Los Angeles herald., 1905-11-30
PLAN BIG SYSTEM
IN BOYLE HEIGHTS
RAILWAY COMPANY EXTENDS
ITS LINES
Real Estate Firms Unite for Common
Cause and Mr.. Huntington
Enters Into the
Project

When the new car lines across the
river, on which the Huntington inter-
ests are under contract to begin con-
struction by the first OF the year are
completed, Boyle Heights will have one
of the most complete electric systems
of any part of the city.
Several enterprising real estate firms.
who deal largely in Boyle Heights
property, recently dubbed together
and by guaranteeing u good sized
bonus, induced the Huntington COM
panies to build several new lines and
extensions of old ones aud connect UP
the street car lines in that part of the
city that now practically end nowhere.
When the plan was first oroached, IL.
u. Huntington spent some time in
looking over the ground and the plan
appealed to him so strongly, that he
not only readily believed that the new
car lines would open up Boyle Heights,
but was SO thoroughly convin ced of the
fact that he invested money in Boyle
Heights property and bought tract
containing 1900 acres which he will cut
UP into lots and place them on the
market as soon as the car lines are
completed.
The Stephenson avenue line, which
will run out from the business portion
of the city on Seventh street across
the new bridge to be built over the ar
royo on that street, is one of the most
important of the new car lines for
Boyle Heights. That the Huntington
company really means business is
proved by the fact that although they
are not compelled to do anything to-
ward the construction of this line be-
fore January /, they have already gone
so far as to set a large number of the
necessary trolley poles.
On Stephenson Avenue
This line will traverse Stephenson
avenue as far east as the Catholic
cemetery and will be the most import
ant factor in connecting up the aim
less, wandering electric lines in that
part of the city An extension will be
built to the line on First street that
Will run through the Highland villa
tract and Mr.. Huntington's new tract.
Work on this line will begin at once.
An extension from the First street line
has already been built on Indiana
street and this will connect with the
line on Stephenson avenue. The car
line OH Euclid avenue will Join with
the one on Stephenson and in this way
Hollenbeck park. to which an extension
from First street has already been
built, can be reached by a system of
transfers. All of these lines will car
ry passengers to the furthest terminus
for five cent fare
There is a rumor, also, that the Sew
enth street franchise may be made
available, connecting with Stephenson
avenue at the orphan asylum.
From all that could be ascertained
yesterday the purpose of Mr.. Hunting
ton is to so connect the Boyle Heights
lines that they will traverse all of tha (
delightful section Of the city, the east.
ern terminus being the cemeteries that
lie nearly one mile beyond the city lin
its. The early completion of the
Stephenson avenue line will doubtless
give increased impetus to home i'm
provements south Of that thoroughfare
and result in opening up the Hostetter
tract on Hollenbeck avenue. Already a
number OF new tracts are being opened
up eastward of Euclid and it is ex-
pected that Nh. Huntington will put
his own 1900 acres on the market.
property owners in Boyle Heights are
Jupilant over the new car lines. A COM
plete system is something that they
have been asking for for a number of
years but until recently the street car
companies could not see that it would
pay 70 eXpend a great sum of money
IN building the lines. Within the last
year or TWO, real estate men declare.
Boyle Heights has awakened to a tull
realization of its possibilities ami the
.rehd OF real estate speculation has
peen largely in this direction. Builders
declare that homes are being erected
IN that part of the city i'm greater num-
bers than any other one section, and
assert that Boyle Heights is The COM
ing residence district of the cit,