May 15, 1963 (8 pages)

metropolitan press and na‘tional periodicals. ) ++++ + Inhis WASHINGTON press ” conference last week, President Kennedy said that he was “not hopeful" about prospects for a nuclear test ban. He said that if we don't get an agreement there would be new rounds of testing by the U.S, and Russia, which would be a “great disaster for the interests of all concerned”. ++ ++ t+ On Thursday in LAS VEGAS the Atomic Energy Commission said that it planned two atomic tests at the Nevada test site in May. One-test would be an above-ground nuclear blast. In MOSCOW the Russians announced that if the U.S. tested nuclear weapons again this month, Russia would have to test also, in order to keep up its weapons strength. ++ +++ In NEW YORK twentyseven U.S, scientists, including three Nobel laurea test ban treaty, They said there was greater risk to U.S, security by continuing the arms race than the risk that the treaty would be violated by secret testing. . Be a, dn In response to the bombings and rioting-that broke out in BIRMINGHAM, Ala., on Sunday, President Kennedy ° ordered 3,000 Federal troops to bases near Birmingham. White and Negro leaders in Birmingham on Friday had reached agreement on a desegregation schedule, but ‘subsequent bombings of the home of Negro leader Rev. A.D. King and of a motel which had housed other Negro leaders induced Negro riots. tte trt In PEKING the Chinese announced that a high level delegation would be sent to Moscow in June to discuss ideological differences. The Chinese continued verbal attacks on Yugoslavia, however, criticizing Moscow's handling of the problems between East and West. State Agreeable To cenic Highway Plan, Chambers’ Letter Says (Editor's Note: The following letter to Councilman H.A. McPherson fram Frank A. Chambers, chief deputy director of the California Department of Public Works, assures the city of Nevada City that the state is ready to build a freeway on the basis\of the DeLeuw, Cather proposal--the modified scenic ffeeway. ) Dear Dr. McPherson: Some time ago the CityCouncil of Nevada City authorized you to work with the Department of Public Works with the object in mindNo guaranteeing that the aesthetic aspects of the freeway through Nevada City were given consideration. sy In_ order to insure the complete carrying out of your duties you retained as\a consultant the engineering firm of DeLeuw, Cather & Company. The engineer, retained by you, Mr. Robert Conradt, your Staff Engineer, spent time in our office in Sacramento, studied traffic data and other engineering considerations, and submitted to you and to us a proposed design. Our engineers in the Division of Highways in Sacra= mento have reviewed this design and have reported to me that the proposal will serve the volume of traffic anticipated in this area for at least the next fifteen or twenty years. We realize that it isnot the only solution to your problem. However, ifthe community wishes to proceed with this design, the City Council should indicate by formal resolution that the DeLeuw, Cather proposal is their choice. Uponreceipt of such a resolution we will submit a revised freeway agreement for execution by the City Council and will proceed with the detailed engineering and acquisition of rights of way necessary for the Nevada City Freeway. I want to assure you that there will be no adverse effect or delay in the financing of construction of this program by virtue of this choice. Sincerely, FRANK A, CHAMBERS Chief Deputy Director Department of Public Works Representatives To Meet SACRAMENTO---Nevada and Sierra County representatives will meet June 27 at 7 p.m. at the Gold Nugget Inn between Grass Valley and Nevada City to make their annual suggestions to the California State Chamber of Commerce on next year's highway projects in the county. . The local meetings! throughout the state are the only procedure of this type designed to obtain local opinion of highway needs for presentation to the August Highway Commission meeting. SANGLEY POINT, Philippine Islands---BobBrown, equipment operator second class, son of Mrs. DaisyI. Brown of 502 Nevada St., Nevada City, is assigned duty with Naval Mobile Construction Battalion Ten at the Naval Station, Sangley Point, Luzon, Philippine Islands. Ranger Units Attend Classes NEVADA CIT Y---Three foremen fromthe local , ranger unit of the California Division of Forestry are attending an Aerial Observation Class, scheduled for yesterday and today at Sutter: Hill, Calif. Bob Thompson, Arlen Cartwright and Carroll Beaver are being instructed in the techniques and policies of the CDF and U.S. Forest Service in regards to air -ground coordination in fighting forest fires. simplicity .. BERGEMANN Funeral Chapel 246 Sacramento St. Nevada City _ coll 265-2421 ready to serve you day: or night ~ (Continued from Page 1.) ; Mr, Legarra andhis staff have been most cordial, cor operative and. willing to discuss all phases of this prob lem. We believe their continued cooperation will mak it possible to arrive. at a solution satisfactory to all con+ cemed, be The Aras Plan i Our alternative plan provides the following features: 1. The through roadway is retained as a four-lane divided ngewe with controlled access. i: 2. The alignment is shifted to the east to avoid taki F the Assay Office. ti, 3. The 50-mph design speed is retained. zs 4, Ramps to and from the south are removed from Broad Street so that traffic between Nevada City and the south is served by the ramps at Sacramento Street and Coyote Street just north of Washington Street. ch 5. Rampsto and fromthe north are removed from Broad Street to a position just north of Washington Street and connecting with Coyote Street. 6. Sacramento Street is provided with some widening and improved alignment in order to increase its capa= city. 7, The intersection at the Plaza is improved through widening of the existing Broad Street Bridge and provi* sion of a connecting roadway between Nevada Street and Broad Street, just west of Deer Creek. 8, Coyote Street is widened ang realigned connecting directly with Union Street and providing continuous parking except at the intersection with Commercial and Main Streets where parking is removed to avoid taking the South Yuba Canal building. 9. Right-of-way area is reserved for possible future ramps to and from the south at Broad Street. The alternative plan, as developed, shows the interim condition at the north. end where Routes 20 and 49 separate. Connections in conjunction with the future interchange at this intersection also were explored ‘and found to be workable, indicating that conditions would be much improved over the interim plan. If desired, we would be pleasedto furnish a sketch showing how the alternative plan could be combined with the ultimate interchange considered by the State. Comparison of the Plans Wehave analyzed the State's proposed design and our alternative design and compared them considering primarily the traffic service, cost, and community values provided by each plan. Traffic Service The Division of Highways’ estimates of traffic for the yeat 1985 on the basis of population distribution and available parking near the business district have been checked. We believe that the State's estimates are reasonable. The Division of Highways’ estimates show that there will be 460 vehicles per hour in each direction on Broad Street during peak hours in 1985. In the 16-block area serving the central commercial district of Nevada City, there are slightly over 300 parking spaces available to the public and less than 100: private spaces. The State's proposed construction would remove some of the public spaces, and expansion of the County Courthouse is ex pected to remove approximately 40 spaces, It is difficult to imagine an increase in traffic volumes beyond the levels estimated for 1985, unless some combination of the following conditions should occur: a substantial economic boom, extensive improvement of the existing street system, substantial increase in the number of parking spaces, redevelopment and expansion of the existing business area and increased population densities in the residential areas. Both plans provide adequate capacity for the estimated traffic volumes. The State's plan concentrates traffic on Broad Street while the alternative plan provides better distribution of traffic on existing City streets. We believe that provision of ‘direct. ramps to Broad Street is not nec~essary or desirable. However, by way of compromise we have kept the right-of-way area available for possible future construction of the two southern ramps should some unforeseen condition of growth in the business area-~with extensive improvement of existing streets and provision of many more parking spaces--create a traffic condition which would require these ramps. It is felt, however, that should such traffic growth occur the improvement of feeder streets for better traffic distribution would be required rather than the construction of these ramps, . The alternative plan produces a slight increase in travel time for some trips, and a decrease for others. For example, we estimate the traveltime for drivers approaching Broad Street from the south would be approximately 60 seconds longer on the alternative design than on the State's design. Assuming a time value of $1.50 an hour, this extra. minute would have a value of 2.5 cents per person. According to conventional procedures for road user benefit analyses, the shorter travel time provided by the State's proposal would develop an economic value of approximately $36,000 per year for the estimated volume of traffic on this approach. The appearance of Broad Street as it would be viewed by drivers from the ramp entrance to the street, proposed in the State's plan, is not particularly interesting. On the other hand, we believe the Sacramento Street approach would generate substantially more interest for visitors, would invite them to explore the City, and would encourage them to stay longer. If one-half of the persons using this approach were to become thus inter-. ested in the City so as to be willing to pay 5 cents for this privilege, it would offset the economic benefit of completing the group. convention of high school journalists. NEVADA COUNTY JOURNALISTS---Delegates to a recent high school journalism conference at Sierra College were, left to right, Kathy Pontius, Barbara Bergantz, Jeanne McDonald, Pe. 1 Marsh, Pam Hackett, Susanne Smith, and Nancy McCrea. Onthe endis Dick Smith, with Mrs. Mildred Sims, More than 350 delegates attend Gregory Mott and Diann Keith ed the Northern California reduced traveltime. Considering that visitors to the area will have spent considerable time and money in driving toNevada City, and considering that many of them will probably have made the trip for reasons which are primarily esthetic in nature, they probably will have intended to use their time during the trip to view such buildings and scenery as they will see on Sacramento Street. Thus, what would ordinarily be considered a "time loss” would become the actual purpose of the trip. For this reason, we believe that the conventional economic analysis which considers only travel time and operating costs would be entirely inadequate for this location without a thorough consideration of esthetics. Cost The suggested alternative plan increases the cost of the design in some areas and reduces its cost in others. The alternative plan requires a nominal amount of additional right-of-way, widening of Sacramento Street and improvement of the Plaza intersection. However, it reduces the bridge area, eliminates two ramps, and obviates the need for bridges over Deer Creek for these ramps. We believe the difference in cost between the two plans would be very little, on the order of one or two percent of the total cost of the freeway development through Nevada City. If the two ramps at Broad Street serving the south should be required in the future, the widening of Sacramento Street would,not be a wasted investment, but would provide a permanent value to the community. DeLeuw, Cather Freeway Report Community Values The objection to the State's plan was raised because the design would remove such community assets as the National Hotel Annex, Ott's Assay Office and Yuba Canal building, the Community Christmas Tree, and the Hot Mill, It would also reduce the area of natural beauty . along Deer Creek and the number of parking spaces near the business district. In addition, the size, alignment and character of the proposed freeway construction is, in a sense, out of scale with the character of Nevada City. The freeway would become the dominant element in the area for highway users and reduce the attractiveness of the City tovisitors, shoppers, and residents. The business life of the community depends heavily on attraction of visitors and the City is expected to be more dependent on tourist travel in the future. This is one industry open to the City for further development and the atmosphere or the face of the town, as presented to casual travelers, represents a business commodity on which the town will depend. For residents also, the scale of the freeway is important in its effect on the appearance and character of the city. ae The alternative plan tends to preserve the character of the city and some areas of natural beauty and historical interest. A mong the buildings preserved, housing existing or potential businesses, are the National Hotel (Continued on Page 3.) Contracts Awarded gold in Sierra County, Two Gold WASHINGTON, D.C.---The Office of Minerals Exploration has advised Congressman Harold T. Johnson that two contracts have been awarded for exploration of The Gold Queen Mining Company, Inc. of Lodi, California ‘will. explore for goldin Sierra County. Total value of the contract is $101, 220, of which Government participation is $50,610. Dickey Exploration Company of Alleghany, will explore for gold in Sierra County. Total value of the contract is $50, 320, of which the Government participation is $25,160. Under the exploration assistance program the OME participates in the cost of exploration for 34 mineral commodities. Funds provided by the Government are repaid by a royalty on production. You can enjoy the Nugget EVERY WEEK For a mere $4.00 per year .less than 8 cents per copy ee ae ; NEVADA COUNTY NUGGET j The Paper With The Pictures \ $4 one year $6 two years $8 three years ' (circle one) . Name ; i Address ; City State Mail to NEVADA COUNTY NUGGET P.O. Box 612, Nevada City, Calif. STAKING A CLAIM? If you’re planning to build or buy a new home in California see Bank of America for a Real Estate Loan. Terms are better than ever. And in many cases you can take up to 30 years to repay. Favorable refinancing and remodeling terms are also available. See the Loan Officer at your neighborhood branch soon—he may be able to save you money on the money you borrov. BANK OF AMERICA BANK OF AMERICA NATIONAL TRUST ANDO SAVINGS ASSOCIATION * MEMBER FEDERAL Qerosir INSURANCE CORPORATION =

metropolitan press and na‘tional periodicals. ) ++++ + Inhis WASHINGTON press ” conference last week, President Kennedy said that he was “not hopeful" about prospects for a nuclear test ban. He said that if we don't get an agreement there would be new rounds of testing by the U.S, and Russia, which would be a “great disaster for the interests of all concerned”. ++ ++ t+ On Thursday in LAS VEGAS the Atomic Energy Commission said that it planned two atomic tests at the Nevada test site in May. One-test would be an above-ground nuclear blast. In MOSCOW the Russians announced that if the U.S. tested nuclear weapons again this month, Russia would have to test also, in order to keep up its weapons strength. ++ +++ In NEW YORK twentyseven U.S, scientists, including three Nobel laurea test ban treaty, They said there was greater risk to U.S, security by continuing the arms race than the risk that the treaty would be violated by secret testing. . Be a, dn In response to the bombings and rioting-that broke out in BIRMINGHAM, Ala., on Sunday, President Kennedy ° ordered 3,000 Federal troops to bases near Birmingham. White and Negro leaders in Birmingham on Friday had reached agreement on a desegregation schedule, but ‘subsequent bombings of the home of Negro leader Rev. A.D. King and of a motel which had housed other Negro leaders induced Negro riots. tte trt In PEKING the Chinese announced that a high level delegation would be sent to Moscow in June to discuss ideological differences. The Chinese continued verbal attacks on Yugoslavia, however, criticizing Moscow's handling of the problems between East and West. State Agreeable To cenic Highway Plan, Chambers’ Letter Says (Editor's Note: The following letter to Councilman H.A. McPherson fram Frank A. Chambers, chief deputy director of the California Department of Public Works, assures the city of Nevada City that the state is ready to build a freeway on the basis\of the DeLeuw, Cather proposal--the modified scenic ffeeway. ) Dear Dr. McPherson: Some time ago the CityCouncil of Nevada City authorized you to work with the Department of Public Works with the object in mindNo guaranteeing that the aesthetic aspects of the freeway through Nevada City were given consideration. sy In_ order to insure the complete carrying out of your duties you retained as\a consultant the engineering firm of DeLeuw, Cather & Company. The engineer, retained by you, Mr. Robert Conradt, your Staff Engineer, spent time in our office in Sacramento, studied traffic data and other engineering considerations, and submitted to you and to us a proposed design. Our engineers in the Division of Highways in Sacra= mento have reviewed this design and have reported to me that the proposal will serve the volume of traffic anticipated in this area for at least the next fifteen or twenty years. We realize that it isnot the only solution to your problem. However, ifthe community wishes to proceed with this design, the City Council should indicate by formal resolution that the DeLeuw, Cather proposal is their choice. Uponreceipt of such a resolution we will submit a revised freeway agreement for execution by the City Council and will proceed with the detailed engineering and acquisition of rights of way necessary for the Nevada City Freeway. I want to assure you that there will be no adverse effect or delay in the financing of construction of this program by virtue of this choice. Sincerely, FRANK A, CHAMBERS Chief Deputy Director Department of Public Works Representatives To Meet SACRAMENTO---Nevada and Sierra County representatives will meet June 27 at 7 p.m. at the Gold Nugget Inn between Grass Valley and Nevada City to make their annual suggestions to the California State Chamber of Commerce on next year's highway projects in the county. . The local meetings! throughout the state are the only procedure of this type designed to obtain local opinion of highway needs for presentation to the August Highway Commission meeting. SANGLEY POINT, Philippine Islands---BobBrown, equipment operator second class, son of Mrs. DaisyI. Brown of 502 Nevada St., Nevada City, is assigned duty with Naval Mobile Construction Battalion Ten at the Naval Station, Sangley Point, Luzon, Philippine Islands. Ranger Units Attend Classes NEVADA CIT Y---Three foremen fromthe local , ranger unit of the California Division of Forestry are attending an Aerial Observation Class, scheduled for yesterday and today at Sutter: Hill, Calif. Bob Thompson, Arlen Cartwright and Carroll Beaver are being instructed in the techniques and policies of the CDF and U.S. Forest Service in regards to air -ground coordination in fighting forest fires. simplicity ... BERGEMANN Funeral Chapel 246 Sacramento St. Nevada City _ coll 265-2421 ready to serve you day: or night ~ (Continued from Page 1.) ; Mr, Legarra andhis staff have been most cordial, cor operative and. willing to discuss all phases of this prob lem. We believe their continued cooperation will mak it possible to arrive. at a solution satisfactory to all con+ cemed, be The Aras Plan i Our alternative plan provides the following features: 1. The through roadway is retained as a four-lane divided ngewe with controlled access. i: 2. The alignment is shifted to the east to avoid taki F the Assay Office. ti, 3. The 50-mph design speed is retained. zs 4, Ramps to and from the south are removed from Broad Street so that traffic between Nevada City and the south is served by the ramps at Sacramento Street and Coyote Street just north of Washington Street. ch 5. Rampsto and fromthe north are removed from Broad Street to a position just north of Washington Street and connecting with Coyote Street. 6. Sacramento Street is provided with some widening and improved alignment in order to increase its capa= city. 7, The intersection at the Plaza is improved through widening of the existing Broad Street Bridge and provi* sion of a connecting roadway between Nevada Street and Broad Street, just west of Deer Creek. 8, Coyote Street is widened ang realigned connecting directly with Union Street and providing continuous

parking except at the intersection with Commercial and Main Streets where parking is removed to avoid taking the South Yuba Canal building. 9. Right-of-way area is reserved for possible future ramps to and from the south at Broad Street. The alternative plan, as developed, shows the interim condition at the north. end where Routes 20 and 49 separate. Connections in conjunction with the future interchange at this intersection also were explored ‘and found to be workable, indicating that conditions would be much improved over the interim plan. If desired, we would be pleasedto furnish a sketch showing how the alternative plan could be combined with the ultimate interchange considered by the State. Comparison of the Plans Wehave analyzed the State's proposed design and our alternative design and compared them considering primarily the traffic service, cost, and community values provided by each plan. Traffic Service The Division of Highways’ estimates of traffic for the yeat 1985 on the basis of population distribution and available parking near the business district have been checked. We believe that the State's estimates are reasonable. The Division of Highways’ estimates show that there will be 460 vehicles per hour in each direction on Broad Street during peak hours in 1985. In the 16-block area serving the central commercial district of Nevada City, there are slightly over 300 parking spaces available to the public and less than 100: private spaces. The State's proposed construction would remove some of the public spaces, and expansion of the County Courthouse is ex pected to remove approximately 40 spaces, It is difficult to imagine an increase in traffic volumes beyond the levels estimated for 1985, unless some combination of the following conditions should occur: a substantial economic boom, extensive improvement of the existing street system, substantial increase in the number of parking spaces, redevelopment and expansion of the existing business area and increased population densities in the residential areas. Both plans provide adequate capacity for the estimated traffic volumes. The State's plan concentrates traffic on Broad Street while the alternative plan provides better distribution of traffic on existing City streets. We believe that provision of ‘direct. ramps to Broad Street is not nec~essary or desirable. However, by way of compromise we have kept the right-of-way area available for possible future construction of the two southern ramps should some unforeseen condition of growth in the business area-~with extensive improvement of existing streets and provision of many more parking spaces--create a traffic condition which would require these ramps. It is felt, however, that should such traffic growth occur the improvement of feeder streets for better traffic distribution would be required rather than the construction of these ramps, . The alternative plan produces a slight increase in travel time for some trips, and a decrease for others. For example, we estimate the traveltime for drivers approaching Broad Street from the south would be approximately 60 seconds longer on the alternative design than on the State's design. Assuming a time value of $1.50 an hour, this extra. minute would have a value of 2.5 cents per person. According to conventional procedures for road user benefit analyses, the shorter travel time provided by the State's proposal would develop an economic value of approximately $36,000 per year for the estimated volume of traffic on this approach. The appearance of Broad Street as it would be viewed by drivers from the ramp entrance to the street, proposed in the State's plan, is not particularly interesting. On the other hand, we believe the Sacramento Street approach would generate substantially more interest for visitors, would invite them to explore the City, and would encourage them to stay longer. If one-half of the persons using this approach were to become thus inter-. ested in the City so as to be willing to pay 5 cents for this privilege, it would offset the economic benefit of completing the group. convention of high school journalists. NEVADA COUNTY JOURNALISTS---Delegates to a recent high school journalism conference at Sierra College were, left to right, Kathy Pontius, Barbara Bergantz, Jeanne McDonald, Pe. 1 Marsh, Pam Hackett, Susanne Smith, and Nancy McCrea. Onthe endis Dick Smith, with Mrs. Mildred Sims, More than 350 delegates attend Gregory Mott and Diann Keith ed the Northern California reduced traveltime. Considering that visitors to the area will have spent considerable time and money in driving toNevada City, and considering that many of them will probably have made the trip for reasons which are primarily esthetic in nature, they probably will have intended to use their time during the trip to view such buildings and scenery as they will see on Sacramento Street. Thus, what would ordinarily be considered a "time loss” would become the actual purpose of the trip. For this reason, we believe that the conventional economic analysis which considers only travel time and operating costs would be entirely inadequate for this location without a thorough consideration of esthetics. Cost The suggested alternative plan increases the cost of the design in some areas and reduces its cost in others. The alternative plan requires a nominal amount of additional right-of-way, widening of Sacramento Street and improvement of the Plaza intersection. However, it reduces the bridge area, eliminates two ramps, and obviates the need for bridges over Deer Creek for these ramps. We believe the difference in cost between the two plans would be very little, on the order of one or two percent of the total cost of the freeway development through Nevada City. If the two ramps at Broad Street serving the south should be required in the future, the widening of Sacramento Street would,not be a wasted investment, but would provide a permanent value to the community. DeLeuw, Cather Freeway Report Community Values The objection to the State's plan was raised because the design would remove such community assets as the National Hotel Annex, Ott's Assay Office and Yuba Canal building, the Community Christmas Tree, and the Hot Mill, It would also reduce the area of natural beauty . along Deer Creek and the number of parking spaces near the business district. In addition, the size, alignment and character of the proposed freeway construction is, in a sense, out of scale with the character of Nevada City. The freeway would become the dominant element in the area for highway users and reduce the attractiveness of the City tovisitors, shoppers, and residents. The business life of the community depends heavily on attraction of visitors and the City is expected to be more dependent on tourist travel in the future. This is one industry open to the City for further development and the atmosphere or the face of the town, as presented to casual travelers, represents a business commodity on which the town will depend. For residents also, the scale of the freeway is important in its effect on the appearance and character of the city. ae The alternative plan tends to preserve the character of the city and some areas of natural beauty and historical interest. A mong the buildings preserved, housing existing or potential businesses, are the National Hotel (Continued on Page 3.) Contracts Awarded gold in Sierra County, Two Gold WASHINGTON, D.C.---The Office of Minerals Exploration has advised Congressman Harold T. Johnson that two contracts have been awarded for exploration of The Gold Queen Mining Company, Inc. of Lodi, California ‘will. explore for goldin Sierra County. Total value of the contract is $101, 220, of which Government participation is $50,610. Dickey Exploration Company of Alleghany, will explore for gold in Sierra County. Total value of the contract is $50, 320, of which the Government participation is $25,160. Under the exploration assistance program the OME participates in the cost of exploration for 34 mineral commodities. Funds provided by the Government are repaid by a royalty on production. You can enjoy the Nugget EVERY WEEK For a mere $4.00 per year ..less than 8 cents per copy ee ae ; NEVADA COUNTY NUGGET j The Paper With The Pictures \ $4 one year $6 two years $8 three years ' (circle one) . Name ; i Address ; City State Mail to NEVADA COUNTY NUGGET P.O. Box 612, Nevada City, Calif. STAKING A CLAIM? If you’re planning to build or buy a new home in California see Bank of America for a Real Estate Loan. Terms are better than ever. And in many cases you can take up to 30 years to repay. Favorable refinancing and remodeling terms are also available. See the Loan Officer at your neighborhood branch soon—he may be able to save you money on the money you borrov. BANK OF AMERICA BANK OF AMERICA NATIONAL TRUST ANDO SAVINGS ASSOCIATION * MEMBER FEDERAL Qerosir INSURANCE CORPORATION =