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EARL R. SCHEFFEL 



lots plotted for building purposes are totally unfit for such use, a 

 fact which usually becomes apparent before construction is started. 

 In a few instances the grading of roads, or changes of drainage by 

 fillings or other causes, has been charged with starting slides 

 endangering structures. Such instances have usually resulted in 

 lawsuits to determine the influence of such changes and also to 

 place responsibility. 



Fig. 4. — Slide partially blocking roadway. The entire face of the slope above 

 the slide is bare to a height of about forty feet, the result of recent slides. 



The greatest source of trouble comes from the roads leading out 

 of the city. As the terraces on which the city is built are frag- 

 mentary, roads cannot follow them for great distances. If out- 

 l3dng districts are to have communication with the city, the building 

 of roads along or at the base of hillsides is unavoidable. While poor 

 engineering judgment is sometimes shown in locating the roads, 

 with the best of skill the ultimate damage can only be lessened.' 

 The present roads, including several regraded and paved within 

 the last few years, have suffered repeatedly, sometimes by block- 



