Los Angeles herald., 1906-12-14

sides Of the right Of wav II needed no
franchise for tunneline He satd he
hdu numerous decisions nv which oif
@Wdter @ ana mineral rights I'm such cases
are are vested IN the owners OF the priop-
erty adjoining piP
- expect to lay these references
mans v'D covrS,y Sme CITY attorney" said Harri-
Attorney Hewitt announced that the
DuuId OF public works would he con-
SUITED and that If a viaduct nronosi-
s,.,la si9n had support It too would be con-
,i,a tS, Su IN tne interest of safety at
the Flower street crossing
All the ordinances were tben ro.
ferred to the. city attorney. who is az
pected TO make report this afternoon
Inc MAN subway will extend west
from the magnificent Hill street nm
mel, paralleling Fourth street. to YER
it.u llio.'t aNGIue, Just outside the present
CITY UNITS. only once in this stretch
of over three miles will the tracks
come to the surface--on Flower street,
where the only grade orossines viii no
1t is proposed to have this croesing
guarded by gates and every kpownn
safety device to prevent accidents and
yet not interfere with the high sneed
schedule of express trains to tbe baecb
cities. '"S Oe''"
This subway will be sixty feet u,,do
twenty-three feet in height ana vii
contain four tracks-two for local
traffic and two inside for the aveps
that are expected to attain speed of
seventy miles an hour. The great bore
will be lined with concrete and sim
ported In the center by immense nil
asters.
From Vermont avenue and Fourth
street the main line will run on the SUR
race over a private right Of way to
Wiltshire boulevard. where il will dive
into Second aVfn
der the Nadeau vineyard, a distance
of 5000 feet, Again coming to the SIR
face 1t continues on to q point near
the present junction of the Sherman
and short lines. Thence to Venice.
Ocean Park and Santa Monica the
present route will be followed over
four standard gauge tracks almost i'm
an airline The maximum grade of
this line is figured at less than I ner
cent and the curvature will not ex-
ceed four degrees.
Beginning at the outlet of the big
tube at Fourth street and Vermont
avenue, new short line to Holly
wood ana Santa Monica will be con-
structed. This line will extend in an
almost unbroken line to Sherman
junction, where 1t will connect with
the present line to Sherman: thence
on to Westgate, Sawtelle and Santa
Monica.
Midway between Fourth street and
Vermont avenue and Sherman junction
the Hollywood short line will branch
off, running due north into the heart
of that suburban city and passing
just west of Colegrove. The present
lines from Ivy Junction to Playa del
Rey and Redondo and from ocean
Park to Inglewood will be standard
lied along with the others, and faster
schedules and more and better cars
will supplant the present equipment.
Four tracks-two running north and
two south-will lead from the station
into Hill street
At First and Hill streets the long
talked-of tunnel which will give Hill
street an outlet to the north will be
used by the company for it's Sunset
boulevard route to Hollywood This
tunnel will be 1900 feet in length and
will be built in two sections, coming
to the surface at Temple street, where
a grade crossing occurs, and then
diving into the ground once more to
emerge at Sunset boulevard. The first
section of this subway will be twenty
three feet high and fifty-five feet wide
and will have a footway alongside the
tracks. The city is to bear a portion
of the cost of construction. The sec
ond section will be twenty-three feet
high and forty feet wide. Double
tracks will extend through these tubes.