Los Angeles herald., 1907-07-19
WILL SOON BEGIN
WORK ON SLBWAYS
THREE MILLION DOLLARS TO BE
EXPENDED
improvements That VIII Enhance
Property Values Will Be Rushed /.
to Completion by Los An
geles-Pacific Company ID

by August 1 active contract opel
tlon VIII be begun on the new 81
ways Planned by the Los Angeles-N
clnc trolley interests. it is promised
initial work will be done at q
northernmost point, but a few week.
alterWard work will probably be IL
plos less at dlferent points on the sub
ways The tunnel will be attaclIe
through shafts at Intervals In order I d
expedite the work
The company owns a privata r;sM I
OF way from Temple street to svn7
boulevard on what would he ~
tlnuation of Hill street. and notik 4
haVo been served on all occupants ~ u
tenants In houses standing on this NJ
TO move, as the wreckers will get b,Nl y
clearing the surface of the 1roun9
Wrecking companies are already saiF
ing materials in the houses to he III J
mantled. III q
1t has been definitely decided 4
one entrance or exit of the tunnel n
be about where the house No. 618 s}
set boulevard stands. This will be !.
molished first so that the workmen L N
begin tunneling there towards NSy
south. M r
Dig with Electricity XVI
The engineers have determined to
the most modern methods in disposil9
of the earth. Electric engines an
dump cars, electric shovels and also
horses and teams will be used.
Double shifts of laborers will be en-
ployed at night, especially after mid
night, in order that the construction
and material trains may be operated
quickly when there is little traffic on
the main lines.
The men will work by electric light
in the three shifts of eight hours each,
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Several tract owners who have low
land have already made arrangements
with the Los Angeles Pacific officials to
use the surplus earth for filing pur-
poses Only tracts close to the line of
cars can be served at present.
The engineers ordered most of the
steel and cement last year and some of
the stuff last spring, hence there will
be no delays because of non-arrival of
structural material
Special attention will be paid to
making the supporting walls and
arches secure against any possibility
of collapse. The factor of safety has
been calculated on liberal lines.
Profitable for Company
The company's officials estimate that
every day that they save in hurrying
work on the big project will be valu-
able because the traffic and fares will
be greatly increased. The saving of
at least fifteen minutes time in the run
to the beaches and five minutes to Hol-
lywood will enable the company to
make more frequent runs with it's cars,
thus making additional use of the roll
ing stock; in other words more round
trips will be made in a given time by
each car.
1t will also result in large number
of new buildings being erected along
the line by lot owners who, fearing the
loss of time in coming and going to the
city at present, have preferred to live
in rented houses well inside the city
limits. These will be commuters, as
soon as the shortened route is in,-Hse,,
and no roundabout course will be trav-t
ersed .as is the case now.
Property Owners Cooperate
The Improvement associations in ter
ritory adjacent to the Los Angeles Pa
ciffc lines have worked hard in their
own interest to get the subway ordi-
nances passed. To their members the
underground improvements mean
higher real estate values and denser
population. Officers of the associa-
lions say the activity that they pre-
dicted in property sales and BUILDING
operations is already apparent, not
withstanding the tightness of the
money market.
The only possible delay now grows
out of the necessarily slow methods by
which the twin tunnel to be installed
at the expense of the property owners
adjoining that of the trolley company
will be authorized and built. An as
sessment district has been created to
pay the cost, and as it is municlpai
measure progress will perhaps not be
as rapid as on the company's side OF
the bore through the hills.
The board of public works, the city
attorneys office and the council have
all given assurances that they will ex-
pedite every step in order that both
tunnels can be finished at or near the
same time.
At least 100000 will be spent by
the Hartman interests on the subway
project.
NTrs Noobride-YeS dear, / was mar