Los Angeles daily herald., 1889-05-11
A BIG SCHEME.
What the Franchise From
Altadena Means.
A NEW NORTHERN ROAD.
Connections to be Made With Tide
water Through the Rose
Grams Line.

The members of the Redondo Beach
Company are determined to make things
lively there during the next few months.
They are hard at work on their Rose
Grams Extension to the sea, and are
making arrangements for narrow
gaueing the section of beach tracks that
they have recently acquired from the
Santa Fe on the water front at Redondo.
1t will be remembered that last week
they obtained a franchise to bring their
Rosecrans road up to Ninth street and
Vermont avenue, and on the same day a
franchise was obtained from the Super
visors for permission to run rail-
road and telegraph lines from
Altadena to the northern end
of the county. This latter franchise was
not obtained in the name of the company,
but for Captain E. W. Blasdel, Captain
Geo. Aipsworth and Mr.. S. O. Brown,
virtually meaning the same thing. A
the last day or two endeavoring to dis
applied for, and has secured the follow
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mont avenue line is to be extended to a
connection with the Monrovia Rapid
Transit Road at this end, and applica-
ton for the necessary franchise is to be
made in few days. Now
that the Rapid Transit is building
into Pasadena, where the Altadena road
starts from, and the necessary connec-
flows ooull osIvy lo
dena to Altadena railroad is already in
operation, and then starts in the line sur
veyed and to be built by Messrs. Aims
worth, Blasdel and Brown. 1t will run
as follows:
Commencing at point near the town
of Altadena, and following the course of
the westerly side of the Arroyo Seco;
thence crossing the divide between the
Arroyo Seco and the Tejunga canon by
means of tunnel, $40 feet long; thence
along the southeasterly side OF the
Tejunga to the falls, point 160 feet
above the Tejunga; thence crossing the
Tejunga and skirting the southeasterly
slope of the main range, to a point one
half mile west of the Tejunga mills;
thence following the direction of the
northwest fork of the Tejurga, near it's
source; thence by means of tunnel,
l, 4S0 feet long, Through the summit OF the
main divide, to the head of Dump cailon !;
thence along the easterly slope of Dump
canon; thence crossing Also caiion to
Tie Camp, and along the easterly slope
OF Also canon to its junction with Sole
dad canon; thence in a north.north
easterly direction to the north boundary
line of Los Angeles county.
The road will run up the east fork of
the Soledad canon, and where it opens
into the east side of Antelope valley it
will be about twelve miles east of Alpine,
on the line of the Southern Pacific rail-
road. After crossing the northern county
line it will run to point to which sur.
veys have already been made by one of
the Salt Lake and Los Angeles roads.
The inference can easily be drawn. The
Redondo people have evidently made
arrangements with one of the roads
and will find for them not only an
entrance to this city. but what is as
urgently needed passage,way to tide
incorporated, it was announced that
wharves, ETC., were to be constructed,
and, as Pacific terminal point, it I'M
Undoubtedly udb Iuduy dOfautdSCo'
From Salt Lake, through the rich mineral
districts OF Southern Utah, Nevada and
Eastern California the road would swing
through the Tejungs route, Altadena,
Los Angeles, Rosecrsns and to the sea.
Specimens of the coal and iron
on the line of the proposed road
have been brought to town and
are pronounced marvellously rich
and, in addition to these, enormous tim
Der sections would be opened up. The
advantages of these to Los Angeles have
often been pointed out, as the mineral
would be shipped in here, and this city
would certainly be the commercial
entrep6t.
Work is already under way on the
ocean end of the line, and it will doubt
less be commenced from Altadena north
at an early date; for, in the application
for the franchise to the Supervisors, the
petitioners said:
"We also ask prompt consideration OF
the petition, as it is proposed, upon OBJ
tanning such consent, to proceed immedi-
ately to build the road"
The franchise was granted for term
of thirty years, on conditions that work
to be commenced with six months from
May 9TH, and completed within two
years from that date.
PURLIC WORKS.