The herald., 1895-03-24
CAhUENGA VALLEY
The Prospect Of the Electric Road extension
Notes

The Prospect Of the Electric Road extension
COLEGROVE, March 23.-This valley
presents very attractive appearance.
The fields of barley and oats of richest
green form an ideal setting for the clean
kept orchards. In a few years, when all
is orchard and Improvements. these
beautiful soft green fields will be sadly
missed. Not many years ago the Ca
huenga valley was sheep pasture, and a
very good one too. Then came the farm
er with his crops of wheat and barley.
AS the population increased and the hold
ings became smaller the principal crops
winter vegetables. Within the past few
years the vegetable gardens and hay
fields have been seriously encroched upon
by the horticulturist, and he has come to
stay; that is, until crowded out by the
suburban resident, which latter individ
ual is already wedging his way in.
1t is said that an electric railway is a sure
thing this time, and that the rolling
stock and machinery have been already
contracted for. The old track of the Los
Angeles and Pacific railroad will be used,
but as the old road is of standard gauge,
the rails will have to be placed nearer to-
gether to match the gauge of the electric
roads in Los Angeles, so that the cars OF
this line can run right down into Spring
street, over the Consolidated company S
tracks. There is contract granting that
privilege. Not content with the more or
less limited right of way Of the Los An
geles and Pacific, the projectors of the
new company have asked and secured
from the property owners along the line
right of way one hundred feet in width,
with an agreement on the part of the lat
IN ,Iop1 eel,< 4 Al
electrlc road will run along a grand
boulevard all the way from the city to
the ocean.
great many new lemon orchards are
being set out this spring. The orchards
planted last year and two years ago are
doing slendidly.
Victor Pernot is planting five acres to
Lemons lem. ms on the foothill road half mile
east OF the postoffice. AS soon as he gets
his orchard planted he will build fine
house there. His land is in the Weld
tract, were there are now about forty or
nfty acres OF lemons as fine as any in the
valley. But short time ago this dark,
rich, loamy soil was considered, even by
many people in this valley, as suitable
tor barley only. y probably for no better
reason than that it did produce such pro-
digious crops of grain and hay.
Mrs. Watson is building and otherwise
improving her place on Vine street. near
the postoffice.
Mr.. G. F. Harper is laying an eight
inch water pipe along the boulevard in
place OF the two-inch pipe laid last year.
Mr.. Harper has developed such quan-
tity of water IN Laurel Canyon and the
improvement of the valley has been SC
rapid that this change has become neces
sary.
The Cahuenga brass band practices al
the Pass school house every few evenings.
The members OF the band may be readily
distinguished from ordinary residents by
their puckered mouths, puffed cheeks
and bulging eyes. 1t is whispered thai
there is discord in the band and those
who have heard them play have suspected
for some time that things were not en-.
tirely harmonious. Joking aside, they
are making great headway, and vii
soon burst upon the outside world in al
their glory.