Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-09-27
CONTRACT is LET
FOR LARGE BRIDGE
TO SPAN THE SAN GABRIEL
NEAR NAPLES
Road Between Belmont and Naples
is Nearly Finished--Canals to
Be 6ridged and Eiec-
trlfied

The Atlantic, Gulf and Pacific COM
pany has been awarded the contract for
the bridge over the San Gabriel river
between Naples and Bay City. The
county supervisors opened bids for THIS
200-foot timber structure the first OF
last week, and this national concern
was the lowest bidder. The company
has referred the plans and specifica-
tons to the county engineer to be
checked, and upon being o. k.'d by
that officer work w4il start and be
rushed to completion. 1t Is expected
to have the bridge completed SO that
the new county road from the foot OF
Belmont Heights through Naples and
on to Bay City may have clear right
of way and be ready for automobile
tourists this fall.
The last of the work on the road from
Belmont to Naples Is nearly completed,
and will be passable for machines by
next Saturday. This Is a fine example
of the new good roads, boulevards.
having been constructed solidly of
crushed rock, red clay and gravel. 1t
is elevated from the surrounding low
lands fully five feet, and is forty feet
wide and a mile and a quarter long.
To carry it across the western arm of
Alamitos bay It was necessary to build
4O0-foot timber and pile bridge. This
has been completed. Teams have been
hauling material for the last lap of the
road more than a week.
The Naples company Is taking bids
for two reinforced concrete bridges
over two of the canals at Naples, and
these will soon be reared. Meantime
the company is building two temporary
wooden structures alongside the sites
of these concrete bridges. and the road
will reach right into the 'city of the
red-tiled roofs without a break. An
automobile day is planned by A. M.
and A. C. Parsons. agents Of the Naples
company, as soon as the road is COM
pleted.
Great Walk is About Finished
Work of laying the fifteen-foot CO.
ment promenade along the western
half of the bay front at Naples is pro-
crossing, and the great walk Is almost
ready to be used.
The electroliers along the bay front
at Naples have also been completely
installed, and when they are lighted at
night will produce one of the most en-
trancing effects possible. These will
extend along the entire bay front.
along the promenade and through the
canal system.
barge of the Atlantic, Gulf and Pacific
company going ashore while being
towed out of the inlet was feature
of the weeks happenings at Naples.
This machine had been in use clearing
the Golfer dam from the entrance to
the canal system into Alamitos bay.
This gateway, nearly 300 feet wide. had
been cleared out, and the dredger was
being towed out of the inlet to San
Pedro by a launch. The boatman In
charge became frightened at the rather
angry breakers at the entrance of the
bay and cut the tow line, allowing the
barge with some $4,000 worth of dredg-
ing tools and other machinery to drift
ashore Telephone communications to
San Pedro hurried the heavy towing
launches Golden West and the Orient
to the scene, and these rescued the
barge and contents before they were
materially damaged.