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City Slowly;
Sinking '
' Mf OABBEB DAVIDSON
i LONG BEACH. CillfAprfl ft
-Yoa know what It leto hart
that sinking feellnjT So does thii
eaaceast city of mora tbu a third
ef mUJicn papula Ooa. ,
Mens tht shore, part W It art
aianng. rains trees, all wells, of
flea building, dty baU. t roller
coaster, tba harbor all slaking.
n muca, aa ouianee (oca. But
ejulte bit when tha vaat Pacific
Oceaa la at your door, and high
tidea croap ap aa you.
They caU.it aubeideeco. , ft U
euiet but releatleas. Out laree
plant in tha harbor district la 73.
feet lower thaa Jt was whea it all
atarted ia lm. Ia tha buaiaeaa
wetrict, which treats tha beach,
the deeceot ia not aa great. But
tha bif municipal auditoriara
bare Mias Unlvaraa ia choaea
each rear haa goes dowa about
raree laet.
Bage Dotes BaUt
Huge dike have beea built to
Keep ioe aceaa out of tha harbor
industrial area and tha city'i Waat
Side ahorefroot. . -
Experts agree that tba cauee la
. mainly the removal of oil and gaa
from a field that Uea under the
harbor and part of the city The
ucm waa diacovered ia 1934.
' One engineer aald tha auhal.
dance la the penalty Long Beach
.la paying for the oil k ia getting.
Ha aald, "Iff a matter of convl
pensatioa. Remove mora thaa KO
million aarrel of, ail from a
comparatively shallow field with
weak anderground structure .and
something haa to give." r
- Tba area of the sinkage forma
a (hallow aaucer. This aaecer has
Its center la tha harbor ea the
West Side and spreade out in a
great Jo-Kraare-mile circle as en-
compaaa tba downtown area and
large portion of tba central and
weatera sections at this dty of
tse.ooe. ....
, Maas Drops n Feet '. ' ' ... .
Tha aectioa east of the down-
tewa district Is aq high ground
aad hatat baea affected by' the
aiakage. However, there la aoroa
threat at-tbe opposite end of the
r- U It wereat for proUcting dikes,
uur areas would be ander water
today. . The Soothera California
Edieoe Co. . plan la tba Arbor
area haa dropped B feet and ia It
feet below aea level. The company
haa apent ais million dollars to
build 30-foot dikes te keep tha
aceaa out and to install under-
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ground pumps te keep the water
level dowa.
Parte of the west end of the
Lent Beach shore front r- a aee-
uea ef apartment bouses, resorta
aad ' amueemeat conceaaions
would be three feat ander water
at high tide today If
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the beach I
aad height- I'
aaed ta form a sand dike at
a east ec several million dollars.
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deuce damate has been concen-i 7 '
trated fat the barber. The HarW X
Department report! that the aet-ll
tling praceaa baa broken pipelinea, I J.
oucsica rauroaa - uku i
cracked buildinis. Sections
some buildiaga and wharf struc
tures ' have beea cut te relieve
pressures. Some railroad, streets
aad bridges have beea raised.
City Manager Samuel Vickers
saya vary little damage haa beea
aoted ia other sections of the city,
although, "we are mooing into
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problems ia the mainten-l
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some caaes. This is sot a serious I
j- problem, but we are watching it
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Tidal Wave Ceeld Caaee Fleed.
Robert R. Shoemaker, chief bar-1
bor engineer, said ia a repart that
a aeiamic tidal wave, like those I
which sometimes come out of the I
North Pacific, could cause serious
flooding In the harbor if It ahoald
hit at the tame time aa normal I
high tides. He also expreased coo-1
cera aver what aa accidental dike
break or a wartime bombing
might do e the harbor. '
4 Another who ia alarmed at what I
might happen la Clyde G. "Roe-
berry, executive airector ot tne
Long Beach Civic League. He said I
miat If the atntag foes aa tar as
some engineer! predict as much
aa 71 feet - "alt aw present
ehoreline will be under water, and
the shoreline will be moved up
cloee to Anaheim Street, M block!
from tha ocean." ',t
Miaar lartheeaka Daagereas "
He aald, however,, that Long
Beach probably will spend enough
of its oil revenue to keep the water
out with dikes and other struc
tures, r "
"Even so." be said, "the saucer
effect baa put all the buildings
a slight slant and la evea a minor
earthquake tha damage could be
terrific." ' . .
Tha villiaa ia the Wilmington ell
field which atretchea out under the
harbor and along the Long
Beach coast line. There are about
17M wells la thia field, abouf M
of them belonginl the city.
Revenue from the dty wells av-
race M million dollars a year.
with tba dty and stats dividing!
the money evenly. i
Differeat ielatloaa Offered-.
' la the peak year of oil produe-l
- Boa, 1951. tba center of the aub.1
aldeeca bowl dropped 137 feet
Since then IrM ell has been re
moved and tha rate of sinkage
has declined .ts aa average of 1.4
Im ner rear at tha center. lit
recent years, the average annual
fall ia the, downtown area haal
beea a Uttia over-an. men.
Nfverthelcas. the land te till I
sinking. What Is the solirtion? ;
' Soma have suggested that the
removal of oil be stoppea. But
tha dty doesnl want to give up
the revenue and la searching fori
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