The herald., 1894-05-03
A BOOM IN PUBLIC WORKS.
The Greatest Year on Record in
Los Angeles.
Over 60 Per Cent Increase in Street
Improvements.
Some Striking Facts and Figura Gath
cred From the Records OF the
City Engineer Sewers
aud Streets.

There is moro work being done on the
public streets OF Los Angeles during the
present year than in any previous year
in the history OF the municipality.
Not only is the above statement true.
but statistics in the city engineers Office
show that the present years record in
public improvements will exceed by 80
per cent the record of any year in the
history OF the city, and it lie signifi-
cant ard refreshing fact to tho holder
OF real estate here to know that these
public improvements have been de-
manded by the property owners ell over
the city and are being paid for by them,
and hence they may be classified in the
line of the legitimate growth aud devel-
opment OF the CITY. Since the lst day
of January over 100000 has been ex-
pended in building sewers, grading and
opening streets and in the construction
of cement sidewalks. In fact. this seems
to be the builders era in Los Angeles,
especially when it is borne in mind that
an average of four and one-half houses
have been erected here every day since
January l, 1894.
A look through the records OF the city
engineers Office yesterday with the aid
OF City Engineer Dockweiler gave ground
for the above statement. The streets
actually improved since January 1st are
given in detail below. together with the
kind Ct improvement made.
Grading, etc., completed since Janu-
airy l, 1894, under the Vrooman act:
Union avenue, Seventh street to Or
ange street.
Solano avenue, Buena Vista street to
its west terminus.
Washington street. Figueroa street to
Central avenue.
Commercial street, Alameda street 80
feet west.
Bailey street, Pennsylvania avenue to
Brooklyn avenue.
Soto street, First street to Fourth
street.
Pennsylvania avenue. Bailey street to
st. Louis street.
Hoover street, Washington to Pico
ctr eet.
Twelfth street, Hill to Olive street.
Hancock street, Downey avenue to
Alhambra avenue.
Sixth street, Pearl street to Fremont
ave nue..
Cummings street, First street to $50
feet south OF Fourth street.
Wolfskill avenue, Second street to
Third street.
Baldwin street, Workman street to
Thomas street.
Omar avenue, Third street to Fourth
street.
Burlington avenue, Temple to First
street.
Centennial avenue, Bellevue avenue
to Alpine street.
Star street. Sixteenth street to Pico
street.
Sixteenth street, Vernon street to
Union avenue.
Bridge street, Pleasant avenue to
State street.
Hellmsn street, Downey avenue to
Hawkins street.
Belmont avenue, Temple street to
Bellevue avenue.
Alley in block II, Bonnie Brae tract.
Grading, ETC., under private contracts:
Westlake avenue, Ninth to Tenth
street.
Burlington avenue. Ninth to Tenth
street.
Bonnie Brae street, Ninth to Tenth
street.
Tenth street, Alvarado street to Bur-
lington avenue.
Lake street, Ninth to Tenth.
Union avenue, Washington to Hoover.
Newton street, Central avenue to Ten
nessee street.
Thirty second street, Main street to
Grand avenue.
Twenty-ffth street, Main street to
Maple avenue.
Bridge street, Also street to Pleasant
avenve.
Sewers completed since January l,
1894:
Solano avenue, Buena Vista street to
its western terminus.
Los Angeles street, north line of Hotel
tract to Tenth street, and Eleventh street
to Twelfth street.
Twenty fifth street, Main street to
Grand avenue.
Hope street, First to Third street.
Washington street, Figueroa to Hope
street.
Belmont avenue, Temple street to
Bellevue avenue.
The above improvements represent an
outlay of $500. 1000, including the cement
sidewalks. In addition the work under
way at the present time and such as has
been ordered by the council represents
an additional outlay of 100000. There
are IL miles OF sewers and IL miles of
street grading included in this class,
the Hill street sewer district represent
ing five miles Of streets and the Maple
avenue sewer district six miles. The
grading of Figueroa street. from Adams
street to the south charter boundary
will be virtually the establishment Of
one of the fineat bouievards in the
world. Under the above classification
on May l, the work of grading under
way on public streets under the Vroo-
man act 10 Rs follows:
GRADING.
Union avenue, Pico street to Sixteenth
| street.
Brooklyn avenue. Bridge street to
Evergreen avenue.
Trenton street, Eleventh street to
| Pico street.
Sand street. Broadway to CASTELAR,
street.
Broadway, Temple street to Sand
street.
Fifth street, Fourth street to Lucas
avenue.