Western Pacific Lets $10,000,000 Building Contract
The Western Pacific extension from Keddie to Bieber in Lassen county awarded to W A Betchel Co and Utah Construction Co on a joint bid. About 10 million dollars total cost with 4.5 million for labor and 4.8 million for materials. Line runs 112 miles through Plumas and Lassen counties linking major railroad systems.
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Western Pacific
Keddie
Feather River Canyon
Bieber
Lassen County
Great Northern
W. A. Betchel Company
San Francisco
Utah Construction Company
Ogden
Boulder Dam
California
Arizona
New Mexico
Nevada
Utah
Colorado
Lereat Northern
Klamath Falls
Oregon
Plumas
Lassen
Sacramento Valley
Goat Island Name Challenged by Writer Connected to Stevenson
Mrs. Nellie Van De Grit Sanchez claims the Chronicle wounds local sentiment by using the term Goat for Yerba Buena Island. She urges San Francisco newspapers to drop the word and support the historic official name Yerba Buena for the bridge project site.
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Nellie van de Grit Sanchez
Yerba Buena Island
San Francisco
Bay Region
Chronicle
Kel’s Second Heart Lymphatic Sinus Description
The text notes Kel’s second heart filled with lymph. The sinus pulsates and is sometimes called the caudal heart. The sinus is a simple structure and lacks temp of one in the Compton mechanism of a train heart.
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Kel
Plans Made For New Fremont Hi School Building
Plans for a new Fremont high school to replace the January 1 fire were approved by the board of education with architect Charles McCall to draw final specifications. The site at Forty fifth avenue and Foothill boulevard will host about forty rooms including various departments and an assembly hall, with construction hoped to start this fall. Classes in portable buildings begin August 11 for tenth grade students under principal H D Brasefield, leading to the first graduation from the new campus.
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San Leandro
Fremont High School
Charles McCall
Board of Education
Forty-fifth Avenue
Foothill
Donald B. Rice
H. D. Brasefield
California News
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