. Ind ...... t fM Ih. """,... of .h~ftd of ..h~nle ... ill olllo"nl Co 31. Will, te.. ) l'lj l'/lll"". over Ilu""h..in" a9"JHlOO p.r ...IU8 tlf 11;,261,000 ,'oh"'l _1 the b.id"" '12r.~OO. ,\<1,1;110011 .oyi"...... ill its b<>1"I. ;11 the llIUkOl Il' b,. o. 2~ C"" .enl /DO.. th." ..... rre. ~1T.de<1 • 1I"••li"" ...,in,l iu .",,"ft! im t he by ,h.....'i..."'."t io Ih• diell'd for bri,I ... 'ralll.. b)' 19:;0. .harg" <.\( pr,360. 01111. IlIA""" of a,'r1't)limate1)" "'ow .r b""d_ " .. 8el'lenlb<-, 1, l{_ .. T. (' , ••iIl"" 'NOlII' ·Au_I.... : ...ilabl. 10 reti'" I'J.2.i6.000 of ,h. Iqtl. ~I...~ ...... : , ... ,..,..... Ita.. tIor"
" ..._~ "'1/ CnlijorHi" High ....,,)" " ..d P"bllc WorkJ Highway Division in 1940 Put 200 Road • Contracts Under Way In 54 Counties
By GEORGE T. McCOY, Assistant Stal~ Hi9hwclV Engineer
IJRJ.'\O 19-«l, maint.,,,.,,,,.. ~~. liMO >Il'J(1'I'l..... 1" 1 b....l...ifi,·.,i"" t:1~J .(00. Th. 1011.r <.'(pllt roet. aTt! 'Ill' p<'lldit"."" and the _lor 0" folio , de. """,tt1,eti"" D "",...lrUN;"n proj.d. initiated C.n'''u.lI.n lIel""t!t!Jl l>a".ame"to 0",1 l.oo .\1( by the Calif"."i. Oi,'io,oll of Ili~h. Mol"to".n•• 1<.1.. 0" I' S. 110m. j)!). eil(1l1 """. "'''Y1l amount.d to .. wt.1 or 1t39.o.11,_ hlln.."n. t..ell '0.01i"I< $'.)JJ.OOO ..... re ....·.,,10)(1 800. or Il,i••"m, t28,572,600 i. th. "'I.' .1 w.y fo!" 21 'oil('ll of four.lo". d idoln'tllo" .nd 6,·. b.i(l~... unde...... }. d"ring tl,•••Jeu:I!U'·O'••'l.QUT'OS ~'..:J.raT inl( jf~ lIlil... nt bil'h ,.y ."d 113 ;mb".....me"'. tron, lu"d. _I· :-:oTI~ ~"t"I brid,.,.,. o"d ~ro"e ['l1 .... i. of .."'''Io' 0" II,. 1'.eiRt i",·",«. to C.Hrorni. aMI .""oip./lIOO ,I,"'" "n1'lr."tlj "" Ill;" rollI, lu· t""d. Po."••" c.....", .., tol",1 ,s.;2.XJO. ,)," 1.",,"'1 beJ1l1( for 011' II,,, S'at. lIilll,,..&,· Stotern. '\1' ~Opk.1t c."...,. J:r"li,,~ of !loe .illhl II1il...... tl011 from proxi",atol,· 30 por .ent "f tI,•.,".ar'. P...... nt $3.-.too '~ou. ~ (l·lIri.." !:l""I",it l<' ,\"ll.r, a. a ]X,... (·.m'tn'"';~ll l''''lIr.Ill,..OS fi".,,_1 by • hu.. T ..... • C.u.~.d R... $"•• Ii,,,, IIr t~ • ••I,",.,i"" 01 flho,'o IMt" ~'""Ie""l fund•. I ..,." ...... _.._ ., "!SOl""" 11_",'"ir. ",1Ii,·11 alllo'lJltt<1 10 t:J~ .. • ,'u..l_n • u ••••• 00">«'>;;; (W 1'1J~"'" T ...... ", ou•• '00. Thirt.•.' ...'O ",il.. ot hilc Il"j.kin~ a",,,I. •• QU." np the 'otal for ",,,,,,n,erimt to the ....k -- ...... ',N1,7Oll b.i,l""" .IId oil ""derp.... wer, pJ'(). "' c••• ".,...d ,i,I..1 for b)' a",ard ot Ij """troet.! '·ar;ot'. ru",to i. ahnw" ;n 'I.. follo....· ...... 1". ~, '. .., 1iIl~ 'l.8~~.OOO itl~ tabul.,in", e...... -. M, t<",.. 0>' \h. COOlI' Cl..dlno .~d •••u'd.. no"'e. {'. II. 101, 11Olt ....eltro"l. f"r i",· ••d•••1 "Id • ._.__ • ••_ ..1...I'._•• e...... · 511.'''''' ~ I"",,'i,,~ l1i~h G..... C_.'nl EI'",ln.,I.". tlO" ... 29 ",Hell of !'Iatr .....V26. ••d•••1 Aid ._._._••__._ whioh ""lII,ee'" 1,(10( ,',,~"I~ ."d F,1 T.t.'. m ,",_,100 E "." ••'1.' F.d•••, "'d ('""tJ'(), ~'''rlil'' JlIlpl''ld.d by a "'''Iro<'t f(l' *=167 .• ~ c.~••" I'u . 1910 for """"truetio<'l>rop..1.0 i" 1i-4 ot 900 ","''''''1( llOMtrodiflll or 6 mil... $,.,...I.h I'~"d__ ._..••. atot.'o SiI """nIl",,, 0" r, Ii. U"Ule 80 in 1",!,,,r'.1 ('OUt,I,' ,b. ~["""",i" The follo....ing data p..... rro", ljp,iul'" "'lIerl)'. T",., •• """"",.-I "id~ a brief ....vi ....' of tI(>a"ily J'T6l/'-- l"...-.rd II,. uhi"'.le ,I.... State bigh...-.y fu"d. i""ludo appro· """"d"d Ir""k.line rout... ,-.I"pm'''l or 0 'ht'OUll"h f""r·lon. j,r;"t;""" fr<>m ,,"ve.,_ "·..1 by Tbi"",," tlOlIlraet-o tOI.Ii"lr *2,107.• l,i,h.....)" be,.'"",,, :';oo,."m."lo .,,<1 lb. 1M Di"i.ioo. ot lIillbw')"1 t n th. 000 pro"ideml,liohed by tI,. J:uolino ....1 1);-1 oj] tu... "lid ""~ 18 mil"" of road. Ih..... brkl~ a"" a .",.,,1 or ",",'en «rill''''. ",.alin. lOr ,..,hiel. f_ to. ""t~r"N;"". "ladue' (It> t1tfo ItKh."OOd lIl./{hwa)" be '7!l~.700 avi a,tBv E. T. SCOTT, District Engineer
II~:!I.' lh. ftn;\ .or~li"" or "'''Ian "r 1"'lC" .Io....movlng lrucll.l C.....k ...,1 ,h. "'0'-0"'0..1 Tht••"·,,. lb. "hltoT\u"". H1dll" Rout. ..i,h r••t ~nK.r ".hiel"" On \h;" 10 l.ke Out lh. hi"h....y. W lIe<:\~" flf 11, 8. 99 ill L<)O An_ n,ountai" 1"0&<1 ",hi,h .w" 'rom ..... I!"'I... Counl1 .... b"'ke" through in Fuel up 10 roue t.b,,"plld red in 01.· .IID,-" ""s...... lT " ...,,,,.1> 1933 with 110, o.,enlnl of the twentl' ya,;on .,,,1 then d",po dowII "kAln, ,II the ftrst "'.p in m""lilllf tI,;" ,i._ ""un ..ilto! WI..,,"," ('utai" and hu d...loped an u<:«dinll'l:r Iou. lIl,tio.., Lho m_ of I'obl,. Work" OOnDan. Ihe U"Olle doll)' tram. ".llI. I'...,b..... whi<:h ,Mi. On l)ooem~:!O. 1910.....I'd.,.) 10 tho one ,M. ,n-I" link bel,.."",, lhe 8an lim,.1 la".. Ind lurthu 'lon Grifftlh Co",p.ny of 1_ A"Il'..... ,lo.quin \".no,. and 8muh,." C.li· "f 1e.1Ik 1"'1"'....'1 •..,. lhree hu"d,..,.) .",1 ";.hlJ,e~ ,hoo· '''rIli. ",•• 2,f>OO .... and 'nook< per ..nd dollar """t'a.tl fo, ,.adillll dar A..cident l'e(;(Ird••how Owl ..om lhrough the .i. mil" of Oral""';'" Tullo)" wi,l, an of ,h. llii ",il... 01 _tJOII 10 be Ihrourh t.b. On.",riI:I. Ca'lJ"o". n,. work of ,hia """1.....1 Ih;" NlIlle l>OV"", to Ih~ ami 'o"r en.k cU10n from Old Port T.joll nol OI,ly In~h,r-
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n..ke~.ld '" Ke," Counl1, tb. t.b.... II ...... ly IIx mn.. of coDtln· dh·id<'d high...y but .teo C!O're<:llOl, ue...go d.ily Ir.m. I.....rl,. iii>: 0.. &.1% (Rd. down Ibo hill. of l~ wh... oIid...... glv"'1l lho"""nd mulli".. 0' wbleb .boul I>'OlIb . ~ ..... 'mok. ,"d 'r~il ... In ""dillon 10 the lrlffie probl."... '"'" hilloid....bove the roa.. fOOlhlll ..."'....nd ft ••l••. ruching eo",t..., "''''''ee til lr.llIe .nd re· 0"'\ the ",.1"';11 rrom Ih.1II ..ill be Ih. mui",u", l...nly.four hou, quire "'r..ln ",.in''''''''''' upendi. uoed in ..~inl! the """"".1 ~m· .ount "r o..or 1",.nI1 thou..",1 "'•. t"reo. 0 ... hldl1 ,....,ed btU.ide bauklll.nts. Th••tura«ld hilitlilk io ohi"", dutin~ Ihe UDIIS\lII dilopl.y of Oil "'hieh ,h. "",d y ill ",,"itol Oil to be tr~.ted by u, ," d ...in.!r" wildftow.... in the San Joaquin V.I. I If,.de b.low • lUll. oil line pu"'p. ",ork in the wl'! bo... lb• .-:I· I.y ill 1939. ing pl'''1 hu """n alowly Hilling "'oy .nd by \l,. eollo,.uetion of 0 bul· Th. combin.ti.... of ,he bi.h per. lo....d. tb••''')'011 of (J,."ni... ,.- ftll or o"e, 180.000 eubie y.rn•. """""'-' "" .....' ", "'~'."1 ""} c.lifo".;", Hlgbw"'yJ ..tid Public Wor..u o~ G....vl• u._ • how ••:.;.••••••..4
QrUjo.."lll Hlgbwa)" INl....",,) North Sacramento Viaduct Will Carry 4-Lane Divided Highway
By JAMES GALLAGHER, Assistant Bridge: Enginur
II~; Calirorn;' m"h..·.y Col,,· 'w..."b>\"o,.o and (be _ti"" or road i"l.. ",,"h S....'•• ,"~"'U over ",...,1. lui,..;'m 10.. _ up in th" budge' 11M_a lI,e.., ."" /Iooo"t th ",il"" bei"ll P""l'ored aDd '"" *KIn .. the 1"l'6eh an elevation or II'Prosi""uely I""lf"", but .i""", I"~ ", t ,..wi 1'\.,,<1, t->me .,..il.b1e (IOn.u-o"t;on 28 "" 1~ s.."rll'''.,M Ilh..,.. g."'"' ve'r oJ"",ly AlOdi (he "or Ie.."" ..." 'Ur"! on the ".'" too.la"" 'rio. 1I. 8, E. D. .lilt""'. I'OIId dur;nl{ 'he .".b hou,," of 1II0)0n>' tiM! ..,.". 'he Am.ri."" lliver ~'11>O\1 n"ri"ll..u ..r I"" p6>t 1....1.·0 ...... iog ."d 0...,,111& ...b." t",m... h....i. Control projet•• , orllino. minn'... 10 110. lillle .....lni.....t to "a,'.1 B"n,re,"U'd (U. 8. ~O) be,,,·.... ,, S...... rily ..nly for. r 0 .....1 .a. e1...... J fo. a totAl of fil_ •\lootb... dt'loUT "' by ....~. or I"" II ,endi"l t..,m lh. hOrth end ..r the t..n d.) I" 'iltl 8".1 '.0 ~ i( ~I""" BridJe ....' Ih. AtDHi(1l" 16th 8treet [lrid~. ".... the AJlIuie.., ,..•••"-l r.... l..t.1 of I"n d.p mv"....hid. rou'•.•ltl'o"B"h not 110 Hi,"•• 10 Sunh &Ie••","nlo is in.adr It, '39 and '40 Ihe 'OIl,! w.. ,,1..-1 ""n~l.d. io .bo"l ~ ",il... 10"1." quo'e to ...".,. ,Ill! ~'O,()()) 'ad I ,,"de. 81 t llridll" ., tM "",ut~ of Ih. The ulllting "'0,,,,.1·1.,-.1 ...... <1 ,"" , •..,k. of ,"" s... II!O Xortl,. .\ ";.",,, iii"., .nd .boutlh..... IUi!... .lId Ih. inb...y. on"~r the Iwo ..ii_ ern ."oJ tbe W..,"" Pa.ill.. Th" llIonll • na""'''' Ie"...' ...... t .nd boa 'OIl,to ...... , ..",otn'el",1 in 192.", ."d •- v oj 001 p _,••• _. ~y •••_" .. of "_.lou It to lII.
1"0...1. rot th~ I.".. 0' t.... ftle. road 1_0.. 01 two rN'J" d.n~"" ...... hl1 !th , ~r.d j" . The,- ~I,I.~ ••" old "...... "m!w'. ,nd••..-w,p. "",;.-"Iy Inadequate ,,, b.Ddle the 1_,1. ",h",h t-' tho ","or/kl... .-\1 the lim. " "" nl...... l lbi~ ,ben ."inine (,-'I'Lt. II llIo ._ and ;"\• .-.e<:I~ the tw" r.il old I_tit, On <<<'OUb! or iIi ,,"rrqw ill • "ur d'''I''''"1 >truet l eOI1· :
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C~I;/o .."i" HJgb"""YI a"d Public Wor,ul'...... , '''1/ [T...nty-one) d,lioIo ...d r'MIllirM _ .....1 .Um.. III • chaaJ"'...... Tio. ,,"y... .tn>tlloo of I.,.".. If 1110 I..... ti t.JMt u~ to ","",""I f.i.I_ _ 1M ...... ,. .boul 1,00 f.... '-, Uill~. Ih ....-..ld lI.n IIDd lrallle, ...u.-. 01 tIM A_ritan Rift. """' lIbool til.. Ieee lIip... The I'Mor 10 "'. _ ...tioII ~ 1M hridn TlUo '""~ • portion ~ ..- ito l~boT. 1m, ..... lJ"I'Il0d.l.y.1 road, ADd_ ...~ aade 01 ~.u. 8M:n I to f_ ill...... · .... r...... en-! riIldKl, r 'ar 1_ d..... ,..no.iI 01 ...1.- IIojp .",. A.to· • Ri,... ehanDd • oYer bolll or "'" raiI.-d II'fSUos...... -tI .. _...... Do In!. oohoal uoo r.... wide 1Id..-- ~ Sodil. riad""l .-ud al 1"'1 ll...... II V ~ ~ no. SUI_II St._ B~ ill r.o Ii 10 ~I 1Id _I &rid iii. 110. lot-. J)j"",- '" niP,"" f"," _ -u...... 1• Ii "'" _ of 1M Itnl • tlot fall., 1m -..rtMI ...... idt ill _til ~ Tbe .....,. wit" IN ralnrnp. kIlol.... "" ...... Iloe ....,. po...-..t ~ ..-ill _ 1000 tHl A".....rll il ..... III.. ...tillfd lUI ...... 10 ,...... , tIoe lIoood ... ., ...... eb-.l -U -' tlo.t III. f(I"fI"",l_ of a "",IDet .. ltd rr- "C t.II.....p Iloe !l;p...... lilt ..\1 toMpJ.l. Df>IatioD Ie eli . ....,. pp i It-. 'rae , 1M e:rioIiJltl ...... ule ..III Ike ...... --..,. &rid TIle A._o - Ri 'ood e-tnII ...... "",-e __ ... noil" I'" 11M C, II C, _a.1 of I'" IIld 0' bi~h..a,. f11l1d. lilll.ooo -t r-. nil is ~ ""I•• DO' =tI7l-. S. K. D __ • 1 111.1I1 Ii.... it .... lIue_..,. to pl'Oo 25~l ...... , I'" ...... f.... .opcrn4t to doe r i ... r ...h.id1 -.t illl 1M dMper lfT'O'!"d.le.el I'" Inll llood -a_ud ..,. .... ""'lui"" I...... 01...... II .. .-l !Ii.1I .....uld 1Id ...""I.I,· Joe 11. S. GeoIOIrIoll S...... ,.. Tile p>vjo.el Pvtr. "" ",""bIc .-t .,. alonE I .... • ,.. of Ih. tll.1I ..i"i"l1 1..1Ilt, . flood p1.n. '" 311.1 c..ri, ia 1I;,tl• ...... lioM,il ttl,l r~ lh~ r.... d.,.• ..,...,. oth•• ....,. e-m_io" Ml h.... I'" o..-'bIt 10 ke<,> , d..,- tltllU ,.M' fl...... h." lh. IlISh ....,...... h."...... _ the lticll ,.. ~ Ih.. 1II.11t 10 OM 1_ fHC lIiPtr ""'''- 1••_ fll.,.'ide .bout f r..,. of lhan Ih" In 19:12 .1••·~ II'" buill .1.,... tM r_board .bo.'. Ih. llood pI...... ~ The p....,l hl~h..1 V'O.!., thereo IIOrth .kl~ ot lhe Abl••ie.n IIi..... muh"",,, rive....~ or .-.rd .... t....., ...bool t1 t/!O!l btl_ III. f'1on<1 .""n",,110 ...,11 .... Ih. o>'trllow 324 III March, 1928, he'o,," the ..,.,. ,.-.._ ...... ,11 " ••• Snow Removal on State Highway A[.THOUGH """",tall in C.lifor· 1.100 feet. Thio it tile ....io , ...... ot Don"e. Sum",lt. Rotary Iy~ .t\... ni. "' ""nftneIimately 3 high....'... HOWllver, only the more ....'"Ii';ool. 1ll"1l'-8....,,yili. I."nl, St'le Sirn beayily (raveled inte",I.\'(;H"" X'.." .. P..LL ltoult 36. II U aU·,.ea. route .. liolll and ""rtain io,portant .....,~•. The """"rd r lhe United 8,.,. _nd in m'pilUde only 10 U. 8 liooal ro&:O' 1:... 9,!HI io '~"ently reet, not opened II .. bHn 2(;2 iMII'" The pielu... The IKlin, of I_t.., owf.U on for ""mrne. 1...... 1 Wlill J ....Iy. on the «Ive' of thi....,,0 i11,,"tr.teo \.he Calitorni. Sl.l~ Hi,hw.,. 8,.. ~r High..",. U. S. 40••. two Ih~e••"ge. rotary plow. a, tem .. OIl 8ta~ Sign Route 89 .1 \be Oon,"," Snmrnit al .n .Ienltion of ,.ork In wide"h,1l' 11, S. 40 JUI' welt (000' "1 Ten Bridges Required for Davis-Dixon Realignment
11K...... ,; of ...,.,lilcn",* \1. K ~o .....,. or the Nrlier birh_&J1I, the u adjau"l. 10 'he 1.ro·l.ne hridgf'! "".... '" 8001""0 ."d \'010 ej«l mo... or 1_ ,.,rlo_ .... All eompau;ou bridfP'll .re ""pa. llorth or ))i.0I1 to .-hoot 1,0 mile_I tijed ..m em diaownally in..ide gutte, Ii"... .nd .1']>...... ~h or;g;MJ Ir.ding ~lntet for Ihill 7.11 ...... ,"ion&, the...h,. ..vi..,. ~.:!:j ....-.I...,.. .re ~p"..Il'i1 by • a2·foot blileol of new 1,llI,,,,.)· 10•• Iwlffl 00... ",il... of dista..n"", ud ....:lllemr !be diriding otril'. I)le\ (jn.'llr"otio" ot \1,. nrw ."b,,"J" The ftM 1I~ mll.. of thiil project Tbe I...... brid~ at I'ulah Cn!ell "'iIl ",,1 Sarr&m<:o'o ha'" be 210 {"",I 10I'Il> the t"'O.t ll,~ Soulh .b\>ut 0.7 mil. ""utll"eoided hillh. crver/lo.... will .-clI be M! fl'tl II indll!il lion C,, " \,- " , , /'', ,
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.....ll1l<'Ior 6. T. I_u,", UI"OOIlI PUlah 10 'UU Ihe .n'i•• Ilroj""" • fonr pto"i,le" 27-fOO1 ",",,"·a,. witll ,wo Cl'ftk. tbe !'louth I'ork of I',,'.h r.ne diyided bilrhOl'.,. throsi,,,, of A 01"",1 ,...y. 1m. OOllr."lO" "It.,,,:. And e<)n....le .Irool""" designed ror ...... "''-'''' To l,ro""le lhoe .ddil;.",.1 two I..... t"... 27·foot I'lIIId ...&)"o with a .i~· pro.ie<:~ ~... Th" ... .. ;11 rt'l'eral, of Oil 'h.t \"'ttion of Ihe project ,"'". foot d;vidinll .,rip and tw(> r"ur-'oot an 1I"W"ntl)" IIf<'(lod _Iijnllnenl Ilt .. Ifl'-.dtod fo. loro I.o.otll, eomllan;On aidtwoJk.. 'fhe ....t of tbe .ub...~y ponioo of lite pr"lt;\M' •.-...taU! 1w~1_ ....ill he ra<)"i....:l .1 II... So..th h1rlo"-.1 ill Xorlhern l"allt .nd """'t;''''~ flItl. to th and ,"" new railroad ~pa"li(lb. ",Mle "-J" and a, the Soulh "ork of I'nlah Ke"ada State lin~ In t6IlllQOO _ilh I...... nd orill be buill parall~ and C.....!L ,. , ft,: , , > - r -. • •
_ c ~ th ".n"'.". of U. L.o Ioot_n 0..,••n4 Di••• ; In 'h 1 At ••.-G . _.;., __hi", Iy .0 1 b n 1 -. Pac;'" n••• D ,.. Co.h.-B.ild, '-" , ...... pu..k e...... , ,.....-0 _ ...... f ...... , ••!fie nd d'."". ",I. C4/ifOrNUl Higbw4Y' ""d Public Works (,...... ~ 'u,/ (Twenty_five] California Finds 1,646,659 V..hicl..s Us..d Thr.... Caus.. of C..m..nt Stat.. Toll Bridg..s in January Concret.. Failur.. N SPITE or """tinued wet alllI Ilarlielliarly noticeable in a'oM where .tormy "'""Iher througltont the :-.'atio11al dof."... acti,·iti... " ... untier ill<: DECE)IlH:R 11~O l'~' I mOll1b, t.he J~nll"ry trallle Oil the way. ;IIP of (llU 1""orican Sod.!r San ~'ranciooo·Oaldalld Bay Bridge Tho Carquin~ Bridgo, ,,'itb a willi T of Ci.il E"gi".."." ro"lain a beld up well, On January I. 1941, or 265,422 vehiel.. for tl,. month, 69.077 vel,i.lea ."'"""<1 the bridge I"'JI"r d"'l¢l";Plio" of .II D",,"ble pi_ &howed an e"e" ~reeter Ilropor[ion. "-"l"¢b makiog it the third heavi...t dllY .in"" of work sueeessfully eMried at.. incroa.. oyer tho ""TIle month of oul during the 1"'1 two y~... by lb. the Openinll on KO"emoor 12, 19:16. the pre"io((l\ yoar. The p.i"eipal ,,"', Materialt Bnd I~",h Department Tho total ror th. mOl,th Will 1,369,871 of the California Din.ioll '>f Hi¥h. yehiel..... rell..-nting an ine""""" or Irihutill/{ ca"""" i11 thi~ ...... ap!"'ar WB)" On the """.... of the u.-ivo 61% over Ja.nuary. 1940, to be the 1011 n! e/fecl upa".ion and di.in~rtltion of por-t~ 'T'hio gro,,·th io tram" ill auribll..ble wilh State ol"'rMion a"d th. greatly land cement """e••tII in ""rlai" """. in patt to the two toll n!-O.kland nay Bridge and pl'Ohlem wMob boo mystjOed ."gi. and OakJ"",l, and to the ~eneral in· the Cuq"i"e. Rnd Anilc>ch brid..... n~.. [or the 1..1 tweut)" yean. but e~ in lraflle whicb hve been i. lahula.ted below: """,iOe.tiollllllDd t..t p"""",!"re ba•• a.n!'"••''''''· c."'.,.... ",.ti..10 ~n Be' up whiel, will ;0011"" agai",,! O"'.nd a., a..M •• a.'d"" a.;d•• aimilar fall".... in lh. fu!ure, tbereby PUlleng.. a"toII and anto trailera 1,254,602 241,413 9,462 &/lying the Statll hundred" of thou. Motorercl.. and tric&ra______2,763 BIlHII 21,S98 oandl of dol1&.. orer a period of 4,D18.'" yUl's; • oaving many tim.. tb. oost Trneka lI.Ild lruck trail.n. .____ 67,236 18,894 1,685" of the inv""ligation. Othen 23,883 '", The ",,"clu"iorL~ from the ot,,.tween the ""ment and cerUin tn.... or m;npmls in the .re allo..'ed fer oompldioll of the rock and IIIlnd h.. att..."too ltatiot,al Grapevine Grade Sliding <:. let alter the Imcoo oome or the ",,"~te troublea fill the n&rrO'" ""nyoo oC Grapevil.. p""",nt proj"", b... been """,pletoo. or Ihat agency 10 a Aimilar eA"OIe C...k t.o • dellib oC .bo"t forty feet ~'nnd. ror thi. porpoae .re provided The impH""tiona II", "" b"",d and through tho aecti"n ... here hilloide in tit. hud...,t for tbe cornin" hi<'TI_ far reaehi"...... to "a~ ""n"ern that mo,·emcnl.'l .... """urrinl/. To pre· nium. aimilar """ditions may be tbe "",,"_ "em the Il"""ibility or tI'e creek oul· Ilion or oth"r hith"rto nnaplainll. ",,"oI.r"ctcn.ideration or the di.tan"" 01 nearly two thouuud fect, ""ment ind".try in the WeBtern Sta"," re. """"mpli.hed within II re,,"')o TRAVEL INCREASES a"t "" a ""unler...e;!'lll 10 bolao,," the earth p..-o~ which now lend 111 .101. time without comple'" dllmption Tra"el in~ betw,",n the Unitoo hell"o (lr lift the .treom bed. of normal Stale higbway development, Stat'" lind other llNa11 in the Wes",rn a~ditional ~'eder.1 .ppropriation. lIemiophere l'IIIl~OO from 12 to 4a per WTlJ. )t....l"U'" TaAn'1C m,,", be made b)' the COng..... to fl· cent in the first hatt or 1940 all eom· Tr~ffie will be rnaint.i"ed throu~b nenee d.fcMe road constrnction Rnd pan!. 10 handled ... 111 lion of on"" approprialio,," by the tnry (or the I"terior Harold L. lek"" gi,.. tbe 1....1 J'O"'ible interlereu"" Feder.1 IIg<:n"ico whioh handle l'<1!1l' by W. Bru,," ~[a":-"am",,, ebief (Of the to the """"enienee or tb. l.avcling la. Fe,der.J aid 1<> tbe St.t... lor high. United States 'l',."yel flu",,"u. pnblic. Thne hundnod working daYII w"y ""n.tmction.
IT...·"·y-.,,.1 {t.In•••• 'H" Califar,,;a Highways a"d Pllblic Works 200 Ro.d Contracts Highw.y Bids and Awards for J.nu.ry, 1941 Put Under Way in 54 Counties in 1940 ,"""...... , __• Ifl ~'i~~ .....lrtIcttI t"r ""er]'wl .t.u~· IU ..... 10 _modale ",,*, t •..me led to lh" """,pl~tion "f the A",,)"o l)eco I'an-.n.,. betwer" LoiI Ani"l.. a"d 1'_le"a and ~'l1\ilt'ld ,hr o~lnll' or lhi>< 17,000,000 pro';""l 10 .M ..... delli. ur thla eongeotrd .
~UuH. Il, S."ta C "d 8iak.i.T"", ..vm """trll:1& lO,a'I", t356,OOO ~ ...."leol for <'OIilion to ""'in the p..,,,,, tiun of plan, a,ld 'P«ift"IIo". On major projectl in· .'00..1 ;1I.hll propoeed b~ f.... Ih" ,-"""inll' billnnium ...imaud to -' 148,615.000 "S SOUn .. lh. Stlte I...... l..lu...dopto Ih. budlfC\.. ~'..Ie,"l Ild ..1""",_ to C.li· fomi" to help fl."",..,., the p.....,.,-l ",,"",curlion P...... mtimaud 10 am""1ll to "'.400.000 f<>. 'b" two "H' ~.iod.--- Fo. futu .. , ..loliuMn l'obliration of the ...i"l. d_.ib In.. -.tinti... and funetions of the Oo""rlm",,' of Public Worn .... """n...1 to "ppear ill \.hill bq """n poIll'Ollod "";llil to un.l,"O!dable.e ,1.I"y in il~ l'""paration. Thi. f.-I ".., ..ill "" publlahod. h".· ever. in ."'pon 10 nllDlel"Ollll roq...... in .. f"IlI eo
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