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cA~iFoRNiA HiGHWAys AND Pus~ic WoRKsOFficial Journal of the Division of Highways of the Department of Public Works, State of California

FRANK W. CLARK, Direckor C. H. PURCELL, State Highway Engineer J. W, HOWE, Editor K. C. ADAMS, Associate Editor

Published for information o~ the members of the department and the citizens of CaliforniaEditors of newspapers and others are privileged to use matter eontained herein. Cuts will be gladly loaned upon requesf

Address communications to CaliFornia Highways and Public Works, P. O. Sox 1499, Sacramento, California

Vol. 17 OCTOBER, 1939 No. 10

Table o f contents

Cover Page—View of Newly Completed Unit of State I~ighway in KingsRiver Canyon Showing Windy Cliff in Background

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$8,715,358 Le«r I~id for Constrilction of Friant Dam____1

Diagram Ske~ch of Friant Dam oil F'hoto~rap'n of Dainsite 1~cross SanJoaquin River ----------------------------------------- ~-3

Governor 01son Declares He Rlill Garry On Fight to Secure Water andPower at Cost for the I'eople_____________________________________4

Cominuizities MLlst Organize to Deceive Water and Po`ver________________~By Frank W. Glark, Director° of Public Wog°ks

I+~iiant Camp Scenes Showing Office 13uilclinbs, Dormitories ~ncl Cottages5

Clotidbtitrst Storin Damage Wi11 Entail Expenditure of $500,pOQ on High-ways in South------------------------------- -------6

B~ E. E. Wallzzee, Distrtict E~ygi~aeea•

Pictures of I~ighways Damaged by Floods in Imperial ar~cl Ri~ersicleCoLtnties -------------------------------------------- ,- ----- i-S

I3ivi~led Highway Unit an Foothill BoLllevard in Alameda County Dedi-catecl—Illustrated _____ ____________ ____________9

Ocean Shore. Flighway Realignment Between Davenport and Waddell CreekOpened with Ceremonies_______________________ __________10

Views of New Ocean Shore Realignment Sectors_ ___________11

Laws Passed by 1939 Legislature Affectiizg Highways_ _ ______lBy C. C. Carleto~a, Chief Attor~tie~ of De~rartmevLt of Padiilic Works

Russian River Realignment in Sonoma CoLlnty Formally Opened__________14

Scenes Aloi7g Russian River Hibhway Realignment_ _____________14-15

Pomona Grade Separations Involve Channelizecl Ramp Approach System__16By J. H. Oberm2cller, gssista~it E~igi~tiee~• of Surveys a~ad Plans

State Highway Traffic Count Shows Increase of 91 Per Cent Over 1938___18By C. H. Purcell, Stag Highway E~tigiv~eer

First Unit. of "Industrial Highway" Opened to Traffic____ ____20

Pictures of Sections of Ne«~ "Industrial Hi;;h«gay"______________________21

Another Step in Evolution of Striping PIachine__________________________22B~ R. H. Stalnaker, Equiy~ment En~i~2ee~°

Pictures of New Striping Machine Equipment__________________________23

Out-Of-The-l~2ai1 Ba~ --------------------------------------------25

Bids and ~lwarcls--------------------------- -- - 26-~

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THE awarding on October 9th ofthe contract for construction ofthe $16,000,000 Friant Dam by

Secretary of the Interior Harold C.Ickes to the Griffith Company andBent Company of Los Angeles, jointlow bidders, is the most importantevent to agriculture and industry inthe Great Central Valley of Californiasince the contracts were let for con-struction of Shasta Dam.Friant Dam is the second major

unit of the Central Valley Project,which is classed as the largest rec-lamation enterprise in history. Thebid was opened in Sacramento bythe United States Bureau of Recla-mation September 14th, and bringswell above the $60,000,000 mark thecontracts which have been alreadyawarded by the Federal Governmentfor construction of this project.Ground breaking ceremonies at

the dam site have been set for No-vember 5, 1939. Awarding of the con-tract will bring a step nearer frui-tion the plan of the Central ValleyProject developed under the direc-tion of State Engineer EdwardHyatt., Department of Public Works,to provide a supplemental watersupply for 1,200,000 acres of farmlands in the southern San JoaquinVa11ey.

This vitally needed unit of theCentral Valley Project is located onthe San Joaquin River about twentymiles north of Fresno. When com-pleted it will provide storage capa-city for 520,500 acre-feet of water,316,500 acre-feet of which will beavailable for storage regulation ofwaters for delivery into the Friant-Kern Canal and the Madera Canal.

These canals; when constructed,will have an aggregate length ofnearly 200 miles, one extending north

from Friant Dam to the ChowchillaRiver north of Madera and the other

south to a point near Bakersfield.

They will carry a new water supply

to parts of Fresno, Kern,. Madera,Tulare and Kings counties. Surfacewaters in these sections long have

Friant Dam BidsFive bids for the construc-

tion of Friant Dam, vargingfrom a low of $8,715,358.50 toa high of $12,483,173.50, weretaken under consideration bythe United States Bureau ofReclamation which announcedthat a contract would probablybe awarded before the end ofOctober.

Walker R. Young, supervis-ing engineer of the Central Val-ley Project, said work can bestarted on the big dam on theupper San Joaquin River byearly November, provided thebids were found to be regularand satisfactory to the Govern-ment.

The proposals, opened Thurs-day, September 14, in Sacra-mento, were as follows

Griffith Co. andBent Co., 418S. Pecan St.,Los Angeles__ $8,715,358.50

Shasta Construc-tion Co., SanFrancisco ___ 9,105,760.00

West Coast Con-structors, Inc.,Los Angeles__ 9,197,169.50

Winston Bros.Co., The Arun-del Corp., D.W. Thurston,AmericanConcrete &Steel PipeCorp., and L.E. Dixon Co.,Los Angeles 12,368,660.00

Friant Con-struction Co.,San Francisco 12,483,173.50

The contractor will be al-lowed 1,200 calendar days, orabout 3 years and 3 months.

been appropriated for irrigation pur-poses and pumping from thousands of~~ells has seriously depleted theunderground supply. More than40,000 acres of once producing farmland has been abandoned for lack ofadequate water.Due to the fact that the water

suppl3~ naturally available to theSan Joaquin Valley is insufficient tomeet even present• water require-ments, and, in addition, that the wa-ters no~~v available are practicallyall utilized under rights establishedfor many years, the furnishing ofadditional water needed to supplyareas of deficiency in the southernSan Joaquin Valley offered one ofthe knottiest problems which theState engineers had to solve in con-nection with the plann.inb of theCentral Valley Project.When engineers of the State Divi-

sion of Water Resources first begantheir studies of the state-wide waterproblem in 1921 they were facedwith seemingly insurmountable cli-matic and geographic barriers. Theyfou~id that roughly three-quarters ofthe State's water supply was in thenortherly one-third of the State,whereas three-quarters of the ultimatedemand was in the southerly two-thirds of the State.To equalize this distribution is one

of tYie primary objects of the Centro]Valley Project. By storing thewaters of the Sacramento Riverwatershed, which previously haverun off into the Pacific Oceaiz asflood haters, a surplus will be madeavailable for use in the San JoaquinVa!ley. This water, boosted up thevalley by a series of pumping plantsto ~Zendota, will serve to irrigatethe ]ands which now draw on theSan Joaquin River for water, thusreleasing the stored water in theFriant Reservoir for distributionthrough the Friant-Kern and Ma-dera canals.Before such rearrangement of the

existing water supplies could bebrought about, however, many legaland water-right problems had to be

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solved. During the last. t~vo yearsthe t7. S. Bureau of Reclamation hasbeen negotiating with interestedparties in the solution of these prob-lems and the awarding of the con-tracts for construction of FriantDam is a signal that satisfactoryagreements have been negotiate.The Friant Dam, which engineers

have estimated will cost appro~i-mately $16,000,000, will provide em-ployment for 2500 men during thethree years necessary to completethe unit. It will be 3430 feet long,300 feet high and have a bottomwidth of 250 feet. In top length itcompares favorably with the 3500feet of Shasta Dam, now under con-struction on the Sacramento Riverat Kennett, However, Shasta Dam,with its 560 feet of height, is nearlytwice that of Friant Dam. In plan,cross-sections, height and length itdoes not differ ~reatlS~ from theNorris Dam in Tennessee or theMadden Dam in the. Panama CanalZone.The dam will be of the gravity

type and contain 1,850,000 cubicyards of concrete. It `will be 250feet thick at the base and 2Q feetat uhe crest, with drum gates con-trolling an over$ow spillway in theriver section. This spillway will

provide three 100 by 18-foot outletsseparated by 12-foot piers in whichthe Uperatiilg mechanism for thedrum gates will be housed.The spillway design, which was

tested by model studies, provides fora 90,000 second-foot capacity withan 18-foot depth of water on thecrest of the clam.O r i g i n a l l y Friaiit Darn was

planned as a 285-foot high struc-turP, but stLidies made subsequentto the record-breaking floods of11larch, 1.938, resulted in the addi-tion of 15 feet to the structure,thereby adding 70,000 acre-feet ofstorage for flood control purposes.Of the gross reservoir storage ca-pacity of 520,000 acre-feet, the upper15 feet, with a capacity of 70,000acre-feet, will be for flood control.The next lower 316,00 acre-feet ofcapacity will be used for irrigationpurposes and the remaining 134,000acre-feet will be dead storage to per-mit diversion into the high linecanals.Diversion for the Friant-Kern

Canal, which will eventually extendsouth aboLit 160 miles to the KernI~ive;r west. of Bakersfield, tivill beaccomplished by four conduitsthrough the left abutment section.These canal outlets will be controlled

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Across San Joaquin River and Locations of Spillway and the Canal cutlets

by four 96-inch hydraulically oper-ated needle valves with a canal headcapacity of 3500 second-feet. Diver-sion of 1000 second-feet for theMadera Canal, which will supply theMadera Irrigation District, will beprovided by two conduits throughthe right abutment of the dam con-trolled by t~~o 78-inch hydraulicallyoperated needle valves.

All outlets are provided with semi-circular trash rack structures on theupstream face of the dam, designedfor ti elocities varying from two tofour feet per second through theracks.The site of the dam is in typical

foothill country, and the San Joa-quin River Canyon is broad at thispoint, as indicated by the 3430-footcrest length of the dam. First ex-ploration of the site by core drillingand test pits was carried out by theMadera Irrigation District from 1918to 1924. Investigations carried on atthe site by the U. S. Bureau of Recla-mation have included about 1000 feetof tunnels, 300 feet of shafts, nearly4000 feet of diamond drill boring,and about 400 feet of 36-inch di-ameter core drilling.The rock at the site is classified as

schist, which in the unweatheredstate is relied upon for adequate

Construction Data onFriant Dam

Stripping Gravel Pit 600,00'0 cu. yds.

Excavation at Dam 770,2'00 cu. yds.

Concrete in Dam___ 1,85U,000 cu. yds.

Concwete, Miscel-laneous _________ 57,280 cu. yds.

Drain Tile and Pipe 64,47alin.ft.Metal Tubing andFittings _________ 2,645,000 Ibs.

Reinforcing Steel __ 3,390,000 Ibs.Gates and ConduitLining __________ 1,a22,000~ Ibs.

Outlet Pipes_______ B79,OOa Ibs.Ga4e Frames andTrucks __________ 49'7,OOOIbs.

Trash Racks ______ 646,7001bs.Needle Valves ____ 1,087,00 Ibs.

All materials are furnished by theFedewal Government except smallquantities incidental to installationwork.

support. This rock is reasonablytight. The schist at the site restsupon a granite which extends to adepth and area beyond the bound-aries affected by the dam. Bedrockis exposed, or near the surface, overthe entire site. Sound rock willprobably be reached by excavation

ranging from a minimum of about10 Feet to a maximum of nearly 80feet. It is estimated that 770,200cubic yards of excavation of allclasses will be necessary.

Specifications provide that thecontractor produce and process ag-gregate for the concrete in FriantDam. The aggregate is to be pro-duced from pits already purchasedby the government about two milesdo~~z~stream from the dam site.Extra precautions have been taken

in the preparation of plans forFriant Dam to insure that cracking,weathering and other disintegrationof the concrete be minimized. Theyaffect the temperature, compositionand curing of the concrete.In addition to the use of low-heat

Portland cement, it is required thatpun~icite in the amount of about 20per cent by weight of the cement beused for the mass concrete of thedam, except the outer six feet of thecrest and the downstream slope ofthe spillway section.Much emphasis is placed on tem-

perature control to prevent crackingand other weaknesses. The limita-tions placed on the maximum allow-able temperature of the mass con-crete when deposited vary from alow of 58 degrees F, during Decem-

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Governor Olson "Will Carry on Fight to

Bring People Water and Power at Cost"IN CONNECTION with

the awarding of the con-tract for the dam con-

struction, Governor CulbertL. Olson issued the followingstatement"The award of contract

for construction of FriantDam by the United StatesBureau of li,eclamation isanother step forward in theconstruction of ~Ghe greatCentral Valley Project.It should be understood

by the citizens of this state,that the administration inWashington which is makingpossible the construction ofthe Central Valley Project,has called upon us to be pre-pared to participate in thebenefits of the project.Both President Roosevelt

and Secretary Ickes haveurged the adoption by thestate of a program whichwould provide public out-lets for the water and powerdeveloped by the project.At the last session of the

Legislature my administra-`tion sponsored the bill whichwould have made this coop-eration with the federal gov-ernment possible.

ber and January, to a high of 70degrees F. during the months ofJune to September, inclLlsive.The designs call for cooling pipes,

through which river «pater may becirculated, to be embedded on foun-datioil rock and on top of each five-foot lift of e o n c r e t e, with thehorizontal spacing varying from twoand one-half feet at the base to fivefeet at the top. It will require 578miles of one-inch pipe to supply thiscooling system.ether conditions at the dam ~,re

particularly favorable for the con-trol of temperature due to the rela-tively high mean annual airtemperature, low humidity in sum-mer and low river water tempera-

GOVERNOR CULBERT L. OLSON

tore. Cooling is to be continueduntil the mean temperatLlre of theconcrete is within 8 degrees of themean daily temperature of the riverwater.The I+giant Dain feature of the

Central Valley Project is beinn con-structed by the Bureau of Reclama-tion. John C. Page is Commissionerof Reclamation, and R. F. Walter,chief engineer. Walker R. Young issupex•vising engineer in charge of allfield activities of the project, withheadquarters at Sacramento. RoyB. Williams «gill be construction en-gineer in direct charge of the Friantdivision of the project, with head-quarters at Friant.Plans for a public celebration of the

President Roosevelt andSecretary Ickes urged thepassage of this measure sothat they could be assuredof full cooperation by thestate in the future develop-ment of the project for themaximum benefit of con-sumers and the people of theCentral Valleys.The measure was bitterly

opposed by the power trustrepresentatives and finallydefeated by a reactionaryminority in the Assembly.

This can be consideredonly a temporary defeat.The duty of the state to

provide adequate outlets forwater and power to be de-veloped, will, I am sure, beresponded to by the peopleby electing a Legislature thatwill perform that duty in-stead of obeying the behestsof the power trust.I expect to carry on the

fight pledged in my partyplatform and in my inaugu-ral address to bring to thepeople, at cost, through pub-lic agencies, water andpower, which as natural re-sources, are their birth-right."

start of construction of Friant Damire being completed by ChairmanJames R. Fauver of the program com-mittee of the Central Valley Projectassociation ~~-orking ii1 conjLlnctionwith state officials and the UnitedStates Bureau of Reclamation.

General Patrick Farrell, adjutantgeneral of the California nationa]n~uard, has approved the dispatch ofan artillery battery to Friant. The~;ilns will be used to pay honor toGovernor Colbert L. Olson and to theflag and to salute the start of con-struction bar firing a salvo from thenorth abutment of the dam site. Itis expected the construction contractwill be awarded and work started bythe date selected for the celebration.

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Friant Camp Scenes: Left—View of headquarters office and dormitory No. 1. Right—Duplex cottages on Second Avenue.

Communities Must Organize to Get Water and Power

By FRANK W. CLARK, Director of Public Works

THE awarding of the. contractfor construction of Friant Damby Secretary Harold C. Ickes

is a step fortivard in the developmentof the Central Valley Project ofprime importance to the people ofCalifornia.

It should serve to spur business,municipal and agricultural intereststo immediate action in preparing toreceive the water and power whichwill be developed by the project.The Federal government, through

the Bureau of Reclamation, alreadyhas committed itself to expendituresof more than $60,000,000 and ap-proximately 3000 men are now em-ployed in actual construction work.The contract for construction ofFriant Dam as awarded will bringthe government's obligation to wellabove the $75,000,000 mark and in-crease the number of those employedto 5000.

~l"he completed Central ValleyProject will make available over 2,-000,000 acre-feet annually of new ..water supplies for industrial, munici-pal and irrigation uses in the Sacra-mento and San Joaquin Valleys, en-hance navigation, control flood wa-ters, and develop from one billion to

FRANK W. CLARK

one and a half billion kilowatt hoursof electric energy for use in the Cen-

tral Valley project system.Although the primary object of the

project is the solution of California'spressing water shortage problems, thehydro-electric development is of vitalimportance to future users of thatwater. The sale of this power throughpublic agencies will not only savemany millions of dollars to the gen-eral public but will also provide suffi-cient revenue to make cheap wateravailable for irrigation and industrialpurposes.Funds advanced by the Federal

government for construction of theproject must be met with revenuesreceived from the sale of water andpower. The Federal government,however, makes no provision for thedistribution of these facilities. Ittherefore devolves upon state andlocal agencies to take the necessarysteps to provide these facilities andhave them ready when the main unitsof the project are completed.Local agencies can, and should, start

now to prepare the way to receive thischeap water and power through theformation of the necessary districts.

The backbone of these organiza-tions should be the municipalities,farm districts and industries that will

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California Highways and Public Works (~ctober1939j QFiveD

X500,000 Expenditure Entailed byStorm Damage to Highways in South

By E. E. WALLACE, District Engineer

THE desert country in Riverside and Imperial counties is ordi-narily thought of as a land of

continual sunshine and drought, butas demonstrated during the stormsof September this same country occa-sionally encounters even more severerain storms and storm damage thanother sections of the State.But torrential rains last month

washed out 35 miles of highway, ap-proaches to sig bridges and a number

The estimated cost of placing thedamaged highways in condition toagain carry traffic, «~ithout any im-provement or additional protection, is$120,000 alone.

Iiz order to meet the emergency,Director of Public Works Frank W.Clarl~ has requested the U. S. Bureatilof Public Roads for Federal Aidfunds in the sum of $250,000, promis-ing that the State will appropriate alike amount.

thati extended throughout all of thenortherly end of the Colorado Desertfrom Indio to Arizona. This ~i~as fol-lowed with steady rain all of the re-inainder of September 4th, 5th and6th, during «hich time concentrationof considerable intensity occurred atShavers Summit and easterly fromDesert Center to and along the Colo-rado River. This storm shifted souththrough Imperial Valley on the 5thand 6th, resultiizg in a general rain of

Cloudburst flood scene on Jackson Street in City of Indio, Riverside County, during storm of September 4th

of protective dykes between Indio andBlythe on U. S. 60 and 70 (StateRoute 64). Extensive damage wasalso done on U. S. 95 and 99 and Stateroutes 111 and 195.

Pestoration tivork, urgently neededprotection construction and rebuild-ing of the damaged highway to astandard that will safeguard it againstfuture storms of the intensity of thosewhich ~~rought destruction in Septem-ber will cost approximately $500,000.

The torrential rains in the desertregion usually occur during the latesummer months, in August and theearly part of September, and quitefrequently follow a very oppressivehot period. When such rains occur,they are usually of cloudburst pro-portions, covering only localizedareas.But on September 4th an exceed-

ingly heavy rainfall occurred in theCoachella Valley, centering near Indio,

such intensity as has not heretoforebeen recorded.

The heaviest rainfall for thisstorm was reported in Brawley,where a total of 6.43 inches of rainfell in approximately 24 hours. Thisis three times the average annualrainfall for that vicinity.

The agricultural section of ImperialValley is not benefited by any rainfallas it is entirely dependent upon

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irrigation and a storm such as oc-curred in Imperial Valley on Septem-ber 5th and 6th causes an immenseamount of damage in the destructionof many structures and canals, as wellas injury to crops. It has been esti-mated that this single storm damagedthe irrigation system of the ImperialIrrigation District to the extent ofapproximately a quarter of a milliondollars.A great deal of damage also oc-

curred to the Soilthern Pacific Rail-road, which travels both Riversideand Imperial counties diagonally onthe north side of the Salton Sea.Many washouts occurred on theSouthern Pacific main line betweenIndio and O~ilby aid train servicewas completely stopped for two orthree days, and seriously interruptedfor a loner period of time.

ALL IiIGHWAYS DAMAGED

The breaks in the canal system andin the railroad embankments, in addi-tion to the heavy rains, poured largevolumes of water onto the State andcounty high«rays at various locationsanc~ resulted in considerable damageto all of the highway systems in bothPverside and Imperial coLinties.Though portions of all of the mainState highwat~s in these counties wereflooded at times, traffic was not seri-ously delayed on either U. S. 80 or onU. S. 99.Southern Pacific passengers were

transferred to busses at Indio andtaken to El Centro or other railroadpoints where they were again trans-ferred to the trains.

Traffic was completely stopped onState Route 111 along the northshore of the Salton Sea and adja-cent to the Southern Pacific tracks,and on U. S. 60 and U. ~. 70 be-tween Indio and Blythe, wheretraffic was completely stopped for aperiod of five days, due to at leasthalf a. dozen serious washouts.

COMPLETELY WASIIED OUT

State Highway 195 from Meccathrough Box Canyon to ShaversSummit was completely washed our,following repairs which had justbeen completed on storm damagethat had occurred in July.U. S. 95, extending northerly from

Blythe along the Colorado River,was completely closed to traffic fortwo weeks, due to loss of embank-ments through all of the majorarroyos.

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Havoc to roadways on U. S. 195 extending north from Blythe to Needles along Colorado

River closed it to traffic for 2 weeks.

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No. 4—State maintenance equipment marooned by flood. 5—Auto washed down streamoff highway. 6—Long stretch of U. S. 60 carried away.

The most serious damage occurredon U. S. Highways 60 and 70 be-tween Desert Center and Blythe.Through this area exceptionallyheavy rainfall occurred, resultingin great sheets of water flowing tothe north across the highway intoold dry lake areas. The soil in thatvicinity is of a silty and sandy na-ture which erodes very rapidly andthe huge volumes of water destroyedthe ditch and dyke system which hadbeen constructed to lead water tothe several bridges, releasing wateracross the highway and depositingvolumes of mud and debris.

MAINTENANCE CREWS MAROONED

State maintenance crews were onthe job early Monday morning assoon as the storms started, andthough several State tractors andgraders were marooned in the storm-swept areas, all available Stateequipment and 43 pieces of rentedequipment, including 12 large trac-tors with bulldozers, 11 powershovels, 16 large trucks and othermiscellaneous equipment, were im-mediately assembled and put towork cleaning off the highways, fill-ing in the washed-out areas andmaking repairs as rapidly as possi-ble in order to restore the highwaysto a condition where they couldagain carry traffic.

Detours were constructed aroundall of the destroyed bridge ap-proaches, and the traffic which hasbeen marooned at Blythe and DesertCenter was permitted to pass throughas soon as a one-way road could beopened.On the morninb of September 25th,

while repairs to the highway werestill intensively tinder way, anotherstorm of cloudburst intensity hit inthe Coachella Valley just scuth of thehi~h~vay. Water one and a half feetdeep flowed through Indio and alongthe railroad and highway throughCoachella and Thermal. The South-ern Pacific tracks were again washedOLlt south of Indio and train service«-as interrupted temporarily.

Considerable damage occurred onU. S. 99 by erosion of the embank-ment shoulders between Indio andOasis, and some damage occurred onthe Palms-to-Pines Highway west ofIndio.A rainfall of over 6 inches occurred

within a few hours daring the storm

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Three and a half mile stretch of four-lane divided highway recently opened with appropriate ceremonies on Foothill Boulevard inAlameda County has 23 feet of roadways on each side of 24-faot, planted division strip

i i h nit C m fetedD ~v ed H wa oew d ~ y pDDING another unit of four-lane divided highway to StateRoute 5, the main traffic artery

between the East Bay area and theSan Joaquin Valley, the realignedhighway between San Leandro andCastro Valley on the Foothill Boule-vard in Alameda County was formal-ly dedicated to public service onSaturday morning, September 16.The improvement cost $309,500 and

will greatly facilitate motor vehicletransportation between A l a m e d aCounty and the San Joaquin Valleyand south to Los Angeles.

Dedication ceremonies were heldunder the direction of communityleaders from Hayward, Oakland, SanLeandro and Castro Valley, and werefollowed by a luncheon at the GreenShutter Hotel in Hayward.

Official opening of the new high-way was signalized when State High-way Commissioner L. G. Hitchcockof Santa Rosa and Supervisor TomE. Caldecott cut a ribbon stretched

across the roadway at the junction ofFoothill Boulevard and the CastroValley Cutoff. City Councilman Rob-ert A. Kolze of Hayward was masterof ceremonies at the luncheon.The new stretch of highway is 3.5

miles in length with two lanes on eachside of a 24-foot dividing strip. Thelanes adjacent to the dividing stripare of asphalt concrete, twelve feetwide, and the outside lanes are 11 feetwide, of Portland cement concretewith 8-foot, oil treated shoulders.Speakers for the dedication cere-

monies and luncheon in addition toState Highway Commissioner L. G.Hitchcock included I. B. Parsons ofHayward, of the State Chamber ofCommerce Central Coast HighwayCommittee; John Deadrich, memberof the San Leandro Chamber; RalphH. Anderson, Hayward Chamber,president; Supervisor Caldecott,Mayor Arthur E. Manter of Hay-ward.

Col. Jno. Skeags, District Highway

Engineer, representing Frank W.Clark, Director of the State De-partment of Public Works; DaveKidd, Castro Valley; A. J. Olivera,San Leandro Chamber, president;Claude Faw, of the State Chamber ;Earl Leonard of the Oakland Cham-ber; Irvin $. Wright, assistant man-ager, State Chamber.

Joseph King of Hayward was thecontractor.

43,879,929 Automobiles onWorld's Roads

World automobile registrations, asof January 1, 1939, totaled 43,819,929units. The gain over the previousyear was 741,299 units, or 1.7 percent,: according to the U. S. Depart-ment of Commerce. Sixty-eight percent of all the motor vehicles in useare registered in the United States,but last year's advance was in othercountries, which gained 13 per cent inpassenger cars and sig per cent intrucks.

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Ocean Sf~ore Highway RealignmentEliminates 133 Curves in 10 Miles

WITH officials and citizens of three counties participating,dedicatory ceremonies cele-

brating the opening of the Davenport-Waddell link of the Ocean Shore High-way connecting Santa Cruz with SanFrancisco were held in Davenporton Sunday, September 15.

Directors of Joint District No. 9,composed of San Francisco, SanMateo and Santa Cruz coLU~ties,joined with State and local digni-taries in hailing completion of thenew stretch of highway which, withprojects completed between Rock-away Beach and Half Moon Bay and

the shore of the Pacific Ocean alongnearly one-half the coast line ofCalifornia. In Santa Cruz Countythe route follows the oceaiz shorefrom Watsonville through SantaCruz, thence northerly throubhDavenport into Sail Mateo Countyat Point Ano Nuevo and throughthe towns of Pescadero, Half MoonBay and Rockaway Beach.The portion of the route in Santa

Cruz and San Mateo counties isdestined to become a most important.recreational, and to a large extentcommercial, highway for the SanFrancisco Bay area. The. Depart-

the bluffs along the ocean shore.From these bluffs, rising to heightsof 50 to 200 feet above the water,may be had magnificent vie~~s of thePacific and its rugged coast.The old road was built by Santa

Cruz County in 18.52 and conformedto the standards of that: day. Evenwith ~naii2tenance and some iinprove-ment the roadbed, at the time con-structioiz on the present coiztract wasbegun, was from 20 to 24 feet wideand the width of the traveled waywas only 14 feet to 16 feet. Thealibilment consisted of many sharpcurves and the grade 1ine~ rose and

Heavy black line shows direct route of new unit of Ocean Shore Highway north of Santa Cruz compared with winding old road.

over Pedro Mountain, constitutes thethird major unit of what ultimatelywill be one of California's mostscenic routes.

Supervisor John Ratto of SanFrancisco, as chairman of JointHighway District No. 9, was masterof ceremonies at Davenport, wherea luncheon at the Ocean View Hotelwas a feature of the celebration.A contract for construction of the

Davenport-Waddell link of theOcean Shore Highway, State SignRoute 1, was at~arded by the De-partment of Public Works on ; No-vember 14, 1938.The Ocean Shore Highway skirts

ment of Public ti~orks has for thepast several years been advancingmajor coizstruction projects alongportions of the road near San Fran-cisco, such as that bet«Teen HalfMoon Bay and Rockaway Beach andthe construction of the road overPedro Mountain. Major improve-ment of the portions of the route inSanta Cruz County has begun withthe contract now completed betweenDavenport and Waddell Creek.The location of the highway be-

tween these two points lies for themost part along the bench of Mon-terey shale which extends from thebase of the Santa Cruz Mountains to

fell from elevations. of 1~ feet to510 feet.The new road as laid out and con-

structed by the Division of High-ways is based on modern standardsadequate for the demands of presentday traffic.Comparison of these standards to

those of the old road dives striking'evidence of the progress in highwayconstruction during the past 85years.The length of section just com-

pleted is 8.2 miles and the old roadwound for 10.3 miles between thetwo points limiting the contract.

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California Highways and Puhlic Works (October 1939) ~Eleven~

Laws Passed by 1939 LegislatureAffecting State Highway System

By C. C. CARL~TON, ChieF Attorney Department of Public Works

HE 1939 session of the Cali-fornia Legislature continued thegeneral policies indicated in

previous sessions, of carrying on theState highway program in substan-tially the same manner as has beenpracticed for a number of years.The complete absence of legislation

of a type. inimical to the carrying for-ward of the State highway programa,nd the passage by the legislatureand approval by Governor Culbert L.Olson of the measures hereinafter de-scribed, indicate the extremely favor-able consideration accorded to all ofthose who are interested in progres-sive State highway legislation.The 1939 legislation, unless other-

wise specifically provided in a par-ticular chapter, took effect on Septem-ber 19, 1939.The limitations upon the length of

an article of this kind prevent clis-cussion of every bill of interest to theDivision of Highways, as a greatmany measures which affect Stategovernment generally apply to thework carried on by the Division ofHighways. There was. a considerablevolume of such legislation but in thisarticle reference will be made only tothat legislation which is of primaryrelationship to the highway program..

HIGH-TYPE HIGHWAYS ENCOURAGED

There were three laws enactedwhich should prove of inestimablevalue in carrying on California's pro-aram of developing high-type high-ways adequate to care for the everincreasing volume of traffic, particu-larly on our main line routes and inand around the metropolitan centersof the State.

CHAPTE1i, 687.—This statute is adefinite step forward, placing thisState among the highway leaders ofthe states in the Union. This chapterrecognizes a freeway as a new typeof highway to which abutting prop-erty shall have no right of access.Under the .new law, the department

C. C. CARLETON

is authorized to acquire the neces-sary rights of ~vay and rights ofaccess from private property to con-struct and maintain such freeways.The intersections of local city streetsor county roads with such freewayscan be regulated or eliminated byagreement with the local authorities.New intersections of local streets orhighways with freeways can not b°made withotiit the consent of theCalifornia Highway Commission.While Chapter 687 authorizes the

State, in connection with State high-ways, to construct such freeways,Chapter 359 authorizes cities like-wise to construct freeways. Statehighways can not be a#fected by suchfreeways without the consent of theHighway Commission.

CHAPTER 268.—Authorizes theconstruction of divided highway seither on existing roads or on new

openings. In addition, this la~vaLlthorizes the construction of serviceroads along the sides of existingState highways or new highways tobe constructed. Crossing the centraldividing strip or the physical barrierbetween the service road and themain portion of the divided highwaywill be prohibited except at suc}~locations as are provided.

CHAPTER 684.—Authorizes theDepartment of Public Works withrelation to State highways to adopta distinctive marking to be placedin the center of State highways overwhich it will be unlawful to cross.The department by an order of theDirector of Public Works, Frank W.Clark, has adopted the double linenow in use as such distinctive mark-ing binder the authority of this law.

While a freeway divided in thecenter into two distinct roadwaysfor traffic traveling in opposite direc-tions constitutes development of thehighest type, it is recognized thatthe cost of constructing such high-ways over any considerable mileagewould be prohibitive, and the othert~vo measures are designed to per-mit the building of highways ap-proaching that principle without in-curring the heavy cost involved inthe constrLiction of an absolute free-~vay.

STATE HIGI3WAY ROUTES

The legislature continued its pol-icy of the last three sessions of re-fusing to permit any wholesale addi-tions to the State highway system.Only those highways, the inclusionof which was acceptable to the de-partment, were included within thesystem.

CHAPTER 473. Makes manyminor changes in the descriptions ofthe various routes. This bill wasintroduced and passed at the requestof the department to take care ofthose necessary changes in descrip-tions caused by relocations.

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Sunken section of Arroyo Seco Parkway a 6-lane freeway with parallel service roads and no grade intersections as authorized by

legislature, now under' construction between Los Angeles and Pasadena.

CHAPTER 794. Adds some fourmiles from the Pacific Highway tothe site of the netiv Shasta Dam. Dueto the immense amount of interestbeing displayed by the public gen-erally in the Central Valley Project,it was deemed necessary to providean adequate highway to the site ofthe dam.

CHAPTER 338. Adds a new routefrom Canby to Merrill in ModocCounty, to take effect only when thehighway between these two pointshas been constructed to an adequatestandard by the Federal Govern-ment.

HIGHWAY ̀ YORK GENERALLY

No major change was made in themethod of performing highway work.The practice of doing major con-struction work by contract aftercompetitive bidding remains un-changed. Certain minor changes,however, affecting construction workwere made.

CHAPTER 224, Amends the StateContract Act to permit the doing ofwork by day labor in cases ofemergency due to the failure ofbridges or other structures withoutthe necessity of first preparing com-plete plans, specifications and esti-mates of cost. This chapter also

makes it clear that the other divi-sions of the department (Architect-ure and Water Resources) may useunit basis contracts in performingtheir work. The Division of High-ways has used this type of contractfor many years.

CHAPTER 315. Clarifies the. rela-tionship between the State Reclama-tion Board and the Division of High-ways in so far as highway structuresacross waterways under the controlof the Reclamation Board are con-cerned. Under the bill plans for allhighway structures across streams,channels or basins under the juris-diction of the Reclamation Boardwill be submitted to that board forapproval. When such plans havebeen approved by the ReclamationBoard and the project completedin accordance therewith, the Recla-mation Board can not force a changein design without being ready tobear the expense thereof.

CHAPTER 264. Covers a numberof matters. It clarifies the authorityto construct and maintain stocktrails. Minor changes are made inthe procedure to be followed in rent-ing equipment. Minor changes inour system of accounting are author-ized which should greatly simplifythat work. Changes are also made

in clarifying the rights and obliga-tions of the State in so far as chang-ing the grade of State highways isconcerned.

CHAPTER 595. Authorizes per-mission to be granted to the StateHighway Engineer to take outsideemployment from local governmentalagencies.

CHAPTER 1121. Makes a numberof minor amendments to the OutdoorAdvertising Act, all designed to clar-ify the provisions of the act, and torender its enforcement more efficient.

FISCAL AFFAIRS

No major changes were madeeither in the revenues available forhighway purposes nor in the appor-tionment of available funds.

CHAPTER 681. Permits a slight-ly broader use of the revenue fromthe Diesel fuel tax.

CHAPTER 1042. Provides for theescheat to the State Highway Fundof the unclaimed excess tolls col-lected by the Carquinez Bridge pend-ing the litigation which followed theorder of the Railroad Commissionreducing tolls on the bridge.

CHAPTER 897. Authorizes thedisbursing officers of the various de-

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Realignment of Russian River-Gravenstein highway between Guerneville and Monte Rio in redwood recreational area of Sonoma

County provides a beauti ful drive along the river.

Realignment of Russian RiverHighway Opened With Ceremony

PEKING a new scenic re-

gioi~ in the Russian Riverrecreational area, the $250,-

000 unit of the Gravenstein-Rus-sia~ River Highway from Guerne-ville to Northwood was dedicatedon Sunday, September 17, withappropriate and picturesque cere-monies.

State officials joined with So-noma County and representativesof the Ii,edwood Empire Associa-tion aizd the Russian River Recrea-tional Region, Inc., in celebratingthe occasion.The new highway, 323 miles in

length with a 36-foot pavement andwiele, sweeping, safe curves, re-places an old, obsolete and danger-ous road. There are long, straight-awa3T stretches through groves ofredwood on the new roadway, por-tioi~s of which skirt the RussianRiver, affording motorists a clearview of the stream with its bath-ing beaches on one side and sLim-

Supervisor Guidotti (left) hands axe to Highway

Commissioner Hitchcock to sever redwood barrier.

mer homes among shaded forestson the other side.The realigned highway follows

the old roadbed of the Northwest-ern Pacific railroad. Sturdy re-tainin~ walls coizstructed of 12-inch"H" steel beams lagbed with 6 by12-inch timbers and anchored withsteel rods provide secure embank-ments for the highway fills thatreplace some 1230 feet of aban-cloned railway trestles.

Other construction features aretwo concrete deck bridges. One isacross Hulbert Creek at the en-trance to Guernewood Park. Itadjoins a concrete bridge, makinga two-way cliviclecl structure 177feet long. ~i second bridge isacross Fife Creek and is 127 feetlong.For many years the region

through which the new highwayruns K~as devoted to commerciallilmber activities on a huge scale.Gradual development of the area

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as a play~roLlnd and sLtmmer homeand resort section increased motortraffic which rapidly outgre~~ the high-way facilities.To meet this sitLiation, the Russian

River Recreation Region, Inc., andthe Sonoma Couizty board of super-visors, led by Chairman E. J. Gui-dotti, worked out a program withthe California High~vay Commissiontinder «~hich Sonoma contributed$20,000 to help pay construction.costs of the Guerneville-Northwoodproject.Dedication ceremonies began in

Guerneville at 10.15 Sunday morningwith the assemblying of a motorcaravan which proceeded over theold road to Monte Rio and then re-tnrned to Northwood where a bar-rier of red«rood tree trunks andboughs ~uas cut away by High~va3~Commissioner L. G. Hitchcock ofSanta Rosa, signalizing the officialopening of the ne~v highway. Aluncheon was served ii1 Guerne~voodPark.

Officiating for the State at thededication were Commissioner Hitch-cock, representing Governor CulbertL. Olson and Director of PublicWorks Frank W. Clark; AmerigoBozzani of Los Anbeles, member, andByron N. Scott, secretary, of theHighway Commission; District High-~vay Engineer John H. Skeggs andAssistant District Engineer PaulHarding, San Francisco ; and Sen-ator Herbert W. Slater of SantaRosa.The Redwood Empire Association

was represented by President PaulE. Niudbett, Vice-President HaroldR. Rosenber;, 112. Goldman and otherofficials. President Harry Harrisand Secretary R. W. Miller of theRussian River Recreational Region,Inc., together with other officials ofthat organization, participated.

Civic groups were represented byCarl Hess, president, and Lee Torrs,secretary, Monte Rio Chamber ofCommerce ; Ernest Johnson, presi-dent, and Henry Brown, secretary,Guerneville Chamber of Commerce ;Henry Laws, president, MargueriteFuller, secretary, and J. P. Kelly,chairman of the Highways Commit-tee, Associated Chambers of Com-merce of Sonoma County. TheGolden Gate Bridge District wasrepreseizted by two of its directors,Frank P. Doyle and Joseph Berry.Interesting, informative talks weremade by several luncheon speakers.

California Highways and Public Wi

Pomona Grade Separations InvolveChannelized Ramp Approach System

By J. H. OBERMULLER, Assistant Engineer of Surveys and Pans

CONSTPUCTION has started on a grade separation project onState Highway Route 77, west

of Pomona in Los Angeles Countywhereon the roadway approaches tothe structures over two adjacent rail-road lines consist almost wholly ofinterconnected channelized ramps andintersections.The project is not long, Its termini

each side of the railroad crossingsbring the entire length of the projectwithin the limits eligible for Federalgrade separation funds. Neverthelessits design assumed importance be-

State Highway 77 as an exteizsionof the Los. Angeles-San Diego InlandRoute crosses these rail and roadfacilities and although the West Po-mona grade separation project is tem-porarily an isolated unit of the event-ual development of Route 77, it doesdefine the permanent location for thispart of the route and does fulfill arequirement of long standing for con-necting other highways and thealternative street routings throughPomona. It eliminates the necessityof through traffic crossing the rail-road tracks in Pomona by substituting

Pomona an the south side of the rail-raads after collecting the traffic onthe Valley Boulevard .from Los An-geles and the traffic from the south-easterly metropolitan areas. Route 19continues east past Ontario and River-side to join Poute 26 at Beaumont.

Topographic features west of Po-mona are responsible for the con-vergence of rail and highway locationsand they also influence the takeoff ofRoute 77 in the latter's southeasterlycourse to meet available routingtoward San Diego. The selection ofthe site of the current project estab-

..,a ~~~,,,~,Grade separations over adjaeen# railroads and a city street on State Route 77 connected by channelized ramp approach system.

cause of the significance of highwayscorrelated by this single unit of anultimate relocation of Route 77through the city of Pomona.Two railroad crossings are involved

over lines of the Southern Pacific andUnion Pacific. With tracks not widelyseparated the railroads constitutedefinite highway control in that vi-cinity and the e#'fect extends throughand on each side of Pomona by split-ting the city development and high-way traffic. As a consequence majoreast-west traffic and interchange be-tween important highway routes hasbeen discouraged.

a separation for one grade crossingand permitting the closure of an-other one.The principal east and west routings

through the city are Route 26, Route19 and the Second Street routing toand from the business section ofPomona. Route 26, locally calledHolt avenue, lies north of the railroadsand is being developed on freewayprinciples to serve as one of theheaviest traveled direct arterials be-tween Los Angeles and the ImperialValley via Pomona and Colton.Route 19 (Fifth Street) and the

Second Street routing pass through

lishes connections at a point and ina manner that will greatly facilitatetraffic movement without prejudice toexisting conditions and with relief tothrough traffic and local requirements..The plan separates ~rossina of the

railroads by overheads on each line,An existing overhead structure of theUnion Pacific is utilized by wideningit and determines the structure cross.ing the nearby Southern Pacifictracks. Subway construction wouldbe less satisfactory because of adversedrainage conditions and the danger offlooding from low adjacent territory.The existing Union Pacific struc-

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ture is 115 feet long with 40-footroadway. Widening will provide two35-foot roadways with four-foot divid-ing strip and sidewalks. In widening,the existing walks are to be removedand a slab section added carried onthree continuous reinforced Girderswhich frame into two column bents.Columns are set on individual

spread footings and bents are keyedinto top of the original structure.The widened portion has three spanswith cantilever extensions. The struc-ture is on 30 degree skew and pro-vides for two railroad tracks.The structure over the Southern

Pacific railroad will be reinforcedconcrete 233 feet long^ with two 25-foot roadways each side of a 4-footdividing strip and with sidewalks. Itwill provide for four railroad tracksand one of the highway ramps. Dueto track location and highway ramp,interior spans have unequal length.The structure has seven girders andis of the stiff frame type except thatgirders are set on rockers at endbents. The girders frame into col-umns set on spread footings. Col-lision walls connect columns along thetracks and extend to a height of sevenfeet.The roadway approaches and con-

nections are almost entirely on fillsections. On main routing the road•ways are separated by curbed divid-ing strip or by widened islands atintersection channelization. T h e s eroadways have a 23-foot pavementplus gutters. where adjacent to curbs.Seven-foot shoulders and berms areprovided on normal sections.Between the two structures outside

curbs connect structure curbs withshoulders extended for walkways.Extra lanes each side have been pro-vided as extensions of the ramp con-nections ~ivin~ six-lane width for anappreciable distance to facilitatetraffic movement.The connections to Second Street

on both sides of Route 77 are madeby ramps on which 26-foot width ofroadway between curbs will carryone-wav traffic. The westbound rampfrom Route 77 passes under one ofthe overhead structures.The connection to Fifth Street

(Route 19) is made near ground level.Each roadway for one-way traffic has23-foot pavement width and standardshoulders. Part of the Fifth Streetintersection design is subject tofuture revision when Route 77 is ex-tended by construction soilth of Route

Ocean Shore Highway Realignment

Eliminates 133 Curves in 10 Miles(Continued from page 10)

While a saving of 2.1 miles may notseem particularly significant, it isnevertheless approximately 25 percent of the distance.On the old route there were 150

curves in the ten miles with a totalcuravature of 5300 degrees and theminimum raclins of the curves, whichdetermines their sharpness, was 55feet. On the new alignment thereare only 17 curves v~~ith a total curv-ature of 270 degrees. This reduc-tion of 133 in the number of curvescarries with it a reduction of 5030degrees of curvature.The minimum radius for curves

used oi~ this project is 2000 feet,which is the state standard for mod-ern alignment.

19. For the present there is requiredprovision only for traffic to and fromRoute 19 with most of the movementto ai~c~ from the east. The designwas planned to give freedom to thismajor current movement but curbshave been omitted where futurechanges may be made.At intersection points or connec-

tions asystem of island channeliza-tion has been laid out. Recessedcurbs are used and a full complementof reflector buttons, flasher lights andelectroliers are provided at essentialsites. Several minor separation pointswill temporarily have painted islandspendinn observation studies of trafficfor decision on the advisability of con-structin~ small additional islands.Proposed signing for the varioustraffic movements became, as usual,an important factor in laying outthe channelization.when this improvement is com-

pleted there will be removed or great-ly improved the existing difficultiesand hazards for both through andlocal traffic passing into or throughPomona vicinity on north and southsides of the railroads. All movementson the State routes, the several countylaterals and the local city streets areconsistently served.The construction contract has been

awarded to John Strong, Pomona.,California. The construction cost is$214,000.

As on all new construction thegrade line is smooth and the steeppitches and rolling grades have beeneliminated. The highest p o i n treached by the iiew road is only 213feet as against the former 510 feet.

Construction operations on theproject required the excavation ofover 500,000 cubic yards of earth inthe roadway prism. As the nativematerial had been found unsuitedfor mixing with liquid asphalt forsurfacing it was necessary to place9500 cubic yards of imported surfac-ing material. This material ~~vasplaced 22 feet wide and 1.17 feetdeep on the 36-foot graded roadbed.The road-mix surface treatment re-quired 1850 tons of liquid asphalt.Provision for adequate drainage

required the placing of 6000 linealfeet of corrugated metal pipe cul-verts and 4300 lineal feet of per-forated metal pipe underdrains.At the crossing of Scott Creek,

the State has built a reinforced con-crete bridge. This structure isplaced on 50 precast concrete pilesand a total of 1012 cubic yards ofconcrete were used in its construc-tion and that of bog culverts, head-walls and other minor structures.A total of 154,200 pounds of barreinforcing steel was required.To prevent scour and washing

around the footings of the ScottCreek bridge nearly 5000 cubic yardsof heavy rock rip rap was placed.

It is estimated the improvementwill cost approximately $296,030.Financing was made partially pos-sible by the contribution of $150,000by Joint Highway District No. 9,formed in 1928 by Santa Cruz, SanMateo and San Francisco counties.The remainder was provided fromthe State highway fund, 58 per centfrom federal apportionments for Fed-eral Aid secondary roads and 42 percent from State money.N. M. Ball Sons of Berkeley were

the contractors on the work and theResident Engineer for the State wasH. A. Simard.

"Hey, what's the bid idea, painting your

car red on one side and blue on the other?""It's a great idea. You should hear the

witnesses contradicting each other."

California Highways and Public WTorks ~o~eober r9sv~ ~SEVenteen~

Traffic on Sta#e Highways ShowsIncrease of 9.1 per cent over 193

By C. H. PURCELL, State Heghway Engineer

HE annual state-wide trafficcoLmt on State high«gays for thecurrent year was taken on Sun-

day and Monday, July 16 and 17, atapproximately 1300 stations through-out the State and reveals an increaseof approximately 9 per cent over thecorresponding period in 1938.

This marks a definite change inthe trend which has been noted since1935 wherein the annual summercounts, ~Thile showing increases overprevious years, nevertheless iizdicatedthat the rate of increase was steaclilydeclining. The Division of High«gayswas greatly concerned over the trendand the consequent decrease in gaso-line consumption. The traffic countof 1938 showed a less than one percent increase over that of 1937.

UPTURN IN JULY

From our records it appears thatthe marked Upturn in traffic beganlast June and further accelerated inJuly. Comparing the nLlmber of otlt-of-State cars recorded during theannual July counts in 1938 and 1939,we discovered that this type of traffic,due in some measure to the San Fran-cisco Exposition, has increased ap-proximately 80 per cent over lastyear.

This increase accoL~nted for approx-imately 3.4 per cent of the over-allincrease of 9.1 per cent, which stillleaves us with an intrastate trafficwhich is approximately a 6 per centincrease over that of 1938, whentraffic had flattened out to a pointwhere it remained almost at a stand-still with the traffic of 1937.The count this year showed a total

of 11,548,024 vehicles gassing the130 stations as compared with 10,-442,6~9 vehicles for the Sunday aizdMonday count of JLily, 1938, an in-crease of approximately 9.1 per cent.The count of out-of-State cars an

these wine dates this year showed atotal of 742,702 as against 422,023 inthe 1938 coLtnt, an increase of aboLltSO per cent.

It is a soLirce of satisfaction to usthat a comparison of the sevenmonths' period, January to July,1939, with the same period in 1938,based on monthly counts which showan increase of 4.7 per cent in trafficon State highways, is substantiated bythe fact that a similar comparison forthe same periods of montrily gasolinetax sales for the entire State, as re-ported by the Board of Equalization,shows. an increase of 4.5 per cent.

Increases were quite similar forboth Sunday and Monday in the 1939count ; and while there was. some var -ation in the rate all route groups par-ticipatecl in the general increase.The State total is very naturally

greatly influenced by whatever recordis set by the maiiz north and southroLltes. It is to be noted that all ofthese sha~~ a marked increase, thesmallest percentage being on Pi,oute 4,U. S. 99 between Los Angeles andSacramento, a circumstance readilyaccauntecl for by the fact that thisroute recorded a notable increase overthe previous year in July, 1938, whenmost of the other main routes wereshoeing only very moderate gains oreven loCses.

LOSSES ON MINOR ROUTES

The number of routes showinglosses either in Sunday or Monclastraffic is very much smaller thanduring the 1938 count, and in mostinstances these were comparativelyminor routes and the losses were mod-erate or merely nominal.The regtillar procedure of previous

years was again followed in taking;thisy-ear's count. Actual recorclin~covers the. 16-hour period from 6 a.m.to 10 p.m. for both Sunday and Mon-clay. Traffic was segregated byhourly periods into the followingvehicle classifications

California passenger cars, out-of-state passenger cars, buses, lighttrucks, heavy trLtcks, trailers drawnby trucks, trailer coaches, gild otherpassenger-car trailers.

Each year some minor changes inthe census become necessary, such asthe relocation, addition, or discontinu-ance of individual stations ; but iiievery instance these are excludedwhen determining comparisons withthe previous year, only those stationsthat were identical during both yearsbeing taken into consideration.

These comparisons for the variousroute groups are as follows

PER CENT GAIN OR LOSS FOR 1939 COUNT ASCOMPARED WITH 1936

Sunday MondayAll Routes __ + 9.64 ~- 8.86Main North antl Sauth Routes_____+1330 ~-11.43Interstate Connections _ _-~- 2.79 + 1.75Laterals Between Inland and Coast_-}- 6.19 ~- 5.92Recreational Routes -} 9.81 +11.68

The gain ar loss of traffic volumefor State Highway Routes 1 to 80inclusive, which constitute the basisfor the foregoing summary, is shownin the following tabulation

1939Per cent, gain or lossSunday Monday

Route Termini Gain Lass Gain Loss1. Sausalito-Oreyon Line____- 21.18 21.052. Mexico Line-San Francisco__13.85 12.623. Sacramento•Oregon Line ____ 8.54 13.834. Los Angeles-Sacramento____ 5.46 3.335. Santa Cruz Jc. Rt. 65 near

Mokelumne Hill _ _ ___11.22 8.666. Napa-Sacramento via Winters_20.65 17.867. Crockett-Red Bluff _______.21.51 16.936. Ignacio-Cordelia via Napa___ 2.73 2.569. Rt. 2 near Montalva-San Ber-

nardino 2.12 0.8610. Rt.2 at San Lucas-Sequoia

Natimial Park __ __ _ 1.80 4.9911. Rt.75 near Ar+tioch-Nevada

Line via Placerville______ 3.55 2.9512. San Diego-EI Centro 1.18 3.2913. Rt.4 at Salida-Rt. 23 at

Sonora Jc.__ _ 7.93 14.3114. Albany-Martinez _________22.12 22.9315. Rt. 1 near Calpella-Rt. 37

near Cisco _ __________ 7.15 0.9716. Hopland-Lakeport _ __ 1.20 5.8117. Rt.3 at Roseville-Rt. 15,

Nevada City ___________11.64 4.8718. Rt.4 at Merced-Rt. 40 near

Yosemite _____________10.41 7.9619. Rt. 2 at Fullerton-Rt. 26 at

Beaumont _ 7.45 4.6720. Rt.l near Arcata-Rt. 83 at

Park Boundary 6.06 4.2821. Rt.3 near Richvale-Rt. 29

near Chilcoot via Quincy__ 1.12 3.6822. Rt. 56, Castraville-Rt. 29 via

Hollister ____________29.07 11.0123. Rt. 4 at Tunnel Sta.-Rt. 11,

Alpine Jc._________ 6.22 11.0924. Rt. 4 near Lodi-Nevada State

Line 9.85 103625. Rt. 37 at Colfax-Rt. 83 near

Sattley __ ______ B.1S 5.2126. Los Angeles-Mexico via San

Bernardino ____________ 2.40 0.4827. EI Centro-Yuma __ _ 17.$7 17.6628. Redding-Nevada Line via AI-

turas 21.52 31.42

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1939Per cent, gain ar lossSunday Monday

Route Termini Gain Loss Gain Loss

29. Peanut-Nevada Line nearPardy's 11.00 6.86

31. Colton•Nevada State Line___ 1.19 2.7732. Rt.56, Watsonville-Rt. 4

near Califa 16.96 0.5233. Rt.56 near Cambria-Rt. 4

near Famoso 5.42 3.0434. Rt.4 at Galt-Rt. 23 at

Pickett's Jc. 28.73 16.2335. Rt.l at Alton-Rt. 20 at

Douglas City 2.25 13.9037. Auburn-Truckee 24.23 23.7238. Rt.11 at Mays•Nevada Line

via Truckee River_______1g.71 16.7839. Rt.38 at Tahae City-Nevada

State Line ___________ 4.64 5.2340. Rt.13 near Montezuma-Rt.

76 at Benton 35.00 51.5041. Rt. 5 near Tracy-I(ings River

Canyon via Fresno______ A.16 4.8142, Redwood Park-Los Gatas___ 1.p0 7.0043. Rt.60 at Newport Beach-Rt.

31 near Victorville 9.72 5.1344. Boulder Creek-Redwood Park 14.87 6.2745. Rt.7, Willows-Rt. 3 near

Biggs 5.05 1.3846. Rt.l near Klamath-Rt. 3

near Cray _____________ No change 11.9147. Rt. 7, Orland•Rt. 29 near

Morgan _ 0.88 6.4446. Rt.l N. of Cloverdale-Rt.

56 near Albion_________64.27 31.0949. Napa-Rt. 15 near Sweet Hol-

low Summit __________ 0.37 2.6050. Sacramento-Rt. 15 near Wil-

bur Springs 8.44 1.7451. Rt. S at Schellville-Sedasto-

p0~ -----------------22.5 11.0652. Alto•Tiburon ____________ 4.47 29.5053. Rt.7 at Fairfield-Rt. 4 at

Lodi via Rio Vista______ 930 2.9154. Rt.11 at Perkins-Rt. 65 at

Central House _ _ 5.05 7.4355. Rt.S near Glenwood-San

Francisco _____________21.97 8.7456. Rt. 2 at Las Cruces-Rt. 1

Fernbridge ___________13.61 163657. Rt.2 near Santa Maria-Rt.

23 near Freeman via Bak-ersfield B.04 0.44

58. Rt.2 near Santa Margarita-Arizona Line near TopockMohave and Barstow____ 9.41 1.60

59. Rt.4 at Garman-Rt. 43 atLake Arrowhead _ __ _ 15.59 2.23

60. Rt. 2 at Serra-Rt. 2 at EIRio -----------------._16.25 18.29

61. Rt.4 S. of Glendale-Rt. 59near Phelan _ 3.07 3.12

62. Rt.171 at Northam-Rt. 61near Crystal Lake_______ 0.45 8.12

63. Big Pine-Nevada State Line 25.29 9.8664. Rt.2 at San Juan Capis-

trano-Blythe 7.67 2.1065. Rt.18 near Mariposa-Auburn 1.69 1.7766. Rt.S near Mossdale-Rt. 13

near Oakdale _________ 631 16.6767. Pajaro River-Rt. 2 near San

Benito River Bridge_____ 6.89 14.6968. San Jose-San Francisco____16.39 12.0469. Rt. S at Warm Springs-Rt.

1, San Rafael__________ 9.91 16.1170. Ukiah-Talmage 28.03 9.6971. Crescent City-Oregon Line__28.39 203572. Weed-Oregon Line __ __ _41.61 7.5873. Rt.29 near Johnstonville-

Orehon Line ___________ 2.84 10.2574. Napa Wye-Cordelia via Vallejo

and Benicia _ 0.43 6.6375. Oakland-Jc. Rt. fi5 at Alta-

vilFe _ __ _ 1.67 10.7176. Rt. 125 at Shaw Ave.-Nevada

State Line near Benton___ 9.82 21.9277. San Diego-Los Angeles via

Pomona _ ______ -- 6.41 13.7378. Rt.12 near Descanso-Rt. 19

near March Field_______ 6.89 9.8179. Rt.2, Ventura-Rt. 4 at

Castaic _ ___ __ - - 0.76 10.55S0. Rt.51, Rincan Creek-Rt. 2

near Zaca _________--- 4.35 5.55

"I'm in a terrible spot. My wife dae~sn't

know anything but one-syllable words."

"Mmm. That's almost unbelievable for

a wife."

" ̀\Ione3~' has two syllables."

Approaches to bridge washed away by desert torrents on U. S. 60.

$500,000 Damageto Desert I-IigF~waysin South by Rains

(Continued from page 8)

of September 25th, bringing the totalrainfall in Coachella Valley to ap-proximately 11 inches for the stc~rin~eriocl curing September.The September 25th storm also cov-

ered practically the entire northerlyend of the Colorado Desert, botheringconsiderable intensity along the Colo-rado River, where all of the repairwork which had been clone on U. S.High«gay 9~ was destroyed and con-siclerable additional damage occurred.

Traffic is now routed through on allof the highways but it will not bepossible to complete all of the repairson the storm damaged hibhways farseveral weeps.

The estimated cost of placing thedamaged highways in condition toagain carry traffic, without any im-provement or additional protection,is approximately $120,000.

The Glitch and dyke system on thatportion of the highway west of Blythewas one of the earlier constructedsystems on which the ditches andlevees are somewhat tao flat andbridges too far apart and inadequateto carry any such storm as has just.occurred. It is hoped that some Fed-eral assistance may be secured whichmay permit more adequate protectionworl~, enlargement of structures and

Communities IWustOrganize to ReceiveWater and Power

(Continued from page 5)

became consumers and ~,re directlyinterested in obtaining; water andpower at the lowest possible cost.

Business benerally also has a vitalinterest in the creation of these out-lets so water and power will be avail-able to the greatest number of usersat the lowest possible cost. Moneysaved on irrigation and power billswill be spent on farm machinery, in-clustrial expansion, household fur-nishings and a higher living standard.For this reason, if none other, the.

disposition of water and power fromthe Central Valley Project is ofprime importance to every business-man in the state.

Governor Culbert L. Olson haspledged himself and his aclministra-tion to the assurance of means forpublic o~~nership and operation ofplants and distributive facilitiesthrough which this water and powerInay be obtained at cost.With the backing of those who are

to benefit by this program-abricul-ture, industry, municipalities andbusiness-he can and will fulfill thisplecl~e to the people of California.

reconstruction of the highway to astandard that will avoid to a largeextent the recurrer7ce of such stormdamage.

Calif oraaia Highways and Public 1~'/orks ~o~tober ivs9! QNineteen~

Scenic view on new "Industrial Highway" across Diablo Valley in Contra Costa County showing Mount Diablo in background.

~ ~ ~ ~ ~

First nit o ndustr~a ~ a f hw s yTAPPING the cities of Martinez, Pittsburg, Antioch and other

centers along deep water, thefirst unit of the Industrial Highwayin Contra Costa County which ulti-mately will provide for smooth trafficflow from the rich farm lands of theSan Joaquin Valley was completed bythe Division of Highways last month.The new route entailed construc-

tion on a direct alignment from theeasterly end of Franklin Canyon atMuir Station across the lower end ofthe Diablo Valley to a connection withthe Concord-Pittsburg highway nearthe westerly end of Willow Pass. Thenext projected improvement will bereconstruction on modern standardsof the route through Willow Pass.The recently completed stretch of

roadway is eight miles in length andconstitutes atwo-lane highway paved22 feet wide with heavy plant-mixedsurfacing. Each traffic lane is 11 feetin width to conform to latest stand-ards of the Division of Highways.Adequate bituminous treated should-ers are on both sides of the pavement.Plans for future development of

(Continued on page 28)

QTwenty~ (October 1939) CGLZZ f ornia Highways and Public Works

At top—Section of new 22-foot "Industrial Highway" between Willow Pass and Franklin Canyon in Confra Costa County.Center—Grade separation structures carrying county road and railway. Bottom—View looking westerly through deep cut near eastend of Willow Pass.

California Highways and Public 'Works (October 1939; QTwenty-ones

Evolution of the tri in S h p ~Mac ine~ITH the growing importance of properly striping thou-

sands of miles of CaliforniaState highways, the engineering staffof IHeadquarters Shop of the Divisionof Highways in Sacramento is con-stantly striving to improve the trafficstripe markinb machines used by theDivision.A new stripe marking outfit has

been turned out at the shops for usein District III. While it is substan-tially the same in design as the ma-chine now operated by the Division,a number of changes in constructioi2have been made.

It was found advisable to increasethe carrying capacity of the truckused with the stripe marking emitsto allow the hauling of a larger supplyof paint. Also, on the larger trucks~•ith the conventional type cab, thetruck hood interfered tivith the truckdriver's view of the marking machineand its operator. On the new machinethe cab-over-engine type of truck isused. This affords a much widerrange of vision for the truck driverand makes it possible to secure suffi-cient floor space on the truck bodywith the ttse of a comparatively shortv~~heel base truck.

MORE PAINT CAPACITY

The new units are equipped with anadditional paint tank for carryingyellow paint for use on double-line~vork. The valves and fittings havebeen rearranged for convenience inhandlin;.On the late type divided highways

it was decided to place a. white linenext to the dividing curb or centerstrip, and it was necessary to impro-vise some means of doing this. It wasnot feasible to straddle the desiredposition of the white line, as the cen-ter strip on most of these roads. is notfinished, and it would be impossibleto put dowel a straight line. Theshops therefore devised an outriggerattachment for these machines, per-mitting the striping assembly to be setfar enough out to clear the wheelsboth of the marking carriage and thepropelling truck. When this is doneit is necessary to put down an offsetguide line, or pilot stripe, and thetruck and marking machine followthis offset line.

By R. H. STALNAKEREquipment Engineer

It is a far cry from the stripingmachine created in the early 20's byengineers of District IV to the im-proved outfit now being produced atthe Divisioiz of Highways Shop. Thisfirst machine was pushed by hand, thepaint being deposited in a reservoirattached to the frame and flowing bygravity through a rubber tubing tothe pavement immediately ahead of a.paint brush which spread the painton the road. (See Photo No. 1 on this

Page•)In the late 20's, the hand-powered

machine followed. (Photo No. 2.)

SAT ON THE BUMPER

The first unit on which the paintsupply and compressor ~~ere mountedon a truck was used in the early 30's.A seat for the operator was arranged.on the bumper of the truck and themarking machine was propelled by apush bar from the truck. (PhotoNo. 3. )Newt came the chassis type marker

which provided a seat for the operatorand was constructed with a longerwheel base which only painted asingle 4-inch line. On this unit alsothe paint supply tank and air com-pressor were mounted on the truckpropelling the unit. This machinewas used until about 1937. (PhotoNo. 4. )In 1937 District IV designed a ma-

chine which laid the three-stripe cen-terline on pavements in one operation.The paint and air controls weremounted on the chassis of the striper,which was propelled ahead of thetruck by a push bar. The truck alsocarried the air compressor unit andmixing tank equipped with an agi-tator `vhere the paint was preparedfor filling the supply tanks. The sup-ply tanks were filled by pumping the

paint from the mixing. tank. (Photo

No. 5. )This is the type of machine on which

improvements have been made byheadquarters Shop.

QTwenty-twos (o~aoher 19s9) California High~cvays and Public forks

At top—Complete striping outfit in operation restriping triple line. Man on truck mixing paint with hand agitator. Center—Close-upshowing paint and air lines to each spray gun and controls. Bottom—Rear view of striping unit laying triple stripe.

California Highways and Public forks (o~roberi93v~ Twenty-three

Legislation of X939 Session Affecting State Highways

partments to endorse warrants is-sued by the controller when forsame reason the claimaxit should notreceive the warrant directly, as, forf~xample, v~~hen the claim has previ-ously been ~~ait~ throla~;l~ a revolvingfund.

CHAPTER 961. Provides for theprar~,tion among the various specialfunds in the State treasury of thecost ~f a.c~iniiiisterin~ the civil serv-ice laws. The State highwap fund`will bear its proportion.

CHAPTER 595. D2akes it easierfrom an accounting standpoint toDandle work for counties on a co-operative basis.

TYie acquisition of rights cif ~vayneeclecl for State highways is, yearby year, assuming greater import-ance. It becomes a major c~nsidera-tion ~~henever o~ie of the ne~v typehighways above iiientioned is con-templated. The legislature, realiz-ing this situation, ,•ranted additionalauthority to the Department ofPublic Works in connection withright of way matters.

CHAPTER 686. Consi d e r a b 1 ybroadens the scope of the activitiesof the department in connection withthe acquisition of rights of way.The aLlthority to acquire for futureneeds is expressly given.. The leas-ing out of property acgLlired forfuture needs so that revenue can beobtained therefrom is authorized.Full authority is granted to acquireall rights of way .needed for free-ways.

CHAPTER 292. Authorizes theconveyance of property controlledfor highway purposes to the federalgovernment for inclusion in nationalparks. This chapter also authorizesagreements with the federal govern-ment concerning State hi~h~~vayspassing through national monuments.

CHAPTERS 146 AND 147. Au~thorise the City of Oakland to con-vey certain tidelands back to theState for State highway purposes.

CHAPTER 86 OF RESOLUTIONS.Addressed to Congress, it asks fora receding of jLirisdiction over thearea required for the FunstonAvenue approach to the Golden Gate

(Continued from page 13)

Bridge through the Presidio m SanFrancisco.

Basically highways are built firthe use of traffic, a~icl while theDivision of Highways is not pri-marily concerned with the enforce-ment of traffic la~~s, it is concernedwith the provisions ~f those laws asthey must be taken into considera-tion in deterininii~g the type of high-~vay that should be built. Due tothe fact that the responsibility forplacing and maintaining all officialtraffic signs and signals, includingdirectional and warning signs,. is as-sgned to the Division of Highways,legislation affecting these matters isof particular interest.

Several years ago there ~uas estab-].ishecl «~ithin tYie Division of High-ways aSafety Department. designedto coordinate the actual constructionand maintenance wox•k with the ef-forts of traffic enforcement agenciesand accident prevention activities.'Phis department makes intensivestudies of all accidents occurring onthe State highway system to deter-mine whether a different method ofconstruction is necessary or whetherthe fault lies in the traffic laws orregulations applicable to the particu-lar highway. Many of the changesmade in the vehicle la~~vs were dueto the suggestions or approval ofthe Division of Highways actingthrough the Maintenance Depart-ment and the Safety Department.

CHAPTER 311—Makes it clearthat all accident reports received bythe Department of Motor Vehicleslulcler the Vehicle Code are open tothe confidential use of the Depart-ment of Public Works. While thedepartment in the past has receivedthe utmost cooperation in this con-nection from the. Depa,rtineizt ofMotor Vehicles, there has been somedoubt as to the legality of the pro-cedure followed, due t~ the provi-sions of law to the efFect that acci-dent reports were for the eonfiden-tial use of the Department of DRotorVehicles. This enactment removesall such doubts.As above meiztioned, Chapter 684

writes into la«~ the prohibitionagainst crossing the double line nowin use on State highways.

CHAPTER 658. Abolishes the 2Q-mile speed limit zone, making the 25-rnilespeed limit applicable in all of theformer 20-mile zones. 'Phis chapter•altio will eliminate many of the ui~-necessary restricted speed zones. li,a15o aui;hor~izes traffic signals in citiesto be timed so that some variancefrom the 25-mile prima facie speedlimit will be permitted. Permissivespeed of trucks is raised in someinstances.

CHAPTER 320. Pegulates the useof certain colors in traffic signals sothat the use of tYiese colors will havea uniform meaning throughout theState. This chapter also clarifies theprovisions of the Vehicle Code so asto more clearly indicate the positionat which a stop must be made at"TOY" intersectioizs.

CHAPTER 188. Authorizes theplacing and maintenance of "CattleCrossing" and "Open Range" signs.

CHAPTER 788. Among otherthings, abolishes as of December 31,1942, certain preferences given tosome of the older trucks in so fax•as width and permissive weight areconcerned.. The permissive lengthof single vehicles is increased to 3vfeet. The department is authorizedto issue permits for the use ofbooster trucks in the event suchunits are considered safe for opera-tion in specific locations.

CHAPTER 653. Recognizes a ne~vtype of vehicle consisting of a semi-trailer with a dolly attachment andprescribes weight limitations andregistration fees for such vehicles.General requirements as to lamps

and brakes on all vehicles arechanted.

CHAPTER 248. Makes a minor'change in the present provision pro-hibiting angle parking on Statehig$~~vays withiiz business districts.

CHAPTER 612. Lives the aepart-ment full authority to regulatelarking oil State highways in areaswhere snow removal operations arenecessary. In some snow sports areasconsiderable confusion has resulted iritYie past because no regulation ofparking could b~ enforced.

QTwenty-fours ~o~robeY 1939) ~,'~lZf ornia Highways and Public Works

Learns of Stupendous TaskSan Francisco

Editor California Highwaysand Public WorksSacramento, California

Dear Sir:

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edge of the stupendous task of building

modern highways makes one more appre-

ciative of the fine public roads we of

California have. 1 never realized what a

scientific problem a highway was until

started reading your little journal.Thank you very much.

CARL I. NELSON

Doing Great JobEditor California Highways

and Public WowksSacramento, California

Dear Sir:

A recent issue of the above-named

publication just came into my hands and

after partly perusing same I think it is

just what I and every red-blooded Cali-

fornian needs to keep us reminded that

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partment of Public Works, Division of

Highways is doing a big job.

Having been born in Woodland, just

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been one of Fremont's men in 1846, when

he and others acquired this glorious do-

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"Best Highway Magazine"Federal Wowks Agency

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127 Brevoort RoadColumbus, OhioAugust 25, 1939

California Highway and Public Works

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magazines were sent there to me or for-

warded from Columbus. Have been

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Your magazine is by far the best high-way magazine published by any state in

the union and I only hope the time willcome when we can publish as good a

magazine heave in Ohio. Thanking you for

courtesies extended in the past.

Very truly,

HARRY T. FLASHER,Engineew Highway Dept.,

127 Brevoort Rd.,

Columbus, Ohio.

Educational ReadingLos Angeles, California

Editor California Highwaysand Public WorksSacramento, California

Gentlemen:

It has indeed been a pleasure to readsome borwowed issues of the CaliforniaHighways and Public Works magazine.think them extremely instructive and

educational and know they would be veryhelpful in my present position.

Will you kindly place my name on yourmailing list.Thanking you in advance, I am

Cordially yours,

VICTOR L. WESLEY,Los Angeles, Calif.

Request from HonoluluTewritory of Hawaii, Honolulu

August 17, 1939.

Editor California Highwaysand Public WorksSacramento, California

Dear Sir:

Will you please put my name on themailing list for your publication "Cali-fornia Highways and Public Works."have seen copies of this publication in theoffice of the Public Roads Administrationhere in Honolulu and find it to be veryinteresting and instructive.

Very truly yours,

J. C. MYATT,Highway Engineer

COMPTON JUNIOR COLLEGE

Compton, California

Editor,California Highways and Public Works,Sacramento, California.

Dear Sir:

Through the courtesy of our local Cham-ber of Commerce, I have made occasional

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If possible, I should appreciate havingmy name placed on your mailing list toreceive a copy of this publication for usein our classes. I consider it of sufficient

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Cordially yours,

SignEd:

ROBERT C. GILLINGHAM,Chairman, Social Studies.

Library Values ItColton Public Library

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John W. Howe, Editor

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Sacramento, California

Dear Sir:

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California Highways and Public 1K~o~•ks (October 1939) QTwenty-five

Highway Bids and Awards for the Month of September, 1939

ALAMEDA COUNTY-Between 12 and8.3 miles east of Mission San Jose, about1.8 miles, surface with crusher-run base andarmor coat. District IV, Route 108, Sec-tion A. Independent Construction Co., Ltd.,Oalclanct, $12,619 ; A. A. Tieslau, Berkeley,X12,816 ; Pacific Truck Service, Inc., SanJose, $12,987 ; Lee J. Immel, Berkeley, $13,-361; A. J. Clausen, Berkeley, $13,470.Contract awarded to Jones & King, Hay-ward, $12,311.50.AMADOR, CALAVERAS AND TUOL-

UMn"E COUNTIES-Between Amador Cityand Long Barn, about 23.Fi miles seal coatto be applied. District X, Routes 65 and13, Sections BC, ABG, A, CD. Lee J.Immel, Berkeley, $14,828 ; Oranges Bros.Construction Dept., Stockton, $14,715 ;Granite Construction Co., Ltd., ~~atsonville,X13,897. Contract awarded to Close Build-ing Supply, Hayward, $12,972.AMADOR COUNTY-At Jtxclison Creek,

about 1.4 miles to be graded. District X,Ii,oute 97, Section A. Poulos & McEwen,Sacramento, $17,071; Anderson & France,Visalia, $17,138 ; Louis Biasotti & Son,Stockton, $18,128; M. J. B. ConstructionCo., Stockton, $19,339; Hemstreet &Bell,Marysville, $19,787 ; Harms Bros., Sacra-mento, $20,360; Shea &Beebe, Los Angeles,$21,312 ; Claude C. Wood, Lodi, $23,645 ;A. Teichert & Son, Inc., Sacramento, $24,-;)47. Contract awarded to Parish Bros.,7.os Angeles, $16,662.BUTTE COUNTY-Between 0.4 mile south of Fagan and Big ;s Road, about 5.9

miles to be graded and surfaced with plant-mix surfacing. District III, Route 3,sections A, Grd., B. Poulos & McEwen,5:icramento, ~73,30~i • Hemstreet & Bell,Marysville, $74,90) ; Independent Construc-tion Go., Ltd., Oakland, $76,755 ; A. Teichert& Son, Inc., Sacramento, $78,821; MarshallHanrahan, Redwood City, $79,292. Contract~~v~rded to Piazza and Huntley, San Jose.~Ei8,349.CALAVERAS COUNTY-Between 1.7

and 2.5 miles east of Valley Springs, about0.8 mile to be graded and surfaced withimported gray el. District X, Route 24, Sec-tion B. Hemstreet & Bell, Marysville,$19,687 ; Caputo & Keeble, San Jose, $19,-881; Harms Bros., Sacramento, $21,321;Fradricicsen Bros., Emeryville, $22,516 ;DZarshall Hanrahan, Redwood City, 23,-126 ; DZ. J. B. Construction, Stockton, ~23,-845 ; Parish Bros., Los Angeles, $24,041;dranges Bros. Construction Dept., Stockton,$26,313. Contract awarded to Claude C.\Wood, Lodi, $19,x'31.80.CO\TRA COSTA COU\TY-Between

Broadway Tunnel and Concord and between3.0 and 1.5 miles north of Byron, about 12.fimiles, crusher run borders to he constructedand retread surfacing and non-skid surfacetreatment to be applied. District IV, Route75, Sections E1, B, D. Heafey-Moore Co.,Oakland, 838,5&4. Contract awarded toLee J. Immel, Berkele9, $32,062.FRESNQ COUNTY-Between Kings

'River Bride and Deer Cove Creek, about6.5 miles, road-mix surface treatment to beapplied. District VI, Route 41, SectionsE, F. Basich Bros., Torrance, $10,795;Oilfields Trucking Co., Bakersfield, $10,867.Contract awarded to Ruddy & Corfield,viodesto, $9,860.GLENN AND BUTTE COUNTIES-Be-

tween ~ mile east of Butte City and Chero-kee Canal, about 11.8 miles, roadbed to beshaped and surfaced with gravel base. Dis-

trict III, Route 45, Sections L. A. LouisBiasotti & Son, Stockton, $48,990 ; Fred-ericksen &Westbrook, Sacramento, $49,922;Iieafey-Moore Co.-Fredericksen & WatsonConstruction Co., Oakland, $56,550 ; HarmsP,ros., Sacramento, $57,425 ; A. Teichert &Son, Inc., Sacramento, $59,176 ; Poulos &McEwen, Sacramento, $59,25; Hemstreet& Bell, Marysville, $66,325 ; Marshall Han-rahan, Redwood City, $66,655. Contrtxctawarded to N. M. Ball Sons, Berkeley,X44,29125.HUMBOLDT COUNTY-Across Elk

Creek, about 19 miles north of Garberville,a reinforced slab bridge to Ue constructedand about 025 mile of approach to be gradedand finished. District I, Route 1, SectionC. A. A. Tieslau, Berkeley, $27,146 ;Scheumann and Johnson, Eureka, $33,243.Contract awarded to E. E. Smith, Eureka,X23,797.80.KEILN COUNTY-Between Rosamond

and Mojave, about 7.8 miles to be bradedand surfaced with plant-mixed surfacing.District IX, Route 23, Section A. Basich&ros., Torrance, $64,120; Claude C. ZVood,Lodi, $65,347 ; Griffith Co., Los Angeles,$68,013; G. `~. Ellis, North Hollywood,$69,897 ; I'redericksen $Westbrook, Sacra-mento, $71,832 ; Jones & King, Hayward,$73,599 ; United Concrete Pipe Corporation,Los Angeles, $81,910 ; Oswald Bros., Los~ingeles, $83,741; A. S. Vinnell Co., Alham-bra, $88,741. Contract awarded to R. E.Hazard &Sons, San Diego, $62,672.50.LOS ANG~IsES COUNTY -Between

1'lacerita Canyon and Solamint, about 3.4miles to be graded and surfaced with plant-miied surfacing. District VII, Route 23,Section I. GriA'ith Co., Los Angeles, $226,-099 ; Fredericksen &Westbrook, Sacramento,$227,465 ; J. E. Haddock, Ltd., Pasadena,$241,744 ; Claude Fisher Co., Ltd., Los An-geles, $244,054 ; Clarence Crow, Los Angeles,y~5,263 ; Radich &Brown, Burbank, $253,-551 ; Eaton &Smith, San Francisco, $254,-341 ; United Concrete Pipe Corp., Los An-geles, $255,482 ; Daley Corp, San Diego,X259,767: Macro Construction Co., Clear-water $259,916; Ciyde w. wooa, Los An-~reles, X261,168 ; Utah Construction Co., SAnIP ranciscn, $272.416; Basich Bros., Torrance,X272,496 ; W. E. Ball Co., Alhambra, $273,-048 ; Os~v~ld Bros., Los Angeles, $273,824 ;Gibbons .4z Reed Co., Burbank, ~317,77G.Contract awarded to :V. M. Ball Sons,Berkeley, $222,596.50.LOS ANGELES COUNTY- Across Ar-

royo Seco Parkway at Avenue 26, a rein-forced concrete bridge to be constructed asgin extension to an existing bridge and thenortherly approach thereto reconstructed.District VII, Route 205, Section L. A.Oberg Bros., Los Angeles, $45,162 ; UnitedConcrete Pipe Corp., Los Angeles, $49,873 ;Byerts &Dunn, Los Angeles, $x2,698. Con-tract awarded to J. E. Haddock, Ltd.,Pasadena, $43,23620.MARIPOSA COUNTY-Between Catha~~

ftnci Briceburg, about 7.4 miles, seal coat tobe applied. District X, Route 18, SectionsD, E, I, J. H. Sykes, Patterson, $8,235.Contract awarded to Hayward Building Ma-terial Co., Hayward, $6,408.MENDOCINO COUNTY-Across Rus-

sian River, about ~ mile east of Hopland, abride consisting of 3 main steel ;irderspans, one at 108 feet and 2 at 84 feet,with seven 38-foot and two 29-foot steelstringer approach spans to be constructed

and about 0.3 mile to be graded and surfacedwith plant mixed surfacing and Class "C"seal coat. District I, Route 16, Section A.L. W. Caletti & Co., San Rafael, $98,Ga'2;Union Paving Co., San Francisco, $~J8,822 ;It. (x. Clifford, San Francisco, $1Q7,017 ; E.E. Smith, Eureka, $108,181 ; A. Soda &Son,Oakland, $148,587 ; A. G. Raisch, San Fran-cisco, $109,394 ; Paul J. Tyler, Oroville,~112,5~7 ; Joseph Shaw, Deer Creek Lodge,X114,266 ; Campbell Construction Co., Sac-ramento, $11,552 ; John Rocca, San Rafael,4122,320 ; Pred J. Maurer & Son, Eureka,X122,589. Contract awarded to Trewhitt-Shields &fisher, Fresno, $97,38920.MENDOCINO COUNTY-At Russian

Gulch, about 9 miles south of Fort Bragg.a reinforced concrete bridge cronsisting of29 slab spans having a total length of 526feet 9 inches supported on an open spandrelflrch and concrete bents to be constructedand about 0.6 mile of approaches to begraded and a Class "C" setxl coat appliedthereto. District I, Route 56, Section E.John Rocca, Sun Rafael, $108,318 ; JosephShaw, Mill Creek, $109,735; Poulos & Mc-Fwen & M, A. Jenkins, Sacramento, $113,-834 ; Paul J. Tyler, Oroville, $11 ,958 ; FredJ. Maurer &Son, Eureka, $12Q,141 ; E. E.Smith, Eureka, $122,735 ; C. ~'V. Caletti fiCo., San Rafael, $124,107; Union PavingCo., San Francisco, ~12~.730 ; United Con-crete Pipe Corp., Los Angeles, $133,618. Con-tract awarded to R. G. Clifford, Sin Fran-cisco, $104,510.60.MENDOCINO COUNTY-Between Cra~v-

forcl Ranch and Ukiah, s~bout 7 miles to begraded, plflnt-mixed surfacing to be placednn gravel bnse rind ~ bridge to be con-strueted. District I, Route 1, Section B.Chas. L. Harney, San rrancisco, $3Fi7,878 ;Heafey-Moore Co.-Fredrickson 8i ~VateonConstruction Co., Oakland, $327.112; IIem-street & Bell, Marysville, X283,595 ; 1'heIItah Construction Co., Sun Prnncisco, $32~,-757 ~ Macco Construction Co., Clearwater.$335,513 ; Marshall Hanrahan, Red«~oodCity, $289,298: A. Teichert .~ Son, Tnc..Sacramento, .~~292,537 ; United Concrete PipeCorp. B. N. M. Ball Sons, Berkeley, $316,-386 ; Grstnfield, Farrar &Carlin, San Fran-c~sco, X334,283 ; A. G. Rflisch, San Francisco,~34fi,973 ; I+:~tton ~C Smith, San F+ rancisco,~351.03~. C'ontrnct a~vnrde~l to Freclericl.sen~C «~estbrook, Sacramento, $279,578.80.MONO COUNTY-Cradin~~ and surfacing

between 9.1 miles south and Mono Lake analbetween Route 23 and June Lnke. DistrictIX, Routes 23, 111, Sections GH, A. A. S.ti innell Go., Alhambra, $16,537. Contractawarded to Basieh Bros., Torrance, ~14,55F.MONO COUNTY-At Grant Lake, about

4.0 miles to be graded and imported surfac-in~ material placed on portions. DistrictIX, Route 111, Section ~. Parish Bros.,Los Aneeles, $39,581 ; Basich Bros., Tor-rance, ~a'a,089 ; Gibbons &Reed Co., Bur-bank, X58.171; A. S. Vinnell Co., Alham-bra, ~i59,097 ; 1~Tevada Rock & Sand Co..Inc., Reno, $59,974. Contract awarded toShea &Beebe, Los Angeles, $31,064.50.MONTEREY COLTI~TTY-On San Juan

Poad between 22 milea and 4.9 miles eastof Pajaro, about 2.7 miles to be graded andsurfaced with plant-mixed surfacing oncrusher run base. District V, Feeder road.L. C. Karstedt, ~s~tsonville, $29,54~J.10.Contract awarded to Granite ConstrixctionCo., Ltd., Watsonville, $26,398.MONTEREY COUNTY-Between San

Lucas and 1.3 miles south, about 1 mile to

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be surfaced with plant-mixed surfacing.District V, Route 2, Section G. Contracta«arded to Granite Construction Co., Ltd.,~'1'atsonville, $9,826.NAPA AND SONOMA COUNTIES-

Eetween Napa County Line and Napa Wye,between Santa Rosa and Beltane, and be-tween Sears Point and Sonoma County line,aUout 14.6 miles plant-mixed surfacing sealcoat, and retread surfaein~ to be placed.District IV, Routes 8, ~~1, 208, Sections A.B, A, A. Chas. L. Harney, San Francisco,.~'i39,377 ; A. A. Tieslau, Berkeley, $33,895.Contract awarded to A. G. Raisch, SanFrancisco, $33,467.80.ORANGE COUNTY-In the City of

Santa Ana, about 025 mile of approachesto Santa Ana River bridge to be graded andpaved with Portland cement concrete. Dis-trict VII, Route 174. Griffith Co., Los An-geles, $22,132 ; J. ~. Haddock, Ltd., Paea-dena, .y'i22,196; ~~. E. Hall Co., Alhambra,$28,047. Contract awarded to Vido Kovace-vich, South Gate, $20,404.RIVERSIDE COUNTY-At Noreo, about

]..4 miles to be graded, roadmii surfacetreatment to be applied, plantmix surfacingto be placed and drainage structures to beconstructed. District VIII, Route 193, Sec-tion A. Clyde W. Wood, Los Angeles,$46,008 ; E. L. Yeager, Riverside, $46,580 ;Dimmitt F Taylor, 7.os Angeles, $47,429 ;Oswald Sros., Los Angeles, $47,768 ; GriffithCo., Los Angeles, $48,14 ; V. It. DennisConstruction Co., San Diego, .~i49,876: W. E.Hall Co., Alhambra, $49,879 ; A. S. VinnellCo., Alhambra, X52,717 ; J. E. Haddock,Ltd., Pasadena, f~53,258 ; United ConcretePipe Corp., Los Angeles, $53,981; ClfludeFisher Co., Los Angeles, $5S,(?43. Contractnwt~rded to Matich Bros., Elsinore,$44,758.70SACRAM~N'PO COUNTY-Between 1

mile south of Arno and 1~ miles north ofElk Grove, flbout 5 miles of pit run gravelborders and Class "P," seal coat to be con-structed. nistrict III, Route 4, SectionsA, I3. A. Teichert &Son, Inc., Sacramento,~10,54~ ; Lee J. Immel, Berkeley, $10,477 ;J. It. Reeves, Sacramento, $12,071. Con-tract awarded to Hemstreet ttnd Bell, Marys-ville, $10,187.SAN BENITO COUNTY-Across San

Benito River, about 1 mile west of Hollister,existing bridge to be redecked. District V,Route 22, Section A. E. ~. Peterson, SanFrancisco, $9,658. Geo. Renz, Gilroy, $11,-420 ; engineers, Ltd., Oakland, $ll,834 ; Al-bert H. Siemer & Jahn Carcano, SanAnselmo, X12,055 ; L. C. Seidel, Oakland,$12,390. Contract awarded to C. C. Gilder-sleeve, Berkeley, $8,998.SAN JOAQUIN, STANISLAUS AND

CALAVERAS COUNTIES - B e t w e e nStockton and Alttzville, Lodi and 4.5 mileseast, about 24 miles, seal coat to he applied.District X, Routes 75 and 24. Close Build-ing Supply, Hayward, X14,957 ; OrangesBros. Construction Dept., Stockton, $12,552 ;Elmer J. Warner, Stockton, $10,630. Con-tract awarded to A. A. Tieslctu, Berkeley,X10,445.50.SAN LUIS OBISPO AND SANTA BAR-

I3ARA COUNTIES-At various locations,about 11.7 miles plant-mixed surfacing tendnon-skid surfacing to be placed. Frederick-sen & Westbrook, Sacramento, $22,089.Contract awarded to Basich Brothers, Tor-rance, X20,532.75.SANTA BARBARA COUNTY-Between

Las Cruces and Santa Ynez River, andbetween Orcutt and Guadalupe, about 4.5miles to be surfaced with plant-mixed sur-facing, road-mix surface treatment,. crusherrun btzse, and armor coat. District V,Route 56, Sections A, B, C, E. Frederick-sen &Westbrook, Sacramento, $29,091. Con-tract awarded to Basich Bros., Torrance,$26,611.

SANTA BARBARA COUNTY-AcrossSanta Maria River Overflow, about 2 milesnorth of Santa Maria, existing bridge to beredecked. District V, Route 2, Section A.C. F'V. Caletti & Co., San I{afael, $8,546 ;C. C. Gildersleeve, Berkeley, X8,827 ; JohnFesler, Santa Maria, $8,875 ; Theo. Maino,San Luis Obispo, $10,119 ; J. S. Metzger& Son, Los Angeles, $10,409. Contractawarded to Stanley P. Cooley, Palo Alto,$7,418.47.SANTA BARBARA COUNTY-Between

Lompoc and La Salle Road, and between1st and 2d crossings of Cuyama River, about3.3 miles to be surfaced with plant-mixedsurfacing. District V, Routes 149 and 57,Sections A-A, B. Fredericksen & V4est-brook, Sacramento, $21,660. Contractawarded Basich Bros., Torrance, $20,470.75.

SANTA CLARA COUNTY -BetweenRoute 5 and Santa Clara Street, about 1.9miles to be graded and paved with Portlandcement concrete and asphalt concrete. Dis-trict IV, Route 68, Section B, SJs. LouisBiasotti & Son, Stockton, $123,167 ; Jones& King, Hayward, $124,547 ; Union Pav-in~ Co., San Francisco, $127,207 ; Frederick-sen & Westbrook, Sacramento, $129,337.Contract awarded to A. J. Ii,aisch &EarlW. Heple, San Jose, $118,431.60.

SHASTA COUNTY-At Central Valley,about G.5 miles north of Redding, about 0.5mile to be graded and surfaced with crusherrun base and plant-mix surfacing. DistrictII, Route 3, Section B. A. Teichert &Son,Inc., Sacramento, $18,660. Contract awardedto Granfield, Farrar &Carlin, San Francisco,$16,921.90.SIERRA COUNTY-Between 1.0 mile

south of Sierraville and Calpine, about 9.6miles, penetration oil treatment and road-mixsurfacing to be placed. C. P'. Frederick &Sons, Lo~x-er Lake, $9,525. Contractawarded to Lee J. Immel, Berkeley,$7,135.SOLANQ COUNTY-Between 0.6 mile

south and 1.0 mile north of Vallejo, about1.6 miles to be blanketed with importedmaterial and surfaced with plant-mixed sur-facing. District X, Route 74, Sections A, D.A. Granzotto & L. Angelus, Walnut Creek,$25,612 ; Union Paving Co., San Francisco,X19,827 ; Chas. I.. Harney, San Francisco,$22,548 ; M. J. B. Construction Co., Stock-ton, X22,607. Contract awarded to A. G.~Laisch, San Francisco, $17,947.95.SONOMA COUNTY-At various loca-

tions bet~ceen Jenner and Stetvarts Point,about 2.0 miles to be graded, drainage struc-tures and a reinforced concrete bridge tohe constructed and penetration oil treat-ment to be applied. District IV, Route 56,Sections C, D. Parish Bros., Los Angeles,X99,414 ; Claude C. Wood, Lodi, $1(39,502 ;Heafey-Moore Co.-Fredrickson & WatsonConstruction Co., Oakland, $111,001 ; LouisBiasotti &Son, $118,012 ; Piombo Bros. &Co., San Francisco, $124,851: Chas. L.Harney, San Frtzneisco, $144,549. Contractawarded to Guerin Bros., San Francisco,X89,735.90.TUOLUMNE AND M A R I P O S A

COUNTIES-Bet~~een Mountain Pass andRoute 18, and bet~vecn Moccasin andCoulterville, about 24.9 miles seal coat tobe applied. District X, Routes 40, 65,vt~rious sections. Pacific Truck Service,Inc., San Jose, $14,477 ; Lee J. Immel,ESerkeley, $].3,982. Contract awarded toHayward Building Material Co., Hayward,$11,1G3.VENTURA COUNTY-Across Conejo

Creek, about 10 miles south of Moor Park,reinforced concrete slab bridge to be con-structed. District VII, Route 155, SectionB. Carl Hallin, Los Angeles, $6,982 ;Jacobson &Jacobson, Los Anneles, $4,064;A. S. Vinnell Co., Alhambra, $7,387 ; J. E.Haddock, Ltd., Pasadena, $7,395 ; Byerts

& Dunn, Los Angeles, $7.,481 ; C. R. Butter-field-Kennedy Co., San Pedro, $7,499 ; J. S.Metzger &Son, Los Angeles, $7,641; Gib-bons &Reed Co., Burbank, $8,285 ; W. J.Disteli, Los Angeles, $8,368 ; Geo. J. BockCo., Los Angeles, $8,772 ; Werner & V~ebb,Los Angeles, $9,482 ; John Higgins, Hun-tington Park, $10,195. Contract awarded toOberg Bros., Los Angeles, $6,931.50.VENTURA COUNTY-At Santa Paula

Creek near Santa Paula, a reinforced con-crete box girder bridge to be constructed andnbout 0.4 mile of roadway to be graded andsurfaced with plant-mixed surfacing. DistrictVII, Route 79, Section SPa., B. J. S.Metzger &Son, Los Angeles, $85,553 ; MaccoConstruction Co., Clearwater, $87,522 ; A.S. Vinnell Co., Alhambra, $88,579 ; Paul J.Tyler, Oroville, $89,902 ; United ConcretePipe Corp., Los Angeles, $93,842 ; J. E. Had-dock, Ltd., Pasadena, $95,034 ; Clyde W.Wood, Los Angeles, X96,359. Contractawarded to Byerts & Dunn, Los Angeles,$82,624.50.POLO AND COLUSA COUNTIES-

Between 4 mile north of Cache CreekBridge And Bear Creek Bridge, about 6miles, a graded roadbed to be constructedon portions thereof, gravel base to beplaced and Penetration oii treatmentto be applied. District III, Route50, Sections A, A. Harold Smith, St.Helena, $70,487 ; Harms Brothers, Sncra-inento, $73,350 ; Hemstreet &Bell, Marys-ville, $74,739 ; Heafey-Moore Co. & I'red-rickson & tiVatson Construction Co., Oak-land, $75,712 ; Claude C. Wood, Lodi,$76,628 ; The Utah Construction Co., SanFrancisco, $76,760 ; Lee J. Immel, Berkeley,X76,820; Guerin Bros.,. San Francisco,$80,682; A. Teichert c4, Son, Inc., Sacra-mento, $81,702. Contract. awarded to Young& Son Co., Ltd., Berkeley, $67,821.60.POLO COUNTY-Between 7 miles north

of Madison and 2.5 miles south of Dunni-gan, about 5.7 miles to be graded andtreated with penetration oil treatment. Die-trict III, Route 90 Section I3. N. D7. Ballions, Berkeley, 6.4,661 ; Harms Bros.,Sacramento, $69,697 ; Hemstreet & Bell,Alarysville, $69,892 ; Louis Biasotti &Son& H. Earl Parker, Marysville, $73,729 ;Parish Bros., Los Angeles, $77,175 ; A.Teichert &Son, Inc., Sacramento, $79,673 ;J. R. Reeves, Sacramento, $80,552 ; M. J. B.Construction Co., Stockton, $82,409 ; ClaudeC. Wood, Lodi, $80,894 ; Valley Construc-tio-n Co., San Jose, $81,512. Contractawarded to Fredrickson Bros., Emeryville.$65,501.50.

C. R. Gallagh¢r Wins $cholarsl~ipC. R,. Gallagher, Structural Engi-

neering Office Aid in the SafetyDepartment of the Division of High-ways, has been awarded one of theAlfred P. Sloane, Jr. fellowships inTraffic Engineering in the Bureau ofStreet Traffic Research at Yale Uni-versity, for the current academicyear. He is one of seven engineerschosen from State Highway Depart-men.ts as recipients of awards.Mr. Gallagher was graduated from

the University of California, Collegeof Civil Engineering, in 1937. Heformerly worked for the Bridge De-partment and for the last year hasbeen with the Safety Department.He recently left for New Haven,

Connecticut, where he will be in resi-dence for the school year.

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this section of the route include pra-visions for afour-lane pavement andthe new unit was so constructed thatwhen the traffic volume requires theadditional width the highway may betransformed into afour-lane roadwaywith no loss of the present investmentand a minimum interruption of traffic.

The pavement of the new unit wasplaced upon a crushed rock base andat certain locations across the floor ofDiablo Valley the earth sub-base wasstabilized by mixing Portland cementwith the native material to insure theroadbed against distortions.About 50,000 square yards of soil

base which were stabilized required4000 barrels of cement. Approxi-mately 500,000 cubic yards of mate-rial were moved.

Cross-drains and underdrains whichwere placed in the roadway prism toprovide sufficient drainage facilitiesincluded nearly 9000 linear feet ofcorrugated pipe. Approximately 38,-000 tons of rock and over 1000 tonsof liquid asphalt were used in con-struction of the crushed rock base andplant-mixed surfacing.

Three reinforced concrete slabbridges, one across Walnut Creek andthe others across Grayson Creek andGrayson Creek overflow channel werebuilt.The bridge across Walnut Creek

has a total length of 203 feet, eonsist-ing of four spans of 36 feet 4 inchesand two spans of 27 feet 4 inches,reinforced concrete slabs supportedon concrete pile bents. Grayson Creekbridge is 81 feet long, consisting ofthree spans each 22 feet long with a7-foot. 6-inch cantilever span at theends.The bridge over Grayson Creek

Overflow is 147 feet long, consistingof six 22-foot spans with 7-foot 6-inchcantilever spans at each end. All ofthe bridges are continuous reinforcedconcrete slab type of structures sup-ported on reinforced concrete pilebents. The Walnut Creek Bridge hastwo expansion joints located at thequarter point of the second span fromeach end. Grayson Creek Bridge is

~n ~~~turtttntEli Dallas, Associate Highway

Engineer employed at Redding inDistrict II, Division of Highways,passed away on August 9, 7939, aftera protracted illness.

Eli Dallas was born at Auburn,Kansas, on November 14, 1880. Dur-ing his early life he devoted hisattention to railroad engineering inthe middle west and southwesternstates, principally on constructionand location projects. In 1914 hecame to Southern California and inApril the following year entered theemploy of the State in District II asa draftsman. During his twenty-four years in the district he rose tothe position of chief draftsman, inwhich capacity he rendered con-scientious and valuable service to theState until his death.In 1905 Mr. Dallas, at Topeka, Kan-

sas, married Auta Pearl McWhin-ney, who with a daughter FrancesLucille, and twin son and daughterJohn Paul and Auta Pauline, sur-vive him.

l'he many friends and fellowemployees of EIi Dallas who wereassociated with him during his longservice with the Division of High-ways deeply regret his passing.

W. W. PATCH.W. W. Patch, one of the first divi-

sion engineers of the State Divisionof Highways, died August 9 in LosAngeles of a heart attack.He entered the service of the

State in 1914 as Division Engineerof Division VII, succeeding DivisionEngineer W. L. Clark in charge ofthe Los Angeles metropolitan areawith headquarters in Los Angeles,and continued in that office for nineyears.He resigned January 1, 1924, to

enter the real estate business andat the same time continue engi-neering work in a consulting ca-pacity.He was succeeded by Spencer V.

Cortelyou, present District Engineerof District V11, who had been hisassistant for many years.Mr. Patch later entered the em-

ploy of the Los Angeles Flood Con-trol District, with which he wasconnected up to the time of hisdeath. During recent months inthat service he was on sick leave.

Before coming to the Division ofHighways Mr. Patch worked for theFederal government as engineer onreclamation projects in the easternStates. During the period in whichhe was in charge of the Los Angelesoffice, he supervised the expenditureof more than twelve million dollarsin primary construction work onState highways in the south.

Notable work done under hissupervision included the grading andpaving of the original Ridge Route.

continuous from end to end withoutexpansion joint and the OverflowBridge has an expansion joint in thethird span of the west end.The bridges have 27-foot clear road-

way between curbs with 2-foot 6-inchsidewalks on each side. When trafficrequires construction of a four-lanehighway the additional lane will beprovided by the construction of asimilar bridge alongside without dis-turbing the existing structures.

Within the limits of this road proj-ect a separate contract was let forthe construction of a grade separationunder the tracks of the SacramentoNorthern Railway at Ohmer Station.The grade separation includes a steeland concrete bridge 103 feet long tocarry the railroad over the highwayand, in addition, a reinforced concreteslab bridge 110 feet long located about90 feet west of the railroad structure,to carry the Concord-Port ChicagoCounty Road over the new highway.The railroad structure consists of

three spans each approximately 34feet long, the center span being overthe new two-lane hihway and itsone 4-foot sidewalk. The north spanis constructed to permit extension ofthe structure at such time as twoadditional lanes are added to the high-way. Six lines of 24-foot steel beamssupport the single track railway. Theballast deck is supported on wroughtiron plates. The structure has rein-forced concrete facia girders.The county road bridge has three

spans with provision for spanning thefuture four-lane highway similar tothe railroad structure. The gradeseparation project was financed fromFederal Aid Grade Crossing Funds.Macco Construction Co. were the con-traetors for this work, as well as forthe major highway project.

Trucking Operation ContrastsWicle contrasts are shown in motor

trucking operations, with most truckruns relatively short, but major mile-ages returned by trucks in long-haulduty, according to the AutomobileManufacturers Association.

Studies show that more than 80per cent of all one-way truck tripsextended less than 20 miles butaccounted for less than 34 per centof the total truck mileage reported.By contrast, only 6.4 per cent of

trips were 50 to 500 miles in length,but they accounted for 412 per centof total vehicle mileage.

QTwenty-eight ~o~tobeY 1939) C~lZfornia Highways and Public Works

State of Ca~iFornia

CULBERT L. OLSON, Governor

De Pu I i orksr Fat to bep menHeadquarters: Public Works Building, Twelfth and N Streets, Sacramento

FRANK W. CLARK, Director of Pu61ic Works

SAN FRANCISCO-OAKLAND BAY BRIDGE

CALIFORNIA HIGHWAY COMMISSION GLENN B. «TOODRUI+`F, Principal Bridge EngineerRALPH A. TUDOR, Senior Bridge Engineer

in Charbe of 1laintenance and OperationLA~VItL\TCE BARI~ETT, Chairman, San Francisco

IEN~R ̀~'. NIL+`LS~N, Fresno

AIILRIGO BOZZt1ATI, Los Angeles

BART L. VAUGFIN, Jacumba

L. G. HITCHCOCT~, Santa Rusa

BYRON N. SCOTT, Secretary

DIVISION OF HIGHWAYS

C. H. PURCELL, State Ilighway engineer

G. T. PIcCOY, Assistant State Highway ~naineer

J. G. STANDLEY, Principal t~ssistaut Enbineer

R. H. jpILSON, Office engineer

T. E. STA\TTO1~T, liaterials and Research engineer

FRED J. GItUDIII, Engineer of Surveys and Plans

R. DL GILLIS, Construction engineer

T. H. DEN\TIS, Diaintenance engineer

F. ~V. PANHORST, Bridge engineer

L. V. CAPIPBELL, Engineer of City and Cooperative Projects

R. H. STALNAI~PR, equipment Engineer

J. tiV. VICKREY, Safety Engineer

E. R. HIGGINS, Comptroller

DISTRICT ENGINEERS

E. R. GREEN, District I, Eureka

F. W. HASELtiVOOD, District II, Redding

CHARDS H. ̀ VHIT110RE, District III, Dlarysville

J\O. H. SI~~GGS, District IV, San Francisco

L. H. GIBSOV, District V, San Luis Obispo

E. T. SCOTT, District VI, Fresno

S. V. CORTELYOU, District VII, Los Angeles

P;. Q. SULLIVAN, District VIII, San Bernardino

S. ̀ V. LOWDL+'N (Acting), District IX, Bfshop

R. ~+ . PIERCE, District X, Stockton

L+'. ~. WALLACE, District XI, San Diego

DIVISION OF WATER RESOURCES

Lll~\'ARD HYATT, State engineer, Chief of Division

GP:ORG~ T. GU\TSTOI~T, Administrati~~e r~ssistant

II~~R07.D CO\TITLING, Deputy in Charge Water Rights

A. D. ~DJIONSTON, Deputy in Charge Water

Resources In~~estigatiou

I{. L. JONES, Deputy in Charge F+lovd Control and Reelauuiti~~u

G~ORG~ ̀V. HAT~'LEY, Deputy in Charge Dams

SPENCER BURROUGHS, Attorney

L;~"L+'RETT AT. BRYAN, Hydraulic Engineer mater Rights

CORDON ZANDER, Adjudication, Water Distribution

DIVISION' OF ARCHITECTURE

\t'. P. DA\TILLS, Elssistant State Architect, in Charge of Division

P. T. POAGL, Assistant State <lrchitect

HEADQUARTERS

H. «'. D~HAVEN, Supervising Architectural Draftsman

C. H. KRODT~R, Principal Structural Engineer

CARLETON PIERSON, Supervising Specification Writer

J. ~V. DUTTO~', Principal Engineer, General Construction

\V. H. EtOCI~INGHAAI, Principal Dlechanical and Electrical

Engineer

C. P. BERG, Supervising Estimator of Building Construction

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