Los Angeles daily herald., 1889-03-22

10 Belmont avenue, and connects with
the Cahuenga Vallev Railroad to Holv-
wood and the foot hills. The company is
three cars, but preparations
are being made to put in other switches
and they will add two new
trains or cars which will give SER
vice every five minutes. The
is located at Second and
Figueroa streets and is equipped with a
100-horse power engine and two boilers.
is given to thirty men.
The Directors of the road are prominent
men of the city, composed of James
A. l.. Hall, d. w. Field, A.
H. Field, l. X. Polk and Edgar l..
Swaine, Superintendent.
CAHuENGA VALLEY RAIL WAY COMPANY.
This line runs from Diamond street and
Belmont avenue to Hollywood, connect
ing with the Second Street Gable Rail
road, wi h which arrangements have
been made to carry passengers between
Spring street and the city line for five
cents, which is bound TO be big factor
in the building up Of property in that
beautiful section of the city. This road
is seven miles in length, and is equipped
with two dummy engines and four cars.
This road passes through the finest coun-
try in Southern California, along the foot
hills to Cahuenga valley, favorite route
to the sight-seers and visitors to our city.
LOS ANGELES CABLE RAILWAY co,
This company has a capital stock OF
$500, ,000 and they own and operate
twenty-seven miles of horse railway, and
have twelve miles of cable railway under
construction and fifteen miles or more
contemplated. They have three power
houses nearing completion, each fur
nished with engines of 900 horse power,
located as follows One at Grand avenue
and Seventh street, one at Downey avenue
and Wilton, and another at Chicago and
Boyle Heights. This company subscribed
$40 600 toward the payment of the Dow
ney avenue and First street bridge and
viaducts erected under contract from the
city by the California Bridge Company,
one Of their cable lines having right-of
way. They operate five distinct trunk
lines, the Ninth street and Downey ave-
nue. line, Washington street and Temple
Block line, Olive street and Downey ave-
nue. bridge line, Kuhrts street and Plaza
line, and Boyle Heights and Arcadia
street line, on Buena Vista and DAILY
streets. The company issue bonds bear
ing six per cent. interest, that command
a ready sale at a considerable premium.
The officers are: G. B. Holmes, Presi-
dent; j. G. Robinson, Vice. President
and Superintendent; John j. Akin, Sec
retary and Treasurer.
RAILROADS AND TRANSPORTATION.
Los Angeles is the terminus of four
transcontinental railroads, and the GEN.
ter of the railroad system of Southern
California. The first runs north and east
via San Francisco, Sacramento, Ogden
and Omaha to all Eastern points The
second runs via Yuma, Deming and
Kansas City to the principal Estern cities
and the Atlantic Coast. The third is the
Atlantic and Pacific Railway, connecting
at Mojave with the Southern Pacific Rail
road, and also via Barstow with the Cali
fornia Southern, and thence via that road
to this city, which brings the trade OF
Northern Arizona tributary to Los An
geles. The fourth is the "Sunset" route
TO New Orleans, with connecting lines OF
steauers to Liveapool and Havre.
THE SANTA FE RAILWAY co.
The first work of the Santa Fe Rail-
way Company-the Atchison, Topeka
and Santa Fe, more properly speaking
for Southern California was done when a
connection was made with the line OF
the Southern Pacific at Deming. The
managers OF this company have always
been noted for the far-reaching enter
prise and the aggressive policy which
they have pursued. They foresaw the
glorious future OF Southern California
and they were quick to occupy the new
territory and to appropriate to them
selves portion of this future prosperity
Early in 1881 the managers of this COM
pany projected the California Southern
railroad, which with indomitable energy
they pushed north from San Diego, seal
ing the lofty Sierra at Cajon Pass, and
passing on out into the desert at
Barstow, making a line 2106 miles in
length. For long time, however. the
road had its terminus at San Bernsrdino.
Gradually the system was extended, the
company acquiring control of the line of
the Atlantic and Pacific, from Needles to
Moiave, 240 miles in length, and the
Santa Fe has now in Southern California
system which controls rich section OF
country and which is being constantly
extended. This system is embraced for
the most part in the California
Central Railway, divided into the
following divisions: San Bernardino and
Los Angeles division, 59.04 miles in
length; Riverside. Santa Ana and Los
Angeles division, from Riverside to Los
Angeles via Santa Ana to junction with |
the California Southern at q point two
miles north of Oceanside, 4S miles San |
Diego Central division, from a junction |
with the California Southern, near Ocean
side, to San Diego via Escondido and Ell |
Cajon, " miles; San Bernardino Valley |
division, from San Bernardino to Men
tone, 1l.9 miles; San Jacinto Valley
division, from Perris to San Jacinto, 10 |
miles; Los Angeles and Santa Monica
division, from Los Angeles to Ballona.
l5.l miles. This gives a grand total OF
8l3.6 miles now being operated by this
company in various parts of Southern
California. with contemplated increase
in mileage, which will place tie Santa
Fe in the very front rank. The company
has always worked in the interest of the
country which it passes through, and
in the case of Southern California it has
done much in the East to build up this
section of the country.
MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES.
1t is no secret that Los Angeles is at
tracting to-day capital from every section
Of the globe. AS q matter of fact, the
city of Los Angeles offers as good induce.
ments to all branches of trade and manu-.
factures of every description than almost