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Title: Appendix to the Journals of the Senate and Assembly of the ... session of the Legislature of the State of California
Year: 1853 (1850s)
Authors: California. Legislature
Subjects: Legislative journals
Publisher: Sacramento : State Printing
Contributing Library: San Francisco Public Library
Digitizing Sponsor: San Francisco Public Library

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reet, the nameof which has recently been chan(;cd to Third street, referred to in ourlast report, has since been completed and put in commission by therailroad companies interested. Fire Insurance. The last legislature, in pursuance of the recommendation in our lastreport, increased the maximum of fire insurance permitted on harborfacilities from $700,000 to $1,200,000 and the additional amount hasbeen duly placed. Street Improvement. Street improvements upon The Embarcadero and other neighboringstreets under the boards jurisdiction have been vigorously prosecuted. The most noteworthy novelty is that to accommodate the enormouslyincreased automobile travel the board has decided to build a strip ofsmooth pavement of the most durable kind all around The Embarcadero,at least 30 feet wide. This work has been inaugurated and will bepushed to completion as fast as the alignment of the street on the waterside has been progressively rectified. 22 REPORT OF BOARD OF STATE HARBOR COMMISSIONERS.
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i-i Q W X CO o K O I—IPi H2 REPORT OF BOARD OF STATE HARBOR COMMISSIONERS, 23 The building of the new seawall and bulkhead in their true legallyestablished locations has resulted in a very substantial and much-neededincrease in the width of The Embarcadero, most of it from 15 to 45 feet,and over some notable stretches about 100 feet wider. In view of the greatly increased traffic of the past five years, thiswidening has been of inestimable value. Without it, traffic would havebeen not only cramped but during certain rush hours would have beenparalyzed. Fortunately, the street is now wide enough not only to accommodatethe demand for the smooth pavement above referred to, but to providealso a wide basalt pavement, which is reciuired for the heavy horse-drawnvehicles, especially in damp weather. Passenger Transportation Around Water Front. Appreciating the need of improved passenger transportation aroundthe water front, much of which is not reached by the street car sj^stemsof San Fran

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