The San Francisco call., 1910-05-01
Plan TO EXTEND
HILL BOULEVARD
:.
Oakland Supervisors Consider
ing Improvement of High
way to Livermore
Betterments Will Mean Much to
Motorists of This Part of
the State

Br r. R. E,HIoMMEDIEu

.ApprecIating: the interest that has
]5een. aroused recently by the proposal
OF the. extension Of the Hayward bou-
Ievard. A H. Piepenburg. manager of
: The automobile department of the
Studebaker Brothers branch in Oak
and. ih a Studebaker Garford Forty,
made a serious inspection of this route
T<he extension of the foothiu boulevard
rom Hayward through Dublin pass
viii mean the placing of these roads
IN as safe and pleasurable a condition
for touring as the foothill boulevard
1rseIf. This viii form a connecting link
7 between the boulevard and the fine
roads in the lower end of Alameda
-&Tiaflty, with good roads into Contra
#Costa and San Joaquin counties
/: The chamber Of commerce of Oakland
. was appealed TO and their attention
called 10 the splendid roads in general
Throughout the Livermore valley, and
that body was urged to take action TO
> prouQte. the Improvement of about 10
miles of road through the Dublin pass
:-.he-chanber Of commerce responded at
.odce ind requested the Alameda county
board Of supervisors to take prelimi-
.TaIE steps.
1.-The supervisors ordered survey of
-3abltn. pass road by the county
= tilt@ 9 A.tls- WHO was also asked 10 give
am. estimate Of the cost entailed. The
funds viii probably. be provided out of
me general fund, as the road will run
tlroflg1h a poor. country which can not
-yraEide for it out of its own resources
n 5rder To bald a road that will be of
.sheHeft to- Oakland and the bay shore.
-. T his: ictfon- meets with the approval
cf.: tiIe city and county officials of Oak
-iallQ q nQ* Alameda county, is they real
ize: that the chief point rs that the
6Uildins s:oI. this road will make Oakland
5tlle. focal points the trunk road sys-
~ten1s -of.the state Immediately forming
q cohnecting Ink between the cele-
hTated foOlhi1l boulevard and the COM
pre- lensiA-e- system Of trunk roads now
GG1ding. in the contiguous counties.
The DVblin pass -Eoad passes through
~s0llie of the most beautiful scenery of
s. be. state. There. are mary grades, and
at times. the. views from the crests of
these are superb. Very few of the
eFsdes viii have 10 be amended, but, on
.aaeoTnt of the prevalence of sharp
Z jIr5Is, the road Will have TO be wild
.:cAed. in many places A number of
nridees already built Of concrete, will
.E552: a. big part toward holding down
. rs %IscnSe. = butt some Of the wooden
bridges wilt have te be supplemented
with new .oItes or with concrete bridges.
/. Immediately at the end of Dublin
PASS -tlEe LodQ opens up 10 the Wl0e ana
Straight roads now tapping the Liver
- lfsre "a l} ey-s . In some places these too
@gAiilt aiaVe.zt0: receive some little: atten-
tldn.< With the exception of one or two
*NeTT. gradual turns. the distance be-
tween. the end of the Dublin pass road
q md Ilvermcre- is. practically a straight
$ trfetciE of ten: miles. a.
=: At this time Of the year the portion
sf the: country. which is tapped by the
f)ubLin. pass road aad the adjacent
4. .frermore valley road is in the most
beautiful condition. Shrubbery and wild
flowers are in profVsien. Hundreds Of
u1otorists, in spite, of the grades and
poor -con'ditiun Of the road in places.
make the trip frequently to get a taste
df. the .deiightful SCENERY and inhale the
delicious atmosphere compounded from
t6e. odors Of the blossoms Of many or
chards, the redwoods, pines and wild
flowers When the improvements are
made there: is little doubt that this
vli]l prove 10 be .onesof the most popu-
la.r:: routes for a Sunday or weekend
rlfl WlthiIl the vicinity, Of both San
Francisco. and Oakland.