The herald., 1895-08-19
STREET RAILWAY FACILITIES
Los Angeles the Banner City of
the World
THE CONSOLIDATED SYSTEM
Quick and Comfortable Communication
With All Sections
Electricity and Cable Are the Motive Powers.
The New Electric System Just Ap- 's
preaching Completion Fine One

While the Los Angeles street railway
system is conceded to be one OF the best
in the United States, the indications
now are that within the next year or two
it will be SO much improved as to place
it far in advance of any city of a similar
class in the world. The initatory step
in this direction was taken Satur day,
when the bondhoders acquired owner
ship of the Consolidated Electric railroad
and cable lines, and as soon as the deed
is delivered to the property the ork of
Improvement will begin.
In this connection brief statement Of
the street railway facilities as they exist
at present will be Of interest, not only to
the citizens OF Los Angeles. many of
whom do not appreciate the advantages
they enjoy. but to the hundreds and
thousands of people in the east who may
% contemplating change and are on
the lookout for information as to the best
place to settle. To begin,it may be statei
that Los Angeles is one of the largest
townsites in the United States being six
miles square, or covering an era of thir.
ty-six square miles; but Notwithstanding
this large territory, SO admirably are the
any section can bo reached with not to
exceed ten minutes walk. Not only this,
but there is half-hourly servics TO Pas
adena. nine miles distans while the
University has six-minute service. Be-
Sides the transfer system is very liberal,
and almost any section of the city can be
reached on the payment Of but one fare.
The main system is, of course, the con.
soidated electric lines. These include
the Grand avenue cable line. from the
southern city limits. commencing at
Grand avenue and Jefferson stree: and
running thence by Grand avenue, Seventh
street, Broadway, First, Spring, San Fer
nando streets ana Downey avenue to the
northeastern city limits. The Boyle
Heights cable road crosses the city from
east TO west from the cemetery on Boyle
Heights to Westlake park, by way of First
street, Broadway and Seventh street.
Then comes the main electric line, rum
ming from the University, southwest Of
the city, to Daley street, East Los An.
geles, where connection is m ade with the
Pasadena electric line. The Pasadena
line it should also be stated, runs over
the tracks of the Consolidated company
to Spring and First streets. Then ther Q
| is the Fourth street line to the Arcade
| depot. and the Second street line to the
hill district and Westlake park; also to
| the Santa Fe depot. The Central avenue
and Maple avenue lines, running south
and east. i've ready communication with
the section of the city east OF Main
street, while the Washington and Pico
street lines run westward as far as Rose
dale cemetery.
The Main Street and Agricultural Park
H. l. Sea- -. <
minute service, and while it makes but
a poor showing by the side of the electric
and cable roads, 1t is good property.
This line, it is said. will soon be electri-
cized. 1t runs from Main and Spring
streets junction out Main to Jefferson,
thence to Wesley avenue, thence to Ag-
| ricultural park, beyond the city limits.
There is also horse line on Ninth and
Pearl streets, which will soon be electri-
cized and short horse line on Mateo
street. The kuhrts street line has been
| recently electricized and affords easy
communication with the Eastsids park.
In addition to these lines there is the
Temple street cable, splendidly equip
| ped road giving II five minute service to
| the northwestern hill section, and con-
Meeting with the Hollywood dummy line.
All of the above lines are in active
| operation, and it would seem that the
| facilities we're ample for many years to
come. This, however, is not the casee ia
| the opinion of eastern capitalists VINO
have cast their lot in Los Angeles for an
other electric system is just about COM
pleted which is a model of its kind and
will be one of the best equipped and up.
| to date roads in tho world. This road,
generally known as the Storrs road, from
| tho fact that NJ. Storrs engineered stbe
| franchise through, is owned by Messrs.
Hook, seveal times millionaires, and
| largely interested in street railways in
the east. The road bed is the best ever
| laid down in the state, the iron being reg.
| ulation 60.pound rails, laid on regular
| railroad ties, and the whole thoroughly
| ballasted. The cars are of the latest pat.
tern, and all of the appliances are of the
best. striking feature of this railroad
| is that it is being constructed on a
strictly cash basis, the Messrs Hook pay
ing their bills as they CO. asking no ia
vors. This road runs from the Santa
| Fe depot to the southwestern city limits
by way OF Third, Hill, Eighth, Georgia
Bell, Sixteenth and Bush streets. Several
extensions are projected, one of which
| is out Eighth street to Wcstlake park.
When all of these lines are in operation
| it will be conceded that Los Angeles is
the banner city oi the world, so far as
street railway facilities are concerned.
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