Los Angeles herald., 1908-11-07
RAYS OF LIGHT
BEAM THROUGH
|. A.-P. TUNNEL
DAY LAB0RERS WIN HONOR OF
REACHING GOAL
CROWDS WATCH MEN COME
THROUGH APERTURE
Work of Completing Subway Extend
ing from Sunset Boulevard to Ver-
mont Avenue Will Be Exc
cuted Vigorously
q IL! BOOM! thundered a blast at

q II! BOOMl thundered a blast at
noon yesterday at the Temple
~ street end of the Los Angeles
Pacific tunnel. and as the first ray of
light penetrated the underground cav
ern before the smoke had cleared away
twelve men, headed by Foreman F'. l..
Manly, crept through the two great
crevices made by the falling earth and
stood at the edge of the Temple street
entrance with their caps raised in air
A great crowd of persons stood on
Temple street to watch the men come
through the heading, and one man re
marked: "They look like a delegation
from Inferno don't they?"
Since 2 o'clock yesterday mornir = the
night and day men had progressed
about seven and one-half feet. ]. G.
Green, superintendent of the night
shift, had tried hard to be the first to
break through, but it remained for the
day workers to be the first to breathe
the air on Temple street.
There is still large amount of work
to be done before the first section of
the $4000,000 subway from Sunset bou-
levard to Vermont avenue, near Six
teenth street, is completed The sec
ond section, from Temple to First
street. will be started as soon as the
street, will be started as soon as the
tion, is completed. and perhaps sooner.
Other Drifts TO Be Dug
1.-THE second two drifts will be taken
out Saturday and Sunday" said Mr..
Manly, land the other drift will be
removed some time next week.
From the Temple street entrance of
the tunnel the distance is 200 feet in a
southwest direction to the Temple
street crossing at the junction of Tenn
pie and Hill streets, where the second
section of the excavation will be start
ed. At this juncture double car tracks
cross double tracks on Temple street,
and when the work is finished it may
be necessary to place a watchman at
the crossing, as traffic there will be
somewhat congested.
The tWo-Story house on Temple street
owned by the Los Angeles-Pacifio COM
pany is situated on the southwest cor
ner of Temple and Hill streets, and II
is the intention of the company to
move this building to a lot on Califor-
mia street, also owned by the company.
In It's present position the structure
obstructs one of the tracks.
PropeI Cars by Motor
1--WE now have an electric motor to
propel the cars" said C. H. Page. su-
perintendent of the day force, "but we
are not using it, as the wires have not
been put in. owing to SO much other
important work that had to be done.
However, I think the motor will be
ready Saturday, and it will be used
until the tunnel is completed. This
motor also will be used on other sec
tions''
1t is estimated the first section. from
Sunset boulevard to Temple street, will
be finished by the first of December,
When every section is completed it
will provide q splendid service for the
Los Angeles-Pacifi lines.
The tunnel from Fourth street to
Vermont avenue will permit a reduc-
tion of twenty minutes in the running
time to Venice, Ocean Park, Santa
Monica and Redondo.
The completion of the first section of
the tunnel will permit those who live
near it to sleep more and sounder.
I'm glad it's done,'' said A. Davis.
who lives in a two-story house just
above the Temple street end Of the tun-
mel.
'I guess every man has a lot of OBJ
jectionable things to account for on
the last day. Last night was awak-
my time to give an account had come.
I hadn't heard Gabe's trumpet, but I
believed 1 had heard Lucifer beating
his drum. My hair stood straight up.
At least felt it did. l was too shaky
to go to the mirror to see, even had
| been so disposed. was glad to find 1t
was only the noise of blasting Just
think what might have happened If a
| quantity of dynamite had exploded
while they were digging through there!
Why, it would have blown this whole
hill all to bits; but the beauty of it is
| 1T didn't"