Los Angeles daily herald., 1888-08-04
A THoR0UGHFARE.
Proposition TO Tunnel the Third
Street Hill.

street HILL
The people residing in the western par
of the city are anxious to have some
thoroughfare over which they can reach
the heart of the city without having to
wear out their horses by driving them
over the hill, which rises as a barrier
between these two portions of the town.
Several propositions have been studied
and many ways have been considered as
to the best means to accomplish this end.
At one time there was considerable talk
about tunneling through the hill at First
street and thus making thoroughfare
from one side of the city to the
other, but for some time nothing
has been heard of this scheme.
The matter attracted considerable atten-
ton at the hands Of the Board of Free
holders while the subject of streets was
under consideration. Assessments for
grading streets on the hill framed the
topic for discussion for several hours of
one session, and on that occasion it was
generally conceded that the proper way
to give the western residents an outlet
was to tunnel under the hills, and the
cost of the work, it was thought should
be paid by the public which would be
benefited and not by the property own
ers along the line of the street. No pro-
vision was made, however, for paying
the cost of tunneling in the charter, but
it is probable that before the Freeholders
finish their work they will take this
agan into consideration. The
property owners have, however, recently
thought of plan by which they think it
possible to give an outlet for the least
money. ibis plan is to tunnel under
the hill on Third street, commencing at
Hill street and finishing at Hope street.
This tunnel will, if constructed, be three
blocks long and will tap the hill at a
point which can never be graded to ad-
vantage. The property owners on Third
street between the two extremities of the
tunnel will not be disturbed, and the
whole western and northern part of the
city will be benefited. Third street can
then be extended to Figueroa and perhaps
to the city limits, but from Third and
Figueroa streets the travel to and from
the tunnel can be distributed along the
other thoroughfares. On Monday next
petition will be handed to the City Coun-
Gil by property owners asking that the
City Surveyor be instructed to survey the
intended tunnel and furnish an estimate
of the cost. The following property
owners have appended their names to
the petition:
F. A. Sanborn, S. r. Henderson, VIM.
Bonsall, A. Bixel, A. Mcfarland, H. B.
Botsford, G. B. Hayes, Robt. Fletcher.
A. Dixon, J. L. Hunt, V. G. Lewis, J. T.
Mendenhall, j. T. Sherward, Chas. T.
Parsons, w. H. Merriam, j. E. Hayes,
Day, Hinton & Mathes, r. A. Crippen
& Son, Baxter Todd, E. S. Field, R. w.
EMS, @. G. Lamb, N. S. Averill,
L. A. improvement Co., j.
M. Wilmer, Jessie Yarnell,
Jno. w. Ellis, Julius Lyons, D. B. New
ton, A. N. McBarney, P. D. French, d.
W. Field, B. S. Hayes, JAS. H. Blan-
chard, John Cross, G. G. Rounds, Jas.
Mclaughlin. VIM. Cannon, H. Meyer,
B. Millar, H. G. Wilmer, G. W. Schultz,
Vim. H. Mead, Dobinson & Fairchild,
]. Roster, Jno. B. Coulter, w. B.
Stephens. F. o. Browne, Eugene Ger
main, r. R. Brown, H. L. Tubbs, G. w.
Bush, B. A. Breakey, A. s. Robbins, H.
E. Storrs, d. S. Ames, HI. G. Sigler, w.
w. Gowen, Thos. E. Jones, H. B.
Pumey, A. o. Daman, s. H. Kingery, L.
H. Washburn, l. A. Sepulveda, G. B.
Holmes.