MAPLE BROS., INC.

617 Wesr Putnqm Drive, Whittier, Cqliforniq OXford 3-6060

Sqn Mqteo Mops Fulure Development

The San Mateo Countl-, Calif<in-ria, Planning Ccirnmission will prepare a master plan for future development of its region rvith the aid of a federal grant of $25,000 approved November 3 by Acting Urban Renewal Commissioner Richard L. Steiner. The planning work to be undertaken rvill cor,er all the San Mateo peninsula betu'een the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco Bay from the San Francisco city limits to a point about 35 miles south. All Sarr Mateo county and small related portions of Santa Clara county and San Francisco are included. The overall area had a population of about 260,000-mostly urban-in 1950.

In carrying out the project, expected to take one year, the Planning Commission u'ill study industrial, commercial, and institutionai land uses; the character of existing development to identify areas needing corrective treatment; traffic-generating characteristics of certain residential areas ; local nrass transportation problems and solutions in relation to proposed plans for the San Francisco region, and metl-rods and procedures for maintaining existing inventories of various data.

Hyster Promotes Peqrson

John V. Pearson, Hyster Company, has been appointed to the position of Supervisor, Tractor Equipment Advertising and Promotion, according to Raymond L. Howerton, assistant manager of Hyster Company's Sales Promotion department.