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1 i.ioinr i.r-. "i ti i'" in bt ririni-ij-, ji nr -a imr-nu Uu -nr-wH 'V f-T '41 'Xp'w WV-VfVvv i iJ- 16-BA aklanbSiliLtriibuiU Sept. 10, 1972 Strike Delays Elevator Service at Some Stations station where work will be de- laved, the elevator is to be part of the proposed BART-te-Oakland Coliseum walkway now in the deisgn stage. Nearlv million, earmarked for this purpose by'the state legislature, has-been' spent to make BART stations readily usuable by the The elevators in all but three of the stations on the Oakland-Fremont line, BART's initial operating segment, are to be in operation bv November. Facilities in ttfo of the three remaining stations, Oakland City Center-12th St.

and 19th are having to await construction in buildings next to the stations, since downtown Oakland sidewalks are too narrow to accommodate elevator installation. For the 19th St. Station, the elevator will be in the Bank of -Tokyo Building, which is planned to open in January 197:1. For the Oakland City Center-nth Stv Station, installation will be in the City Center building complex, tp be open in late 73. At Colisbuih, the third "si v.

'S WwiUwirn-a r' A 1 fe --1 facilities for the handicapped and elderly will not be in full operation tomorrow, due to the prolonged elevator, strike earlier this year. Installation of special elevators to all station levels, the cornerstone of BARTs program to make its transit system the first in the world to be 100 per cent usuable by the handicapped, was delayed by a national strike of elevator and escalator workers which halt ed all work for nearly 3 months, say BART aides, Of the 12 stations to be put in service tomorrow, only Lake Merritt, beneath BARTs headquarters, was sufficiently finished before the strike to enable full operation of its handicapped facilities on opening dav. iy V' 'S Srs' HEARING lr si rf VLr Broadway was paved with ti NV.e.' i ty 7 ,3. I'ranmfiiiifiiirftir timber in 1 968 as subWay builders dug in darkness below and motorists adjusted to new traffic pattern Remember Watchers Do YOU have trouble understanding in church ingroups YOU are a hearing aid user, of any make YOU have questions or problems about aid even troublesome whistling YOU need your aid cleaned or adjusted YOU need your mold cleaned or tube replacercfcit YOU need Beltone Exclusive New Windbreak; YOU need contacts cleaned and checked IZX. ALL SERVICES HANDLED BY FACTORY TRAINED EXPRTf YOUR HEARING WILL BE TESTED WITH THE LATEST BELT0.RC ELECTRONIC TESTING EQUIPMENT.

A reporter covering BART since its earliest days is bound to carry a briefcase full of memories today as he watches the final touches put ojthe sleek new aluminum tigins. When ndme tinder Broadway, one the street excavated to so feet and covered by thousands of feet of wooden pavement. There was the time the transbay tube sprung a leak. And earlv in the Oakland sub For Your Need Well Have Fresh Beltone Batteries CustonJJtrf; Molds. BART part of the Concord-Walnut Creek main line, was the scene of some of the" fastest trains running on BART, especially in the final days, when automatic equipment was not in use and laboratory cars were in manual mode.

On a sunny summer morning we were aboard Lab Car A and doing better than 90 miles an hour. We entered a long curve approaching Concord. The car lurched and groaned but stayed on the track. The operator noted that the fastenings holding the rail to the ties were loose and were of a type considered inadequate for BART! At 93 miles an hour, we must have been barely on the rails. Memories of people also flash by.

One recalls a tour of Market Street construction in San Francisco when construction" meant acres of mud and water under the street. There was Adrien J. Falk, then past SO, the energetic BART president, impeccably HEARING AID CENTER Free Booklet Explains How to Ride on BART 1 736 Telegraph Oakland (18th and Telegraph Ave.) 1 attired but with hard hat. climbing over pipes, up and down 50 foot ladders, patting construction workers on the back, marveling at what he saw and. most of all, smiling.

Mr. Falk, if were alive today, would smile even more, if he saw the trains and finished stations. Mr. Falk was among those who slogged through a quagmire in 1964 to lay the first rails for BART, on what today is on the Concord line, but then was on the test track. We stood in the rain as a few small speeches were made, then retreated for shelter.

The rain may have been an omen that building BART wasn't going to be that easV, for at the time, trains were to he rolling by The sun was shining in 1969. however, when the first, rail was laid on, the Oakland-Fre-mont line, but again the men was questionable. A work tram carrying rail derailed. While touring the tube con Berkeley 5325 BankAitiericard CONGRATULATIONS BART DESIGN MANUFACTURING CONTRACTUAL MAINTENANCE SALES -SERVICE LEASING LOCAL OR NATIONAL ACCOUNTS Cummings Co. Ildg.

I Benicia Industrial park nicia A AID WORKSHOP if -s 1 1'J 6. J- i ri' PRODUCTS DR. JOSlfJ. BATTLE DENTIST An informative little booklet modestly entitled All About BART should make the BART system a snap for even the most obtuse traveller. At least that's the expressed hope of BART officials who BART i 1 1, A ft i 4 Tribune photo by Ry Villiam struction site one day, we noticed, workmen were reluctant to talk about their work.

The story was to be about the various ships and barges used as a floating construction site" to lower the tube sections into the water. Finally workman told me flatly he wasnt going to discuss the fact that one of the tube sections was filled with water! Suddenly my purpose changed. The workmen-thought I was snooping around to find out about the leaky tube (which easily was fixed). Thanks to the nervous workman, I learned about the problem. and had a innninipor-tant storv than anticipated' 1I.W.1).

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Finally it was broken loose, and when the area was excavated months later, no trace was found of the object it struck. The Diablo Test Track, now announced that grui.oau.of the information pamphlets will be available to the public on Monday when the trains are ready to roll. The booklets, printed in Kn-glish, Spanish, Chinese and in braille, will be available at each of the 12 BART stations between Fremont and MacArthur Station in Oakland and at banks inTiakland, Fremont, Union City. Hayward, San Leandro. Berkeley and other cities: along the BART route.

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