Los Angeles daily herald., 1888-07-07
THE RAILROADS.
The Three New Lines to
Santa Monica.
WHAT WORK HAS BEEN DONE
The County Railroad 10 Run
Along the Bluffs to the
Beach.

Along the BluHS 10 the
Beach.
A HERALD reporter visited Santa Mon
ica yesterday for the purpose OF obtain
ing information regarding the new lines
being built to that place.
First in importance is the Los Angeles
County Railroad, which starts from the
Sisters Hospital on Broadway Avenue,
and runs over the line to Burbank as far
as the junction, distance of 31a miles
from the starting point. 1t then turns to
the foothills and runs through Prospect
Park, Melrose, Senator Coles ranch, and
Hammel & Denker's property, after
which it reaches the town of Sunset.
Here deviation of about three quarters
of mile has been made from the orig
ally planned route SO as to reach
the Soldiers Home, which the road di-
rectly passes. 1t then heads over at
an angle toward the Southern Pacific,
with which it runs parallel for distance
of about 8 500 feet into Santa Monica, at
some points the two lines being not more
than 100 yards apart. The road reaches
Santa Monica at the junction of Railroad
avenue and Seventeenth street, and runs
down the avenue in bee line for the
ocean. At Fourth street the country
dips and trestle work will have to be
constructed the rest Of the way to the
ocean bluff, a distance of three blocks.
The maximum height to be trestled is at
the crossing of Third street, where fifteen
foot timbers will be required, and at
Second street there is another deep gully
and thirteen foot supports will be neces-
sary. The road will cut through the bridge
crossed by Vawter's street car line and
will run on to the bluff Immediately west
of the Pavilion. At this spot will be
erected large depot, which will be the
central point for the Santa Monica bust
ness. The line, however, will not termi-
nate there, but will turn west and grad
ually descend the bluffs until it reaches
the beach, along which it will run to a
point about half way to the Santa Monica
cafion. Here Messrs. Jones and Baker
have donated site for pavilion for the
soldiers, and the veterans will be carried
down there, where there will be private
bathing-rooms and other accommoda-
tions. This extension is a new feat.
ure in the history of the road, and
it will be one of the most picturesque
routes of travel on the Pacific Coast, as
the descent will be very gradual and there
will be magnificent view from the cars,
of the ocean as it sweeps into the bay.
Regarding the work done on the road,
the rough grading is completed along the
antiro limo for Eourtt, Cc-k,
Monica, that is, the earth has been all
leveled for the ties. A good deal of labor
viii have to be expended, however, or
culyerts and bridges, quite number o.
which are necessary, and these yet re-
main to be constructed. The timber fol-
them is all on hand, and gang OF bridge
men are employed in the initiatory par
of this work. The trestle-work a
Santa Monica will be mammoth affail
and will entail the use of 80 900 feet O
lumber, which is now on the way il
schooners from Puget Sound. Track ina,
been laid for two and one-half miles from
the Los Angeles junction; that is, as fal
as Prospect Park, and here a halt ha!
been made to enable the bridgemen t.
finish their labors. The steel, fishplates
spikes, etc., are all on hand, 1900 tons Of
iron being ready, 900 tons of which are
At Burbank, and 400 tons at the Sisters
Hospital, so that when work is com
menced the supply can be run in from
both ends. The ties, $4,000 in number
are all on hand, and will be distributed
as soon as the roadbed is ready. The
contractors state that they can lay
the track on the entire line il
twenty-five days, SO it is probable thai
the road will be ready for operation by
the middle of August. According to the
franchise granted by the Santa Monica
people, the road was to be running into
that town by July 1st, but on Monday
last Mr.. Shaw, President of the road
appeared before the Board of Trustees
and asked for an extension of 80 days
He stated that unforeseen difficulties had
arisen to impede progress. And as the
Trustees were satisfied that good work
was being done, they granted the
privilege required. Mr.. Shaw stated
that the road would probably be in oper-
alton by August 1st, or at any rate short
1y after that date. Some of the DELAYS re.
ferred to were caused by injunctions being
Eervec on the road by people who OBJ.
jected to granting right OF way, but
these have been removed and all is now
plain sailing. The line will be seventeen
and half miles in length between the
Sisters Hospital and the ocean, and the
directors state that they will have a
schedule time of forty-two minutes.
@ THE AIR LINE.
As yet nothing has been done regard
ing, the ocean air line projected bv
Messrs. E. German, Flash, Reach, Ha-
ley and Crippin and which has a right of
way from Ninth street, Los Angeles, to
Santa Monica, via The Palms. As stated
in the HERALD few days ago, the direc-
tors OF the road have everything ready.
but proposition has been made to them
to change their road SO as to
run by the Soldiers Home.
and the matter is at present
in allegiance. This line after leaving
Los Angeles tit may possibly start from
the terminus of the electric railroad) will
keep on the north side of the Southern
Pacific track to the Palms, where it will
cross and run straight for Eighth street
in East Santa Monica. 1t will then
run along Eighth street to PENNSYLVANIA
avenue, to the extension of Fourth street.
thence along Fourth street to Front
street, to the intersection of Ocean
avenue. Here connection will be made
with Vawter's horse-car line, which has
2 franchise for steam, and the cars could
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