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Los Angeles herald., 1906-02-26
. Ordinance No. 1858


An Ordinance declaring the intention Of
the Mayor and Council Of the City Of Los
Angeles to change and establish the grade
of Fourth street. from Fresno street to
The Mayor and Council Of the City OF
Los Angeles do ordain as follows:
Council of the City Of Los Angeles to
change and establish the grade Of
FOURTH STREET,
from Fresno street to the east line of
following. elevations:
At the. intersection with Fresno street
eas ssaas sn and 9s Ct te the
corner, as now established
AT the intersection with Ezra street
the grade. shall be 32250 at the southwest
and southeast corners, as now estab-
lshed on Ezra street, and 322. 80 at a
point on the north side opposite said
southeast corner.
At point on the north side 24O feet
west of the. west line of Concord street
and at a point on the south side opposite
thereto the grade shall o. be slS;H o,o ,oot
west of the. west line of Concord street
and at a point on the south side opposite
thereto the grade shall be $3.50, ooo
At point on the north side 200 feet
west Of the. west line of Concord street
and at a point on the south side opposite
thereto the grade shall be, 3l7.3S a..
At point on the north side $50 feet
west of the. west line of Concord street
and at a point on the south side opposite
thereto. the grace snail be Jlb.SU.
At point on the north side 160 feet
west Of the. west line Of Concord street
and at q point on the south side opposite
thereto the grade shall be 1851
At a point on the north side 14O feet
west of the. west line of Concord street
and at point on the south side opposite
thereto the grade shall be Sl5.5s ,oo
west of the. west line of Concord street
and at a point on the south side opposite
thereto the grade shall be 3l509; 80,
A n inf nm thn IA air
west Of the. west line of Concord street
and at a point on the south side opposite
thereto the grade shall be 3l4.34.
west of the. west line OF Concord street
and at q. point ON the south side opposite
thereto the grade shall be 1883.
west Of the west line OF Concord street
the grade shall be 3l267 and 312.6 at a
point on the. south, side opposite thereto,
west Of the west line of Concord street
and at q point on the south side opposite
thereto the grade shall be Si1.75:
the grade shall be SQ9.S5 at the north
west corner. $1,000 at the northeast corner
and 5000 AT q point ON the south side
Xt a point on the north side "a feet
east of the east line Of Concord street
and at a point on the south side opposite
thereto the grade shall be 303.OO
At the intersection with Lorena street
the grade shall be 10000 at the southwest
and southeast corners, as now established
on IOrena street and 5000 at the north
west and northeast corners.
And at all points between said desig-
mated points the grade shall be estab-
drawn between said designated points.
Elevations refer TO the top, OF the curb.
ere n feet and are above a plnne which 10
See q That the exterior boundarien
Of the district which IS hereby declared
~ be benefited by said change OF grade
Los Angeles herald., 1906-02-26

Notice Inviting street Work Proposals
Pursuant to Statutes and to Ordinance
No. 12,46S New Series) of the Council OF
the City of Los Angeles, adopted ,Janu-
airy 90 1906, directing this notice, the un-
derslgned invites and will receive at his
office in the City Hail.. up to IL O'Clock
a. M of Monday, March 8, 1906, sealed
proposals or bids for the following street
work, to be done according to speeiiica-
lions:
No. 23 New Series) for cement side
walks.
In the City of Los Angeles, posted and
on file, therefor adopted, or herein men-
LIST That cement curb be constructed
along each line of the roadway of
BELLEVUE AVENUE.
from tho produced east curb line of Echo
Park road South. of Bellevue avenue) to
the west line of East Edgeware road Eek
cepting along such portions OF the line Of
said roadway upon which cement or
to the official line and grade) in accord
ance with specifications for constructing
cS . cgrbs. On ME y the Office OF the
% New Series).
I'd. That cement sidewalk five C5) feet
In width be constructed along each side of
said Bellevue avenue from the produced
east curb line of Echo Park road (south
Of Bellevue avenuel TO the west line Of
East Edgeware road excepting such por-
tions of said street between said points
along which a cement or asphalt sidewalk
five () feet in width has been constructed
to the official line and grade). said side
specifications for constructing cement
sidewalks on file in the office of the City
CLERK, OF said city, said specifications be-
ing No. % New Series).
Bidders must file with each proposal
or bid check payable TO the order OF
the Mayor OF this. city, certified by
responsible bank, tor an amount which
the aggregate OF the proposal, or a
bond for the said amount and so pay
able. signed by the bidder and by two
sureties who shall justify. before any
officer competent to administer an
oath, In double the said amount, and
lions.
In bidding use blanks which will be
furnished by the City Clerk upon appli-
cation.
Los Angeles. CAL. FEB IS, 1906
II. j. LEI4ANDlG,
Council OF the City Of Los Angeles.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-02-26

Public notice Is hereby given that 40
It's meeting held on Monday. the 18TH
day of February 1906, the City Coun-
eli of the City OF Los Angeles adopted
an Ordinance, designated as Ordinance
No. 1856 New Series), declaring its
Intention to order the following Inn
provement to be made. TO wit;
SECOND STREET.
a ut1blic street Of the City of Los An
feet. from Figueroa street to Boylston
street, In said city,
Reference Is hereby made to said ordI-
nance. on file In the office OF the City
Clerk OF said city, for further particulars
JAMES HANLEY,
Street superintendent OF the City Of Los
Angeles. 2-26 81 lot
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PUBLIC ADVERTISING

and to be assessed to pay the benefits
damages and costs thereof are hereby
described as follows.
Beginning at a point In the easterly line
Of Fresno street, distant so feet northerly
Of the northerly line Of Fourth street;
thence eastcrly and parallel with the
northerly line Of Fourth street to a point
In the westerly limo Of Lorena street;
thence southerly along tho westerly line
OF Iorena street to point distant so feet
southerly of the southerly line of Fourth
street; thence westerly and parallel with
the southerly line Of Fourth street to a
point I'm the easterly line of Fresno street
thence northerly along the easterly line OF
Fresno street to the point of beginning.
Excepting therefrom any land therein
contained which is now a part Of any
public street or alley.
Sec 3. The City superintendent Of
Streets shall cause notice of the passage
OF this Ordinance to be posted in the man
ner and within the time provided by law.
Sec d. The City Clerk shall certify to
the passage of this Ordinance and shall
cause the same to be published for ton
days in the Los Angeles Herald, aud
thereupon and thereafter II shall take
effect and be In force.
hereby certify that tho foregoing
Ordinance was adopted by tho Council OF
the city Of Los Angeles at it's meeting Of
February IL, 1906
II. j. LEIANDB,
City Clerk.
Approved this nth day Of February, 1906.
OWEN McALEER,
2-20-26 sc street superintendent.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-02-26

The Herald will sell you sS5 worth of
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Los Angeles herald., 1906-02-26

Public notice is hereby given that on
Monday, the 22d day of January, A. d..
1906, the Council of the City OF Los AM
geles, did, at its meeting on said day,
bered 12,461 New Series). to have the
following work done, to wit:
That a yitrifed pipe sewer be construct
ed In said city In
AVENUE TWENTY EIGHT,
from Barranca street to Pasadena ave-
nue.. I'm
Los Angeles herald., 1906-02-26

City Clerk
Approved this nth day Of February, 1906
OWEN McABEER,
2-20-26 ct Street superintendent.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-02-26

2-2s S-3 Ct Street superintend
The Carlisle independent., 1906-12-06
LINE IN ALASKA LAID ON GROUND
 THAT NEVER FLAWS.
Engineering Feat Which Has Taxed American Skill and Pluck-First
 Broad Gauge Road.

A daring piece of engineering and construction work has been the build ing of the first broad-gauge road in Alaska, the Council City and Solomon River railroad. The significance of the enterprise is the proof which 1t offers that the Alaska tundra can be crossed, an achievement which many of the best engineers had declared re- peatedly was impossible.
 J. Warren Dickson, young New York engineer, built this most north erly railroad in the world. after plan ming it out in every detail five thous- and miles away from Alaska. And so exactly were these details worked out that when the first years work was finished near Nome every item of $500,000 equipment was accounted for, save a few odds and ends worth less than $100.
 The story of the solving of the greatest problem met with in con- structing the road, namely, the build ing of the roadbed across the tundra, shows what determination and in- genuity will do. The tundra is the name given to the lowlands of Alas ka. These lowlands are covered with age old growths of moss in hummocks, decayed year after year, in natures process of soil making, to a depth of from one to three feet, with frequent pools of water. It was this unstable ground over which engineers had de clared no roadbed could be built to sustain the heavy cars of a standard gauge road except at prohibitive cost. But Mir. Dickson had convinved himself that, while this tundra in itself was not firm enough, it was only an excres- cence on solid foundation of earth, in some place frozen, and in other places over a foundation of ice. He realized that the ground underneath this tundra would sustain his tracks. But the difficulty was in disposing of the moss and it's underlying muck, to save the enormous cost of handling and draining it, for unskilled labor was $4 day. Concerning one thing, all the knowing ones" held to the same opinion-the tracks would have to be sustained by heavy uHderpack- ing. This would add another item of great expense, as ordinary planRing was worth $40 to $60 a thousand feet board measure.
 But MT. Dickson studied out the solution. He utilized the moss and muck-which is of the consistency of wet clay-by building them into the grade (which at the same time gave
The Carlisle independent., 1906-12-06

 UP THE MOON MOUNTAINS.

The Duke of Abruzzi is back from his remarkable expedition into the in- terior of Africa, where he explored the wonderful Moon mountains, as cending Mount Ruwenzori, and seal ing the Kiyanja peak, feat never before accomplished. The intrepid mountain climber has just paid his re- spects to the Royal Geographical so- ciety of London, through whose gener- ous support he was able to carry on his explorations.
 The story of the dukes journey through Uganda, and his ascent of Mount Ruwenzori is an interesting one as told by member of the expe dition. The party left Entebbe on May 14 last and arrived at Fort Por- tai fifteen days later where the Brit ish authorities received them kindly and gave him an escort of 30 native soldiers, commanded by SuAanese cap tain, for it must be remembered that the duke had to traverse a strange and in some cases hostile country in order to reach the starting point of the real object of the expedition.
 On the road from Entebbe to Fort Portal the duke was met by several chiefs, who brought him the usual presents of cattle, poultry and fruit
 The party was accompanied by about 100 native carriers, who sang as they marched, sometimes war or love songs, sometimes song they had especially composed in honor of the duke-"the pale Mulanghira (prince) braver than the leopard"
 On reaching Fort Portal the expe- dition was met by the British gov ernor and the king of Toru. Here a rest of two days was taken.
 On June 1 the expedition moved to- wards the valley of the Mobuks river, which springs from Ruwenzori the weather, which during the first part of the journey had been very hot, grew gradually cooler, until when the high glaciers were approached it be- came bitterly cold. On June 6, after seven hours of hard marching, the party reached Kichincin, which is sit uated at an altitude of nearly 7,0OO feet above sea level.
 At this point the Uganda carriers refused to proceed further on account of the cold, and the duke had to change them for eighty carriers re
The Carlisle independent., 1906-12-06

when there were 215.000 criminals, in- sane persons and paupers in aims houses, in addition to 3,000,000 paupers at large in the United States. Since then these numbers have been greatly augmented. This nation expends something like s200,000,000 a year to protect the good from the bad In other words every honest man is com pelled to pay from s3 to s5 annually in order to receive protection from the criminal classes and it frequently hap pens that even then he Is not protect ed. The evolution of the criminal is the natural result of the present sys- tenn in regard to the care-or rather the lack of care-of the children of the poor The boy of honest poor per sons is allowed to play in the street with the boy of the criminal and the degenerate With these vicious asso- citations the result is criminal or drunkard. If boy like this becomes man and has children what chance have these children to become honest and useful citizens?
 Professor Poellmann, of the Univer- sity of Bonn, investigated the charac- ters of the descendants of woman who was a confirmed drunkard. He traced her descendants for six gener- ations through posterity numbering S34 persons, and obtained a record ot 7O9 of them He found that 107 were of illegitimate birth, 162 were profes- sional beggars, 64 inmates of aims ] houses, 181 women of bad repute, 7o convicted of serious crimes, and seven convicted of murder. Another statls- tician-the Rev. o. McCulloch-traced the histories of 1,750 criminals and paupers who were descended from
The Carlisle independent., 1906-12-06
RAILROAD IN THE ARCTIC.

him ditches for drainage on eacn. side) and then tamping the grade. The action of the long hours of hot sun drained and hardened the grade. Then the tracks were laid and the balasting done from nearby gravel hillsides.
 And the substantial roadbed3 unaf- fected by the winters, is silent proof of the success of the methods used. Along the line loaded freight cars in some places pass over tracks built in this substantial manner eight or ten feet above crystal ice. This substrat- um of ice never melts, in spite of the very warm days of summer which pre- vail even here within 100 miles of the Arctic circle It is the primeval freeze that has not thawed since ancient geologic ages. It is kept from thaw- ing by the thick blanket of moss, muck and gravel lying over 1t, and the whole roadbed has proved a firm foundation for this commercial enter
The Carlisle independent., 1906-12-06
=irst Standard Gauge Passenger Car
 Constructed in Alaska.

prise involving great capital. Three winters have already proved that there is not the slightest "heaying" and that it is as solid foundation as that of any railroad in the United States.
 The past four months of work ac- complished remarkable results. The camp had increased to 500 men. Eight miles of standard track were built and ballasted, and parelleled by telephone line; complete railroad yards were laid out, with switches to all the supplies, sufficient to build over forty miles more of the road; three large buildings were erected and oc- cupied; complete machine shop was in operation; everything was left in order for the next seasons work, and 600 workmen had been sheltered and fed without one fatal illness or accident.
 The line is now over 34 miles long, and the revenue is on a basis that would bulge the eyes of traffic man. ager in the States" Freight is car ried for $1 ton for every mile hauled That is about 125 times as much as the rate in the States Passenger rates are 20 cents a mile-ten times the rates on the big lines.
The Carlisle independent., 1906-12-06

cruited among the inhabitants of the low mountains (Wakondjo). From here to Bujongolo the party expert enced for the first time the damp weather of the Ruwenzori district mist, fogs and rains, through which only at intervals they could obtain view of the splendid scenery that sur rounded them. At Bujongolo the duke ordered camp to be struck, and from this place, taking with him four trust ed Italian guides of the Aosta valley, he started on June g for the ascent of the first peak of the Ruwenzori. Dur ing the dukes absence the camp had to be removed and pitched higher up near the glaciers, but of the eighty new carriers only seven could be in- duced to proceed, and those only after the promise of large gift in money. Three days later the duke returned. after having reached the first peak. which is 16.OOO feet high.
 On June 13 a dramatic incident oc- cured. For several days the party had reason to suspect that it was loiioWeu Uy Some WllQ animal, al- though on account of the great eleva- tion and of the rigor of the temper ature such thing seemed rather strange. However, in the evening of the same day the Duke Abruzzi was sitting in front of his tent giving in- structions to Signor Filippo Buln, who was in charge of the scientific section of the expedition, when he sprang to his feet, crying: "The leopard! the leopard!" Signor Bulli turned and saw big leopard two yards away. it's eyes shining in the darkness. with gaping jaws, and on the point of mak. ing a spring. Signor Bulli seized the box whereon he was sitting and hurled it with all his might at the beast, hitting it on the head. The leopard leaped backwards and ran away through the mud and bushes. bowling with fear, and despite a two
 hours chase it was impossible to trace the animal
 On June IS the duke reached the highest and hitherto untrodden paSs of Ruwenzori (1S,220 feet). This he named the Margherita, in honor of the dowager queen of Italy. A careful typographical survey of this mountain
 chain was made. It seems that the loftiest peaks are in the Congo and not in the Uganda.
The Carlisle independent., 1906-12-06
What Is the Remedy?

Now, the analysis of crime is all well enough in it's way, but the prac- tieal citizen asks: What is the rem
 edy for crime? The increase in the United States, and especially in New York city, shows the necessity of some remedy. Inspector Mclaughlin admits that the criminals are almost beyond control in that city, and he believes that the law is to blame for this condition of affairs. The laws are numerous enough, for there are in the United States SPA anti-social acts classified as crimes, but the case he wishes to reach is not reached by a specific law. The inspector wants a law that will provide that whoever has been convicted of a felony, or whoever has been convicted as pick
The Carlisle independent., 1906-12-06
CRIME IN OUR LARGE CITIES
Process the Evolution of the Criminal Fron, Boy- hood Traced By Inspector Mclaughlin of Nev York-That City Clearing House for Crime
 -FeW Reformations Recorded.

criminal who lived in Kentucky iii 1790, and he ascertained that among these descendants, nearly all of whom were criminals, 121 were women Of bad repute. In tracing S34 descend ants of two sisters who died in 1925 the Rev. Dr. Stocker of Berlin found that 76 of them had served 116 years In prison, 164 were women of bad re- pute, 106 were illegitimate children, F were degenerates, 142 beggars and GA paupers.
 Three Tenets of Crime.
 Dr. G. Frank Lydston, professor ot criminal authropology of the Chicago Kent College of Law, says there are three tenets of crime:
 q. The criminal and vice classes are the product of certain influences of heredity, congenital and acquired disease, and unfavorable surroundings involving pernicious teaching and ex' ample, physical necessities and other social maladies.
 "2. The influences result in class of persons of low grade of develop ment, physically and mentally, with a defective understanding of their true relations to the social system in which they live. Such persons have no true conception of that variable thing called morality, and, in the case of the criminal, no respect whatever for the rights of others, save in so far as it may be compelled by fear of punishment Some become criminals, some paupers, inebriates or insane.
 "3. These subjects are character ized, upon the average, by certain anomalies of development that consti. ute the so-called stigmata, or marks of degeneracy. In them, vice, crime, and disease go hand in hand"
 Dr. Lydston classifies criminals un- der the following heads:
 1. Instinctive criminals: Born criminals, the moral imbecile, or so- called moral instane, the stable fac tor in criminality.
 2. Criminals by impulse: The oc- casional criminal, criminals by pas sion, criminals from accidental or in- tercurrent factors of disease, in ebriety,, necessity, or social excite ment.
 3. Epileptic and insane criminals.
 4. Political criminals.
The Carlisle independent., 1906-12-06
,N9IL ldl

"When 1 first came into this office under Inspector Byrnes," began In speetor Mclaughlin, you could count the Italian criminals in New York on your fingers. But now" He pushed back his chair and looked squarely at me, writes Frederick Boyd Steven son in the Brooklyn Eagle. Now no one knows how many there are. It is the same with all other nationalities- they have increased so rapidly that 1t is almost impossible to keep track of them"
 And is there a proportionate in- crease In the criminals in other large cities of the United States?"
 "Unquestionably. The fact of the increase in New York would indicate that. New York is the clearing house for crime in America It not only is the starting out place, but it is the winding up place. New York has a much larger criminal population than any other city in America, and prob ably than any other in the world. The crime problem in New York is getting away with us, and it has ar rived at the point where we must do something, and do it promptly"
 What is the first step?"
 The first step" said the inspector decisiyely, is to drive the crooks out of New York city"
 Has No Hieh-Flown Theories.
 But how about other cities and other states" I queried.
 Then it was that the trait of the old