Los Angeles herald., 1909-12-09
PLAN ROADS
OF MACADAM
AND ASPHALT
ENGINEER HAMLIN SUBMITS
HIS REPORT
WOULD PAVE CITY STREETS TO
COUNTY ROADS
Scheme to Beautfy Municipal High
ways Outlined in Message to
Board of Public
Works

| works yesterday city Engineer Homer
Hamlin submitted for its consideration
plans for the improvement of the va
rlous streets leading from the paved
areas of the city to the proposed roads
to be constructed by the highway COM
mission. This report Is the result of
careful study on the part of the city
engineer for months and IL his plans
are carried out will can one of the
! biggest street improvement PROPOSE
tions that ever was attempted in Los
Angeles or any other city. In part his
report is as follows:
"A large percentage of these streets
| have already been improved by grad
| ing, graVeling, curbing and sidewalk
| ing, In the case of nearly every i'm
proved street the roadway is, in my
opinion, wider than necessary, but we
are confronted by the fact that the
curbs are in and that 1t is ditficults II
not impossible, to narrow the road
way. Property owners are prone to
protest against the narrowing of the
roadway upon their street, even II 1t
would be to their advantage and the
| cost of construction and maintenance
would both be reduced. On the other
| hand, it must be said that all OF the
streets mentioned are or will be i'm
portant highways and the roadway
should be wide enough to accommodate
traffic street railways, automobiles ana
| teams.
AFTER considering the subject from
several points of view, l venture TO
suggest the following:
"First-Slauson avenue from YER
mont avenue to the west city bound
larry. will suggest that the roadway
he made "a feet wide from Vermont
avenue to Western avenue and that II
he improved by oiled macadam, and
that the oiled macadam be extended
westerly from Western avenue TO the
west city boundary, paving strip ~
feet wide. c..
"Second-Vermont avenue from Santa
Monica avenue to Slauson avenue. 1t
Is recommended that an asphalt pave
ment be laid here, with the roadway as
at present Sc feet wide ,u-,-
~Third-Maln street from Thirty
seventh street to Slauson avenue. l
would recommend that this street be
paved with asphalt 10 the ful wldth
of Sc feet. -. e,o,,zo,,
avenue TO Manchester avenue. / rec
ommend oiled macadam pavement over
the full width of the roadway on ac-
count of storm water and drainage
"Fifth-Stephenso avenue from
Rovle avenue TO the east city bound
ary. I recommend that this street De
nayed with asphalt. the roadway to re-
main as Mt present, 5S1a feet wide.
"Sixth-Boyle avenue from stephen
son avenue to Seventh street. I would
suggest an asphalt pavement tor TINS
street. The street is now being I'M
proved by grading, curbing' sldeWalK-
ing and guttering, but the roa9Way Is
being improved under speclncatiohs
Seventh-Seventh street from Boyle
avenue to the Los Angeles river. This
street should be paved with asphalt
ana brick where the grades are steep
"Eighth-First street from Chlcago
street to the east city boundary. 1
suggest that 1t be paved Win asPl,aI.. P1I'i..
"Ninth-Chicago street from First
.+roo+ to First street. II is recon-
nended that this street be paved with
asphalt. ,.or,,o from,
i0Tenth-Alhambra avenue 1roIl
DYissio, road 10 the east city boundary
II is recommended that the roadway pe
narrowed to so feet and that the streeI
be improved by paving with oiieu
macadam. ..o,., Al
bamhra avenue to the east city boun-
darv This street is in process or
widening TO 100 feet. l would Suggest
that the street be paved with asphalt
where there are street railway tracks
and with oiled macadam eight lhches
thick at the center of the street ana
four inches thick at the cutters Where
there are no tracks. 1t is believed that
a wider roadway than usual VIII pe re-
ouired on this street.
"TweIfth-Pasadena avenue from
Narmion way to the east city boundary.
when the Arroyo Seco is bridged at the
east citv boundary this will be one or
the most important highways IN TINS
region. 1t is recommended tnat the
street be paved with asphalt for the
full width.
from DAYTON avenue to the north city
boundary. This street Is in process OF
widening to so feet. I would suggest
that 1t be paved with oiled macadam.
Observation-Disclosures Twenty from
Pasadena avenue to Dayton avenue.
This street is in process of widening to
On feet II is recommended that the
street be paved with asphalt to the full
width of the roadway when the widen
ing is completed.
"Fifteenth-Sunset boulevard from
Marion avenue to the Plaza. 1t is rec
commended that this street be paved
with asphalt and brick on steep grades.
"Sixteenth-Vermont avenue from
Temple street to Wiltshire boulevard.
It is recommended that this street be
paved with oiled macadam.
"Seventeenth - Wiltshire boulevard
from Park View to the west city
boundary. will recommend that the
curbs remain in their present location
between Park View avenue and Yer
mont avenue, and that west of Yer
mont avenue the roadway be mar
rowed to 80 feet, if possible, and that it
be paved with asphalt
Eighteenth-Park View avenue from
Sixth street to Seventh street. l would
recommend that the roadway be paved
with asphalt.
washington street from Normandie
avenue to the west city boundary prior
to the Colegrove annexation. I rec
ommend that the curbs west Of Nor
mandie avenue be left as at present, |
and that the roadway be paved with
asphalt"