Los Angeles herald., 1905-09-03
was built and has become one of the
leading trunk lines Of the country.
Los ANGELEs-PAcIEIc RAILROAD


For the purposes of business and the
convenience and pleasures of rapid
transit no city or section OF counIly ~
America can surpass the InteI r,raIa. VI Has
electric system with which Los Angeles
and the neighboring towns nave pSen pSieil
provided by the Los Angeles 9acllic
Railroad company. This splendld sysr
TEN, running centrally through tne CITY
and encompassing it's western SUBURBAN
tracts by an eliptical belt reaching 70
the town of Sherman. affords three ui5
rect lines to all towns o. c,fie ctIies beachi %
The Los Angeles Pacific railroad Is
an outgrowth of the original electric
street railway system, ana nao iIs ia,, ~
of the system in all its eXcelleeiht de its
tails is of recent date. Primarily lts ltS
promotion and building We're restrlcIeIi
to two individuals, and OF these' am IN
the enterprise, credit is due to En r;
Clark as the head and front, ana SUI SUI
the controlling power. Mp: CiSi CisIF en1
, educated In the public schools ana az az
Grinneli college that state. In 1919
he removed to Arizona, and tne IoiloW IVA
ing year found him merchanaiizl9S. naS%yice dme
holding different important positions
of honor and trust In that terrltoTy,
Coming to Los Angeles IN 1921, If ug
Sherman, in the Inauguration OF tne
present street railway system re
these two men belongs the creulL oi
having given to Los Angeles, arI anu eiac-
trio railway. Even at that compare
lively early date, when Los AngeleS don n
was a city of not more than 4O.Uuo peor
pie, these men, in the. face OF much
hostile criticism, as we'll as active OPP
position, pushed ahead, manifesting
faith in the future greatness or Los
Angeles, extending their city ,,,n1ts ,rHes iH
In 1895 they disposed OF their inter-
ests in the local street railway INES,
at present known as the Huntingt: ton TO-,
lines-and devoted their energies TO IN
terurban lines first building and equip
ping the Pasadena road:
In 1896 Mr.. Clark took the first steps
for an ELECTRIC line to santa NC Mohdia oid
steam railroad known as the Los An
geles & Pacific railroad, and even IN
opposition to the Judgment and wisnes
Of his partner, Gen. Sherman, succeed
ed in convincing him that 1t was
wise venture, out of which has now
grown the famous Balloon route, tne
ering the entire section of the county
west of Los Angeles, from Hollywood
to Santa Monica canon, furnlSnlns
transportation to Santa Monica, ocean
Park Venice, Playa del Rey, Manhat-
tan, Hermosa and Redondo, and com
prising upward of $50 miles of as rlne
double-track electric railroad as can pc
found anywhere in the United Statees'
Ties bevond present calculation in the
future development of this and all the
neighboring towns and cities on the
coast and in this development is TO pc
taken into account all the rlch anu
beautiful stretches where now mere lS
a charming panorama OF f1elds anu
gardens of fruits and flowers along
the several routes leading to the sea;
Already the benefits that nave accrueu
to the cities and the intervening coun
try are maniform and manifold. IoWns
xry1,ar
of the company were built the places
displayed only barley fields and shirt
ing sand dunes Now all the country IS
awakening with the slghts anG rod,icts sWTmfs
of the barren wastes now made fruitful
are to be seen in the markets OF the
cities, and while new towns ana SET
Elements are springing into existence
the older towns are growing into cltlses,
and the cities are growing rapidly
larger, Los Angeles. as a ieadlng tin eo eor
miles along the courses of these rail-
The lines of this company form far
more important railway system than can
irving at and leaving Los Angeles eacn
day. From a single-track line OF
eighteen miles in 1896 the Los AngeIes-
Pacific railroad has grown to double
track system with total of $50 miles
of electric road, of which about ten
miles are in Los Angeles city.
connexions are Hdue DIT LOS <AAS
with railroads diverging at Sawtelle
with the Southern Pacific company, psI1a al
Inglewood with the Santa Fe railroad,
at Hollywood with daily stage for To-
luca, and at Redondo with the l.. A. q
r. Ry. and with steamers for san Fran
cisco and coast points. -
In addition to numerous intermediate
points, the company's service reaches
Hollywood, Colegrove, Sherman. Saw
telle, National Soldiers home, Santa
Monica, Ocean Park, Venice. Playa del
Rey, Manhattan Beach. Hermosas and
Redondo.
Nowhere are the elements conducive
to expansion more pronounced. But
the far-sighted management have not
been slow in taking advantage of every
point of strategic Importance, SO that
any hope of commercial competition In
their territory must meet with failure:
Construction throughout is very sub
stantial. Every mile of the road covers
necessary avenue of travel, is In ac-
tuaI operation and adding its pro rata
to the general result. The peculiar
traversion of the Balloon route" rem
dered necessary by the prelocated CEN