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Show L. A. Park's Lookout Bluff And DriveBeginSinking checked to determine If major I conduits running through the park would be imperiled. The theory that . underlying strata of aandatone may be re-aponeible re-aponeible wu ralaed by aome geologists. ge-ologists. "There Is nothing to be alarmed about at present." aaid Mre. Mabel Ma-bel V. Socha. preiident of city park commission. LOS ANGELES, Nov. 15 (.Vt Elysian peak's Grand View point, a towering tree-covered bluff, is sinking today. At the rate of a quarter of an Inch every 24 hours, 500.000 tons of earth and rock have been settling set-tling downward. Lowering of the big earth block, which stands euoTeet above busy Riverside drive, became noticeable notice-able October 2 when Elyaian I'ark drive sank thro Inches and was barred to motorists. Jagged cracks almost a foot wide at various points' show the drive now has slumped more than six inches. Water department engineers |