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eALiFORNIA HIGHWAYS AND PueLlc WoRKsOfficial Journal of the Division of Highways of the Department of Public Works, State of California

FRANK W. CLARK, Director C. H. PURCELL, Skat¢ Highway Engineer J. W. HOWE, Editor K. C. ADAMS, AssociateEditor

Publish¢d for information of the members of the d¢partment and the citizerss o~ CaliforniaEditors of newspapers and others are privileg¢d fo use ma4ter contained herein. Cuts will be gladly loaned uaon request

,4ddr¢ss communica!ions to California Highways and Public Works, P. O. Box 1499, Sacramento, California

Vol. 17 JUNE, 1939 No. 6

Table o f G'ontents

C~o~~rnor Olson Accomplishes Reduction of. Sail F~~anc~sco-0aklancl PrayBride Tolls to Forty Cents for Passenger Vehicle__________________ 1

group Pictuie of California Toll Briclae ~utl~iori9~~r that adopted ReducedToll Rates oiz Bad- F3iid~e------------------- ------

F~~11 Length Picture of San Francisco-Oakland Bap Bricl~e Sl~o«~ii~~ Ter-mini and Lateral to Treasure Island______________________________ 3

Fiu7ston Avenue Approach to Golden Gate Bridge. Through PresicYio UnclerCoi2structioil, Illustrated ___________________ 4-7

B~ T. E. Fer~be27c, T~eside~at Enti~i~te~r

l~ojogtzi Canyon Realigzi~nent iii Santa Barbara County Abo~ishes ~iine-teen Cilrves, Illustrated_ ________.__________________ S-9

By L. H. GiUso~r,., DtisCrict E~tiy'~~zeer

Constrtilction of Arroyo Sego Parkway, aSix-la.~se Freewa~~, Illustr~ted__10-13BJ S. V. Co3•t~l~ou, District Engineer

Cities Get X15,606,223 in Comas Tax Fiu~ds During Biennium Ending June30, 1939 ----- -------------------------14-17

Sy L. V. Campbell, En~i~~,eer of City aa~cl Cooperative Projects

"Movie" Camera Reeorcls Traffic Violations Throtilgh the ~~ru~clshield,Illustrated ________________________18-1~J ---------------------------- B~ A. I. Rivett, Assista~it Safety Enti~i~eee~~

Divided Foui-Lane Uncler~ass Replaces Olc~ Bottl~i~eek Near Reciclii7~,Illustrated ____________ 20-21 ---------------------------------------

B~ E. J. Bnssett, Dtistrict Office E~a~i~teer

~Iew Lompoc Bridge Over Santa Ynez River O~enecl_ ________ 22

Pictures Shoving New and Old Lompoc Brides______________________ 23

~Tonthly Report of the Division of Water Resources_ _____-_ 24

Bias and ~lwarcls of High«gay Contracts. for 112ay______________________ 25

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overnor son ccomp ~s es aII at s n thei T R e oe action n o

- Bi ean Francisco a an r dPON the initiation by andunder the leadership of Gov-ernor Culbert Olson, a trans-

action has been completed with theReconstruction Finance Corporationaild a syndicate of underwriters whichhas reduced the inclebteclness of theSan Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridgeand the rate of interest on that in-debtedness, and certain of the annualpayments thereon, thus making it pos-sible for a redLiction of the tolls onthe San Francisco-Oakland BayBridge from fifty cents to forty cents,and a reduction of 20 per cent ofthe cominLltation ratesAbout the fifteenth of May Gov-

ernor Olson telephoned Jesse Jones,Chairman of the Reconstruction Fi-nance Corporation, and advised himthat he was sending Frank W. Clark,State Director of Public Works, andMessrs. Herbert W. Erskine andEdward P. Murphy, attorneys for theCalifornia Toll Bridge Authority, toWashington immediately for the pur-pose of discussing arrangementswhich would lead to a prompt reduc-tion of the tolls. on the San Francisco-Oal~land Bay Bridge.On May 18th Mr. Clark, accom-

paned by Mr. Erskine and Mr. Mur-phy, embarked for Washington byairplane, and arrived there May 19th.Negotiations then occurred betweenthem and Mr. Jones and other officialsof the Reconstruction Finance Corpo-ration and attorneys and officials ofthe underwriters. Finally the follow-ing arrangement was worked out byMr. Clark and these attorneys withthe other groups, and Mr. Clarkthen returned to Sai~ Francisco, leav-ing the details and the contracts tobe eompletecl by the attorneys. Thenet results of these negotiations tiverethe following

1. Reduction of the rate of inter-est on the $40,000,000 San Fran-cisco-Oakland Toll Bridge SinkingFund Revenue bonds from 44 percent to 4 per cent, thus saving the

New Toll RatesThe reduced toll rates on the

San Francisco-Oakland BayBridge adopted by the Califor-nia Toll Bridge Authority area,s follows:Automobile with 4 passengersand driver, 40¢ reduced from50¢

Present $17 commute books re-duced to $14.00.

]Present $14 commute books re-duced to $11.60Reduction in the toll to Treas-

ure Island will make the rate40 cents for round trip fromeither end o~f the bridge.Reduced rates on commute

books will also apply to roundtrip to Treasure Island.

Toll Bridge Authority $100,000 perannum in interest charges;

2. Allowance to the Toll BridgeAuthority of $1,065,000 as its shareo~f the profit derived by the Recon-struction Finance Corporation fromthe sale of the bonds to the under-writers ;

3. Use of said profit plus $500,000in the hands of the Authority, whichwas not needed for construction pur-poses, to redeem $1,500,000 of sandrevenue bonds at a premium of 2zper cent rather than the premium of6 per cent provided for in the bonds,thus again saving the Authority$52,000 in the redemption cost of thebonds and reducing the Tall Bridgeindebtedness to $71,000,000, therebysaving the interest on the $1,500,000of bonds so redeemed, which is $60,-000 per annum.

The application of this $1,500,000to the payment and redemption ofcertain of the bonds outstanding re-duced the yearly payments for the

next several years, so as to decreasethe bond service requirements to apoint which made it possible to re-cluce the rates of tolls and still com-ply with the bond service require-ments.

It is confidently expected by theGovernor and Mr. Clark and thecounsel for the Authority that thisreduction in bond service require-ments will make it possible before theencl of the year 1939 to reduce thebridge toll to thirty-five. cents.

It is expected that the reductionto forty cents and the later reductionto thirty-five cents will make it impos-sible for the vehicular ferries to con-tinue their present competition withthe bridge. The existence of this com-petition has been the leading factor inpreventing toll reductions.

~s soon as this factor is eliminatedit is confidently hoped that the tollsmay again be reduced even as low astwenty-five cents.

After Mr. Clark's return to Cali-fornia, Mr. Erskine and Mr. Murphy,counsel for the Authority, then pro-ceedecl to New York, where the. com-plicated agreements and documentssetting forth the transaction weredrawn by them in collaboration withthe attorneys for the underwritersand the Reconstruction Finance Cor-poration. These were completed onFriday, JLme 2d, and Messrs. Erskineand Murphy immediately left NewYork by plane and arrived in SanFrancisco Saturday, June 3d. Themembers of the Toll Bridge Authoritymet on Monday morning, and passedthe necessary resolutions to make thetransactions effective. The paperswere then airmailed to Washingtonacid tivere executed there by the Recon-strLlction Finance Corporation andby the underwriters and the transac-tioiz thus was successfully concluded.As this magazine went to press it

was expected the toll rate of fortycents per vehicle v~~o~ild go into full

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California Tol'I Bridge Authority that adopted reduced rates on San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge. Left to right, seated,

Lawrence Barrett, Chairman California State Highway Commission; Director of Public Works Frank W. Clark, Secretary, Toll

Bridge Authority; Governor Culbert L. Olson, Chairman of the Board; Lieutenant Governor Ellis E. Patterson; Phil S. Gibson,

Director of Finance. Standing, left to right, Charles H. Purcell, State Highway Engineer; Edward P. Murphy, Attorney for theBoard; Hubert W. Erskine, Attorney for the Board; C. C. Carleton, Chief of 4he Division of Contracts and Rights of Way, Depart-ment of Public Works.

effect on or about the fifteenth ofJlme.

It is interesting to note that inI~TOVember of last year it was an-nounced that it ~~vould be approxi-mately three years before there couldbe any reduction in the tolls. Gov-ernor Olson, Mr. Clark, and the attor-neys, Mr. Erskine and l~Zr. Murphy,are accordingly being congratulatedupon this splendid achievement dueentirely to the initiative aizd effortsof Governor Olson aided by the co-operation of Director Clark, and theattorneys for the Authority.The people of the State of Califor-

nia, particularly those residing in theBay area feel elated and are express-ing their appreciatioiz to the aclminis-tration for the results so gLlickly andso efficiei7tly obtained.

Following the action by the TollBridge authority, Chairman Jesse H.

Jones of the Reconstruction FinanceCorporation announced the sale onJune I of $71,000,000 of San Fran-cisco-Oakland Bay Bridge bonds to agroup of l~,rew York bankers. Thebonds, known as 4 per cent revenuebonds, were sold at a price of 104per cent of the face value plusaccrued interest which, Jones said,represented a premium to the Recon-struction Finance Corporation of$2,840,000.

Another purchaser of the bonds wasL. J. DZattox, State IndListrial ~lcci-clent Commissioner, who annolu~cedthat the commission voted to invest$5,000,000 of the Workmen's Com-pensation FLmd which now totalsabout $17,000,000.During the month of May, a total

of 847,925 vehicles erossecl the bridge,according to a traffic report submittedby Director Frank fir. Clark to Gov-

ernor Olson. This figure representsan increase of approximately 120,000vehicles over the same period a yearago and brings the total number ofvehicles to travel over the span sinceits opening November 12, 1936, to 23,-081,127.During the month a daily average

of 27,352 vehicles used the bridge,«-hich includes an increase over Aprilof approximately 3,000 trLicks. Thetotal nLimber of trucks using the

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An aerial photo of San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge on the adjoining pageshows the full 84 mile-length of thegreat structure, on which the toll forautomobile with driver and four passen-gers has been reduced to forty cents. Inthe foreground may be seen the SanFrancisco end at Fifth Street Plaza andthe bridge train terminal. At YerbaBuena Island in the mia'dle ground ahighway lateral and viaduct extends toTreasure Island shown at extreme left.

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Work on Presidio Approach to GoldenGate fridge Speeds Up

By T. E. FERN~AU, Resident Engineer

EARLY in 1935 negotiationswere started to obtain a permitfor constructing an approach

to the Golden Gate Bridge throughthe Presidio of San Francisco. TheGolden Gate Bridge and HighwayDistrict and the city of San Franciscoconducted these early negotiations,:while the Division of Highways tookno active part. Early in 1937 it wasagreed that the work should be doneby the Division of Highways andnegotiations with the military author-ities were assumed by the Division.The greater portion of the. negotia-tions were carried on personally byCol. Jiro. H. Skeggs, District Engineerof District IV.Many major and minor difficulties

had to be met and dealt with beforethe U. S. Army authorities issued apermit on July 27, 1938, allowingconstruction of the highway withinthe Presidio.The new approach is to extend

from the intersection of Lake Street

and Park-Presidio Boulevard on thesouth side of the Presidio to theMarina approach to the Golden GateBridge. The length of the. maimapproach is 1.44 miles, but with theaddition of two off ramps and two onramps at the bridge connection thelength will total 2.10 miles. Of thislength 2.03 miles are located withinthe Presidio boundaries.

APPROACH IS FRCEWAY

A requirement of the Army per-mit is that the approach be a free-way through the Presidio with noaccess except at the termini.In two instances where Presidio

roads cross the new alignment, relo-cations of the roads are to be madepassing under the new viaducts.Right of way is limited to toe ofslope in cuts,. top of embankment infill, exterior faces of retaining wallsand outer railing of viaducts. How-ever, the Division of Highways isregLlired to plant and permanently

maintain all slopes outside the actualright of way lines. Title to groundunderneath all viaducts and over asection of road in tunnel remains withthe Army.

Distribution and segregation oftraffic from the new highway to andfrom the Marina approach to theGolden Gate Bridge is to be handledby two on, and two off ramps, all oftwo-lane roadways.. These distribu-tion roads permit vehicles comingfrom any direction to turn towardstheir ultimate destination withoutcrossing another traffic stream. Nopedestrian facilities will be provided,although it is necessary to constructtwo pedestrian underpasses for relo-cations of the sidewalk on the exist-ing Marina approach to the GoldenGate Bridge.

COST IS $1,500,000

Financiizg is provided from gas taxfunds and a P~'A grant of $500,000accepted by the State on August 19,1938.

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Erecting steel form jumbo preparatory to pouring arch for tunnel under Presidio golf course and Washington Boulevard.

The cost of tl~e entire project was laoo-FOOT Tu~r~~L ing the edge of 11Tountain Lake. Theoriginally estimated at $1,789,100. ~1 Unique feat~lre of the work is a fill «gas built up nearly twenty feetSavings of clearly $330,000 have been 1300-foot 4-lane tunnel being con- above grade, resulting in displace-made in bids on four contracts to strlleted by the open cut and backfill ment of the marsh mud until. thedate, and it now appears that the method. The i~iaterial taken from the highway fill now rests on firm foun-completed project will cost less than tunnel cut was used to overload a elation. The material thus stock piled$1,500,000. section. of fill on marsh~~ ground skirt- as overload will later be used to back-The various phases of construction

have been divided into units asfolio«~s: Governor Olson Accomplishes a Reduction in

Per centcom- Estimated Toll Rates on San Francisco-Oakland Bridgeplete com-

Type of May 27, pletion (Continued from page 2)work Contractor 1939' Date Pevenues for the month of May

Grading and Macco 31 sec., 1939 bridge in Ma3~ was 47,352 eontinuin~; amolmt to $439,738.42. The report1300 ft. of constrUO- the definite trend of increased truck also revealed that a total of 153,424tunne~ ton Co. travel noticeable during the past year. vehicles traveled to Treasure IslandThreev~a- Union 20 Dec., 1939 May also showed an increase over the j~ia the bridge. Traffic from Sanducts total- Paving previous month in the amount of Francisco to the island totaled 80,606ing 1288 ft. Co. freimht trans orted over the bride and from the east ba 12 818. Ma

and "C" «pith 59,345 tons as against 54,830 traffic totals and comparative figuresHighway M. J. 0 Dec., 1939 tons fog° 11pri1. are as follows:underpass-- Lynch2 pedestrian "D," "G"

April, 1939 May, 1939 Totai, 1939 T openingsunderpasses and Hand Viad. Passenger Autos and Auto Trailers 767,327 761,650 3,608,572 21,316,244

"E" Motorcycles and Tricars___________________ 3,467 3,759 15,906 102,805238 ft. Union 6 Nov., 1939 Buses ---- --------------------------- 8,270 8,929 40,872 288,506viaduct Paving

Trucks and Truck Trailers 44,790 47,352 299,763 989,662Co.Viad."F" Toll vehicles 823,854 821,690 3,895,113 22,697,217

Paving Not under 0 Feb., 1940 Passes ______ _______________________________ 25,463 26,235 124,825 383,910entiwe contract

Total vehicles ___ 849,317 847,925 4,019,938 23,081,127project

Land- Not under 0 Mar., 1940 Extra passengers ___________________________ 296,604 317,347 1,312,671 6,061,306

scaping contwact Freight tons _______________________________ 54,830 59,345 303,823 1,214,953

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i Pouring tunnel sidewall blocks. The tunnel, 1300 feet long, is being constructed by open cut and backfill method.

fill the tunnel and tunnel retaining length without requiring forced ven- witted to exceed concentrations of 4walls. tilation equipment. The odorless but parts in l0,000 for any extendedThe length of this tumzel, 1300 feet, noxious carbon monoxide gas from period of time. It is very doubtful

approaches the practical limit of automobile exhaust can not be per- if gases ~~ould ever be present in thi:,

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tunnel in dangerous concentrations,but ventilation is provided by a 24-foot by 24-foot shaft to the surfaceabout midway of the length. If everfound necessary, exhaust fans will beplaced in this shaft to provide forcedventilation by drawing fresh air in atboth portals and exhausting it up theshaft.

NO DRAINAGE FROM HIGHWAY

Another unusual feature of theproject is that no drainage from thehighway can be permitted to flow ontothe Presidio grounds or into any ofthe existing Presidio facilities.

This limitation necessitates con-struction of a master drain systemwhich carries all drainane water toMountain Lake at the south end ofthe project and to the San FranciscoBay at the north end. Across thevarious viaducts the drainage is car-ried in special pipes suspended be-neath the deck.

Viaducts are of reinforced concreteconstruction. All are designed asrigid frame continuous girder types.The roadway from the beginning

of the project at Lake Street to thefirst viaduct, a distance of 1500 feetwill have two 24-foot lanes separatedby a center parting strip 6 feet wide.From there to the traffic distributionroadways the roadway, including via-ducts, will have two 22-foot lanesseparated by a center parting strip

A Good SamaritanMay 13th, 1939

Mt. Hermon,California

The Division of HighwaysSacramento, California

My Dear SirsJust a kindly word of com-

mendation far the foreman ofyour San Lucas division whotoday found two elderly peoplein trouble with their car andunable to adjust themselves.He corrected the trouble andsoon had them on their way,and flatly refused any compen-sation for the splendid helprendered. Therefore we desireagain to thank a man whosename we do not have. Alsothe higher ups who select suchmen to service.

Sincerely yours,MR,. and MRS. A. R. TAYLORMt. Hermon

18 inches wide. Except through thetunnel and across viaducts, shoulders9 feet 6 inches wide will be provided.The traffic distribution roadways

including structures will have a road-

way v~~idth of 24 feet between curbs.An interesting feature of the work

is caring for golf course facilities nearthe tunnel cut. Two tees and oneGreen were moved to temporary loca-tions away from the work and a. footbridge for the golfers was constructedover the tunnel cut. These facilitiesmust be returned to their originallocation after the tunnel backfill iscompleted.Progress on the work has been food.

Grading work is nearly- com~~leted.Foundation work for all viaducts i5nearly completed and snperstrilctureconstruction is in progress. At thetunnel, footings and sidewalks arecompleted and pouring of the concretetunnel arch is scheduled to start im-mediately. The arch ~~ill be pouredby using steel form jumbos, travelingon rails. These form jumbos are nowbeing erected in preparation for thefirst arch pour.

At present, about 275 men areregularly employed at the site of thework and it is expected this force willbe increased as additional units ofwork are placed under contract.Approximate quantities of major

items and materials which will beused for the entire project are:Roadway Excavation __u10,00a cu. yds.Concrete ______________ 40,000 cu. yds.Reinforcing Steel ______ 2,500 tonsCrusher Run Base_____ 16,004' tonsDrainage Pipes _______ 2'1,000 lineal feet

Pouring last section of the deck of Viaduct "A" which carries the approach highway over West Pacific arterial in the Presidio.

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Realignment and modernization of the highway through Nojoqui Canyon involved

the construction of several rock cuts and four bridges. Note how the bridge over Nojoqui

Creek in the above picture conforms perfectly to the width and curvature of the roadway.

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By L. H. GIBSC

HE combined highway andbridge project between Gavi-ota Pass and the Santa Ynez

River in Santa Barbara County, re-cently completed, adds another liizkof modernized highway to the CoastRoute bet«-een San Francisco andLos Angeles.The ne~~ road replaces an old

pavement that contained manyclangeroLts combinations of sharpcurvature and blind vertical curves,and retains the sylvan charmafforded by the groves of beautifullive oak trees. Nineteen cLirveshave been eliminated.Contract for constructing the

project was awarded to C. Q. Sparksand Mundo Engineering Corpora-tion on.:. April. 25, ..1938. The majoritems of work involved grading a36-foot roadbed, placing a blanketof selected imported borrow rivergravel thereon, constructing a 22-foot width of Portland cemeizt con-crete pavement and constructingfour reinforced concrete bridges,each approximately 120 feet long.

ROCK CUTS BLASTED

Contract work aot under wayearly in May, 1938. After clearinghad sufficiently progressed, the con-tractor started grading operations,using bulldozers for pioneering andthree 13-cubic yard carryall outfitsfor moving.Two rock cuts proved too difficult

for rooters and carryalls ; it wasnecessary to loosen tip the materialwith approximately 0.4 pound ofpowder per cubic yard ai2d thenmove it by 1-cubic yard shovel andtrucks. Very few slides of anyconsequence occurred on the job.

Construction of the four bridgesbegan very early in the contract.Each of the bridges, identical intype and almost identical in lenbth,are rigid frame type, 26 feet clearwidth; central span is 46 feet withcantilevered span 9 feet long ateach end; each cantilever supportsa suspended span 26 feet long; theother end of each suspended span is

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supported on a steel bearing plate.mounted on aii abutment. Overalllength of the bridges varies from120 feet to 121 feet 5 inches depend-ing~ on whether built on tangent orcurve.

UNSTABLE SOIL CONDITIONS

The contractor early experienceddifficulty in the bridge construction.Upon excavating for foundations,unexpected unstable conditionswere encountered, which requiredthe lowering of footings from 4 to8 feet. Considerable delay wascaused liv this unlocked for condi-tion.Forms for bridge work were

largely constructed of 3-ply ply-wood, backed by 1 by 6-inch and2 by 4-inch struts and wales. Thebetter-than-average form work aidedin obtaining a very good finish onthe structLtres.

Bearing vahies of soils encoun-tered in the cuts were generally solo~v that it vas necessary to placebetter material as a sub-base for thepavement. A river gravel of suit-able quality obtained from the bedof the Santa Ynez River about 500feet right of Station 263, ~~as spreadon the prepared subgrade to a maxi-mum depth of 0.70 foot. belo`v pave-ment; shonlclers were blanketedwith 0.75-foot thickness.

MEMBRANE SEAL PLACED

As a precaution against reducingthe bearing value of the river gravelsubbase by absorption of capillarywater from below, an iinpervions mem-brane seal, consisting of Grade "E"asphalt was spread on the subgradeat the rate of 0.7 gallons per squareyard.after unsatisfactory preliminary

trials to eliminate oversize in thepit run imported borro`~ by screen-ing throLigh a sloping grizzly setnn the truck body, the contractorbrought in a crushing and screeningplant of 100 tons per hour capacity.

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A section of the new State highway through Nojoqui Canyon which eliminates 19

curves between Gaviota Pass and Santa Ynez River in Santa Barbara County. Part of

the narrow, tortuous old route is seen crossing the new highway in the middle ground.

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Completed section of Arroyo Seco Parkway beginning at Glenarm Street in Pasadena. Designed as a "freeway" it has six lanesdivided by a raised separation strip and no stop lights or intersections in its nine-mile length between Pasadena and Los Angeles.

Arr ec 6-La e Freewa oyo o n yBy $. ~/. CORTELYOU, District Engineer

WITH four contracts completed and three contracts now underway, the Arroyo Seco Park-

way~, which is to connect downtownLos Angeles with Pasadena and otherpoii7ts to the north and east, is wellnn its way toward realization. Thedistance from the business district ofPasadena to downtown Los Angelesvia this new- route ~~ill be nine miles,about six miles of ~~hich will be ize«~construction bS- the State.

Designed as a "Freeway," thishighway will enable traffic to passfrom the Figueroa Street tunnels inLos Angeles to Broadway- and Glen-arm Street in Pasadena without en-countering asingle stop light, inter-secting street or railroad tiradecrossing.

Three wide traffic lanes will beprovided for traffic in each direction,separated in the center by a raiseddividing strip which will make itimpossible to make left turns acrosstraffic or to meet opposing traffic"head on."

Access to the "Parkway" will behad at intervals by means of modified"closer leaf" intersections on whichonly right hand turns from, the "Park-way" may be made. Each of theseintersections is being carefiilly cle-signecl to conform to its particulartopographic features and traffic re-gnirements.

SERVICE ROADS PROVIDED

1ldjoininb pri~-atel3r owned prop-erty will not haee direct access to the"Parkway" bait will front on serviceroads paralleling the highway. Theseservice roads ~~rill connect with the"Parkway" at suitable inter~~als barmeans of one wad- ramps.

Accelerating and cleceleratin~ laneswill be provided at each of theseratnps to permit entering traffic to"speed up" to the legal speed oftraffic on the "Parkway" before en-tering one of the main traffic lanesanc~ to permit traffic leaving the"Parkway" to "slow do~~vn" on anadditional traffic lane beFore turningoff of the main highway. These

safety provisions are in accordancewith accepted "Freeway" design andwill result in a minimum of inter-ference with "Parkway" traffic.The "Parkway" between Hough

Street and Avenue 26 in Los Angeles,will follow the northwesterly side ofthe Arro3~o Seco Channel, being de-pressed to permit all intersectingstreets and railroads to cross on over-head bridges. Near Hough Street,in Los Angeles, the alignment entersthe city of South Pasadena, crossingthe Arroyo Seco Channel on a bridgewhich is now under construction.Thence the "Parkway" runs east-

erly along Sterling Place and GreveliaStreet on a depressed grade whichvc~ill be about 20 feet below naturalground elevation from arroyo Driveto Fair Oaks A~~enLle. Just easterlyof Fair Oaks Avenue the gradeascends to approximate ground levelcurving northerly around RaymondHill and entering the city of Pasa-clena on Broadway. Actual construc-tion work by the State ends at theintersection of Glenarm Street and

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Broadway in Pasadena, from wl~ichpoint connection is made with thebusiness district of Pasadena viaBroadway, which is already a wide,improved street.The Arroyo Seco Parkway in Los

Angeles from Avenue 22 to HoughStreet izear the soilth city limit ofSouth Pasadena is located for thegreater part of the distance adjoiningand parallel to the Arroyo Seco Chan-nel, which is paved and walled forthe entire distance. The grade ofthe highway can thus be establishedat critical points somewhat lower than

the banks of the channel to permitcrossings of intersecting streets andrailroads to be made on overheadbridges at a miizimum of expense.

Comparatively little damage to ad-joining property results from thislocation ~~hich follows through city ofLos fingeles park lands fora coizsic~-erable portion of the distance. Onthe contrary, a larbe number of citi-zens will drive every day throughbeautified park areas and the citythus secure a maximum beneficial useof the long narrow park.

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structian of the "Parkway" is therecent utilization for the constrLictiouof highv~~ay embaizkments of morethan 170,000 cubic ~ arils of materialexcavated from the bed of the LosAngeles Ptiiver near Dayton Avenue.This was material excavated by theU. S. Enbineering Department i~ con-iiection with their channel liningproject on Los Angeles River.

This arrangement for securing ex-cavated material was mutually bene-ficial to the U. S. E. D. and the Statesince it provided a location readilyaccessible for the disposal of surplus

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material from the river bottom andat the same time has enabled the Stateto have constructed a eonsiclerableportion of the. highway embankmentsbetween Avenue 22 and Pasadena~ènue at only the comparativelysmall cost of spreading and compact-ing the material.The design and construction of this

"Freeway" is a matter which is re-ceiviilg the closest cooperation be-tween the State, the cities of LosAngeles, South Pasadena and Pasa-dena, the various railroads involved,and Federal agencies. Only by suchcooperation could the many intricatesteps necessar5> for such a project beproperly coordinated.Plans for the "Parkway" inchide

construction or partial reconstructionof sixteen street and railroad bridgescrossing over the highway. These areat Avenue 26; Pasadena Avenue (inLos Angeles) , Santa Fe and U. P. R. R.bridge near Pasadena Avenue, Ave-nue 43, Avenue 52, Hermon Avenue,Avenue 60, Marmion Way, all of~~hich are in the city of Los Angeles,and Arroyo Drive, Grand Avenue,Orange Grove Avenue, Prospect Ave-nue, l~ieridian Avenue, Fremont Ave-nue, the U. P. and Santa Fe Bridgenear Fremoizt Avenue and Fair Oaksllvenue which are in the city of SouthPasadena.

The Santa Fe R. R. and PasadenaAvenue and Union Pacific R. R. cross-ings near the city limit of Sonth Pasa-dena were already in place, the"Parkway" passing under these twostructures. Abridge near the SouthPasadena city limit will carry the"Parkway" across the Arroyo SecoChannel. In addition to the abovelisted bridges a viaduct has been con-structed from the northerly end of theFigueroa tum7els across Los AngelesRiver, the S. P. R. R. and San Fer-nanclo Road over which "Parkway"traffic will be carried to connect withdowntown Los Angeles via FigueroaStreet.At present the only section of the

route open to traffic is from GlenarmStreet in Pasadena to Fair OaksAvenue in South Pasadena, a dis-tance of 0.76 mile, which was com-pleted January 4, 1939, at a cos+, of$120,000.The viaduct over Los Angeles River

and adjacent railroads and streetswas completed in 1937 at a cost of$680,000. The Arroyo Drive andGrand Avenue bridges were con-strilcted during 1938 under one con-tract at a total cost of $111,000. TheAventile 60 bridge was completedMarch 3, 1939, at a cost of $59,000.The 0.75 mile highway section fromHough Street in Los Angeles to Meri-

dian Street in South Pasadena includ-ing the Prospect Avenue and OrangeGrove Avenue bridges, is under con-tract and will be completed late nextfall. This section is estimated to cost$177,000. Included also within theselimits is the bridge crossing theArroyo Seco Channel which will cost$141,000. Bids for the Avenue 43bridge were taken May 18, 1939, thelo~v bid being about $43,000.

WPA AND CITY COOPERATE

The next section which ~~vill be letto contract is from Avenue 50 to1~venue 58 including the AvenLte 52and Hermon Avenue bridges andgrade separations. This will be fol-loR~ed by contracts for the FremontAvenue Bridge and the highway sec-tion from Avenue 58 to Arroyo Drive.

In the meantime, the WP~1 projectby the city of Los Angeles for liningthe Arroyo Seco Channel and con-structing storm drains, which mustnecessarily precede a considerableportion of the highway work, is beingcarried on. Plans for other bridgesand highway sections of this route arebeing prepared and contracts will belet as soon as progress on the stormgrains and Arroyo Seco Channel lin-ing will permit.

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State of $1,331,000. The total esti-inated cost of the Arroyo Seco Park-way proper which includes highwaya,nd bridge work is $3,745,000. Thiswould indicate that approximately~36 per cent of the work has eitherbeen completed or let to contract.In addition to this the State willpay its proportionate share of thecost of materials for storm drainsand lining the Arroyo Seco Channel.

EXTENSIVE LANDSCAPING

An outstanding example of thesplendid cooperation which thepark departments of the cities ofLos Angeles, Pasadena and SouthPasadena have biven the Division ofHighways is the landscaping of therecently c:~mpleted highway sec-tion between Glenarm Street inPasadena, and Fair Oaks Avenuein South Pasadena. Landscaping ofthis section has been planned bythe park departments of the citiesof Pasadena and South Pasadena incooperation «ith the State high~va.ylandscape engineer and suitableplants and shrubs are being planted

by these departments from stockpropagated in their o«gin nur.~eriesat no cost to the State.

It is too early to accurately pre-dict the date when the "Parkway"will be opened to traffic for its fulllength. This will depend on a num-ber of factors, the principal one ofwhich is the completion of liningof the Arroyo Seco Channel be-t~veen llvenue 36 and Avenue 22,which must be completed beforethis portion of the "Parkway" canbe let to contract. Prom presentinc~icatiens, it is reasonable to ex-pect the entire project will be com-pleted toward the latter part ofnext biennium t~~l~ich ends June 3~1,1941.Supplementing the Arroyo Seco

Parkway proper is the constructionby the city of Los Angeles ofFigueroa Street from the FigueroaTunnels southerly to Sunset Boule-varcl including the College Streetgrade separation to facilitate thefla~~ of traffic from the "Parkway"to the business district of Los An-geles.

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All of these improvements willform a comprehensive project forcarrying traffic quickly and safelybetween downtown Los Angeles andthe business district of Pasadenaand intermediate commtmities. Itis anticipated that the average driv-in~; time between the t~vo cities willbe reduced one half, which estimateis not based on excessive speeds butrather on the continuous flow oftraffic without the interruptions ofintersecting streets and railroads.

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State Highway Route 5 through Oakland, Alameda County, widened and modernized with gas tax funds apportioned to city.

Cities Cet $15,606,223 of Gas Taxin Bien~niur~n Ending June 30, 1939

By L. V. CAMPBELL, Engineer of City any! Cooperative Projects

~IS'1'1~,iI~UTIO\T by the lle-partnient of Public Worksthrough the Division of High-

ways of the April, 1939 quarterlyapportionment of gas tax funds in thesum of $1,856,93620, for expenditurewithixi incorporated limits of munici-palities brings the total amount ofthese funds received by 285 Califor-nia cities for expenditure upon Statehighwa3rs acid streets of major impor-tance to $15,606,22320 for the bien-nial period ending June 30 of thisyear.The total apportionment combines

4 cent of the gas tag or $7,803,111.60allocated under laws enacted by theLegislature in 1933 for expenditureupon designated State highway routeswithin incorporated cities, with anequal amount, or an additional 4 cent,subsequently allocated by the Legisla-ture in 1935 for expenditure uponstreets of major importance otherthan State highways. In those citieswhere there are no State highways,the total amount may be expendedupon streets of major importance.The above amount includes $224.92

apportioned to the city of Hornitoswhich, although an incorporated city,

sloes not have any functioning cityofficials and is therefore unable tocomply with the requirements of theStreets and Highways Code for theexpenditure of its share of the gastax.The apportionment is made to the

various cities upon a population basis.The population is that determined bythe Federal census of 1930, which isincreased by multiplying by three thenumber of registered electors resid-ing in any unincorporated territoryannexed to a city subsequent to theJ 930 Federal census. Likewise, thepopulation of any city incorporatedsince the 1930 census is determinedby milltiplying the number of regis-tered electors residing therein bythree.

Cities incorporated during the pasttwo years, or since April 1, 1937, arePalm Springs, Pismo Beach, Shafter,and Tulelake.

Direct payment of the money to thecities by the Division of Highwaysis made in quarterly apportionments,upon the warrant of budgets of pro-posed expenditures submitted by thecities annually to the Department forapproval.

The law is quite explicit on thelatter point and operates to restrainthe Department from paying moneyto a city until a budget has beensubmitted and approved.An important qualification of such

budgets is the expenditure uponstreets commanding prominence asmajor traffic arterials. This condi-tion precludes indiscriminate expendi-tures upon streets which are restric-tive of general traffic service. Otherconditions of the law require the pro-posals to be sound both economicallyand in engineering judbment, witha full appreciation of traffic demands,under penalty of disapproval by theDepartment.

17nder section 203 of the code whichprovides the allocation for State high-ways, the Division of Highways isobliged to assure the expenditure offunds apportioned under this sectionfor the fullest benefit of State hi;h-way routes, with the further discre-tionary privilege of delegating theo b l i g a t i o n to cities competentlyequipped to conduct sLlch expendi-tures.The apportionment to cities by

State highway districts is as follows

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Gas Tax Appor#ionments to Cities for Exp¢nditure Upon Streets of MajorImportance and State Highways Within Municipalities During Biennium

DistrictSTREETS OF MAJOR STATE

IMPORTANCE HIGHWAYSSection 194 Section 203

Fiscal Year Fiscal Year BienniumEnding Ending Ending

CITY June 30, 1938 June 30, 1939 June 30, 1939Del Norte CountyCrescent City__________ $1,559.21 $1,560.93 $3,120.14

Humboldt CountyArcata ___..____________ $1,549.25 $1,550.94 $3,100.19Slue Lake _ 503.11 503.67 1,006.78Eureka ________________ 14,279.53 14,295.16 28,574.69Ferndale ______ 805.90 806.78 1,612.68Fortuna _______________ 1,123.18 1,124.41 2,247.59Trinidad 97.01 97.09 194.10

Totals ___ $18,357.98 $18,378.05 $36,736.03

Lake CountyLakeport ___ $1,194.80 $1,196.10 $2,390.90

Mendocino CountyFort Bragg__ _ $2,739.51 $2,742.50 $5,482.01Point Arena 349.02 349.39 698.41Ukiah ____________._____ 2,831.97 2,835.07 5,667.04Willits ---------------- 1,290.89 1,292.30 2,583.19

Totals ______________ $7,211.39 $7,219.26 $14,430.65

Totals District I__ $28,323.38 $28,354.34 $56,677.72

DistrictSTREETS OF MAJOR STATE



CITV June 30, 1938 June 30, 1939 June 30, 1939Lassen CountySusanville _____________ $1,231.06 $1,232.40 $2,463.46

Modoc CountyAlturas --------------- $2,119.45 $2,121.77 $4,241.22

Plumas County

Shasta CountyRedding __ $3,796.51 $3,800.67 $7,597.18

Siskiyou CountyDorris ---------------- $690.77 $691.52 $1,382.29Dunsmuir __ 2,366.01 2,368.61 4,734.62Etna _ 343.57 343.95 687.52Fort Jones _ 273.78 274.07 547.85Montague 459.61 460.11 919.72Mt. Shasta 938.93 964.69 1,903.62Tulelake ______________ 271.96 27225 544.21Yreka _________________ 1,995.25 1,997.43 3,992.68

Totals _______________ $7,339.88 $7,372.63 $14,712.51

Tehama CountyCorning --------------- $1,248.28 $1,249.64 $2,497.92Red Bluff______________ 3,188.24 3,191.73 6,379.97Tehama _______________ 172.24 172.43 344.67

Totals ______ ________ $4,608.76 $4,613.80 $9,222.56

Trinity County

Totals District II_________ $19,095.66 $19,141.27 $38,236.93

District IIISTREETS OF MAJOR STATE



CITY June 30, 1938 June 30, 1939 June 30, 1939Butte CountyBiggs ----------------- $419.72 $420.18 $839.90Chico _________________ 7,216.81 7,224.72 14,441.53Gridley _______________ 1,759.57 1,761.48 3,521.05Oroville _______________ 3,352.33 3,355.98 6,708.31

Totals _______ $12,748.43 $12,762.36 $25,510.79

Colusa CountyColusa ___ $1,91821 $1,920.29 $3,838.50Williams _______ 787.76 788.63 1,576.39

Totals $2,705.97 $2,708.92 $5,414.89

EI Dorado CountyPlacerville ___ $2,145.74 $2,148.09 $4,293.83

Glenn CountyOrland ________________ $1,083.30 $1,084.48 $2,167.78Willows _______ 1,834.79 1,836.81 3,671.60

Totals ------- $2,918.09 $2,921.29 $5,839.38

Nevada CountyGrass Valley __________ $3,460.19 $3,463.99 $6,924.18Nevada City_.__________ 1,542.00 1,543.67 3,085.67

Totals ______________ $5,002.19 $5,007.66 $10,009.85

Placer CountyAuburn --------------- $2,412.27 $2,414.90 $4,827.17Colfax ________________ 826.75 827.65 1,654.40Lincoln _______.________ 1,898.26 1,900.34 3,798.60Rocklin _______________ 656.31 657.03 1,313.34Roseville _._____________ 5,824.39 5,830.77 11,655.16

Totals ______ $11,617.98 $11,630.69 $23,248.67

Sacramento CountyNorth Sacramento ____ $1,900.98 $2,022.70 $3,923.68Sacramento ___________ 84,986.46 85,079.35 170,065.81

Totals ______________ $86,887.44 $87,102.05 $173,989.49

Sierra CountyLoyalton _____________ $758.76 $759.58 $1,518.34

Sutter CountyYuba City_ ___ $3,268.01 $3,271.59 $6,539.60

Yolo CountyDavis ----------------- $1,126.81 $1,128.03 $2,254.84Winters ______________ 812.25 813.13 1,625.38Woodland ____________ 5,052.46 5,062.12 10,114.58

Totals ______________ $6,991.52 $7,003.28 $13,994.80

Yuba CountyMarysville ------------- $5,224.28 $5,229.99 $10,454.27Wheatland ___________ 434.23 434.70 868.93

Totals ______________ $5,658.51 $5,664.69 $11,323.20

Totals District II!________ $140,702.64 $140,98020 $281,682.84

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Cas Tax Apportionments to CitiesDistrict OV

STREETS OF MAJORSTATEIMPORTANCEHIGHWAYSSection194Section 203

Fiscal YearFiscal YearBienniumEndingEndingEnding

CITYJune 30, 1938June 30, 1939June 30, 1939

Alameda County

Alameda _$31,758.20$31,792.92$63,551.12Albany ________________7,768.007,776.4715,544.47Berkeley74,433.6374,515.00148,948.63Emeryville2,117.642,119.954,237.59Hayward _5,013.075,018.5410,031.61Livermore2,827.432,830.535,657.96Oakland ____257,509.42257,790.92.515,300.34Piedmont _____________8,460.578,469.8316,930.40Pleasanton ____________1,121.371,122.592,243.96San Leandro___ 10,384.2110,395.5720,779.78

Totals $401,393.54 $401,832.32 $803,225.86

Contra Costa CountyAntioch$4,086.60$4,396.51$8,483.11Concord __1,019.841,020.962,040.80EI Cerrito3,508.243,512.077,020.31Hercules ______________355.36355.74711.10Martinez __6,670.857,192.0213,862.87Pinole ______707.99708.771,416.76Pittsburg -------------8,711.678,721.2117,432.88Richmond _____________18,301.7818,321.7936,623.57Walnut Creek__________919.21920.221,839.43

Totals _____ ___$44,281.54$45,149.29$89.430.83

Marin CountyBelvedere _ _ _$45327$453.75$907.02Corte Madera__________930.99932.021,863.01Fairfax _______ _2,651.572,654.485,306.05Larkspur _____________1,125.001,126.222,251.22MiII Valley3,774.763,778.887,553.64Ross _______1,228.341,229.682,458.02San Anselmo __________4,215.334,219.958,435.28San Rafael _____7,272.127,280.0714,552.19Sausalito ____3,324.213,327.856,652.06

Totals __$24,975.59$25,002.90$49,978.49

Napa CountyCalistoga$906.51$907.52$1,814.03Napa _________________5,835285,841.6611,676.94St. Helena_____________1,434.131,435.692,869.82

Totals --------------$8,175.92$8,184.87$16,360.79

San Francisco CountySan Francisco $575,092.25 $575,720.91 $1,150,813.16

San Mateo CountyAtherton$1,20023$1,201.54$2,401.77

Bay Shore_____________1,041.6D1,042.732,084.33Belmont ______________905.61906.611,81222Burlingame __ __12,029.5412,042.6924,072.23Daly City________.._____7,646.517,654.8815,301.39Hillsborough __________1,714241,716.103,430.34Lawndale _____________334.50334.88669.38Menlo Park ___________2,043.322,045.534,088.85Redwood City_________8,124258,133.1316,257.38San Bruno ____________3,272.543,276.136,548.67San Carlos ____________1,026.181,027.312,053.49San Mateo_____________12,198.1712,211.5024,409.67South San Francisco__5,614.095,620.2311,234.32

Totals ______________$57,150.78$57,213.26$114,364.04

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Section194Section 203



Santa Clara County

Alviso _________________$345.37$345.75$691.12

Gilroy _____ __3,174.633,178.126,352.75

Los Gatos_____ _2,871.872,874.995,746.86

Morgan Hill___________823.12824.031,647.15

Mountain View _2,998.783,002.066,000.84

Ralo Alto _____12,541.7312,558.6825,100.41

San Jose_____ _56,224.3356,285.79112,510.12

Santa Clara __________5,712.915,719.1511,432.06

Sunnyvale ____________2,80&.792,807.845,612.63

Totals ______$87,497.53$87,596.41$175,093.94

Santa Cruz CountySanta Cruz____________$13,0?9.40$13,063.66$26,113.06

Watsonville7,833.267,841.8115,675.07

Totals __ _____$2D,882.66$20,905.47$41,788.13

Sonoma CountyCloverdale ____________$688.05$688.80$1,376.85Healdsburg ____2,081.362,083.644,165.00

Petaluma __7,474.287,482.4414,956.72

Santa Rosa9,641.789,709.3419,351.12Sebastopol1,597.301,599.043,196.34

Sonoma888.39889.371,777.76

Totals _ __$22,371.16$22,452.63$44,823.79

Totals District IV_$1,241,820.97$1,244,058.06$2,485,879.03

District VSTREETS OF MAJORSTATE

IMPORTANCEHIGHWAYSSection194Section 203



Monterey County

Carmel$2,048.73$2,050.99$4,099.72King City1,344.381,345.852,69023Monterey ____________8,286.528,295.5716;582.09Pacific Grove _________5,038.455,043.9510,082.40Salinas9,485.849,496.2118,982.05Soledad _______________538.49539.061,077.55

Totals _ __$26,742.41$26,771.63$53,514.04

Szn Benito CountyHollister ______________$3,405.80$3,409.53$6,815.33San Juan ______________699.84700.611,400.45

Totals ______________$4,105.64$4,110.14$8,215.78

San Luis Obispo CountyArroyo Grande _____-_-$808.60$809.50$1,618.10Paso Robles ___________2,332.482,335.044,667.52Pismo Beach ______`__~' '0:00338.$7338.87San Luis Obispo7,502.387,510.5815,012.96

Totals _____$10,643.46$10,993.99$21,637.45

Santa Barbara CountyLompoc __ $2,579.06 $2,581.87 $5,160.93Santa Barbara 30,470.93 30,504.24 60,975.17Santa Maria__ 6,397.33 6,404.32 12,801.65

Totals _ $39,447.32 $39,490.43 $78,937.75

Totals District V ________ $80,938.83 $81,366.19 $162,305.02

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CITY June 30, 1938 June 30, 1939 June 30, 1939

Fresno County

Coalinga _._____________ $2,58:.51 $2,587.33 $5,171.84Clovis 1,192.98 1,194.28 2,387.2&Firebaugh _____________ 458.70 459.20 917.90Fowler _ 1,061.55 1,062.70 2,124.25Fresno ________________ 47,933.27 48,406.95 96,340.22Kingsburg ------------ 1,198.43 1,199.73 2,398.16Parlier ________________ 511.28 511.83 1,023.11Reedley ________ 2,346.99 2,349.56 4,696.55Sanger ________________ 2,689.64 2,692.59 5,382.23San Joaquin __________ 147.76 147.93 295.69Selma _________________ 2,762.16 2,765.19 5,527.35

Totals ______________—

$62,88727 $63,377.29---

$126,264.56

Kern CountyBakersfield ____________ $23,583.17 $23,608.96 $47,192.13Delano __________ 2,385.97 2,388.57 4,774.54Maricopa _____________ 970.89 971.95 1,942.84Shafter _______________ 266.96 1,146.18 1,413.14Taft __________________ 3,120.26 3,123.66 6,243.92Tehachapi ____________ 667.19 667.94 1,335.13

Totals _______________ $30,994.44 $31,907.26 $62,901.70

Kings CountyCorcoran _ $1,602.74 $1,604.49 $3,207.23

Hanford _______________ 6,371.04 6,378.00 12,749.04

Lemoore ______________ 1,268.22 1,269.61 2,537.83

Totals ______________ $9,242.00 $9,252.10 $18,494.10

Madera CountyChowchilla _ _ $767.82 $768.67 $1,536.49Madera ________________ 4,228.92 4,233.55 8,462.47

Totals _______________ $4,996.74 $5,002.22 $9,998.96

Tulare CountyDinuba ________________ $2,690.56 $2,693.51 $5,384.07Exeter ________________ 2,434.02 2,436.67 4,870.69Lindsay _______________ 3,515.49 3,519.34 7,034.83Porterville ____________ 4,807.29 4,812.53 9,619.82Tulare ________ 5,626.77 5,632.93 11,259.70Visalia ________ 6,584.08 6,591.27 13,175.35

Totals _ $25,658.21 $25,686.25 $51,344.46

Totals District VI________ $133,778.66 $135,225.12 $269,003.78

CITY

Los Angeles County

Alhambra _____________

Arcadia _______________Avalon _________AzusaBell _Beverly Hills__________Burbank ______________Claremont ____________Compton ______________Covina ----------------Culver City____________EI Monte _______ _ _ _ ___EI Segundo ____Gardena -------------Glendale --------------Glendora --------------Hawthorne ______------Hermosa Beach ______-

District VISTREETS OF MAJOR STATE



June 30, 1938 June 30, 1939 June 30, 1939

$26,717.034,728.411,719.674,358.567,147.02

15,799.7815,104.472,464.8411,346.032,514.695,139.083,153.793,175.546,385.54

56,871.572,502.915,979.424,347.68

$26,746.234,733.601,721.544,363.327,154.8415,817.0515,120.982,467.53

11,358.432,522.875,144.693,157.233,179.026,392.52

56,933.742,505.655,985.954,352.44

$53,463.269,462.013,441.218,721.88

14,301.8631,616.8330,225.454,932.37

22,704.465,037.5610,283.776,311.026,354.56

i 2,ns.os113,805.31

5,408.5611,965.378,700.12

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Huntington Park_______ $22,292.29 $22,316.65 $44,608.94Inglewood _____ _ 19,418.61 19,439.85 38,858.46La Verne _____________ 2,592.65 2,595.50 5,188.15Long Beach ___________ 129,231.99 129,394.13 258,626.12Los Angeles___________ 1,124,608.81 1,125,838.17 2,250,446.98Lynwood _ 6,638.45 6,645.72 13,284.17Manhattan Beach______ 1,714.24 1,716.10 3,430.34Maywood _ 6,158.91 6,165.65 12,324.56Monrovia _____ 9,872.03 9,882.82 19,754,85Montebello ____________ 4,984.06 4,989.51 9,973.57Monterey Park_________ 5,807.19 5,813.52 11,620.71Pasadena _____________ 69,223.85 69,299.52 138,523.37Pomona 18,85929 18,879.91 37,739.20Redondo Beach 8,47327 8,482.53 16,955.80San Fernando _________ 6,859.65 6,867.15 13,726.80San Gabriel ___________ 6,616.70 6,623.94 13,240.64San Marino ___________ 3,381.32 3,385.02 6,766.34Santa Monica ._________ 33,673.68 33,710.48 67,34.16Sierra Madre__________ 3,218.16 3,221.66 6,439.82Signal Hill_____________ 2,657.93 2,660.84 5,318.77South Gate ____________ 17,796.85 17,816.29 35,613.14South Pasadena _______ 12,446.55 12,460.16 24,906.71Torrance ______________ 8,008.20 8,016.97 16,025.17Vernon ___ __ 1,150.38 1,151.64 2,302.02West Covina 868.11 904.81 1,772.92Whittier 13,458.23 13,472.93 26,931.16

Totals _______$1,719,467.43 $1,721,409.10 $3,440.876.53

Orange CountyAnaheim -------------- $9,983.53 $9,994.44 $19,977.97Brea _____ _____ 2,207.38 2,209.79 4,417.17Fullerton _____________ 9,844.84 9,855.59 19,700.43Huntington Beach ____ 3,345.08 3,348.73 6,693.81Laguna Beach _________ 1,795.82 1,797.79 3,593.61La Habra _____ 2,060.53 2,062.77 4,123.30Newport Beach __ 1,997.06 1,999.25 3,996.31Orange ________________ 7,312.01 7,320.00 14,632.01Placentia _____________ 1,455.87 1,457.47 2,913.34San Clemente _________ 604.65 605.32 1,209.97&anta Ana __ 27,487.56 27,517.61 55,005.17Seal Beach____________ 1,047.94 1,049.09 2,097.03Tustin _ __ 839.43 840.36 1,679.79

Totals ______________ $69,981.70 $70,058.21 $140,039.91

Ventura CountyFillmore ______________ $2,622.56 $2,625.43 $5,247.99

Ojai ------------------ 1,330.77 1,332.24 2,663.01

Oxnard --------------- 5,697.49 5,703.72 11,401.21

Santa Paula ______---- 6,755.41 6,762.78 13,518.19

Ventura ____________ _ __ 10,518.39 10,529.88 21,048.27

Totals ___________ _ _ __ $26,924.62 $26,954,05 $53,878.67

Totals District VII_______$1,816,373.75 $1,818,421.36 $3,634,795.11

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Riverside CountyBanning _______________ $2,508.35 $2,511.08 $5,019.43Beaumont ___ 1,207.49 1,208.80 2,416.29Corona _______________ 6,361.97 6,368.92 12,730.89Elsinore ______________ 1,223.80 1,225.15 2,448.95Hemet ________________ 2,026.07 2,028.30 4,054.37Palm Springs _________ 0.00 2,316.89 2,316.89Perris _________________ 691.68 692.43 1,384.11Riverside ______________ 26,920.09 26,949.51 53,869.60San Jacinto ___________ 1,220.18 1,221.52 2,441.70

Totals ______________ $42,159.63 $44,522.60 $86,68223

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"1lllovie" Camera Records TrafficViolations Through the Ve/indshield

By /~. ~. Rivett, /~ssistant $aFety Engineer

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Ridiny double stripe over crest of hill. Passing four cars in face of oncoming traffic. Passing truck to right on a curve.

"Oh, wad some power the giftie gi'eus

To see oursel's as ithers see us !"Robert Burns

HE average motorist does notintend to be a lawbreaker. Nor,frequently, does he realize that

he is, as he rolls merrily along, usingwhat he deems to be clue caution.

Cold, bare facts, however, indicatethat improper turning and passing,violating the right of way, followingtoo closely, excessive speed and lossof control were among the majorcauses of accidents during the pastyear.Such accidents are the direct result

of carelessness, chance-taking, absent-mindedness, recklessness—a failureon the part of the motorist to actuallyitse due caution.The problem of bringing a realiza-

tion of these facts to the motorist isnot one of engineering nor of en-forcement, but one of individualizedpersonal education. Engineering andenforcement agencies, however, aredefinitely responsible for the further-ance of traffic education.The Safety Department of the

Division of Highways in its study oftraffic conditions and the presentation

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of its findings to the public through-out California is making use of themotion picture camera. A modernphilosopher has said, "One pictureis ~~orth one thousand words. " Intraffic education, if the picture beunposed, an actual photograph of asupposedly normal and average mo-torist or pedestrian, depicting hismisconcliict, it is worth two thousandwords.The Safety Department of the

Division of Highways is using a 16mm movie camera inconspicuouslymounted behind the windshield of anautomobile. Actions of motorists orpedestrians on the highway ahead arequickly and easily recorded by thepressure of a button.Immediately there becomes avail-

able avisual and sometimes unpleas-ant story for presentation to publicgroups. A story which paints in per-manent black and. white the failureof someone to observe traffic stop-si~ns or signals. and warning signs;the failure to practice highway eour-tesies, to give correct hand signals ;the failure to redLice speed at dan-gerous points, to keep in the propertraffic lane and many other traffic in-fractions.Here is a lasting record of chance-

taking and reckless clrivin~—attemptsto pass on a blind curve at thecrest of grade, passim over doublestripes, driving to the. right of slowermoving vehicles, cutting in, and pass-ing with insLlfficient room.end, in the pictured story can be

found samples of absentmindedness—turning without signaling, steppingoLit of the left side of the car withoutlooking back, parking too close. to thepavement while making repairs, turn-ing from watching the road ahead totalk or to observe the side scenery.A looking-glass is a most harsh per-

sonal critic—a motion picture film ofactual highway misconduct likewisereflects forcible criticisms.

It should be noted that thesepictures are being taken for educa-tional information and engineeringstudy, and not for enforcement pur-poses. It is believed that the motorist,often unaware that he is breaking asafe driving habit, will appreciatebeing reminded of his violations thathe might voluntarily correct his driv-ing errors and cooperate. with otherdrivers to make the highway safe formotorists and pedestrians.

Traffic engineers have long knownthat traffic problems can be reducedor improved by three methods, clif-

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ferent but associated. First, the engi-neering approach, making changes inthe physical condition so as to makemore easy, correct, safe and egpedi-tious practices. Second, enforcementpolicies wherein the individual's be-havior is kept in right channels bydirect social pressure and compulsion.Third, an educational conviction,changing the individual's attitude by~>recept and i~~~truction so as to makesafe practices common and instinctive.

It is quite evident that the. firstmethod of approach, engineering, themost effective and permanent, is themost costly. Enforcement, thoughalways necessary, is primarily directedto the nonconformist and the wilfulm sbehaviorist. Education, while themost ethical and desirable, and per-haps the most indirect for some incli-vidL~als and classes, can be the mosteffective means of creating good traf-fic conduct if the "whys" and"wherefores" are understood.

It is not fear of the law, the direconsequences of breaking the rule ofthe road, which keeps us from break-ing traffic regulations, though thispoint often has been stressed. Theimportant thing is not that we shouldfear the law but that we should recog-nize the value and importance of therule and appreciate its functions.Action pictures of road conductquickly bring personal conviction.Traffic education pays.The Safety Departi7zent of the

Division of Highways in its study ofhighway traffic places an equal value

Are You a Hypocrite?The average- motorist is an uncon-

scious hypocrite. That's a strongcharactewization—but a little imper-sonal analysis will substantiate it.

How often have you roundly criti-cized some driver for an offensewhich you commit periodicallyyourself? How often have youtaken comfowt in the thought thataccidents are caused by some reck-less breed of motowists with whomyou have nothing in common, thusdodging the fact that only purefool's luck has saved you from acrash on a dozen occasions?

Who, for• example, doesn't some-times pass a car when the stretchof empty woad that can be seen istoo short for safety? Who doesn'toccasionally succumb to the lure ofexcessive speed—even though hehas little ow nothing to do when hisdestination is reached?

We'll go a good way towardreducing accidents when the aver-age drviver begins asking himselfsuch questions and retuwning honestanswers. Accident prevention, sofar as it concerns the human ele-ment, is a personal, individual mat-ter— and each individual has toreally want to dwive safely at alltimes before he can analyze hisdrviving errors and correct them.—Woodland Democrat, Woodland,California.

upon traffic pictures as a means ofengineering study. Motion picturesdefinitely record driver-action in rela-tion to en gineering facilities providedin the highways—the. respect for

stripes, lanes, guard-rails, curve con-struction, signs and signals.

Similar data to that obtained b3~aerial motion pictures (described inthe May, 1939, issue of CnLiFORrriaHIGHWAYS AND PUBLIC WORKS 1S

obtained. bybehind-the-windshield pic-tures. Using an automobile-mountedmovie camera, the United StatesBureau of Public Roads has made anextensive study of traffic habits ofmotorists. Much of strictly engineer-ing valLie is obtained from movierecords of traffic observed.The great edLicational value. of pre-

senting unposed pictures of driver-habits has been overlooked in the past.Positive and constructive value is be-ing obtained from the preseiztation ofthe visual story to the. public of thepublic's driving-habits. Every pic-ture tells a story.

CITIES WIN SAFETY LAURELSix California cities won citations from

the California Safety Cbunc~il far theiraccomplishment in traffic accident preven-tion, at its annual awards. luncheo-n in LosAngeles. They are; Los Angeles, Berkeley,Ventura, Piedmont, Redding, Ross.

The William May Garland Safety Trophyfar the most outstanding traf&c record indecreasing fatalities was presented to SanFrancisco, which scored a 24 per cent de-crease in fatal accidents during 1938, accord-ing to Dr. Floyd Ruch, iT. S. C. psscholo-gist, who tabulated returns.

Honorable mention for "conspicuousachievement in accomplishing substantialtraffic accident reduction during the year1938" went to San Diego, Alameda, EiCentro, Chica, and Morgan Hill. The latterwere runner-ups for first place in theirpopulation classifications.

"Movie" camera operated by push button is set within easy reach of driver and is inconspicuous to approaching 4raffic.

California High~.vays and Public Works ~~une1939) QNineteen~

Divided 4-Lane Highway UnderpassReplaces Old Bottleneck Near Redding

By E. J. BASSETT, District ~ffice Engineer

AEXCELLENT example of the advancement in highway con-structon standards aild safety

design in a sixteen-year period is therecently completed grade separationproject on State Highway 3 (U. S.99) approximately one mile south ofthe city of Redding, where a narrowold subway beneath the SouthernPacific railroad tracks has been re-placed by a modern four-lane dividedhighway underpass and approaches.The old subway, built in 1923, hacl

only a 15-font roadway width, a re-stricted sight distance due to pooralignment, and an unenviable recordof traffic accidents. Besides being arestrictive bottleneck through whichtraffic was forced to pass, the floodingof the subway during heavy stormspresented additional hazards.The new subway has 4160 feet of

concrete-paved, four-lane approaches,with at7 8-foot separation strip, partlya raised ].anclscaped section protectedwith a curb. Each roadway is com-pose~l. of two lanes, the inner onetwelve feet wide and the outer oneeleven feet in. width.For approximately 1500 feet adja-

cent to the sLlbway structure theroadway is provided with a curb anda sidewalk 3.5 feet wide, ~~vhile theremainder of the project has bordersof asphaltic surfacing 3.5 feet wideand 21 of a foot thick.The overhE~d railroad structure is

a two-span, single-track, steel platenirc3er bridge.The project involved the construc-

tion of a detour and temporary gradecrossing of the railway, two countyroad approaches, the erection of ashoo-fly track and trestle for handlingrailroad traffic during removal andreplacement of the old subway struc-ture, the rearrangement of five gasand oil depots and spur track facili-ties and an elaborate system of drainsand siibclraiiis feeding into a 24-inchgravity outfall to prevent futureflooding' of the subway.The necessary treatment of the sub-

graele consisted of the removal ofdeposits of black clay, in many in-

st~,i~ces several feet below grade, andits replacement with stable materialand the placing of imported subgraclematerial ~.5 of a foot thick over theentire width of roadway.While the quantities of materials

involved in the construction of thisnew and important grade separationwere not unusual for a structure ofthis type, the following brief sum-mary of the major quantities providesa conception of the size of the project.The contract was awarded on the

basis of unclassified roadway egcava-tion and involved the movement ofsome 52,300 cubic yards of material.Removal of the black clay, which wasnot satisfactory for subgrade, neces-sitated the placing of more than 12,-000 cubic yards of imported materialto insure the desired stability.

Excavation for the structure re-quirecl the moving of 6,600 cubicyards of earth.

The Portland cement concrete pave-ment placed through the subway andon the approaches involved prepara-tion of 14,350 square yards of sub-grade on which the 2,863 cubic yardsof concrete was placed. The struc-ture itself required 1,469 cubic yardsof concrete and an additional 486cubic yards was used for curbs andsidewalks.

~lpprosimately 160,000 pounds ofreinforcing steel was placed in theconcrete of the structure and thepavement. The structural steel, caststeel, and wrought iron plate used inthe girder construction which carriesthe railroad tracks over the highwayamounted to more than 448,000potmds.

Construction of drainage facilitiesnecessitated the placing of 2,312linear feet of 18-inch and 24-inchreinforced concrete pipe, 362 linearfeet of varioLls sizes of corrugated

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Two views of recently completed modern, 4-lane subway with 8-foot division strip on U. S. 99 near Redding.

metal pipe and 2,987 linearfeet ofperforated metal pipe subdrains.The completion of the project was

timely in view of the rapid increasein the volume of traffic in this areaoccasioned by the hea~~y constructionprogram of the U. S. Bureau of Rec-lamation involvin not only ShastaDam itself but 30 miles of .uetic rail-road and. 16 miles of highway.

Traffic counts indicate that the in-crease approximated ~8 per cent be-

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" ~t~~een. July; 1931, and October, 1938,with the peak of the heavy traffic yetto come. The project was fiizailceclfrom federal grade separation fundsand Mate hibhw~,y funds. The antici-pated reimbursement b~~ the federalro~~ernment, including preliminaryrtinc~ construction engiizeeriii~ aucl eon-sta~llction costs to the railroad in whichthe State partici~atecl, total $219,127.tic~ditional en;~ineerin~, constructionand costs of fur~ishec3 materiel to be

borne by the State amounts to $10,-(i00, making a grand total cost of$230,327.The project was construuctecl b5

N. M. Pall and Sons antler a singlecontract ~,n~ «gas under the directionof P. R. Watson, Resident Fngiiieerof the Bridge Department of thellivision of Iii ~hways. The gradingand pavinb was supervised by M.Frederieksen, Resident Engineer forDistrict II of Division of Highways.

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Bombs Do ExplodeIf Hit by Bullets~s a result of over zealousness

on the part of a Plumas Countyconstable in what he believed tobe the performance of his duty,the Division of Water Resourcesis minus. one recorder used to de-termine the height of water andstream flow on the Middle Forkof the Feather River.

This particular recorder «gasinstalled on a float wedgedagainst a concrete pier of aWestern Pacific Railway bridge.A passing trout fisherman, hear-ing the clock which registersstream flow, thought it was abomb and excitedly telephonedthe constable, who rushed to the.scene with a high powered rifleand blasted the recorder to bitswith sixteen bullets.What puzzles Division of

Water Resources officials is whythe constable didn't pause to con-sider that if the recorder was aninfernal machine set to go offby a time clock it would explodemore readily if steel-jacketedbullets were fired into it.

From Reader in Alaska

Territorial Department of HealthJuneau, Alaska

Editor, California Highways andPublic Works,

Sacramento, California.

Dear Sir:

This is to notify you as to my recentchange of address from eastern Washing-ton in order to facilitate receipt of Cali-fornia Highways and Public Works.

have been an ardent reader of themagazine for several years and look for-ward to each issue. Inasmuch as I wasat one time a member of the Division,under E. E. Wallace in District XI, themany problems discussed and their solu-tions are of personal interest. Each clearpictorial evidence of a reduced grade, anew underpass, or a reduction of curvespresented in your publication demon-strates to me the elimination of a familiarhighway hazard. In short, the. magazineis great and I sincerely appreciate receiv-ing it.

May I extend my wishes for the con-

tinued success of California Highwaysand Public Works and of the men andwomen it represents.

Yours very truly,

KAARLO W. NASI,

Territorial Public Health Engineer.

New Lompoc Bridge OverSanta Ynez River OpenedWITH representatives of the Division of Highways, offi-

cials from three counties andcivic leaders participating, the cityof Lompoc oil May 1 staged a celebra-tion to dedicate the new Robinsoncrossing bridge over the Santa YnezRiver..

The ne~~ strueture replaces aiz oldiron and wooden bridge erected 54~~ears ado and eliminates a hazardoushorseshoe curve on the Lompoc-Buelltan highway. It is 447 feet ii2length ~,nd consists of five 80-footspins, with t~~o 21-foot spans at eitherend. Long, straight approaches doaway with sharp curves that haveslowed up traffic materially in thepast. Its design has some novelfeatures providing additional rigidityfor the structure and economy infoundation construction..

The three-quarters of a mile of ne~~'approaches which were constructed togive access to the new bridge presenta. marked contrast to those which ledto the former structure. The oldapproaches containing eleven curveswith radii as short as 150 feet and.sight distances as low as 500 feethave been replaced by approacheshaving only two curves, one of 1500feet radius and the other of l0,OQ0feet and affording unlimited sightdistance.Robinson bridge v~~as officially

opened bir F. ~V. Panhorst, BridgeEngineer of the Division of High-«Tays, under «hose supervision thestructure was built.In his dedicator3r address, Mr. Pan-

horst called attentioi7 to the seriousbridge problems confronting the Divi-sion of Highwa~~s. He Said there are12,000 bridges on California highwaysand that 320 ~f them are incapableof bearuig leDal loads and should beiminecliately replaced. He declaredthat it v~~oL11d require X70,000,000 firbridge construction imperativelynezded and that $100,000,000 wotiilclhave to be ex~endecl to bring thehighways of the State Lip to stand-ards which would enable them tocarry present day traffic, which totalstwenty-twa billion vehicle miles peryear or fifty-fij~e million vehicle milesa clay.

In the same. vein, District HighwayEngineer Lester H. Gibson of SanLuis Obispo declared that funds nowavailable for highway constructionand maintenance are entirely made-quate.

Following the dedicatory ceremo-nies, visiting officials anc~ guests ofthe Lompoc Chamber of Commerce,which arra~igecl the celebration, weretaken on a sightseeing tour whichincluded the ancient Mission LaPurisima. Later a barbecue washeld in the Veterans Memorial Bnild-ing in Lompoc with President M. V.Duncan of the chamber of commercepresiding.

Speakers at the aeclication inclLlcledSupervisor Ronald M. Adam, CountySurveyor Owen O'Neill, who has co~~-structed 153 bridges in Santa Bar-bara County during his twenty-fiveyears tenure of office ; W. T. Hobbs,chairman of the reception committee ;C. L. Preisker of Santa Maria, chair-man of the board of supervisors, andAlexander McLean, pioneer resident,«rho gave a history of the old bridge.

Highway ExhibitArouses Interest

CLlts made tram photographs of thediorama on exhibition by the Divi-sioxi of High`vays on Treasure Island,which graphically depicts the high-~~ays of Yesterday, Toclay and Tomor-row, and which appeared in the April1SSLl0 Of CALIFORNIA HIGHWAYS AND

PuBLre WoRxs, have attracted wide-spread attention.

Editors. of ~rarious publicationshave asked to borro`~v the cuts forreprocluctioi2. The Tennessee RoadBuilder, published in Nashville, Ten-nessee ; the South Dakota HiwayMagazine, published in Sioux Falls,South Dakota, and The CaliforniaHighway Patrolman, the Architectand Engineer and SLU1set Magazine,published in San Francisco, areamong publications which have re-quested the loan of either the cutsor photographs. Newspapers through-out the State have been equallyinterested.

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~,-• A.~~~.,~-- ' - = -- ~.,;-~.: EDWARD HYATT, State Engineer ~=--~ „r,>'g~' .„,~. .

ENGINEERING studies for negotiations in cmuiection with theacquisition of water rights and

rights of way for the Central ValleyProject have been continued duringthe month. Under an agreement be-tv~een the ti~Tater Project Authorityof the State of California and theUnited States of America, the Divi-sion of Water Resources, representingthe Authority, is to continue fieldwork in addition to that previouslyperformed by the Division, the com-pilation of data previously obtainedand the preparation of reports con-taining these data, and negotiations~~~ith public utility companies forpo«per and communication line relo-Cations.

Under this abreement, the activitiesduring the month included field sur-veys for the preparation of topo-graphic maps of lands adjacent tvthe San Joaquin River between Fri-ant and Gravelly Ford and thc~ prep-aration of reports on the acquisitionof and plan of exchange for watersof the San Joaquin River. The workhas also included the preparation offolios of maps showing character of«pater rights aild sources of watersupply for lands, soil and land classi-fications, and the rating of soils.

In addition to the work being per-formed under the contract with theUnited States, studies are proceedingwith regard to the disposal and dis-tribution of power which will be avail-able from the Shasta power plant ofthe project, including the program-ming of additional facilities to providefor the absorption thereof in the mar-ket of northern and central Califor-nia. In this connection, the Divisionof Water Resources prepared a briefon behalf of the Water Project Au-thority which was transmitted to theFederal Power Commission, request-ing the commission to deny the appli-cation of the Pacific Gas &ElectricCompany for a preliminary permit

for hydro-electric power plants on thenorth fork of the Feather River.

IRRIGATION DISTRICTS

Clearwater-Hynes and Gibson ParkCounty water districts submitted applica-tions for approval of consolidation procedure.An investigation and report on the proposalwill be madz with recommendations ns toequitable apportionment of the present out-standing indebtedness to ltznds of the re-speetive districts.

Richvale Irrigation District plans foracquiring additional water rights and facili-ties from the Sutter Butte Canal Companywere advanced during the month by thevoting of a new bond issue in the amountof $160,000. The project was favorably re-ported on by the State Engineer andapproved by the Districts Securities andState Railroad Commissions.

Corcoran Irrigation District's refinancinhplar_ was declared just and equitable to allcreditors in a decision of the U. S. DistrictCourt at Fresno. The district has an out-standing bonded indebtedness of $733,000which is being refinanced at the rate of 75cents on the dollar through a loan from theReconstruction Finance Corporation.

DISTRICTS SECURITIES

COMMISSION

At a regular meeting of the CaliforniaDistricts Securities Commission in fanI+'rancisco on DZay 12, 1939, Banta-CarbonsIrrigation District petition was grantedfor approval of an expenditure of $12,307.84from district funds for the purchase andinstallation of electrical equipment on thepumping system.West Side Irrigation District requested

approval of a refunding bond issue in theamount of $286,500 for certification by theState Controller. Refunding bonds wereissued to take up outstanding bonds of $510,-500 znd warrants in the sum o£ $56,331 onthe basis of approximately 50 cents on thedollar. The owners of more than 90 percent of the bonds and warrants agreed toaccept the offer, and the U. S. District Courtconfirmed the plan. The request wasgranted.

Richvale Irrigation District's applicationwas granted for approval of a bond issue ofX160,000 for repayment of a loan from theReconstruction Finance Corporation. Pro-ceeds will be used to purchase a share of thewater rights and irrigation facilities of theSutter Butte Canal Company and for cer-tain rehabilitation work.

Alpaugh Irrigation District was grantedvalidation of a refunding issue of $54,000for certification by the State Controller.The bonds are to cover the balance of $54,-~20 due on Reconstruction Finance Corpo-ratiou loan.

SUPERVISION OF DAMS

application was filed for npproval ofplans and specifications for construction of1lTiddle Pork Dam in Calaver<is County,owned by the Calaverus °ublic UtilityDistrict.

Applications were filed and approved foralteration of Stanislaus Porebay Dam andrepair of Sand Bar Dam in TuolumneCounty, both owned by the Pticific Gas andElectric Company.

Application was filed for approval ofplans for alteration of the Hog Flat Dam inl assen County, owned by the Lassen Irri-gation Company.

WATER RIGHTS

Supervision of Appropriation of WaterThirty-one applications to appropriate

water were received during April ; 15 weredenied, none was approved and rights wereconfirmed for the issuance of 3 licenses.

Projects were inspected during the monthin Inyo, Kern, San Bernardino, Los Angeles,j'entura, Santa Barbara and San LuisObispo counties, preparatory to the issuanceof licenses confirmin;; the rights under per-mits heretofore issued.

SACRAMENTO-SAN JOAQUIN

WATER SUPERVISION

The field work is now going forward onthe regular summer schedule and all pointsof diversion and return flows are beingvisited and discharbe measurements made.The stream flow ii7to the delta on the Sac-ramenta Rieer and at Vernalis on the San7oaquin River was decreasing at a rapidrate and was comparfible to tl~e 1934 flowuntil May 20th, when the effect of a rathershort and heavy storm was ~huwn in risingriver levels. The downward trend of the flowof the San Joaquin at Vernalis was checked,but the flow of the Sacramento River atSacramento increased abo«t 7000 cubicfeet per second, the flow on May 20th beingabout 5000 cubic feet per second and onDray 25th, 12,O~tl cubic feet per second.The storm did considerable damage to

ripening crops, but was of help to the riceand beet men. At the outset of the season

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Highway Bids andAwards for theMonth of May,'39

SAN BERNARDIATO COUNTY-A rein-forced concrete slab bridge across Cuca-monga Wash to be extended with two 30-foot spans. District VIII., Route. 9, SectionA. bZatich Bros., Elsinore, $13,310 ; CarlHallin, Los Angeles, $13,485 ; G. E, Kerns,Long Beach, $13,552; Valley ConstructionCo., San Jose, $13,997 ; Gibbons & Reed,Burbank, $14,733 ; Oberg Bros., Los Angeles.,$14,872 ; R. M. Price, Huntinbton Park,$14,881; C. R. Butterfield-Kennedy Co., SanPedro, $15,000 ; Anderson &Prance, Visalia,~i15,050 ; Byerts &Dun, Los Angeles, $15,-165 ; Franklin B. Gridley, Pasadena, $15,-179 ; H. A. Teget, Ontario, $15,662 ; TheContracting Engineers Co., Los Angeles,$15,664; V. L. & ~~. B. Jacobson, LosAngeles, $15,988 ; W. H. McCune, ll~ionrovia,$15,996 ; J. S. Metzger &Son., Los Angeles,$16,885 ; C. O. Sparks & 12undo EngineeringCo., Los Angeles, $17,815. Contract awardedto J. E. Haddock, Ltd., Pasadena, $12,621.50.

POLO COUNTY-At Knights Landing,a reinforced concrete slab bridge on steelpile bents to be constructed and about 0.18mile of roadway to be graded and roadmixsurface treatment applied. District III,Route 88, Section A. ~. T. Lesure, Oak-land, $29,751; L. C. Seidel, Oakland, $29,-784 ; E. E. Smith, Eureka, $2.9,829 ; A. A.Tieslau, Berkeley, $31,859 ; P. F. Bender,1Vorth Sacramento, $32,140 ; J. S. Metzger& Son, Los Angeles, $33,992 ; Lindgren &Swinerton, Inc., Sacramento, $34,362 ;Albert H. Siemer and John Carcano, SanAnselmo, $35,815 ; Holdener ConstructionCo., Sacramento, $31,655. Contract awardedto R. G. Clifford, San Francisco, $28,619.50.

TULARE COUNTY-A reinforced con-crete bridge across Kings River about 2miles south of Kinbsburg to be constructed.District VI, Route 4, Section E. Heafey-Moore Co. &Frederickson & Watson Con-struction Co., Oakland, $114,413 ; UnitedConcrete Pipe Corp., Los Angeles, $114,416 ;L+àrl W. Heple, San Jose, $119,069 ; R. G.Clifford, San Francisco, $121,058 ; Sordaland Bishop, Long Beach, $122,823 ; Paul J.Tyler, Oroville, $124,380 ; D. W. Nicholson,Oakland, $125,274 ; A. Teichert &Son, Inc.,Sacramento, $126,716 ; J. S. Metzger &Son,Los Angeles, $128,721 ; Trewhitt-Shields &Iìsher, Fresno, $129,272 ; Union Paving Co.,San Francisco, $131,407 ; C. W. Caletti &Co., San Rafael, $131,820 ; Macco Construc-tion Co., Clearwaterr, $136,221; VI. B.McGowan, Inc., San Francisco, $139,019 ;J. ~. Haddock, Ltd., Pasadena, $156,644.Contract awarded to A. Soda and Son, Oak-land, $109,168.84.

SAl\'TA CRUZ AND SANTA CLARACOUNTIES-Between Waodwardia andHall's bridge, about 2.9 miles to be gradedand surfaced with crusher run base andarmor coat. District IV, Feeder road. 1~T.M. Ball Sons, Berkeley, $64,919 ; Jack Cas-son, Hayward, $66,093 ; Heafey-Moore Co.,Fredrickson & Watson Construction Co.,Oakland, $68,487 ; lei. J. Ruddy, Modesto,$74,781 ; Mountain Construction Co., Sacra-mento, $73,261 ; J. L. Conner and Sons,Ukiah, $72,613 ; Valley Construction Co.,San Jose, $76,443 ; Fredericksen & West-brook, Sacramento, $69,860. ; Piazza & Hunt-ley, San Jose., $80,259 ; L. C. Karstedt, Wat-sonville, $87,810 ; H. Eari Parker, Marys-ville, $71,969 ; Macco Construction Co.,Clearwater, $71,190. Contract awarded toEaton &Smith, San Francisco, $62,273.70.YUBA COUNTY-Between 1.5 miles

southwest of Clipper Mills and Challenge,about 4.8 miles to be :graded and surfaced

Division of Water Resources Report(Continued from page 24)

indications were that the rice acreage

planted this. year would closely approximate

that of 1938, but due to the dry spring a

large amount of land which had been sown

to grain was ploughed and rice planted

instead.

COOPERATIVE SNOW SURVEYS

The results of the slay 1st snow surveys(the final one scheduled for issue. this sea-son) released 11~Iay 10th, necessitated revisionof the stream-flow estimates made ~ monthprevious.The reductions in run-off are treater in

the north where there was a more severe.deficiency in April precipitation. The over-all reduction in the April-July run-off fore-casts amounts to 17 per cent of the figurespublished in April, which reduces the overallexpectancy of the run-off during the fourmonths' snow meltinb period from 48 percent of normal-as published in April-to40 per cent of normal.

FLOOD CONTROL AND

RECLAMATION

11~I~aintena~zce of Sacramento River FloodControl Project

Minor repairs to the flood control workshave been carried on during this period. Nbstorms or floods have. occurred this season,eliminating the necessity for the. usual springrepairs. The new truck and storage shedat the Sutter maintenance yard is nearingcompletion, with the installation of slidin,doors.The flowage area of the I~nights Landing

Ridge Drainage Cut is being cleared withthe. aid of ~'P~ labor, an average of 30 menhaving been engaged in this work during theperiod.

Stceramento Flood Control Project Co~~struc-tion

The Reclamation Board has requested thedivisioi7 to construct one bridge and threeconcrete crossings on Dry Creek. in Yuba

with untreated crushed gravel or stone sur-facing aiici a seal coat to be applied. Dis-trict III, Feeder road. PZ. J. Ruddy, Mo-desto, $54,508 ; Poulos R~ McEwen, Sacra-mento, $56,084 ; ~~alley Construction Co.,San Jose, $56,66 ; Hemstreet and Bell,llar3~sville, $57,229 ; Fredericksen & ~~est-brook, Sacramento, $55,533 ; J. P. Brennan,Redding, $63,433 ; Piazza & Huntley, SanJose, $65,267. Contract awarded to R. P.Shea &Del R. Beebe, Glendale, $52,712.60.LOS ANGELES COti\TY-Over Arroyo

Seeo Channel and Arroyo Seco Parkway, atAvenue 43, a reinforced concrete girderbridge to be constructed and roadwayapproaches to be graded and paved withasphalt concrete. District VII, Route 205,Section L. A. Oberg Bros., Los Angeles,$47,670 ; Byerts &Dunn, Los Angeles, $47,-829 ; J. S. Metzger & Son, Los Angeles,$48,618 ; United Concrete Pipe Corp.., LosAngeles, $51,328 ; J. E. Haddock, Ltd., Pasa-dena, X51,767 ; Heuser &Garnett, Glendale,X52,415 ; C. O. Sparks & Mundo Engineer-ing Co., Los Angeles, $54,589 ; Carlo Bon-giovanni, Hollywood, $55,535. Contractawarded to The Contractinb Engineers Co.,I.os Angeles, $42,551.50.

County at a cost of approximately $ ~,OOI~.This work will be undertaken immediately-,Fork was continued in clearing• the Tis

dale By-pass channel and the Feather Ri~~ei•overflow with ~~PA labor.

Reldef Labor Work

Under `VPA Project I\TO. 10~i12, spon-sored by this department, a total of 4~i,321roan-hours of labor have been applied fromApril 23 to Nlay 26, inclusive, 1939, equiva-lent to a continuous working force of 189men working eight hours per day.A contract has been awarclecl to Peter F.

Bender for $6,3(Td for construction, of twotimber bridges in the Tisdale By-pass. Pileshave been driven for two additional bridgesin the Sutter ~y-pass and the decks willbe placed within the nest two weeks withassistance of ZVPA labor, Repairs to aev-eral other bridges have been made.The repair of wave. wash damage on the

east levee of the Sutter By-pass and ofbreaks in the Nelson Bend Bow Levee hasbeen practically completed. Repair of theButte Basin Levee along the SacramentoRiver will be commenced about June 5th.

Preparations are complete for resumptionof levee repair work on River JunctionReclamation District \'o. 2064 in San Joa-nuin Count3~ and additional work will costapproximately $4,600. This work will becarried on by force account by the division.

Praise for Maintenance MenSan Jose, California, May 5, 1939

Division of Highways,Sacramento, CaliforniaGentlemen:

want to put in a boost for the mainte-nance crews of the Division of Highways.These hard working and conscientiousemployees are the backbone of our high-way system. They keep the roads travers-able. The better the job they do, the lesscredit they get. The public has come toexpect a perfect road as a matter ofcourse and utter loud complaints overany inconsequential chuckhole.What started me on this was an inci-

dent (observed on May 4 about 10 a.m. onU. S. 101 between Santa Clara and Sunny-vale where I saw a member of the mainte-nance crew digging a grave to bury alarge dog that evidently had been thevictim of some passing motorist. I under-stand that the burial of an animal killedon a highway is not a responsibility of themaintenance crews and that in this par-ticular case the job was taken over onthe initiative of the crew members. Itwas a kind act and one that would seemto call for commendation of maintenancemen by all persons who have any regardfor the dogs and cats that are victims ofpresent day traffic.

HARRY G. SHAW,1227 Minnesota Ave.,San Jose, California

The Bronx-SVhitestone bridge across theEast River in ATew York City opened April29th. It is an $18,000,000 span, a vitallink in n great belt highway. Traffic isaccommodated in six broad lanes, three lanesfor traffic in each direction.. Northboundend southbound traffic is separated by az•aised concrete barrier.

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One of the scenes of sylvan beauty on the realigned Route 2 between Gaviota Pass and Santa Vnez River.

Nojoqui Canyon Realignment Abolisties ~9 Curves(Continued from page 9)

The performance of this equipment~~as satisfactory.The Portland cement concrete

pavement section was 22 feet wide,0.55 foot thick, with the outer edgesthickened to 0.75 foot. Weakenedplane and expansion joints were re-inforced with single 2-inch trans-verse bars and 4-inch dowels ; 4-inchtie bolts at 4-foot centers wereplaced along longitudinal joint. Thepavement was placed half-width ata time.

PAVING PROGRESS DELAYED

The first paving operations beganOctober 11, 1938. As three of thebridges and a part of the gradingwere not. completed, it was neces-sary for the contractor to skippaving the central portion of theproject. Paving was not completeduntil March 29, 1939. The slowprogress made may be attributableto delays caused by weather, occur-rence of slides and changes inbridge footings.In the early stages of paving

operations, considerable difficultywa,s experienced in obtaining aggre-gates from nearby commercial

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sources that would Luliformly passthe sulfate tests for soundness. Itbecame necessary to require mate-ral to be stockpiled several weeksin advance of use, so that time fortests for acceptability could bemade. The first 1600 cubic yardsof pavement poured required theblending with a high sulfate-testaggregate from San Gabriel Riverplants. 11s the work progressed,the local commercial aggregate be-came more uniform in acceptability,probably due to obtaining it from abetter portion of the pit, permittingits use for the remainder of thepaving period.

Steel headers were used. Wherethe supporting stakes pui2cturedthe asphalt membrane seal, thecontractor was required to resealthe punctures, upon removal of theheaders, with SC-2 liquid asphalt..

ADEQUATE DETOURS CONSTRUCTED

Either constructed detours or ex-isting roadbed outside of new slopestakes were available for traffic overmost of the project. NumeroLlscrossings of the work, however,were necessary, due to the crookedand meandering alignment of the.

old road. Constructed detours con-sisted of a graded roadbed toppedwith 0.5 foot imported borrow, theupper 0.33 foot of which was road-mixed with SC-12 liquid asphalt.

ti'~ork was completed April 21,1939, and acceptance by the direc-tor ̀vas on May 2, 1939.W. J. Curran and R. A. Delano,

~~ere successively superintendents forC. O. Sparks and Mundo EngineerinbCorporation, Contractor ; and J. C.Adams was resident engineer for theState.The ~~~ork was a Federal Aid Proj-

ect; total construction cost, inclucl-ing the four bridges, was approxi-inately $307,000.

Demand For Magazine

April 13, 1939

Department of Public Works,Sacramento, California

Many people are asking for this maga-zine. If there is no charge for it, couldit be sent monthly to the BroadmoorCounty Branch Library, 642 DowlingBoulevard, San Leandro. Thanks.

M. R. L.,Broadmoor CountyLibrary Branch

(June 1939) Cali f orniu Highways and Public Works

Congratulations

Downtown Improvement AssociationSacramento, California

Mr. John W. Howe, Editor,California Highways andPublic Works,P. O. Box 1499,Sacramento, California.

Dear Mr. Howe:

We read your publication from cover tocover and enjoy every article, which areall very instructive and educational. Itis through your magazine that we keepinformed of the splendid work being doneby the Department of Highways and Pub-lic Works for the benefit of the generalpublic throughout the State of California.May we extend to you our congratula-

tions and best wishes for continued suc-cess in your good work.

Sincerely yours,

Downtown Improvement Association,By Roy Cothrin, Managing-Director.

Texas Wants Index

The State of Texas

State Highway DepartmentAustin

California Highways andPublic Works,Sacramento, California.

Gentlemen:

We will appreciate your sending us anindex or table of contents to the 1938issues of California Highways and Pub-iic Works if you compile one. We haveyour publication in our Department Li-brary, and such an index would be ofgreat advantage to our engineers.

Sincerely yours,

Julian Montgomery,State Highway Engineer.

A Boost from Kern County

1914 Maple Avenue,Bakersfield, California

Editor, Highway Bulletin,Sacramento, California.

Dear Mr. Howe:

For a number of years we have beenenjoying the Highway Bulletin, and thinkthat it is one of the finest of its kind.

For a period of years my husband wasin the road construction work, and being anengineer, reviewed your magazine froman engineer's view point.

was principal of a Junior High school,and used the magazine in the socialstudies classes to a great advantage, afterwhich it was put in the school library,and used daily until ready for discard.There are so many fine articles and

photographs of construction work that isbeing done in Kern County within itspages, that it makes it especially valuablefor use here.We were especially interested in the

article in a recent issue describing theNew Divided Highway, which is a joy toall who use it.Thank you for keeping us on your

mailing list, and permit me to congratu-late you upon the superior publication ofan excellent magazine.

Very sincerely yours,

JUNE CARNAHAN.

From Kentucky

City of LouisvilleKentucky

California Highways andPublic Works,Sacramento, California.

Gentlemen:

Will you kindly put the City of Louis-ville on your mailing list for your maga-zine directing it to me at this office. Wewill greatly value receiving it so that itmay be read and preserved in our library.Thanking you, I remain.

Very truly yours,

DEPT. OF PUBLIC WORKS,J. B. Wilson, Chief Engineer,Room 214,City Hall, 6th and Jefferson,Louisville, Kentucky.

Bestows Praise

To the Editor,California Highways andPublic Works,Sacramento, California.

My dear Sir:

If I did not take this opportunity ofcongratulating you upon the slant youare giving the road situation in our Statewould indeed be derelict in public duty,

for I hold it just as needful to bestow

praise as blame. I refer to the illus-trations of poor roads on pages 4, 5, 6, and7 of your January issue. The very looksof the roads were enough to send theshivers down one's back because of theirhorror possibilities. Your monthly tries toget us away from that difficult state ofmind—provincialism. It also tends tomake us conscious of the fact that otherStates have good roads and are spendingeven more than California only, as an Illi-nois resident once pointedly remarkedwhen I praised their road systems "Yes,we have good roads in Illinois—only wedon't talk about them!"

Sincerely yours,

FORD A. CARPENTER.

Teacher is Interested

346 W. Park St.,Stockton, Calif.January 9, 1939.

California Highways andPublic Works,Sacramento, Calif.

Gentlemen:Kindly place me on your mailing list for

your publication, "California Highwaysand Public Works."

am a teacher and I feel that your pub-lication would be a splendid reference tohave on hand enabling children to knowwhat is going on in highway constructionthroughout the State, and how wisely ourtax money is being spent in this depart-ment.Thank you for this favor,

Cordially yours,

L. A. FARRAR.

City of Glendale

California Flighways andPublic Works,Sacramento, California.

Dear Sirs:

have just read a borrowed copy ofyour publication "California Highwaysand Public Works," with much interest.believe this publication will help me in

my present position and would like verymuch to be placed on your mailing list.Thanking you very much, I am

Very truly yours,M. F. EATON, State Foreman,4844 San Fernando Road,Glendale, California.

California Highways and Public Works (June 1939) QTwenty-seveny

Gas Tax Apportionments to Cities During Biennium(Continued from page 17 )




San Bernardino CountyChino _$2,826.54$2,829.63$5,656.17Colton7,264.877,274.7514,539.62Needles2,850.112,853.225,703.33Ontario12,313.2912,326.7524,64Q.04Redlands12,851.7712,865.8225,717.59Rialto1,488.501,490.122,978.62San Bernardino _______35,416.0135,454.7370,870.74U p l a n d _4,272.434,277.118,549.54

Totals ____________ __$79,283.52$79,372.13$158,655.65

Totals District VIII______$121,443.15$123,894.73$245,337.88

District I)(STREETS OF MAJORSTATE

IMPORTANCEHIGHWAYSSection 194Section 203

Fiscal Year Fiscal YearBienniumEnding EndingEnding

CITYJune 30, 1938 June 30, 1939June 30, 1939Inyo CountyBishop _$1,050.65 $1,051.80$2,102.45

Mono County

District XSTREETS OF MAJORSTATE

IMPORTANCEHIGHWAYSSection194Section 203


CITYJune 30, 1938June 30, 1939June 30, 1939R~mador CountyAmador City__________$155.01$155.18$310.19Jackson _ ______1,817.571,819.573,637.14Plymouth310.9431128622.22Sutter Creek _918.31919.311,837.62

Totals _______$3,201.83$3,205.34$6,407.17

Calaveras CountyAngels _$829.47$830.38$1,659.85

Mariposa CountyHornitos ____$56.20$56.26$112.46

Merced CountyAtwater _____$83128$832.19$1,663.47Dos Palos _____843.07844.001,6$7.07Gustine _______________921.03922.031,83.06Livingston727.93728.731,456.66Los Banos_____________1,699.741,701.583,401.32Merced __6,405.486,412.4812,817.95

Totals$11,428.53$11,441.01$22,869.54

Sacramento CountyIsleton ____ $2,634.35 $2,637.23 $5,271.58

San Joaquin CountyLodi __________________ $6,596.76$5,603.98$13,200.74Manteca _______________ 1,463.131,464.732,927.86Stockton ______________ 43,479.5343,527.0687,006.59Tracy _________________ 3,471.073,474.866,945:93

----Tota[s _______________ $55,010.49$55,070.63$110,081.12

STREETS OF MAJORSTATEIMPORTANCEHIGHWAYS

Section194Section 203Fiscal YearFiscal YearBienniumEndingEndingEnding


Solano CountyBenicia _ -----$2,640.70$2,643.59$5,28429Dixon __ ____906.52507.511,814.03Fairfield ___ ___1,025.271,026.402,051.67Rio Vista1,186.641,187.942,374.58Suisun __820.41821.301,641.71Vacaville _____________1,410.551,479.342,889.89Vallejo __13,848.9313,864.0827,713.01

Totals$21,833.02$21,930.16$43,769.18

Stanislaus CountyCeres _$889.31$890.27$1,779.58Modesto12,566.9412,686.7925,253.73Newman1,150.381,151.632,302.01Oakdale1,914.581,916.673,831.25Patterson _____________820.40821.301,641.70Riverbank727.93728.731,456.66Turlock ______3,876.283,880.537,756.81

Totals _____$21,945.82$22,075.92$44,021.74

Tuolumne CountySonora$2,065.06$?,067.32$4,132.38

Totals Qistrict X$119,010.77$119,314.25$238,325.02

Distric# XI




Imperial County

Brawley$9,463.19$9,473.53$18,936.72Calexico ______________5,710.185,716.4211,426.60Calipatria1,408.741,410.272,819.01EI Centro _7,645.607,653.9715,299.57H o ltv i l l e1,593.671,595.413,189.08Imperial _1,761.371,763.303,524.67Westmorland _1,338.031,339.482,677.51

Totals --------------$28,920.78$28,952.38$$7,873.16

Riverside CountyBlythe __$924.66$925.66$1.850.32Indio _________________2,357.862,360.454,718.31

Totals ---------------$3,282.52$3,286.11$6,568.63

San Diego CountyChula Vista______------$3,507.34$3,511.17$7,018.51Coronado ___-4,917.884,923.269,841.14EI Cajon ____-951.84952.891,904.73Escondido _-3,101.213,104.606,205.81La Mesa___2,278.102,280.594,558.69National City6;618.526,625.7513,244.27Oceanside _____________3,185.523,189.006,374.52San Diego_____________137,512.05137,664:31275,176.36

Totals ___ ___ $162,072.46 $162,251.57 $324,324.03

Totals Distract XI________ $194,275.76 $194,490.06 $388,765.82

Twenty-eight (Ju~ze 1939) C~GLlZ f ornia. Highways and .Public Wforks

State of CaliFornia

CULBERT L. OLSOI~I, Governor

u i orksD FP Icepartment oHeadquarters: Public Works Building, Twelfth and N $treefis, Sacramento

FRANK V~/. CLARK, Director of Public ~X/orks

SAN FRANCISCO-OAKLAND BAY BRIDGE

CALIFORNIA HIGHWAY COMMISSION GLEE\ P,. «'OODRUFI', Principal Bridge engineerRALPH A. TUDOR, Senior Bridge Engineer

in Char;e of Maintenance and OperationLA~R~1~C~ BARRETT, Chairman, San Francisco

IE\TER ~'. NIELSEN, Fresno

AMERIGO BOZZANI, Los Angeles

BERT L. VAUGHN, Jacumba

L. G. HITCHCOCK, Santa Rosa

BYRON N. SCOTT, Secretary

DIVISION OF HIGHWAYS

C. II. PURCELL, State Highway En;ineer

G. T. McCOY, Assistant State Highway Engineer

J. G. STA~'DLEY, Principal Assistant ~naineer

R. H. ~VILSOV, Office Engineer

T. E. STANTON, Materials and Research L+'ngineer

FRED J. GRUMbI, Engineer of SurveSS and Plans

P. M. GILLIS, Construction engineer

T. H. DENNIS, Maintenance engineer

F. ̀ V. PANHORS'P, Bridge ~ngive~r

L. V. CAMPBELL, Engineer of City and Cooperative Projects

R. H. STALNAKER, Equipment Engineer

J. ~V. VICI~REY, Safety Engineer

E. R. HIGGINS, Comptroller

DISTRICT ENGINEERS

E. R. GREEN, District I, Eureka

F. ~~. HASEL~VOOD, District II, Redding

CHARLES H. ~VHITMORE, District III, Marysville

Jl`'O. H. SK~GGS, District It', Sxn I'rancisco

L. H. GIBSON, District ~', San Luis Ol~isiio

~. T. SCOTT, District VI, FresnoS. V. CORTELTOU, District VII, Los AngelesE. Q. SULLIVAN, District VIII, San L'ernarQinoS. W. LO`VDEN (Acting), District IX, Biehop

R. E. PIERCE, District X, StocktonP:. P:. «'.1I.T..~CI7, District XI, San Diego

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DIVISION OF WATER RESOURCES

ED«'ARD HYATT, State engineer, Chief of Division

GF.OHG~ T. GUNSTO\, Administrative Assistant

HAROLD CONKLING, Deputy in Charge Water I~igl~ts

A. D. ~DJIONSTON, Deputy in Charge ~'VaterI{esources Investigation

R. L. JONES, Deputy in Charge Flood Control and Reclamation

G~ORG~ ̀V. IIA~VLEY, Deputy in Charge Dams

SPENCER BURROUGHS, Attorney

~~'EItETT N. BRYAN, Hydraulic Engineer Water Rights

CORDON ZANDER, Adjudication, VPater Distribution

DIVISION OF ARCHITECTURE

~V. K. DANIELS, Assistant Stnte Architect, in Charbe of Division

P. T. POAGE, Assistant State architect

HEADQUARTERS

H. ~V. D~IAVEN, Supervising Architectural Draftsman

C. H. KRONIER, Principal Structural Engineer

CARLETON PIERSON, Supervising Specification `Vriter

J. ~V. DUTTON, Principal Engineer, General Construction

\V. H. ROCI{INGHAM, Principal Mechanical and ElectricalEngineer

C. E. BERG, Supervising Estimator of Building Construction

DIVISION OF CONTRACTS AND RIGHTS OF WAY

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FRANK B. DURKPE, Attorney

C. R. MONTGOMERY, Attorney

ROBERT E. REED, Attorney

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