California highways; a descriptive record of road development by the state and by such counties as have paved highways . serve light touring traffic, have beendeveloped and are being maintained. In addition to these county roads the city of Los Angeles,comprising in its area square miles, has milesof paved streets and miles of streets graded and oiled,many of these oiled streets being nothing more nor less thancountry roads twenty miles away from the business district,for so wide-spread in dimension is this amazing Californiacity as to comprehend within its limits those ro
California highways; a descriptive record of road development by the state and by such counties as have paved highways . serve light touring traffic, have beendeveloped and are being maintained. In addition to these county roads the city of Los Angeles,comprising in its area square miles, has milesof paved streets and miles of streets graded and oiled,many of these oiled streets being nothing more nor less thancountry roads twenty miles away from the business district,for so wide-spread in dimension is this amazing Californiacity as to comprehend within its limits those road problemswhich are peculiar to county rather than city government. Eliminating the paved streets as properly to be credited tocity rather than county accomplishment, it may be said thatthe oiled streets, while not legally a part of the county roadsystem, may well be considered as part thereof, giving anoiled-road mileage of and a total improved roadmileage, taking in six hundred miles of paved roads, , which is little short of amazing. In securing this great highway development Los Angeles [162]. ^ ^ S5 ! 5^ ^ ^j a S © <4a » £ •k, ^O s § « ?^ CJ
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