Architect and engineer . dsign-posts indicating halting places or warn- ing the public of danger. These regulationsprotect the town picture and ensure publicsafety. The encroachment of business (fromcafes, inns, tobacco shops, etc.) on openspaces, places (squares), and pavements issubject to a permit granted by the Magis-trat. Statute No. 1332 of the year 1901 fixesthe maximum amount of space that may betaken up, determines the amount of pay-ment and safeguards public traffic. Control of street trade is provided forin Statute 1100 of the year 1922. The Buda-pest City Council, through the Magis
Architect and engineer . dsign-posts indicating halting places or warn- ing the public of danger. These regulationsprotect the town picture and ensure publicsafety. The encroachment of business (fromcafes, inns, tobacco shops, etc.) on openspaces, places (squares), and pavements issubject to a permit granted by the Magis-trat. Statute No. 1332 of the year 1901 fixesthe maximum amount of space that may betaken up, determines the amount of pay-ment and safeguards public traffic. Control of street trade is provided forin Statute 1100 of the year 1922. The Buda-pest City Council, through the Magistrat,District Offices and Market Board, is re-sponsible for determining, controlling, andsupervising open market places in additionto the Central and District Market open markets may be converted as re-quired into roofed-over or closed halls. The disposal of refuse, abatement of thedust and smoke nuisance and other draw-backs, consequent upon rapid and extensivedevelopment of large towns, are under PENCIL SKETCH BY RALPH J. BISHOP ENGINEERING and CONSTRUCTION THE SAN GABRIEL DAMb)- Alan S. Hart, C. E. Here is an account of the investigation of what wasto have been the worlds highest dam—It tells whythe application for permission to build the structureicas unconditionally denied: \^ N December 7, 1928, the Los An-geles County Flood Control Districtawarded a contract for the constructionof the San Gabriel Dam. This dam wasto have been one of the curved gravity con-crete type and would have been the worldshighest and most massive structure. Asproposed, it would have been nearly 500feet above bedrock and 2300 feet long onthe crest, with a thickness at base of 400feet. The contract called for the excava-tion of about 1,250,000 cubic yards ofearth material and the placing of 4,000,000cubic yards of concrete. This dam wouldhave provided a huge reservoir in the SanGabriel Valley, capable of storing 240,000acre-feet of water. The site of the dam is10 miles from
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