The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1910-09-01
Alameda County Town Plans 10 Hold Mon
ster Celebration on Opening Day


NEWARK, Aug 3I-New Newark
tls1s place IS soon to: be. At the trig-
ger end of the Dumbarton cutoff, where
/ san rancisco hay has beer. spanned by
q. remarkable double tracked bridge,
Newark VIII be the point from which
overland and northland freight will be.
shot into San Francisco. Newark is TO
. get onto the railroad time tables in
black type It VIII be a junction and
distributing point for freight before the
month Of September Will have passed
That is why the citizens Of the town
of Newark are now planning a ceieora-
+ u on, which viii probably be held on
Saturday, September p, to observe the
new era which is to come to the town
along the east bay shore. The cele-
d. bratiou VIII include. of course, a car
uirsI queen, a barbecue, oratOns and
sports Thousands viii come TO Newark
from All points in Alameda and Santa
Clara counties and the first excursion
train 10 be run over the Dumbarton
cutoff win bring its many passengers
into Newark by the splendid double
steel trackWay that leaps across the
south arm of San Francisco bay from
2 point near Newark to Dumbarton
point near Redwood City, San Mateo
county
ENTERTAINMENT FUND
The citizens Of Newark have raised
l71 700 properly to provide for the en-
I ltA sainment of their guests on that day
krffch is to make Newark new. The
board Of supervisors of Alameda county
have appropriated $3.50 toward the fund
and other substantial donations are
promi sed. The affair viii be held at
the Newark park ground on what was
the James G. Fair property, where there
IS fine pavilion for dancing and splen-
did space for the outdoor sports Of the
day
While the visitors viii be gay at the
festival with the people of Newark,
the chief interest will center in the
notable bridge which in terms of 1.-THE,
staunch steel cannects the east shore
Of san Francisco bay with the west
shore and over which so per cent of
The freight that enters san Francisco,
as more than $50 carloads daily, will
pass. That this new bridge, which is
now completed and has carried work
trains since the first of August, means
that Newar kis to be an important
transportation point for Southern Pa
cine traffic is evidenced by the fact that
the Southern Pacific company has re
Gently purchased 500 acres of land near
the Southern Pacific station at Newark
and contiguous to the main south
bound line and the line that runs from
srtinez. through Niles to the Dunn
barton cutoff
BRIDGE A UNION ONE
While the Southern Pacific company
projected and built this steel thorough
fare over the waters Of the bay the
permit 70 span the bay granted by the
war department provides that il shall
- union q ;dge- open to all railroad
ha7c Any ine, the Weston Pacific,
= - D lines which may be built and
yoIr1t( transportation lines may use the
Dumbarton bridge upon making salts
factory foliage arrangements with the
Southern Pacific company.
The Dumbarton bridge is constructed
al the narrowest point on the south
arm OF San Francisco bay, where the
channel is 500 feet wide, and the
topography Of the shore line marks the
waist Of q gigantic hour glass. through
which tides like sand shift TO and
fro. coming the passage Of time. over
waist of this Aquatic hour glass
the spans OF the bridge swing, so as
10 interfere as little as possible with
the play Of the tides. The Spring VAL
ley water mains fom the Niles canyon
filter beds. cross the bay, submarine at
this point Below the point are the
. oyster beds and within reach are the
broad salt cellars Of several companies
10 give seasoning 10 the bivalves.
liant DRAW SPAN
The tide al this point has a variation
Of. IL feet in hours and SO minutes.
Where the bridge crosses there is
mean depth Of so feet. over this depth
hang the steel spans of the bridge In
the center, balanced ON a 40 reinforced
concrete pier. is the draw span 80 feet
long. and weighing 100 tons The top
Of this draw span towers 10 feet above
the high water mark It leaves 126
foot freeway on either side when IL is
hDen for the traffic Of the lower bay
- span is equipped by the govern |
g nj with automatic fog signals.
Nrhe draw span is sprung by three
-ziiader gasoline engine OF about 100 |
epower. This gasoline engine may /
De replaced by electric apparatus |
ADRoUs ENGINEERING
The steel span approaches TO the CEN
trsl draw are considered more-remark-i