anaheim-gazette 1913-05-22

CONTRACTORS COMPLAIN TO COMMISSION THEY SAY THAT STATE HIGHWAY SHOULD HAVE A THICKER BITUMINOUS WEARING SURFACE GOVERNOR HEARS COMPLAINTS AND APPROVES COMMISSION'S METHODS Governor Johnson recently heard the complaint of a number of contractors who do city paving work, in a large way, who alleged in an open letter that the thin bituminous wearing surface which the state highway commission has specified for about 100 miles of the state highway was not "permanent" and advocated a wearing surface of bituminous material not less than two inches thick. The state highways referred to are paved with a concrete base of a minimum thickness of 4 inches and 15 feet wide. Shoulders at least 3 feet wide are built on each side of the concrete. The concrete base is covered with a thin coating of asphaltic oil of special quality and stone screenings forming a bituminous carpet from three-eights to one-half inch in thickness to serve as a wearing surface and to protect the concrete. The contractors' letter was published widely in the public press. A portion of it is here quoted: six months and the highway engineer recited the experience of the Eastern states in the use of bitumen and screenings for wearing surfaces on macadam and on concrete where the traffic is vastly in excess of that over the roads which the commission is building and where the climatic conditions are far more severe than in California. He asserted that upon the Eastern precedents he estimated that the thin surfacings would last from one to three years and that in his judgment it was safe to estimate an average life of two years under California conditions. That re-treatments would not cost more than 5 cents per square yard and that on the basis of a re-treatment every two years the maintenance cost of the wearing surface would be $220 per mile per year. He also stated that the grading, culverts, and concrete base represented more than 94 per cent of the total cost and that these features were "permanent." The highway engineer called attention to the fact that the interest on the excess cost of the thicker surfacing ($4,312 per mile) at 4 per cent per annum would nearly if not quite take care of the maintenance of the thin surface adopted by the commission. The commissioners spoke in favor of the concrete base with the thin surface, dwelling upon the small percentage of the total cost represented in the wearing surface and calling attention to the fact that at any time in the future when the traffic requires a more substantial pavement, a thick wearing surface may be put on the present concrete base without loss. During the progress of the discussion the governor paid the organization of the highway commission a high tribute and expressed his confidence in the efficiency and fidelity of this body. The contractors' letter was published widely in the public press. A portion of it is here quoted: "We marvel that the state highways of our own state are using crude oil and a small layer of screened rock, three-eighths of an inch in thickness as an alleged wearing surface. We submit that crude oil, even though containing 80 per cent of asphalt, is not in any sense a cement and will be of very little value to care for the wear to which our roads are subjected, and that the mode of its application is also crude and far from being mechanically or scientifically exact; and we desire to quote the chief engineer of the highway commission—that 'it is not permanent.' "We wish to go on record as practical road builders that the cost of such construction and its maintenance for a period of ten years will far exceed in cost a permanent, scientifically constructed pavement such as recommended by your petitioners. "We believe that the questions above outlined are among the most important now confronting your administration, and the wise disposition of them will go further than anything else to bring lasting credit to it." At the hearing the contractors were well represented by several of the firms signing the letter. The three members of the California highway commission and the highway engineer were present. By a few direct questions the governor established the fact that the contractors had no fault to find with the Portland cement concrete base adopted by the commission for the main lines of travel and they made no criticism of that feature of the work other than under some conditions the "cement base" might be unnecessarily expensive and a bituminous concrete base equally satisfactory. The issue was thus narrowed to the wearing surface, which the contractors had declared in their letter should be not less than 2 inches in thickness. The contractors admitted that 6 cents per square foot (54 cents per square yard) was as low a price as could be expected for from 1½ inches to 2 inches of bituminous wearing surface whether it be of the sheet asphalt or the concrete base with the thin surface, dwelling upon the small percentage of the total cost represented in the wearing surface and calling attention to the fact that at any time in the future when the traffic requires a more substantial pavement, a thick wearing surface may be put on the present concrete base without loss. During the progress of the discussion the governor paid the organization of the highway commission a high tribute and expressed his confidence in the efficiency and fidelity of this body. To one of the contractors he said, "Your proposition would forbid our finishing the work under the state highways act. In effect you ask that certain portions of the state shall be favored and certain other sections neglected." The governor ended the discussion by declaring that he cordially endorsed the policy of the highway commission in endeavoring to administer the eighteen million dollar fund equitably and fairly for all sections of the state and that it would be manifestly unjust as well as illegal to give certain sections the benefit of this fund and to tell the people of other localities to wait and take their chances on a possible second bond issue. SUMMER NORMAL SESSION San Diego Training School Opens For Students This Year The State Normal school at San Diego has issued as bulletin No. 1 of first series announcement of the summer session, July 1st to August 8th. The bulletin contains a cut of the fine main building and outlines of twenty-six courses, including school administration, school problems, history, ethical education, arithmetic, agriculture, English, music, drawing, woodwork, geography, and the home economics group of subjects. President Hardy and his excellent corps of teachers will be assisted by Dr. Margaret F. Shallenberger, of the State Normal school, San Jose; Ralph S. Roberts, instructor in manual training, Los Angeles city schools; Bessie E. Hazen, instructor in drawing, State Normal school, Los Angeles, and Jean Krueger, former instructor in domestic arts, Indianapolis, Ind. One of the features of the summer school will be the joint sessions with the Summer School of Archaeology which will be conducted in San Diego by the Archaeological Institute of America, under the direction of Dr. Edgar L. Hewitt, director of the American School of Archaeology, and director of exhibits of the Panama-Caribbean National Museum. A Pernicious Practice It has often been a matter to us that so little not of an evil, originated in days of California's early workings productive of to the better class of society to the habitual carry-ally weapons. In all the states Union the disregard for human proverbially great, but in many countries is this so striking as on the Pacific coast laws have been passed to commission of homicide, latterly have been enforced but judging from the tenor telegrams the passion for mains unabated. The reason is simple. In nine cases murder is committed in an unthinking passion, at an anger, correctly termed a madness, has usurped the person. To prevent the crime it is necessary to remove it and this can only be done by carrying arms a felled able with a most rigid severe attention is given by our protection to the protection of their constituents. It would they were to devote a smear their labors to the protection... "cement base" might be unnecessarily expensive and a bituminous concrete base equally satisfactory. The issue was thus narrowed to the wearing surface, which the contractors had declared in their letter should be not less than 2 inches in thickness. The contractors admitted that 6 cents per square foot (54 cents per square yard) was as low a price as could be expected for from 1½ inches to 2 inches of bituminous wearing surface whether it be of the sheet asphalt type or of one of the variants of "bitulithic" and the highway engineer stated that the thin bituminous surface was costing less than 5 cents per square yard on the work under contract, so that it was clear that the wearing surface demanded by the contractors would cost more than ten times as much as the type adopted by the commission (commission's type, $440 per mile; contractors' type, $4,752 per mile.) It was shown that if the thick wearing surface (1½ to 2 inches) were placed on the concrete bases the cost of these roads would be increased by $4,312 per mile, making them cost $11,-012 or roughly $12,000 per mile. Thus on the basis of 1,305 miles of main trunk lines requiring paving, if surfaced as recommended by the contractors, the cost would be $15,660,000, without considering any expenses of administration surveys, and engineering. Adding 10 per cent for these items the 1,305 miles would cost $17,-226,000. In other words, 47 per cent of the mileage required to be built under the law would consume more than 95 per cent of the whole bond issue. The contractors agreed that the highway system could not be completed within the amount of the bond issue if their type of paving were adopted for the standard. Doubt was expressed by the contractors if the commission type of wearing surface would have a life exceeding drawing, State Normal school, Los Angeles, and Jean Krueger, former instructor in domestic arts, Indianapolis, Ind. One of the features of the summer school will be the joint sessions with the Summer School of Archaeology which will be conducted in San Diego by the Archaeological Institute of America, under the direction of Dr. Edgar L. Hewitt, director of the American School of Archaeology, and director of exhibits of the Panama-California Exposition of San Diego. In addition to lectures by Dr. Hewitt, there will be a series of addresses by Dr. Louis B. Peyton, former director of the school in Palestine, Dr. H. R. Fairslough, Leland Stanford, Jr., University, and Dr. John F. Harrington, Etmological Investigator of the School of American Archaeology. Students of the normal summer school will be admitted free to all these lectures and to the various excursions which will accompany them. San Diego is an ideal location for a summer school. Further information may be obtained by addressing President F. L. Hardy. CARD OF THANKS Rev. and Mrs. Dearing wish to express their appreciation of the love and sympathy shown in the many gifts of beautiful flowers sent Tuesday afternoon in memory of their son, Wm. H. Raymond. MRS. S. M. DEARING, 334 South Glassell Street, Orange, Cal. Anaheim is the town your children will remember; will they remember good streets, or bad? good schools, or poor? good citizens, or loafers? The thing that ought to concern you is not merely who is going to be postmaster of this town but also what kind of town he is going to be postmaster of. If it's from Witman's, its good. unthinking passion at a danger correctly termed madness has usurped the person. To prevent the crime it is necessary to remove it and this can only be done by carrying arms a felled with a most rigid severe attention is given by ours to the protection of their constituents. It would they were to devote a small their labors to the protection life. This can be done, not it a crime to carry conceal as the law at present stands prohibiting under any and instances the use of deadly aid. War! War! To the Front Form in line, unfurl the equal liberty and rights. Petual war against all oppression of a new county, from a portion of Southern Angeles, and swear by those swerves men to do or die cause and never ground victory shall perch upon oak and justice done to a low people with indemnity for lies, for in our past and prition it is needless to receive tolerable sufferings to which been subjected, for all from sad experience. Some are, the great distance Southern Los Angeles are from the county seat, south miles, and the enormous tilted by Los Angeles counties little or no resulting benefit said southern portion. Come one, come all and manhood. Come and sweep of the valiant who are and fighting for equal rights, too good to the greatest number there, by one united effort umph at the present state legislature and obtai- EARLY RAILROAD TO ANAHEIM LANDING PROJECT ON FOOT IN 1873 TO BUILD NARROW GAUGE TRACK TO CITY'S SEAPORT OTHER ITEMS ABOUT EARLY CONDITIONS AND HAPPENINGS OF PEOPLE HERE (From Gazette, December 13, 1873.) A Railroad to Anaheim Landing It was one of the projects of the la-nented Major Strobel to build a narrow gauge railroad from Anaheim landing to Anaheim, with the subsequent extension of said road to San Bernardino. The company, as many of our readers know, was organized and chartered and the preliminary work necessary to estimate the cost of construction performed. From several causes, needless to mention in this connection, the plan as proposed by him was not carried out. An undertaking of this kind, in connection with a lighterage and wharfage at our shipping point would undoubtedly pay a remunerative interest upon the capital invested. The cost of construction and running material of such a road—say threefeet gauge with 8-pound rails, would be not over $5,000 per mile. The amount required therefore for the 14 miles to the Landing would be $70,000. The amount of weight passing through the warehouse desired, i.e., the passage of an act creating the county of Orange out of and from that portion of Los Angeles county lying south of New river, and the other lines prayed for in the memorial, now being circulated, and which will be signed by more than four-fifths of the inhabitants of said contemplated new county. More anon. Justice. The Attica (Ohio) Hub remarks that one resident of that town has gone plumb crazy. He is building a home instead of buying an automobile. HARBOR EXCURSION FOR NEXT SUNDAY Large Real Estate Firm Invites Local People to Be Their Guests For Railroad Ride and Trip About the Bay One of the biggest excursions ever run out of this city is scheduled for next Sunday, May 25, at which time the real estate firm of J. W. Young & Co., of 33 Pine avenue, Long Beach, and 314 Central building, Los Angeles, will take all those who wish to see Long Beach and its harbor, on a special train over the Southern Pacific. A special round trip rate has been made of 75 cents, which includes the railroad fare, a 20-mile ride in the harbor and a substantial lunch with plenty of hot coffee, which will be served on the company's new harbor tract, Industrial White City. It is a trip that would cost easily $3 to make and so far as we know the rate of 75 cents is the lowest railroad rate ever made, saying nothing of the boat ride and the lunch. Wm. Holz, who has charge NOTICE The Knights of Pythias building committee invites bids on a hall to be erected on North Los Angeles street in the City of Anaheim, Cal. Plans and specifications can be seen at the office of Simpson & Hamler, Anaheim, Cal. The successful bidder will be required to give bonds for the faithful performance of the work according to the plans and specifications. All bids must be sealed and presented to the secretary of the committee not later than May 14th, 1913. The committee reserves the right to reject any or all bids. CLINTON IDLOR, Sec. Notice to Creditors Estate of Blanchie L. Hill, Deceased. Notice is hereby given by the undersigned administrator of the estate of Blanchie L. Hill, deceased, to the creditors of, and all persons having claims against the said deceased, to exhibit the same with the necessary vouchers, within ten months after the first publication of this notice (which publication was first made on the 1st day of May, 1913), to the said administrator of the said estate, at the office of F. C. Spencer, room 4, Odd Fellows' building, Anaheim, Cal., the place for the transaction of the business of said estate in the County of Orange. Dated this 26th day of April, A.D. 1913. JAMES R. SHEARER, Administrator of Estate of Blanchie L. Hill, Deceased. F. C. SPENCER and CLYDE BISHOP, Attorneys for Administrator. Notice to Creditors. Estate of A. E. Strehle, deceased. Notice is hereby given by the undersigned administrator of the estate of A. E. Strehle, deceased, to the creditors of, and all persons having claims against the said deceased, to exhibit the same with the necessary vouchers, within four months after the first publication of this notice (which publication was first made on the 1st day of May, 1913), to the said administrator of the said estate at the office of Melrose & Ames, at their office at No. 112]g West Center street, in the City of Anaheim, County of Orange, State of California, which place is hereby designated as the place for the transaction of the business of said estate, in the County of Orange. Dated this 7th day of May, A.D. 1913. MARIE STREHLE, Administrator of the Estate of A. E. Strehle, Deceased. (5-8-5) A Pernicious Practice It has often been a matter of surprise to us that so little notice is taken of an evil, originated in the lawless days of California's early life and in its workings productive of much injury to the better class of society; we allege to the habitual carrying of deadly weapons. In all the states of the Union the disregard for human life is verbotenly great, but in no portion of the country is this so strikingly maniac as on the Pacific coast. Stringent laws have been passed to punish the commission of homicide, laws which utterly have been enforced rigidly, but judging from the tenor of our daily telegrams the passion for murder remains unabated. The reason for this is simple. In nine cases out of ten murder is committed in a moment of unthinking passion, at a time when anger, correctly termed a short-lived madness, has usurped the place of reason. To prevent the crime, therefore, it is necessary to remove the means; and this can only be done by making the carrying of arms a felony, punishable with a most rigid severity. Much attention is given by our lawmakers to the protection of the pockets of their constituents. It would be well if they were to devote a small part of their labors to the protection of human Long Beach and its harbor, on a special train over the Southern Pacific. A special round trip rate has been made of 75 cents, which includes the railroad fare, a 20-mile ride in the harbor and a substantial lunch with plenty of hot coffee, which will be served on the company's new harbor tract, Industrial White City. It is a trip that would cost easily $3 to make and so far as we know the rate of 75 cents is the lowest railroad rate ever made, saying nothing of the boat ride and the lunch. Wm. Holz, who has charge of the excursion and who holds the position of tract manager for J. W. Young & Company, says from past experience he can guarantee that those who go will enjoy every minute of the day and be delighted that they took the trip. This company has for the past two months been running excursions out of Los Angeles three times each week, and last Sunday it took two special trains of 18 coaches to haul the crowd who attended the formal opening of Industrial White City. It was the largest excursion ever run out of Los Angeles for the harbor. The company put on a big buffalo barbecue and gave hundreds their first taste of real buffalo meat. Another feature of the day's program was a tribe of 50 Indians, who appeared in native dress and held a big pow-wow, war dances, and sang many native songs. There was 37 lots sold at the opening which ran the total number over the 300 mark, a record for rapid lot selling unequalled by any company handling harbor property. There must be a reason and there is—Industrial White City tract is located within easy walking distance from the Craig Ship Company's plant and other big mills and factories; they guarantee all street improvements, sidewalks and curbing and are selling their property cheaper than any other property in the harbor district. Speaking of the excursions, Mr. Holz said: "We have run excursions from Santa Ana and Whittier in both instances we were at the last minute unable to accommodate all who wished to make the trip. I therefore suggest that those who wish to make the trip from Anaheim to Long Beach Sunday, make reservations at once. Tickets may be had from Heying's drug store, and we can get all the cars necessary to accommodate the crowd, providing we know in advance of the day of excursion. I also wish to say that by going on the excursion you do not obligate yourself to buy in Industrial White City; we will show you and tell you about it, however. We have a lecturer who accompanies the boat and you will have all the points of in- Notice of Co-Partnership Know all men by these presents, that the unversigned, Albert Muckenthaler, whose place of residence is No. 395 Resh street, in the City of Anaheim, County of Orange, State of California, and Geo. Bishop, whose place of residence is No. 201 East Center street, in the City of Anaheim, County of Orange, State of California, are co-partners transacting business in the State under the name and style of Motion Bakery." That the principal place of business of the co-partnership based on the said Albert Muckenthaler and Geo. Bishop, is Anaheim, Orange County, California. Witness our hands and seals this 1st day of May 1913. ALBERT MUCKENTHALER, (Seal) GEO. BISHOP, (Seal) STATE OF CALIFORNIA, County of Orange, On this 1st day of May in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and thirteen, before me, Homer G. Ames, a notary public in and for the County of Orange, State of California, residing therein, daily commissioned and sworn personally appeared Albert Muckenthaler and Geo. Bishop, known to me to be the persons described in and whose names are subscribed to the foregoing instrument, and they acknowledged to me that they executed the same. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my official seal the day and year in this certificate first above written. HOMER G. AMES, Notary Public in and for Orange County, California. (Notarial Seal) NOTICE TO STOCKHOLDERS OF SEC-TION TWO WATER COMPANY Notice is hereby given that, in pursuance of a resolution of the board of directors of Section Two Water Company, a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of California, unanimously adopted at a regular meeting of said board held duly on the 4th day of April, 1913, at the office of said corporation in Anaheim, in said State of California, a meeting of the stockholders of said corporation is hereby called for and will be held at the office of said corporation, at the residence of O. S. Auten, in said City of Anaheim, (said place of meeting being at the principal place of business of said corporation and at the building where the board of directors usually meet) on the 9th day of June, 1913, at 7:30 o'clock P.M. of that day, for the purpose of considering and acting upon the proposition to increase the capital stock of said corporation from Four Thousand Five Hundred Dollars divided into One Hundred Fifty shares of the par value of Thirty Dollars each, to Seven Thousand Five Hundred Dollars divided into Two Hundred Fifty shares of the par value of Thirty Dollars each. The amount to which it is proposed to increase the capital stock is Seven Thousand Five Hundred Dollars. By order of the board of directors. Dated this 4th day of April, 1913. (1-10-10) O. S. AUTEN, Secretary of the Board Directors. Griffith Lumber Co. War! War! To the Front Rank Form in line, unfurl the banner of equal liberty and rights. Proclaim perpetual war against all oppers to the creation of a new county, out of and from a portion of Southern Los Angeles, and swear by the faith that observes men to do or die in a just cause and never ground arms until victory shall perch upon our standard and justice done to a long-suffering people with indemnity for past injuries, for in our past and present situation it is needless to recount the intolerable sufferings to which we have been subjected, for all know them from sad experience. Some of them are, the great distance that we of Southern Los Angeles are removed from the county seat, say about 70 miles, and the enormous taxation levied by Los Angeles county, with but little or no resulting benefits to this said southern portion. Come one, come all and prove your manhood. Come and swell the ranks of the valiant who are and have been fighting for equal rights, the greatest good to the greatest number. And there, by one united effort, all will triumph at the present sitting of our state legislature and obtain the boon suggest that those who wish to make the trip from Anaheim to Long Beach Sunday, make reservations at once. Tickets may be had from Heying's drug store, and we can get all the cars necessary to accommodate the crowd, providing we know in advance of the day of excursion. I also wish to say that by going on the excursion you do not obligate yourself to buy in Industrial White City; we will show you and tell you about it, however. We have a lecturer who accompanies the boat and you will have all the points of interest pointed out to you and be told of the wonderful development going on in the harbor, preparatory to the opening of the Panama Canal. After the people have seen and heard the wonderful things, they generally become interested in Industrial White City. Particularly so because we are selling real harbor lots as low as $350 and on terms of 10 per cent down and $10 a month. People who are posted predict that all harbor property will enhance in value from 100 to 500 per cent just as soon as the Panama Canal has been completed. That is the reason property in the harbor is selling so rapidly." "Some" Suggestion An inebriated gentleman was going home one evening when he met a young man who was moving to a new home. Being very frugal this young man had decided to move his own things rather than pay a mover. On this trip he had a large hall clock on his back. It was very heavy and as he struggled he heard the inebriated one call out: "Shay there, you!" Thinking that the man was going to help him, he set the clock down and said: "Well, sir?" He was astonished to hear the other stammer: "Shaw you, why don't you buy a watch?" Take your repair work to Witman's and get the best results. Griffith Lumber Co. South Los Angeles St. NEAR SOUTHERN PACIFIC DEPOT Lumber and Mill Work. Your patronage solicited Own a Farm in Tulare County Pay one-fourth cash ($700 to $1,000 on 20 acres), balance in 1919. Diversified crops are the farmer's safe-guard. Yields of $100 to $300 an acre are realized from branges, olives, peaches, figs, seedless grapes, melons, berries, Turkish tobacco, alfalfa, etc., etc. The Orosi district is safe for oranges. The navel crop is shipped by December 15th. Our illustrated folder with map may mean much to you. Send for it. The Orosi Farms 425 Title Insurance Building Los Angeles Crone & Aquitz Contractors and Builders Do all kinds of wood, brick and reinforced concrete work. Estimates and plans furnished. Work guaranteed. Gas, Wood, Coal, and Coal Oil Heaters AT DICKEL'S ALSO Wood, Gasoline and Coal Oil Stoves. We have a few Gas Ranges left at 30 per cent discount. COUNTRY PROPERTY FOR EXCHANGE COUNTRY PROPERTY FOR EXCHANGE WE will accept good Southern California property in exchange for a 60 acre farm in Merced County; 40 acres in bearing peaches and 20 acres of alfalfa land with perpetual water right. We also have many other desirable pieces of San Joaquin Valley property on which we can accept trades, if the property here is priced right. We have both improved and unimproved. Orchard & Farm Lands Company 215 Mercantile Place, LOS ANGELES, CALIF. J. G. Welsh, Agent, Anaheim, Calif. If You Want to Buy Whiskey, or Wine, or Beer Don’t know where to go, and Are up a tree Just take an old Expert’s advice this time and go to the Orange County Wine Company My MITCHELL Demonstrating Car Can be seen every afternoon at the Orange County Garage, Fullerton. Call and let us prove the superior qualities of the MITCHELL—IT'S EASY J. B. REEVE, P. O. Address, La Mirada, California Telephone 196 R 3 A postal card will bring the demonstrator Notice of Assessment No. 2 American Orr Concrete Pole Company, a corporation, with its principal place of business located in the City of Anaheim, County of Orange, State of California. Notice is hereby given that at a meeting of the directors, held on the 15th day of April, 1913, an assessment of twenty cents (20c) per share was levied upon the capital stock of the corporation, payable immediately, in gold coin of the United States, to the secretary, at the office of the company, No. 229 North Lemon street, City of Anaheim, California. Any stock upon which this assessment shall remain unpaid on the 17th day of May, 1913, will be delinquent, and advertised for sale at public auction, and, unless payment is made before, will be sold on the 6th day of June, 1913, to pay the delinquent assessment, together with costs of advertising and expenses of sale. GEO. W. TERRY, Secretary. 229 North Lemon street, City of Anaheim, California. Notice to Creditors Estate of Martin Huarte, Deceased. Notice is hereby given by the undersigned administratrix of the estate of Martin Huarte, deceased, to the creditors of, and all persons having claims against the said deceased, to exhibit the same with the necessary vouchers, within four months after the first publication of this notice (which publication was first made on the 1st day of May, 1913), to the said administratrix of the estate of said deceased at the office of F. C. Spencer, attorney for said estate, room 4, Odd Fellows' building, Anaheim, Cal., the place for the transaction of the business of said estate in the County of Orange. Dated this 23rd day of April; A. D. 1913. PILAR HUARTE, Administratrix of Estate of Martin Huarte, Deceased. (5-1-5) F. C. SPENCER, Attorney for Administratrix.