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Oakland Tribune, Thursday, Septl 3, 1953 45 SHOPPERS TRAFFIC AM EASED BOARD OF SUPERVISORS Oakland Girl New 3-Level Downtown Wins Nursing' School Diploma Opens Parking Structure leading to upper and lower park ing levels, were also designed with driver ease in mind. They Aircraft Company for Cancellation of taxes; Authorising correction of clerical errors on Assessment Roll, by County Assessor; Authorizing sale of surplus County property by Purchasir Agent: Approving Road Petition X. IJt for the inclusion of Blackwood Avenue as a County Road on' the fulfillment of rertaJn conditions Ah Plfn- cesa was ordered untjl p.m. At 1:50 p.m. the 4 Supervisor above named wer present.

Excused on Account of Illnesa: Supervisor Janssen 1. The following- resolutions were, adopted: Authorizing refund of taxes erroneously At 2:00 p.m., the hour rernlarlT set for tbe consideration of the, proposed bndget for the fiscal year 1S5S-1S54. the. Chairman inquired if there was anyone present who desired to present anv statement tn Miss ivOis Anne stoner, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.

C. C. Stoner, 4039 Brookdale Avenue, has graduated from the School of Nursing of Paradise Valley Sanitarium and Hospital National City, Calif. Paradise Valley Sanitarium and Hospital, near San Diego, conducts one of four nurses' have only an 8 per cent grade, rising 10 feet over a distance of of other parking structures throughout the Nation went into layout of theew garage, Irving H. Kahn, president of the Downtown Realty Company, said.

He inspected off-street parking facilities in Portland, Spokane, Madison, Washington, D.C.; Chicago, full city blocks of parking space went into use in downtown Oakland today with, the formal opening of the new Downtown Merchants Parking Association garage between 13th and 14th and Franklin and Webster Streets. The unique three-level struc 120 feet. FEWER STEPS "Wekept the woman shopper in mind throughout the design training centers operated by Seventh-Day Adventists in Cali of this building, Kahn said fornia. "Whije It has three stories, no one will have to more steps Baltimore, Los Angeles, ture was completed in only 105 w- VfcK I A Miss Stoner, who was among connection with the additions to or working days and was opened Beverly Hills and Kansas City, for use nearly a month ahead during a three-year period. up or down than they would' in an average two-story house.

reductions irom said budget. Stacey H. Dobrsensky. representing; the Alameda County Taxpayers Association read and presented to the Board of Supervisors a com schedule. It will handle an esti-4 a group of 14 students to finish the three-year course of study, was elected pastor of her class.

Her high school studies were The operation of the structure is unique as an answer to the off street parking problem which munication recommending certain reductions in said budget. Claire Starritt; Ernest Allen. Bruce Holms and Ed Honner re. mated 2250 cars each day of the flood of vehicles jamming streets during the Key System strike. The garage, built on the site of the old ground level parking undertaken at the Adventist Fresno Union Academy, from has plagued every large city in The garage was designed by Maxwell Reid and was built by the John J.

Moore Company of Oakland of wrtich Reid is presidents The Ramp Building Company of New York, nationally- the Nation. Oakland new fa sertted oral requests that the budget I ruurrn. The claims, also payroll, as submitted by the Allriitins- anil cility is co-operatively sponsored by merchants and downtown lot, 'alls just short of tripling the capacity Of that facility. It Williv, narVinB cfn.rtur. Committee were approved and re- which she graduated in 1950.

Miss Stoner's father is an associate publishing department secretary for the Northern California Conference of Seventh-Day Adventists with headquarters here. property owners as a service to their patrons. Many cities have rrrea 10 tne Auniinr ror payment provide shoppers with an aided fa preliminary plan Trlbane ah! i1.S59.91 wrnrmi una s.tz-.sj General Fund turned to tax money to finance a- hours at 15 cents each during tood Roads 1952-53 Good Roads 1953-54 similar facilities. As aids to drivers, the building This Is the ground level oi the new structure. It was built with a minimum number of supporting columns to provide maximum visibility ior drivers.

Beams stretch overhead as far. as 44 feet between pillars to give wide driveways necessary fox easy, safe driving. imposition 1953-54 Hood Control Forestry Fire Interim construction financing was handled by the Central Bank of Oakland through par J- 1952-53 J. 1953-54 Vets. Mem1 business hours.

Ticket validation at member stores is required for the free hour. Other motorists pay the straight rates. EXTENDED STUDY Consideration of the designs 27.134.57 190.68 14.95 5.50 15 5 92.11 223.35 1.620.99 7,887.40 23,114.67 156.8S provides almost unobstructed entry way and driving way visibility. Structural columns and girders were kept at a minimum so that motorists would not have to maneuver about them. Ramps ticipation of its president, Dun President Orton E.

Lucas. Other lap C. Clark, and vice-president in charge of real estate loans, officials include Jesse Smith, first vice president: Harold Boggs, C. M. I.

Fund 1952-53 C. M. I. Fund (General) 1953-54 C. M.

I. Fund G. E. Weimer. The Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United States will take over the 20-year loan now that the structure is completed.

The rates on the new garage second vice-president; Julian R. Davis, treasurer; and a.rd members John Bryan, Walter 1952-53 M. I. Fund (H.p 1953-54 C. M.

I. Fund f.p) 1953-54 61.28 Coulthard, B. A. Forsterer, Kenneth 1 i and Sherwood 4,267.58 ft if rvo turtner hn Swan. Warren T.

Isaacs is secre -W tary-manager. ster Street and the main exit on Franklin Street. An additional exit will be opened on 14th Street during rush hours. The parking lot at the site was the busiest of the six operated by the Merchants Parking Association and the natural choice for the location of the structure for this reason. With its two new levels, it will boost daily capacity of the lots to some 7000 cars.

This figure is based on the estimate of a four-time change in occupancy daily. Other lots of the association, are at 10th and Clay Streets, 12th and Jefferson Streets, 13th and Jefferson Streets, 17th Street and San Pablo Avenue, and 17th Street between San Pablo and The property is owned by the are designed only to pay financing and operation" costs, spokesmen said. From 8 ar.m. to 6 p.m.,1 the first hour is free with a validated parking ticket with a 15-cent charge for each additional hour of parking. From 6 p.m.

to1 2 a.m., the parking charge is 35 cents with overnight stays Monday nights, the daytime rate is extended to 9:30 p.m. to give late shoppers a chance to trans the Board recessed at 4:30 p.m. untii Thursday. August 27. 1953.

at 10:00 a.m. RECESS MEETING BOARD OF GY.IS13S THURSDAT.1 The recess meeting of the Board of Supervisors was called to order at 10:00 a.m. On call of the roll, the following were present: Supervisor Bartell. Wil Downtown Realty Association headed by Kahn. Its directors include Lucas, vice president; Swan, Weston Robinson, Joseph R.

Knowland, John Reilly Edward F. Ryan and Isaacs, who is secretary. The structure lighted by fluorescent tubes on the ground and lower level and by vapor lamps on its open upper level- has an air conditioning system on the lower level adequate to give it a complete change of air every six minutes. act business wmie stores are open. MINIMUM OF TURNS The garage is designed for a minimum of turns in entry and Telegraph Avenues.

OPERATED BY MERCHANTS son ana cnatrman Stanley 4. Excused on Account of Illness: Supervisor 1. At 10:00 a m. the Chairman presented written statement in replv to the suggestion of the Alameda ounty Taxpayers Association, that certain items be eliminated from the proposed 1953-1954 Budget. Stacey H.

Dobrzensky and E. Mcknight presented oral statements In connection with said communication. The following resolutions wers adopted: Appointing temporary employees at Welfare. Commission: Miss Lois Anne Stoner, who has graduated from the Paradise Sanitarium and Hospital School of Nursing. I exit.

Ramps leading down and The structure will be operated by the Downtown Merchants As up to both levels are in straight lines from the entrance on Web- sociation which is headed by WWV JIM BOARD OF SUPERVISORS V' Af granting- leaves of absence, with- out pay. and accepting resignations ot certain employees of Welfare REGULAR MEETING BOARD OF SUPERVISORS TUESDAY. AUG. 25 1953. Th resrular tntintr of th Board 1 of Supervisors was called to order at 10:00 a.m.

On rail of the roll, the following commission: Fixing liability of responsible relatives for support of recipient of Old Age Security: At 12:40 p.m. a recess was ardered until 2:00 p.m. At p.m. the four Supervisors above named were present. Kxcused on Account of Illness: Supervisor 1.

On recommendation of the Count were present Supervisors Partell. Pnrsel, Wix-son and Chairman Stanley 4. Excused on Account of Illness: Supervisor 1. I The readme: of the minutes or ine! last meeting: was waived and they were approved as written by unani mous vote. At 10:00 a.m.

the hour rejrulariy set for hearintr the petition to abandon an easement for torm drainage in Tract. 1144. th Chairman in quired if there, was anyone present who desired to present arguments for or againxt said petition, and no one. appearing, the matter was re ferred to me, commune ot ine Whole. 11 if- On motion or Supervisor fursei, seconded by Supervisor Wixson, the report of the County Treasurer for the month of July.

1953. was approved and ordered filed. Annual bonds in the amount $1,000 each, with Gerald Maycroft. Surveyor, the work of improving streets In Tract 1201 bv San Lorenso Homes Co. and In Tract 1191 bv Braddock and Logan was accepted.

sAnnual bonds In the amount of $1,000 each, with Clements Construction Company, as principal, and Fidelity and Casuaitv Companv. a surety, and D. Ross McClellan. as principal, and Standard Accident insurance Company, as surety, wera approved and ordered filed pursuant to Chapter 1 of Title 6 of the Ordinance Code of Alameda County. Applications for permit to move, buildings over certain County roada from Ayen House Movers and Pacific House Moving were Annual Surety Bonds No.

896 and 901. respectively, are on file with tlje County Clerk. Affidavits of publication from the Daily Review fur advertising Ordinance No. 21 N.S. and Resolution No.

$7821 were approved and ordered filed. COMMUNICATIONS were received following: Daily Review inx'oices for advertising Ordinance No. 21 N.S. and Resolution No. 67S21; George H.

Wheeler Invoice for transcribing Board of Equalization proceedings and furnishing copies thereof in tbe afnount of $185.00 approved and referred to Auditor for payment. James Howard Abney claim against County for personal injuries referred to insurance carrier. Admiral T. Karle Hipp regarding advertising at entrances to i'osev Tube answered. as principal, ana rational surety Corporation, as surety, and Ij.

C. Jensen, as principal, and T'nited I ft Pacific insurance company, as suretv were approved and ordered filed pursuant to Chapter 1 of Title 5 of the Ordinance Code of Alameda Count v. COMMUNICATIONS were received from the following: Dally Review invoice for adver-tllne Res. No. 677P5: Associated Orion Lucas (left), president of the Downtown Merchants Parking Association, turned the Transcribing Service Invoice for key in the new garage of the association between 13th and 14th end Franklin and Webster streets.

He accepted the structure from Maxwell Reid (center), president of the John J. Moore who designed and built the garage, and Irving president of the Downtown Realty Company, which owns the property. The three-story building will Motorists who have, parked on the open-air upper level of the garage will use the exit ramp at right while those coming up from the lower level will use the runway at left. Designed for driver convenience, both ramps provide paths to the Franklin Street exits. handle some 2250 cars daily.

ODDITY ALMANAC transscrihlng and furnishing copies of hearing before Board of Supervisors, sitting as Board of Equalization approved and referred to Auditor for payment. B. P. Levy regarding assessment on personal property referred to Oountv Assessor. Medical Director statement of Alameda County Institutions for month of July.

1953 filed. Building Construction Inspector reports on progress of work at 5th Street Jail. Internes Building. Health Center Building. Administration Building, Boiler House and Shops and Ward Building at Fairmont Hospital and Piedmont Veterans Memorial Building filed.

Civil Service Commission regarding communication from Eu 1500 Tons of Steel, 11,000 More Multiple Parking' Hinted Tons Concrete Fused Into Mass with building and was partially Enough steel to build a fair-sized ship and enough concrete for a pretty husky dam went into installed even before the lower Facts and Fancies To Amaze Your Friends By HAL BOYLE NEW YORK, Sept 3. ica. measures to see they Odd facts from the oddity alma- are rw only a quarter inch iJose M. Kstrella application for permit to conduct dances in Alva-rado answered. Gordon requesting' permit to conduct San Leandro Community Fair on proposed site of John Muir Junior High School answered.

VState Division of Highways notice of relinquishment of portion of Stata Highway to County filed. Department of Social Welfare notices in connection with appeals from decisions of Welfare Commission filed. 'Federated Improvement Club. Inc. requesting changes in supervisorial boundaries referred to Supervisor Bartell.

iCounty Surveyor reporting abandoned sewer line in the vicinity of Fairmont Hospital referred to level floor was in place. "If this structure proves sue- P.O. Relays Action on Survey WASHINGTON, Sept 3. UP As of now, the Postbffice Department has no plans for assigning any of its employees to read Dr. Alfred C.

Kinsey's "Sexual Behavior in the Human Female." That was the reaction of the department today to a suggestion by Rep. Lewis B. Heller N.Y.) that the book be cessful, we will probably be Downtown Merchants Park to expand parking further by Ung Association which opened That floor and the ground floor and roof support columns coming up from it have a pretty sturdy foundation. Nineteen days after the excavation was com use of multiple decks at other, today. Douglas Nye, superintendent nac: of construction for the John J.

pleted, the walls were in also across instead of three-eighths of women! an inch, the old standard. The gene Bates tiled. Purchasing Agent requesting permission to trade in certain Countv property answered. County Assessor requesting permission to purchase file for aerial photographs answered. Planning Director proposed regulations for private street developments referred Surveyor and District Attorney.

Allan K. Hirsch requesting permit to operate labor camp referred to Planning Commission. Wilbert Dlas requesting permission to keep horses in Castro a Hey referred to Planning Commission. C. H.

MrKntyre requesting permit to hniM homes in heavy indus- Do some beautiful locations." That statement came today from Orton E. Lucas, president of the Downtown Merchants cpunty Aamimsiraior. Moore Company of Oakland, boss although the contract time was of the big project, said that the 35 days. That lefj the way clear building contains 1500 tons of for the pouring of the founda make you sneeze? Maybe it's their face powder that does it. It is estimated that Parking Association, as the new; structural steel and 11,000 tons'tions.

$650,000 three-story garage of Qf concrete barred from the mails pending a some 7,000,000 American women industry is also launching a new midget or "small fry" doughnut the size of a four-bit piece. Progress never halts in this restless, ever-changing field. Where does your money go? The Tax Outlook Magazine says a "fellow earning $4500 a year BLOCKS OF CONCRETE Four of the foundation the group went into full opera "foot- congressional investigation of its: suffer from cosmetic allergy. reierrea 10 minims kt nt nnn i inm rr- ings, ixye saia, are tcommission. cftntent Must be that many men victims, too.

But it was worse in the old Thayer S. Knignt ciaim ishum blocks of concrete, big chunks County for personal Injuries re days when many a gal powdered A nu i now fpends 2 hours and 40 min tion. Need for parking has become imperative with increased Oakland area population, the president said. While there are no specific plans for flrther buildings now, they will be indicated should the garage opened today be successful. SELF-SERVICE PARKING utes out of each 8-hour work Nye went on the job April ljt first faced with the excavation of some 37,000 cubic yards of dirt from the full city block.

Four thousand heavy truckloads of dirt were hauled from tRe downtown site to Heenberger Road near the freeway for dumping but the massive scooping operation only took 21 days. ONE BIT OF TROUBLE Second phase of the construc containing 21 cubic yards each. The other "footings" weigh from 52,000 to 56,000 pounds each and rest on solid rock. They're four to five' feet thick and 12 to 13 feet square. Huge transit mixing cement ing day just to earn enough to pay his taxes, only an hour and ferred to tnsurancs carrier.

The following resolutions were adopted: Authorizing Chairman to execute agreement between Hayward 1 nion High School District and Health Department for testing of hearing services; Authorizing Chairman to execute agreement for use of area at Arroyo del Valle by I.lvermore Area Recreation District; Adopting notice of sale of Pied 35 mmuthes for his food bias. But the high cost of red tape rHans w. (ieletneky requesting permission to build with reduced side yard at 23051 South Garden A'venue. Hayward referred to Planning Commission. sThe following resolutions were adopted: iApproving map.

contract and bond for the Improvement of Tract 1S27; Approving plans and specifications and directing Countv Surveyor to install culvert on Tennyson Road and 2 drop inleta on Tyrrell Avenue: Accepting check in the amount of $2,500.00 from K.B.M.U.D. for purchasing of property for the extension of Bancroft Avenue; Authorising Douglas J. Carmody to attend California Traffic Safety Conference: Laurance W. Kinsell to attend various medical society meetings; 5 Approving schedule bond for an employee of County Treasurer's Department; Depositing $32. SO from City of Albany for care of prisoners for July.

lioZ: i Authorizing sale of surplus County property by Purchasing Agent: i Approving demotion of an employee of Institutions Commission; i Granting leave of absence, without pay, to an employee of Building Department Amending Resolution No. 72M; i Granting leaves of absence, with -Wut pay, to certain employees of Institutions Commission; Appointing regular employees St ftistit utions Commission and Build- clinch she could never sure whether her beau was wheezing from love or sneezing because of her kitchen beauty dust. Some people insist they do their best thinking while lying flat on their backs. A department store here has come up with a special thinking bed for them. It has a canopy embellished with famous portraits and great thoughts.

It also has an be trucks made well over 900 trips to the parking lot site to bring the 5500 cubic yards for pouring, Because it is believed to the first parking building isn't the villain. The federal government spent only $4700 for red tape last year to tie up documents. in mont School LMStrici fcnoi'i dvhi. tion was the erection of walls ihandnninE an easement tor In a letter to Postmaster General Summerfield last Saturday, Heller described the Kinsey report as "the insult of the century" against womanhood. Summerfield is away from Washington but a spokesman for the department noted that 1 the book will not be published until September 14.

He said the department has no machinery for advance censorship of material which might at some time get into the mails. "The procedure for barring material from the postal service involves actual mailing of the material, followed by a formal complaint from someone that the matter is objectionable," he said. "So far as a book is concerned, the Nation designed and built 'around the 200 by 300 feet first at the walls, then lower for self-service parking, Lucas ity. It was during this phase of level floor, groundfloor and roof. drainage purposes In Tract 1144; Approving modification of contract for the Improvement of streets In Tract 117; Accepting easement from Coan W.

Curtis, et al. to land tnr the nnrnose of constructing re the work that the only misad A unique feature of the con Almanac health note: Some doctors believe that victims of heart trouble and high blood venture occurred. Nye's men- working in dirt soggy from heavy rain had to excavate, up to the struction was one that residents of nearby hotels and workers in nearby offices could give thanks automatic phonograph whicfrj inforced concrete culvert on Schafer nnad and from Kugene Iund, et a. I. for construction of culvert on Tennyson Road: innmv nr and cancelling sched edge of the sidewalk on 13th for.

They were spared the jar- pressure may shorten their lives by habitually taking bicarbonate of soda and water to relieve stomach distress The safest form of exercise after 40 is going to the funerals of other peo termed the building, an experiment He noted the features of design incorporated for driver ease (minimum of curves, easy access to cars, three exit and entrance stairways to lower and upper levels and unobstructed vision), and said that buildings of the same general design might be required on other association dins ideas and information into sleeping ears, so ambitious folk can go on learning while slumbering. The same "sleep shop" Street to make room for the! ring racket of riveting guns be powerful air conditioning ma-j cause all beams 'reinforcing the concrete frame were welded in chinery. formerly featured a heart-shaped ule bond for certain employees of Welfare Commission: ppropriating to Native Pons and Native Daughters of the Golden West for advertising: Depositing from "it- or San J.eandro for care prisoners tr Inlv and ISO.r.fi The rain and heavy vibration place. This is highly unusual, bed for romantic wives and hus ple over 40 who insist-on taking anyone can make a complaint. It ifrom 13th Street traffic brought! Nye says, in a building of this bands.

Racing fans also can buy much exercise circular beds and chase the DADS GET YOUNGER Department: lots the future. them trouble. Suddenly the side-jsize. walk began sliding into the hole TWO MILES OF CURB imtrinn Casually r-nmpany for.iPK Appointing temporary employees horses around the track in their What do you know about NON-PROFIT BASIS damage to County car by Jack J. Vincent fathers? Dad is younger and dreams.

ARE YOU NEUROTIC? Ten thousand feet-just shy of tractor with a hydraulic loader ltw cfmcrc curbm was hurriedly moved in to jack fha kl 4 j. the sidewalk back into place andj" "le de; Are pou neurotic? The odds at I nst itiitions Commission. Department tf Fire Warden and Fairgrounds: Creating additional position of Fairgrounds employee. Item No. 1J-1200N at Fairgrounds: Creating 5 additional positions of Volunteer Fish and Game Warden; Authorizing refund of taxes erroneously collected; Authorizing correction of clerical errors on Assessment Roll by are about 16-to-l you aren't, so why worry? The best and sim The.

Downtown Merchants Parking Association pioneered low-cost off-street parking, Lucas pointed out, and has conducted the operations of its six lots on a non-profit basis over the years. This is another factor in favor of driver rather than attendant parking. His association and the Down plest way to avoid nervous trou could be a private citizen, a postal inspector or an individual postmaster, but we don't judge books on our own motion." The postoffice has the power to ban material found to be lewd, obscene, or indecent. Heller, 48-year-old Brooklyn lawyer, said he had not seen a copy of the book but based his opinions on advance reviews. Kinsey presents his work as a scientific study.

No challenge was ever raised against mailing of his earlier report, "Sexual Behavior in the Human Male," published in 1947. taller today The average age xf a first-time father was 28.1 in 1890 but 24.7 in 1949 The modern dad has 3.2 children compared to 8 for the average father in 1800 In terms of occupations, farmer fathers lead It is estimated American families spent for Mother's Day gifts, only $150,000,000 for dad on his hold it there until shoring could be built i COMPLETE AIR CHANGE The air conditioning machinery is designed to move 80,000 cubic feet of "air into the lower (basement) level of the structure 1 A Inn Tkl ffittM A County Assessor; Cancelling taxes on property ac- Hayward TJnion High quired by bles is to inherit money. And do it early in life, while you can still get more enjoyment out of spending it than counting it but if you must fret about something, fret about the motor car. It now takes a toll equal to the chool District and Joint Highway Authorizing refund of taxes erroneously collected. Consenting to of real property by recipient of Old Age Security; Authorizing Patricia Pop' attend conference, on New Discoveries for the Aging andMelva.

Cochran to call in San Francisco County during August. September and October in connection with Adoption Duties; Accepting resignation of an employee of Tabulating Division: Granting leaves of absence, without pay. to certain employees of Institutions and Welfare Commissions: Accepting resignations of certain employees of Welfare Commission; Creating 1 additional positions of Kxamination Monitor and 1 for Staff Physicians at Civil Service Commission; Creating additional position of Farmer at Department of Institutions; Appointing temporsrr employee at Central Tabulating Division: Appointing regular employees at Institutions Commission. town Realty Association, he said, fv viia are interested only in lineate parking boundaries and driveways. Electrical foreman Lloyd Hoffman of 2459 Cordova Street Oakland, supervised installation of nearly a mile of fluorescent tubing which lights the ground and lower levels.

Six hundred tubes eight feet in length are required for the job which required almost three months of work. Nye who bossed a pealfccrew of 172 men at one time on the project believes that some sort of record was made in building time. It was finished 142 days after the start and only 105 of those were working days. day. But thats the way dad even on the investment in thei r.

-m Z. combined deaths from the flu, wants it garage. and a half minutes, a fact, Nye says, which means that the air ulcers, polio, war casualties and The almanac's regular long- if all District No. 26: Adopting Budget for the fiscal year 1953-1S34; On motion of Supervisor Pursel. seconded by Supervisor Wixson, the was directed to advise the County Superintendent of Schools to transfer his office to the Alameda County Welfare Commission.

i No further business appearing, the meetina adjourned St CHESTER E. STANLEY Chairman. i ATTEST: I JOHN JOSEPH KINGSTON, Cleriu I BT HAROLD SCHCLZE. Deputy. would remain clean even the contagious diseases of child Library Loss 200 cars parked were running at Sizeable Island NEW YORK.

Sept. 3 Long Island, New York, is 118 miles the same time, a rare probability. Because the air conditioning range weather forecast: All present signs indicate that the current widespread heat wave will subside, in most parts of the Nation; with the arrival of the first killing frost. hood. Jobs-we'd-all-like-to-have department: Stan Anderson is inspector of doughnut holes for the Doughnut Corporation of Amer- WASHINGTON, Sept S.

The Library sf Congress was twice deitroyefl by fire, the first time in 1814, and again in 1851. long and 23 miles at its greatest system is an 'integral part of the Denying application of Douglas width. garage operation, it took lorm.

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