Oakland Tribune from Oakland, California • Page 25

-l Oakland Tribune. Sunday; March 301952 A-25 Hillside Home Owners Fight To Stem Slides Residents alone McKillop Road overlooking Sausal Creek are I 'V vi t- fighting en uphill battle against! tl -x -vr. an unruly hillside which imperils their hoines. Their struggle is uphill in sev-' eral wars. For years they've watched anxiously as tons of loosened by rains, slipped away carrying with it portions of the street and undermining During the last 15 years six homes were eliminated, four of them saved only by re- moval.

to mora stable locations. Some residents, like Daniel S. Jansen, a builder, of 3101 McKillop Road, jacked and shored up their foundations to prevent damage. This is an endless task requiring day to day adjustments as the earth slowly sinks. APPEAL FOR HELP Others, including William M.

Murray, of 3007 McKillop Road, appealed to city officials for as-sitance. A $2500 geological study authorized by the City Council is now under way to determine measures can be taken to prevent further damage. This study is being made by Hyde Forbes, geologist in earth movements, will include also other slide areas in the city. Homes in immediate danger, i. What a sliding hillside along McKillop Road is doing to homes is shown by Daniel H.

Jansen, who holds his daughter, Astrid, 2 Yi. down a crack which opened up in a neighbor's front steps. In the second photo, Jansen points to lacks and shores he Installed Jo hold up his own home as grouxyi sinks away. His neighbor, P. R.

Gregg, shows the flexible pipeline Joining the meter to the gas main to pre vent a break as the house mores. Evidence of the ground movement appears in the foreground. Cracks which are endangering the fireplace chimney at the Gregg home are shown In the last photo. Cracks appeared also in the fire- homes flexible copper tubing was monthly report. in addition to that of Jansen, include the P.

R. Gregg's at 3107 McKillop Road. Here a crack large enough for a child to drop into opened up on, the front steps. the house have sunk several Home Owners in Subdivisions Need Protection, Warren Told installed between the gas meters attached to the houses and the gas main to prevent breaks as the houses move. inches.

At both the Jansen and Gregg saved by use of jacks and others were moved away. The area was under study then by Dr. George Louderback, University of California geology professor, who said the slipping could be traced to geological disturbances 'of 800,000 to 1,000,000 years ago. Watson said the winter's high water focused attention on the problem. "Reports are coming to the real estate commissioner from all over the state telling of the damage the unusually heavy rainfall The residents appealed to the city not only to protect their California adequately provided with clear-cut responsibility and authority to give the buying public the protection it expects and is entitled to in subdivision purchases," Real istate Commis homes, but also for the safety of some 23 children living close to a 100-foot drop off the road down to Sausal Creek.

SACRAMENTO, March 29. (JT Something needs to be done to protect purchasers of homes in California's fast-growing Governor Warren was told today. "There is no public agency in State Flower RENO, March 29. Nevada's state flower is the sage brush. vauaw euvuiTiaiviie reported.

"New home owners have suffered damage to floors, furnishings and landscapings." The slides, latest of which oc curred last Thursday, have com sioner u. jj. watson saia in a pletely wipedout the road at one point. Part of the curbing nbw rjnnnr oo Famous for Big Values YfrWa a o'o a a a at cFree Parking a-a'a-a-a'ain ayaa'a'B B'aTa; lies some 50 or 60 feet down the hillside from its original posi tVilton9S consistently prove Good Furnitu Can Be Inexpensive i y' i -y'H sm i I'll IV v- fl' 1 v-4 it in Room Outfits Wilton's keep overhead expenses low by eliminating fancy displays, expensive surroundings resulting in out-oMhe-ordinary BIG VALUES in finer furniture. i in 1 I Xm tion, i City Manager John F.

Hassler described the slide as "the city's worst." The city has already spent between $50,000 and $75,000 in futile attempts to stabilize the hillside, according to City Engineer Charles A. Reed. PAST INCIDENTS Troubles on the hillside date back to 1009 before it was built up. In 1935 one family was forced to evacuate their home at 3168 McKillop Road after it slipped down eight feet. A few months I2-Plere Finer Living Room Group A beautiful set, a wonderful value that includes fine ma-hogany or ultra modern Cocktail and End Tables.

199.50 values. later a sudden skid sent the house 60 feet further down from its original foundation. Two other homes slipped down gradually during the summer of 1935 and were moved away. All three were built on sites which were filled with soil excavated during 30 149 construction of a nearby reser voir in the early twenties. The residents then as now contended that seepage from the reservoir, one of the largest in Oakland, caused the slides.

1942 LANDSLIDES Other homes in the area were threatened again in 1942. One at 3133 McKillop Road, was evacuated and seven others were endangered. Some of these were II. Piece Bedroom Group Bookshelf headboard, Chest and Double Dresser, 2 Pictures, 2 Throw Rugs, 2 Boudoir Lamps and 2 Pillows. 185.00 values.

X- 95 134 BEAUTY CULTURE -r-. i i iiiiii i '00 value Tin CH Destruction caused by the McKillop landslide Includes the sinking of the roadway. In the foreground is the present street level, some 15 feet below its original position at the base of the fence in the background. Pari of the road fell off nearly 100 feet toward Sausal Creek. City official were unable to keep the road open.

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