Los Angeles herald., 1910-02-05
PLANS TO PAVE
MILESOF ROADS
BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS
URGES IMPROVEMENT
PROPOSED SYSTEM WILL CON-
Meet WITH GOOD ROADS
recommendation for Extensive Bet
terment of Streets in Outskirts of
City Submitted by Municipal
Engineer Are Approved

A most important and extensive
sctreet undertaking was launched by
the board of public works yesterday
when it adopted a recommendation OF
City Engineer Homer Hamlin and IN
structed the engineer to prepare the
ordinance to be presented to the
council.
The project contemplates the inn
provement with asphalt and nacadan'
pavements of miles of public streets
to connect with the good roads" sys-
tenn being constructed by the county
highway commission.
The work will be done under the
Harmon and Vroeman acts and the
engineer finds some difficulty in the
fact that some Of the streets are wider
than is necessary. This will make the
work more costly and probably VIII
result in more numerous protests. But
all the streets involved in the new
proceedings are important highways,
and the engineer believes the road
ways should be left wide enough to
accommodate the traffic.
The fact that these streets are to
connect with the improved county
highways will make the abutting prop
erty more valuable than ordinary
street improvements would, and be-
cause of this fact the board of public
works believes no majority protests
will be filed.
Mr.. Hamlin submitted his recon-
mendation for these improvements TO
the board December 8, and since that
time the board has had it under con-
sideration. This consideration re-
suited in the board determining that
the work was necessary and the rec
ommendation was adopted.
List of Improvements Proposed
The improvements will be made in
accord with the engineers suggestions:
Following is the statement submitted
to the board of public works by Mr.
Hamlin:
Slauson avenue from Vermont
avenue to the west city boundary
This is a narrow street, averaging
about forty feet in width, but wider
in places. East of Western avenue
width of the roadway is fixed at
thirty-four feet There are no
street railway tracks in this street.
The Santa Fe railway is on the
north side. No curbs or other inn
provements have been constructed
| on this street west Of Vermont
avenue. I will suggest that the
| roadway be made thtrty-four rect
| wide from Vermont avenue TO
Western avenue, and that it be inn
| proved with OlItu IudSoOoAiiJ
| that the oiled macadam be extended
westerly from Western avenue to
| the west city boundary, paving
strip twenty feet wide.
Vermont avenue from Slauson
avenue to Santa Monica avenue.
This street is eighty feet wide. The
roadway is fifty-six feet wide in
general, but narrower in rev
places, with a single track street
railway on it. A considerable por-
ton of the curb and sidewalk is
laid on this street. 1t is recon-
mended that an asphalt pavement
be laid here, with the roadway as
at present fifty-six feet wide.
Main street from Thirty-seventh
street to Slauson avenue. Ih1s
street is eighty feet wide. The
roadway is fifty-six feet wide and
there are no street car tracks
here. The curb and sidewalk have
been constructed. I would recon-
mend this street be paved with
asphalt to the full width of fifty
six feet. Ultimately this will be
very important highway between
Los Angeles, San Pedro, Whining
ton, Long Beach and the harbor.
Recommends Oiled Macadam
Main street from Slauson avenue
to Manchester avenue. This street
is eighty feet wide, except opposite
some unsubdivided property, and
has no street car track on it. The
roadway is fifty-six feet wide.
Much Of the curb and sidewalk has
been constructed. I recommend
oiled macadam pavement over the
full width of the roadway, on ac- d.
count of storm water and drainage,
the macadam to be eight inches
thick at. the center of the street
of fha ont
ters, and should be so designed
that it will be possible to surface
it with asphalt at some future
time.
Stephenson avenue from Boyle
avenue to the east city boundary.
This street is eighty-two and one
half feet wide. The roadway is
fifty-eight and one-half feet VIDE,
on which there is a double-tracked
street railway line. The cement
curb and sidewalk have been con-
structed on this street. [ recon- ~
mend that this street be paved
with asphalt, the roadway to re-
main as at present, fifty Eight and
one-half feet wide. 1t would have
been better If this roadway had
been narrower, but it seems 1mpos-
sible to change it now.
Boyle avenue from Stephenson
avenue to Seventh street. This
street is eighty feet wide. The
roadway is fifty feet wide and
there is a double-tracked railway
on this street. The street is now
being improved by grading, curb
ing, sidewalking and guttering. but
the roadway is being improved un-
der specifications No 60. This
class of roadway is utterly unfit
for heavy traffic.
To Make Roadway Sc Feet
Seventh street from Boyle avenue
to the Los Angeles river. This
street is in the process of WIDEN
ing to eighty feet 1t is recon-
mended that the roadway be hxed
at fifty-six feet, as there Will be a
double track street railway on It.
This street should be paved with
asphalt and brick where the grades
are steep.
First street from Chicago street
to the east city boundary Thls
street is eighty feet wide, with a.
fifty-six foot roadway and double
track street railway. The curbs
and sidewalks have been construct
ed on the greater portion of this
street. 1 suggest that it be paved
with asphalt. 49,.