The morning call., 1893-06-25
THROUGH HILLS.
The Twining Route of the
Bolinas Line.
ONE OF NATURES PARADISES.
Additional Transportation Facilities
for the Small Farms of the
County of Marin.
ONE OF NATURES PARADIsES.

''Oyer the hills to Bolinas." This is the
motto of the North Pacific Coast Railroad
Company.
For two months past Leroy G. Harvey &
Co.. purchasers of the North Pacific Coast
Railroad Company's lines in Marin County,
have been making preparations TO lay steel
rails along the crests and in the valleys OF
The Marin hills.
Yesterday the surveyors completed their
survey of the proposed road and have re-
turned home from their labors.
From Richardson's Bay the line of the
new road will shoot over the low range of
hills TO the northwest; thence turning in
and out over hill and dale to the smooth
white sands of Bolinas.
ut will be pretty ride from bay to
ocean over the new line when it is CON-
pleted," said an attendant of the survey
party. mot only will it be an advantage
TO the State in the matter of increasing
facilities for sightseeing here, but it will
prove no small factor in the improvement
of transportation conveniences in the
northern part of Marin County.
II noted during our trip That the hills
back of Sausalito and near Bolinas Bay
are filled with small but prosperous farms.
Butter, eggs and poultry are shipped from
these places to San Francisco daily, but in
many instances 1t means long, tlresome
haul TO get them to market The new
branch of the North Pacific Will tap this
rich district and enable the farmers of the
Bolinas Bay district TO bring their produce
10 this city at small expense.
II was somewhat surprised to find that
the road can be built at a comparatively
small cost. The largest items of expense
in construction will be the two tunnels,
one of 1875 feet and the other nearly half
q mile in length. The longest tunnel will
be about half way between Richardson's
Bay and Bolnas. It will have to be eX-
cavated in soft rock from all outward
visible signs.
In approaching the ocean the new road,
according to the survey, will run along or
near the beach, affOrding a grand view Of
the sea and the long stretch of beach to
the north and south.
"Bolinas beach, where it is Mr.. Harvey's
idea to build the hotel and lighthouses
you have perhaps heard him speak of. is
one of the finest bathing places on the
coast. In my opinion it far eXcels Santa
Cruz and Monterey.
Along the line Of the survey there are
some of the prettiest spots you ever set
eyes upon. We first touched at this in
terror paradise of Marin County in the
early part OF spring, when the hills were
clothed In a rich mantle of tall grasses and
blooming wild flowers. The farlng man
Zanita and ghpstlike madrone lend color
and shade 10 those sequestered spots far
from the madding crowd of dusty San
Francisco. II is there that stations will
be erected, and it is safe to predict that
many a summer resort will spring INTO
existence when the road is finished that
will rival Camp Taylor and Mill Valley.
1.-THE maximum grade to be overcome in
the construction of the line is about 2B
per cent
The course of the line is somewhat ezra
SIC. but it follows a natural conformation
Of the hills, which seem to spread their
lars for the march of progress.
Here and there the road passes through
clumps Of oak trees and occasionally a
stately redwood stands sentinel over spots
where curving tracks will soon ring with
the WhirIing wheels of pas sing trains"