Los Angeles daily herald., 1889-01-01
FRANCHISES
Granted During d Number
of Years,
COVERING MANY STREETS
List of the Lines Projected in the
Twelve Months Just
Ended.

There are on the records of this city
large number of franchises granted to
various individuals for the purpose of
permitting the streets to be filed with
street car and steam railroad tracks.
Visitors to city generally inquire first as
to the street car accommodations, and it
has been with view of encouraging the
building Of lines to all parts OF the city
that the City Council has been so liberal
in the past. If lines were drawn on a
map indicating the routes granted to the
different applicants, it would be seen that
there remain but few important streets
over which the right of way has not been
granted. The latter part of the
year Just ended witnessed the
application of another transcontinental
railroad for entrance into Los Angeles,
and the Council saw fit to grant it the
right to occupy the east bank of the
river on condition that it will construct
levee on that side of the stream. 1t is ex-
pected that work will commence on this
at an early date, and that trains will be
running there inside Of two years. Fol-
lowing is list of all the franchises
granted in this city since 1879
December 4, 1873, to R. NJ. Widney
for twenty years, from Main and Spring
streets along Spring to First, to Fort, to
Fourth, to Hill, to Fifth, to Olive, to
Sixth, to Figueroa.
September II, 1874, to sring and Sixth
Street Railroad Company for twenty
years. single track, fir ON Main to Ala
media along Alameda to Southern Pa
cifc Railroad depot.
September "a, 1874, to John G. Down
ey, o. w. Childs and John M. Baldwin,
for twenty years, one liue of track, horses
or mules, commencing at junction of
Main and Spring streets, to Washington,
TO Figueroa, to city limits and right to
run over line of Spring and Sixth Street
Railroad Company from Main and
Spring streets one block.
March IS, 1875, Spring and Sixth-street
Railroad Company, extension of time,
nineteen days, granted to complete the
road.
March 26, 1875, to R. M. Widney, for
thirty years, from south boundary of city
along San Pedro to Los Angeles street at
First, or Los Angeles to Arcadia, to San
chez, to Marchessault street, to Eternity
street, to Ssearn's mill, to Forbes street,
to Southern Pacific depot, over con-
venient route across the river to Downey
avenue, to it's eastern terminus.
June II, 1875, to w. H. Workman and
A. ii. Judson, for thirty years, single
track, horses oT mules, from Arcadia and
Main, along Arcadia and Aliso streets to
Also avenue, to Soto street.
December 2, 1875, to Spring and Sixth
Street Railroad, 20 years, single line Of
track, horses or mules, commencing at
the northern terminus OF the line as
granted by previous franchise, running
northerly along Alameda street and
Infrmary.
May 26, 1876, to J. F. Ward, John s..
Thompson and John Haley, 25 wears,
commencing at First and Los Angeles,
along First to Spring, to Seventh, to
Charity, to Washington.
October II, 1875, to G. E. Beane and
J. S. Crawford, for twenty years, COM
mencing at Main and Washington, along
Main to Jefferson, to Figueroa, to city
limits.
November 2, 1876, to Spring and Sixth
Street Railroad Company, modification
OF line from Sixth and Figueroa to Hill,
on Hill to Fourth, to Fort, to First, to
Spring, to Main, Upper Main, to corner
of Ann and San Fernando, to Los An
geles Infrmary.
January II, 1877, to J. w. Potts, H. j.
Grow, Thos. A. Carey I. A. Weld and
Il. Beaudry, for twenty-five years, single
line OF track, commencing at Spring and
Main street junction, along Temple to
city limits.
February 1, 1877, to Los Angeles and
Also Avenue Street Railroad Company,
twenty-five years, single track, horse or
mules, from Main and Arcadia, along
Main to junction of Main and Spring.
December, 1877, to J. g. Griffin, re.
pealing franchise to 1. W. Hellman and
to John S. Griffin, commencing on Main
near Commercial street, thence along
Main to Olvera, to Macy, to Alameda, to
San Fernando, to Downey avenue, to
Gates street, East Los Angeles.
September 8, 1882, to I. w. Hellman
for thirty years, from San Fernando
street, near Ann, to Virgin street, to
New High, to Marchessault, to Plaza.
along Main to First, TO Spring, to Fifth,
to Olive, to Twelfth, to Pearl, to Wash
ingtnn street, horses or mules.
May 26, 1888, amended 80 as to run
as Tar north as the corner of San Fer
nando and Sotello streets.
July 16, 1883, to East Los Angeles
and Main street Railroad Company, to
November 4, 1907, from Spring and Sixth
street line northerly terminus to the Up
per Main street junction with Alameda.
September l, 1883, to I. w. Hellmap,
for thirty years, from Figueroa and
Washington. to Twelfth, to Olive, to
Fifth to Spring, to First to Main, to Mar
chessault, to New High to Short, to
Buena Vista to College, to Upper Main
to San Fernando, to Soteilo.
November II, 1888, to Central Rail-
road Company, twenty years, from Also
avenue and Chicago, along Also venue
to Evergreen Cemetery
December 8, 1883, to Central Railroad
Company, for twenty years, over same
route as above, and extending same to
eastern city limits.
December 8, 1888, to 1. w. Hellman,
for twenty nine years, from Sotello street,
along Chavez, to Chestnut, to Hoff, to
DAILY, to Downey avenue.
January IA, 1884, Central Railroad
Company, twenty years, one line, fiat
rails, horses or mules, Main and First,
on First to Vignes, to Lazard, to Center,
to Also, transfer with W. II. Workman,
A. H. Judson, Los Angeles and Also
Avenue and Central Railroad Com
pany.
January 28, 1884, to N. W. Stowell