Los Angeles daily herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1884-1890, 1888-01-01
FRANCHISES
Granted During q Number
Of Years,
COVERING MANY STREETS,
Contemplated Lines of Street Rail.
ways Soon to be Constructed
and operated.


bctolrans faith in the future which
nethisg else can show so well. Cap
ital rs 10th to invest in uncertain en-
terprises, therefore when it comes for
ward and asks TO be allowed to invest
it may be taken as sure indication
Of future greatness and prosperity.
Far-aghted capitalists, seeing a great
fnture before Los Angeles, applied for
franchises for railways over the streets.
A large number OF these have been
granted and some OF the lines are now
IN operation. There are others which
have been granted, but so far moth
ing has been done on the construction.
The forfeiture clause in the franchise
VIA throw these routes open to others
if the grantees are not careful. A
map Of the city with all the actual
and proposed lines of street-ralways
woQld be complicated study, but it
would be OF great service to the Board
of Public Works, before whom there
are still a large number of applica-
tons for franchises.
Following is a list OF franchises
granted during an extended period,
and covering great many streets:
January Is, 18S4-Ralph Rogers,
commencing at First on Fort, thence
to Temple, to Cemetery avenue, to
Sand street, to Bunker Hill avenue,
to Pearl street, to Temple, to Union
avenue.
January 26, 18S5-Los Angeles and
San Gabriel Valley Railroad Com
pany, commencing at the north
boundary Of city line near Hunter
Highland View tract, thence across
private property to Lecouvreur street,
across private property near Mission
street to west end Of First street
bridge, across Pasadena avenue.
Daily street, Cypress avenue, Well,
,Lecouvreur, Walnut, Hayes, Mound
ana Water streets. The Los An
geies river near Barnacea street in
East Los Angeles Continuation to
be to q point north of Buena Vista
street, crossing to Downey avenue,
Chavez, Kuhrts street, Johns, st.
James, Holly, Benton, Leroy, Mis-
sion. Macy and Also, along Fort
street 10 First street.
]. JHne 10. 1886 /. w. Hellman,
commencing ct back of city railroad
on San Fernando street, thence to
A1rora street, to Downey avenue, to
Chestnut street, to HoF street, to
DAILY street, to Downey avenue.
July z. 1856. NJ. Thompson
commencing at Spring on Temple
thence TO western city boundary.
yuiy 7, 1885-Wm. Lacey, COM
msncing at San Fernando on Sotello,
theace 10 Chavez street, to Kuhrts
street.. to City Park, in East Los An
geles.
September 7, 1sS5-W. III. Work
man, commencing at Spring on First
street, thence to Also avenue to
Chicago street, to extension of Also
avenue to city boundary.
January %, 1860. HI. Rowland
at Plaza, Los Angeles and Carlisle
street, thence to southern boundary of
the city, also branch to commence
q the intersection of Los Angeles and
Seventh street, along Seventh to
Pearl. also branch commencing at
the intersection of Los Angeles and
Sevoath streets, running along
Seventh to the east boundary of the
oity. also, a branch commencing at
the intersection OF Los Angeles and
East Pico, running west On Main
street to Pieo to west boundary of
city /; also. branch commencing at
the intersection of Los Angeles or
Carlisle street and Adams street.
along Adams street to western city
limits. ,ts
February Is, 1SS6-Main Street and
Agricultural Park Railroad Company,
commencing at terminus of present
road on Main street, near the foot of
Temple;s thence along Main to Wash
ington street, to Figueroa, to Jefier-
son, 10 Wesley avenue, to city limits.
March ., lSS6-City Railway Com
pany, commencing at intersection of
Main and Alameda streets; thence
along Alameda to the track OF South
ern Pacific Railroad Company to Col
lege street.
Central Street Railway Company
Commencing at Sixth on Pearl street.
to Ninth, to Alvarado.
November II, 1SS6-H. N. Gallo
way ct al, commencing at Jefferson
st, thence along Charity street to
Temple.
November 81, IS86-Los Angeles
Ostrich Farm Railroad Company, COM
mencing at upper Main street on
Bellevue avenue, excepting such parts
OF route where tracks are laid. thence
to Blysian Park avenue.
December %, 1885,. NJ. Thomp-
son, commencing at Franklin on New
High, thence to Virgin street, to Buena
Vista street, to Hof street, to Chest
nut street.
January 10. 1871. J. Grow COM
mencing at Hoff, thence along Hayes,
to Arroyo, to Well street to Column
bus, to Cypress avenue, to northern
boundary Of Los Angeles.
February 0, 18S7-James M. Davis,
commencing at Spring on Second,
thence to Georgia to the proposed
grounds Of the Atchison Topeka and
Santa Fe Railroad Company, on
Second to Rio street.
November 81, 18S6-John F. Grit
fin, commencing at Albert street, run
ming thence on Mission road toK uhrts.
along Kuhrts to Chavez and the pro-
posed Main street extension to Ala
media going on Main street extension
TO Plaza, along Main to intersection
Of Main, Spring and Temple, along
Spring on Central Railroad Compa-
ny's track to First street, commencing
on Spring to Sixth, on Sixth to Fort,
on Fort to Ninth street, to Pearl,
along Pearl to Washington street, to
western city limits.
December z. 1S86-John S. Malt
man, commencing at Diamond on
Texas, y Temple, to a point 1850 feet
west of Alvarado asross private prop
erty to Diamond, $500 feet from west
Of Alvarado along Diamond to west
city boundary.
May &c, 1S87-L. G. Goodwin, COM
mencing at Spring on First, thence