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PASS CREEK. (EAST DRAIN)
East "B" Avenue
Pass Creek
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T22S-R5W-Sec17
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1928 - ____
January 20, 1911: “About six o'clock on Wednesday evening the bridge spanning Pass creek on A street and leading to East Drain, was struck by a heavy south wind and completely demolished. It was a structure about forty feet in length and covered by a heavy roofing, and has not been considered altogether safe for some time. The bridge fell with a crash which was plainly heard for a distance of several blocks away. Some people living in the immediate vicinity were of the opinion we were being visited by a real eastern cyclone, while others were frightened to the thought that the Japanese had landed a fleet of battleships in Pass creek and were bombing the city.
The structure should be rebuilt as soon as the high water subsides, as in this condition it is a great inconvenience to those who reside on the east side.” (The Drain Nonpareil)
The structure should be rebuilt as soon as the high water subsides, as in this condition it is a great inconvenience to those who reside on the east side.” (The Drain Nonpareil)
February 24, 1927: “For a while Sunday, it looked as the Pass Creek bridge in east Drain would be swept away, and possibly would have been with another foot of water.” (The Drain Enterprise)
March 15, 1928: “The old landmark which stood at the east end of the Pass Creek bridge, near the Henry Fannon corner, was given the axe this week by Ed Sterling, who felled it, preparatory to the building of the new bridge across the creek at that point, The new bridge will be placed more centrally in the road and it was found the tree interfered,” (The Drain Enterprise)
April 2, 1928: "A new bridge will be constructed on Pass creek on the street leading to East Drain and the high school, during the coming summer." (The News-Review)
June 1, 1928: "The city board are having timbers and lumber delivered on the ground for the construction of a new bridge across Pass Creek on the street leading to East Drain." (The News-Review)
June 7, 1928: “Timber for the new bridge, which the city will build over Pass Creek is being placed on the ground this week. Men are at work cutting and shaping it. Ted Davis seems to be the foreman on the job. All cars and pedestrians crossing into east Drain will be obliged to cross on the road leading thru the John Swearingen pasture lot when the old bridge is out. Or one crossing on foot may go by the way of Beasley's and Delk's.” (The Drain Enterprise)
November 23, 1937: "A gravel truck plunging through the Pass creek bridge, in the east part of Drain early Monday, probably saved a loaded school bus from the same fate. Ray Bishop and Ed Sterling riding in the truck, suffered minor injuries when the structure collapsed. The bridge apparently had been weakened by the swollen stream. A school bus was traveling behind the truck. Had it been ahead, the accident might have resulted in a serious tragedy." (The News-Review)
June 5, 1941: "The state oiling crew last Monday oiled two blocks of city street leading to the high school, the street from the Pacific highway to the Leonard corner was not oiled because the straigtening and grading is not yet completed, and a new bridge across Pass creek is necessary before it can be done. A special city election is called for June 20 for the purpose of voting upon the issuance of bonds to improve the city water system and to authorize the construction of a concrete bridge across Pass creek." (The News-Review)
June 23, 1941: "Voters balloted 41 to 41 on the proposal to transfer $5,000 from the city hall construction fund to the general fund for the erection of a reinforced concrete bridge across Pass creek on B street, in the east part of town.
It has not yet been announced whether the project will be submitted to the voters at a second election." (The News-Review)
June 13, 1947: "The proposed budget was $11,340 more than last year's city outlay and exceeded the constitutional 6 per cent limitation, City Recorder Ruby B. Holloway reported.
Reason for the increase this year, she said, was the plan to build a new bridge across Pass Creek, at "B" Street." (The News-Review)