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Newspaper
Barstow Printer
Location
Barstow, California, United States of America
Date
Jul 03, 1930
Page
3
Barstow residents and nearby towns are thanked for visiting the Beacon Tavern during opening days. Gratitude is extended for congratulatory messages in the Barstow Printer from the Needles and San Bernardino Chambers of Commerce and for the lobby flowers.
The Automobile Club of Southern California cites state reports showing highway contracts for January to March 1930 totaling 114 million dollars, up from 50.9 million a year earlier. California leads with 181 percent growth, while Pennsylvania, New Hampshire, Washington, and Colorado report triple to sixfold increases. A Barstow Produce Market fire on Main Street was extinguished by local worker Mack Rizzardini before fire units arrived. the building is owned by R. F. Thursby.
California motorists gain from Congress approving Colton Oddie bill that authorizes about 1.8976 million dollars for next year in 26 national forest counties. The measure sets 12.5 million annually for forest roads nationwide for 1931 1932 and 1938, with 5 million more than prior totals. Forest service officials call it vital for California road and trail development, allotting 1.428 million for major roads and 469 500 for minor roads and trails.
Santa Fe proposes to eliminate about forty grade crossings in Pasadena and build a new passenger station and freight facilities. The project, estimated at 6.93 million dollars, would cost Santa Fe about 4.21 million with the city paying 2.72 million. The plan includes double tracking the line, elevating or depressing sections, and a Lamanda Park station with raised and sunken track segments to ease street passages.
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