Los Angeles herald., 1906-05-12
PLANS FOR BOULEVARD
ARE RAPIDLY MATURING
LONG BEACH TO HAVE A FINE
THoRoUeHFARE
eueprlnts Of the Route Submitted.
oiled and eraveled Surface TO BE
Laid on Foundation Of Crushed
Rock--BrIllIant Electrical Effect

Special to The Herald.
LONG BEACH, May 1.-THE execu-
tive committee Of the Pacific boulevard
trustees met at the National bank OF
Long Beach yesterday. The members
present were j. b. HeartwellI i chair
man; A. l.. Burbank, Los Angeles;
George II. Bixby, 10. c. Danio and p.
IL. Hatch secretary. Blueprints of the
right OF way secured for the boulevard
were shown for the first time The
strengthening Of the route for q short
DISTANCE north of willows and slight
deviatlons at Compton to satisfy small
property owners are the only details
not yet decided upon, save the matter
Of entrance into Long Beach.
A committee from the Greater Long
Beach Improvement club attended the
meeting and asked that the boulevard
be brought in over Pacific avenue.
At the next meeting, which will prob
ably be held one week from tomorrow,
a decision between the Atlantic avenue
and Pacific avenue routes will be
reached. The Pacific avenue route
would be the more direct.
Members of the Improvement club
have agreed to open an extension of
Pacific avenue through their property
and to construct driveway to a point
where 1t will join the established lines
of the boulevard.
After the next meeting of the trus-
tees q petition for the boulevard con-
struction will be circulated and later
presented to the supervisors. The en-
tire city of Long Beach will probably
be included In the district to be as
sesSed. The boulevard as planned Will
have an oiled and graveled surface and
will be constructed for a part of the
way at least upon a foundation of
crushed rock. The driveway will be
brilliantly lighted by electricity Plans
have also been made to run the drive
way through tunnel under the Pacific
Electric tracks at Willows junction.
obviating the danger of a grade cross
ing at any point along the boulevard
The trustees believe that actual work
In the construction of the driveway
will begin within thirty days.
shrners Hear Concert
Four carloads of Shriners came to
this city over the Pacific Electric this
morning. They were met at the station
by local mobiles who had a long line of
automobiles in waiting. After rides
about the city and dinner at the cafes,
the visitors went to the auditorium
where splendid concert was rendered
by Gattone's band under the leader
ship of Marco Vessella. The Royal
Hawaiian Glee club, which accom-
panied the Shriners from Venice, as
sisted in the concert and also gave sew
eral selections in the open air. One
hundred of the visitors rode to the gov
ernment breakwater and back this
afternoon on the steamer Nellie.
Investigate Riverside Streets
Street improvement is occupying the
attention of the city officials. This
morning Trustees Mohrenstecher and
Benson, accompanied by c. e. Taylor,
superintendent of the streets; II. T..
Shaw, city engineer. and F. C. Rob-
erts, went to Riverside to investigate
the streets of that city. 1t is the hope
OF the officials to give this city equally
good roads.
Work on Bixby Hotel
One hundred men are now at work
on the new Bixby hotel on the beach
and a force of this size will be con-
tinued until the building is completed
Contracts for the steam heating appa-
ratus, equipment of boiler rooms cleo
trio wiring and telephone system, and
tile roofing were all let this week. Los
Angeles firms were awarded the work.