Los Angeles herald., 1908-04-07
COMMISSIONERS
ADVOCATE BONDS
WOULD SPEND S625,000 ON
BETTER HIGHWAYS
SAN RERNARDlNo COUNTY BODY
MAKES REPORT
Gives Detailed information of How
Roads Can Be Greatly improved.
Matter Now Up to the
Supervisors
EneciaI to The Herald.

Epecial to The Herald.
SAN BERNARDINO, April 6.-The
highway commissioners of San Bernar-
dino made their long looked for report
to the board of supervisors today. Inc
commissioners say they find the hlgh-
ways in fairly good condition, ana thal
all parts of the county have been
equally dealt with in the expenditure
of money. In the report the commls-
sioners give many instances Where
more work can be done to good advan-
tage. The commission recommends
that $625,000 be voted in bonds lor the
improvements of highways. Inc re-
port is as follows:
"To the Honorable Board of Super
visors of the County of San Bernar-
dino, California.
Gentlemen:
'The highway commission appointed
by your honorable board Immediately
upon its organization, proceeded to IN
vestigate thoroughly the condition OF
the main public highways of the coun-
ty and their connections, to have a
map made thereof, to ascertain which
of said main highways should be I'M
proved by the issuance of bonds, TO de-
termine the kind of improvements to
be made thereon and to estimate the
cost of such improvements.
1--WE beg leave to report as follows:
cFirst-We find the main highways
generally in good condition for OILED
sand roads and that all parts of the
county have been equally and fairly
dealt with in the expenditure of the
road money of the county. The super
visors are entitled to much credit for
this present condition of the highways
considering that they have no power
to levy a general tax upon the Whole
county for use in building permanent
rock-base roads, and have been forced
by the lack of sufficient funds to give
only a temporary character to the
large mileage Of roads upon when
work had to be done, except for short
:, sections in different parts of the coun-
fv where a rock base has been used,
which will reduce the cost of the per-
1nanent work hereinafter recon-
mended, and for which allowance has
been made in our final estimate of cost.
The permanent, workmanlike construc-
ton of the bridges and culverts recent
ly built by the supervisors, in which
reinforced concrete has been used for
the foundations and steel trusses for
the superstructures, has been specially
noted with approval by the commits
sion. Many of the older bridges and
culverts require rebuilding, some IN
part and others as a whole, upon the
same permanent lines above mentioned.
1.-The drainage of the highways has
been taken care of sufficiently we'll for
the character Of the work done on the
roadbed, but better system of ditch
ing and of culverts is needed for per-
manent work.
'Second-We have had made in the
county surveyors office a map, show
ing the main public highways and
their connections, and showing also, in
heavy red lines, the portions of the
main highways which we recon-
mend for permanent Improvement
which we submit with this report.
'Third-We submit the following
list of sections of main public high
ways. which we respectfully recon-
mend for permanent improvement, in
cluding their bridges and culverts, by
an issuance of bonds therefor:
Section A-San Bernardino avenue
from the easterly limits of the city or
Upland easterly to the westerly limits
Of the city of San Bernardino, a dis
tance of 1906 miles.
"'Sec. B-Colton avenue from the
easterly limits of the city of Cotton
easterly to the westerly limits of the
city of Redlands, distance of $50
miles.
Sec. C-Colton avenue from the in
tersection of Mill street and E street
at the southerly limits of the city of
San Bernardino, sOuthwesterly to the
intersection of Mount Vernon avenue
and Cotton avenue, at the easterly linn
its of the city of Cotton, distance of
40 miles.
"'Sec. D-Colton road to riverside,
so called, beginning at the southerly
limits of the city of Cotton on Third
street, southerly to the northerly line
of Riverside county, a distance of 2.61
miles.
Sec E-The following section Of
main highway from San Bernardino to
1dlewild: Mill street from it's intersec-
ton with Waterman avenue at the
easterly limits of the city of san Ber-
nardino easterly about one mile to
Stiles street, thence sOutherly about
one mile on Stiles street, crossing the
Santa Ana river on the existing bridge
thence easterly about one mile on the
road passing the Riverside Trust COM
pany's creamery to Mountain View
avenue. thence southerly on said Noun
tain View avenue. paralleliug the Red
lands motor line to Cotton avenue at
Idlewid, a distance Of 4.01 miles.
"Sec, F-The following section Of
main highway from Redlands to High
land and San Bernardino: Orange
street. beginning at the northerly linn
it's of the city of Redlands, thence
northerly across the Santa Ana wash
to the intersection of Orange street and
Cram road thence westerly and north
erly to Base Line street in Highland,
thence westerly along said Base Line
street to its intersection with Water
man avenue the easterly limits of the
citv of San Bernardino, distance of
sos miles.
Sec. G-Church street, beginning at
the southerly line of the right of way
of the Santa Fe railroad in East High
land, thence southerly along said
Church street about II miles to Cram
road, thence westerly along said Cram
road to its intersection with Orange
street, total distance of 0.67 miles.
Sec H-Palm avenue, in Highland
from Highland avenue southerly to
Base Line road. distance of / mile
"'Sec. Euclid avenue from the
southerly to the old Telegraph road
so called, being the road leading to