Imperial Valley press., 1912-03-20
SAN DIEGO BOULEVARD
READY IN Nine MONTHS

SAN DIEGO, March 2O.-That the
finest scenic highway in Southern Cal
ifOrnia. from San Diego to Imperial
valley, win be completed and ready
for traffic in nine months is the prom
Use of the highway commission to
The Chamber of Commerce committee
and the local branch of the AutomO-
bile Club of Southern California.
Two construction camps are now
working between Dulzua and Campo;
another is located between Mountain
Springs and Campo, and a third is
soon to be established at Mountain
Springs.
Another camp is located at Vieias
pass, where the heaviest grade is 10
be cut down. At this point for a dis
.t@ncc Of several miles The road is to
be cut in red granite. which will af-
ford fine surfacing for miles either
way. 1t is also proposed to make the
roadway On these mountain grades
sufficiently wide TO allow vehicles to
pass. Nieias has always been one Of
1.-THE most dangerous parts Of the road
to Campo. Another part of the road
to be made safe is from Campo 10
Mountain Springs. The commission
there has selected the most practical
route and will built an almost entirely
new road All mountain springs and
gOrges are to be bridged or made safe
by cement culverts. The commission
I has decided not to follow the old sUg-
gestion of making a ford across Cot
! tonwood creek fordable. Instead It
will be spanned with a steel bridge
and approaches.
] From San Diego 70 Descanso the
lroad is practically finished and eX-
cept for a few mudholes in places
caused by the late rains is in good
condition. The mudholes are to be
eliminated by surfacing with granite
The highway commission is assured
by the supervisors of Imperial coun-
ty that on the Imperial side the road
will be constructed to meet the San
Diego road near Mountain Springs.
The Imperialites have less work to do,
as the surface is level.
The board of supervisors will hold
a conference with the highway COM
mission, at which road matters in gen
eral will be discussed. 1t is said the
supervisors intend to place Richard
Goodbody i'll charge of the Imperial
highway construction GoOdbody is re-
garded by the board of supervisors, it
. is said, as the best road builder in San
DIEGO The supervisors also propose
TO exact from the commission records
I and surveys of the highways already
constructed. 1t is said the REGARDS are
/ in a iumbled mess. and on this account
the board has refused to accept the
completed roads. Commissioner John
w. IsbeIl, who has had charge of the
construction of several important
+ highways, is anxious TO turn them
over to the county. but the super
yisors refuse to assume authority un-
til the entire system is completed and
the records are clear. While the high
way fund still has 100000 in the
treasury. Commissioner GOodbOdy be
lieves this is sufficient to build the
remainder of the route to Imperial.
Another important question to be dis
cUssed at the conference between the
supervisors and the commission is the
maintenance of the highway system.
Under the bond issue voted to con-
struct no provision was made for a
maintenance fund. According to ideas
of the commission general overseer
should be appointed whose duties
would be to assume the responsibility
of looking after and keeping up re-
pairs. How to provide a fund is to
be worked out The Chamber of Com
merce highway committee will prob
ably recommend that this work be ap-
portion to Commissioner GoodbOdy.