Los Angeles herald., 1910-01-18
NEARLY 100000
SPENT ON ROADS
IN SIX MONTHS
SEMI-ANNUAL REPORT SENT
TO SUPERVISORS
HIGHWAY COMMISSION TELLS OF
PROGRESS MADE
Balance on Hand for Future work
Amounts to Almost Million.
Many Contracts
Let

The semi-annual report of the Los
Angeles county highway commission
for the six months ended December 81,
1909 was submitted to the board OF
supervisors yesterday and accepted
without comment. Up to that date the
total expenditures amounted to $l12'-
! GAL 95, and there was balance on hand
of 1928, 1856. OF the amount eXpend-
ed $80,975.71 was on contracts for road
building, the construction of bridges
and other work, the total of these con-
tracts being 1878, 1886.
The report shows that contracts have
been let and work is under way 1or
the following work:
Four pile trestle bridges on Tejunga
washes. with an aggregate length OF
1916 feet.
The Newhall tunnel, involving the
construction of a concrete lined high
way tunnel 20 feet wide by II feet high
and 439 feet in length. Contract price,
$63, 1854.
Complete location surveys on 4.S7
miles of the Hollywood Toluca road
from Hollywood to Lankershim sta
tion. Advertisement for bids for this
work will be printed some time this
month.
Location surveys are also completed
on 2.14 miles of Sunset boulevard, Hol-
| lywood to Beverly.
Grading Contract
Contract let for grading, culverts
and paving of Wiltshire boulevard and
San Vicente boulevard. The culverts
on this stretch of TIA miles are in place
and the greater portion of the grading
Is completed. Contract price $9S,524.56.
Washington street, Los Angeles to
Ocean Park, 9.19 miles, is reported as
having work under way on las miles,
for which portion contract has been let.
Advertising for grading and paving
| of the Los Angeles-Inglewood Her
mosa Beach road is awaiting the set
| tlement of few right of way matters.
The same reason is given for the
| delay in advertising for bids for the
| improvement of Manhattan Beach
| road.
| OF the 1138 miles OF the Harbor
boulevard, Los Angeles to Whining
ton, only 472 miles, from Victoria
street to Wilmington, has been con-
| tracted for grading and culverts. This
work has been completed, the contract
price being SIT. 7.430. Plans are ready
for advertising the remaining 666 miles
of this road between Los Angeles and
| Victoria street.
On Long Beach boulevard the con-
| tract was let and construction was
| under way on 636 of the 12.45 miles,
the contract price being S56,742. In
connection with this work the COM
mission says four bridges across the
Los Angeles river have been complet-
ed at price of $15,533.75
Location Surveys
The report shows that location sur
veys have been completed or are un-
| der way for the Compton Clearwater
road, Downey-Norwalk and Orange
county line road, Downey- Clearwater
and Long Beach road, Vernon-Downey
road, Montery pass road, Los Angeles
and Alhambra road, Huntington drive,
Valley boulevard, Ell Monte, Spadra
and Pomona road, Ell Monte-Covina
road, Covina-Lordsburg road, San Di-
mas avenue, Sierra Madre avenue, AL
tadena drive, La Canyada- Verdugo
road, Eagle Rock road, Mountain ave-
| nue. (Avenue SiXty-four) and Glendale
| Hollywood road and Vermont avenue.
In summarizing the work the report
says that during the past six months
| complete location surveys have been
made on 226.72 miles of road and all
survey data has been plated up in the
office of 170.77 miles of road. Grades
have been established and plans prac-
tically completed on 1928 miles of
| road, but it will be necessary to revise
many of the grades before final adver-
| tising.
The greatest trouble and delay has
been occasioned by the shortage of
| stone, but the commissioners believe
this difficulty is about ended by the
preparations at Pacoima and San Di-
mas quarries for the deliveries of road
material.
Specifications Adopted
Twenty-Five sets of specifications
have been prepared and adopted, but
the commissioners say they have ex-
perienced difficulty in getting clear til
ties to rights of way. I'm general"
says the report, "all the necessary
rights of way and easements are do
mated by the owner"
The commission has now in it's en-
ploy siXty-seven men. A recapitulation
of the financial work of the commission
is as follows:
Cost of preliminary work prior to
bond issue, $21, ,501.3 commission sal
aries and expenses to December 81,
1909. $4157.C1; office salaries, $35SS.61;
office supplies and expenses, $1514.91;
engineering salaries, $43,90350; sup
plies and expense, $11, ,541.75; construc-
tion, S0,973,71; rights of way pur-
chased, $3S725O; oil, $S1S31; Pacoima
quarry expense. $1072.44, Total, $172,-