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J.E. Olmstead is adding to the beauty of his ranch at Oak Glen by building a stone archway over the entrance. He has recently completed the remodeling of the residence, making it one of the finest homes in this locality.

The contract was let last week for the change in the road leading north from the tunnel. The change cuts right into the bluff, and crosses two canyons, rejoining the present road at the gate of J.E. Olmstead's Oak Manor home, and coming on down the hill with a change taking out some of the hill curve. The survey indicates that the archway at the Oak Manor gate must be changed. A Los Angeles firm, the McCarey Company, got the contract for the grading and paving, which will be of Portland cement concrete, it is stated. Work is to begin very soon.

The highway commission has established the supervising engineer's office at Oak Glen for the grading job north of the tunnel, and the contractor will be on the job with his gang in a few days. The road passes directly into the hill north of the tunnel and crosses the small canyons north, passing within a short distance of the new oil rigs on the Needham ranch.

The construction of the new road across the Needham ranch has made necessary the moving of the stone gate way at Live Oak Manor. Mr. Olmstead is having it moved intact. It will be moved back about fifty feet, and turned about a quarter round, to align with the highway. The stones in this arch were specially selected by Mr. Olmstead, and it took him several years to make the collection.