The San Francisco call., 1910-11-16
PLANS COMPLETE
FOR HARBOR FILL
Oakland Will Commence Project
to Create $3,OOO.OOO Munic-
ipal Water Front Property
City Engineer Turner Files Pro-
posed Scheme Details With
War Department

OAKLAND, Nov. 15.-Citv Engineer
Turner has submitted to General
Charles F. I. 3. Davis. United States
army ofhcer in charge of the engineer
irg corps OF San Francisco bay. com
plete plans for carrying out the project
of filing in the tidelands in the western
water front between the Southern Pa
cifc mole and the Key Route pier.
General Davis probably viii approve
the plans within a week Then the
board OF public works viii advertise
for bids for the construction Of the
quay wall which viii confne the made
ground.
300 ACRES INVOLVED
The hll viii create for the city Of
Oakland 500 acres Of water front land.
worth. according to conservative esti-
mates. s3.o00.0oO OF this property the
city VIII have sole control and virtual
ownership. To make unassailable the
municipal rights in the property the
city administration viii ssk the next
legislature to grant to the city the
oTnership OF the land outward from
t1e low tide fire. That such action
VIII be taken by the state IS considered
money 10 develop and utilize the har-
Dor This vast work was made pos
sible through the citY's settlement of
the water front controversy with the
southern Pacific
Money is available for the coustruc-
tion Of the quay wall and the dredging
of channel. The waste from the
dredging is TO be used in filling be-
mind the wall. There will be more mud
removed than this fill viii require and
the Key Route interests. in carrying
out their dock plan. viii work in CON
junction with the city in making deep
water approach and in filing the space
landward from the bulkhead line.
WALL TO INCLOSE BIG FIJI.
The bulkhead line has been removed
1000 feet westerly by the war depart
01enr, on petition Of the city so that
rhe proposed Improvement might be
made The quay wall. for which the
board OF public works is 10 let q con-
fract promptly. VIII trace the new
hulkhead line The wall on the south
VIII follow the Oakland mole approach
70 its westerly extremity. and on the
north viii abut on the Key Route pier.
The city viii huild the wall from the
Southern Pacific mole landwsrd to the
bulkhead line. thence TO the Key Route
pier The north wall viii be formed
by the Key Route in the filing in of
the tIFSlle. NnlCN the war department
Will permit as protection for the basin
10 be dredEed by the city
FIVE YEARS FOR PROJECT
The only condition governing the
Key Route fill. imposed by the war
department was that the city proceed
within year 10 construct its wall and
reclaim the land behind the new bulk
head line. The project must be COM
uleted within Eve years
The municipal work. as planned by
tsie city engineer. VIII he betrayed out
Of the bond money voted for harbor
work The big bond issue contained
an item Of s5SO.O00 for development
of the Key Route basin. The quay
wall will cost about $1,000 The rest
Of the money will provide for the
dredging of the deep water channel.
reclsiming of the 500 acres of land
and the construction OF two piers in
the basin.
One Of the piers will be at the Oak
- nd mole end OF the quay wall The
other viii be at the junction Of the
nulkhead lire with the Key Route pier.
The quay wall is to be Of roekface con-
struCtion.