Los Angeles herald., 1906-12-12
HUNTINGTON AND HARRIMAN

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Henry f. Huntington is reported to
hovc declared I'm a New York inter-
view that there Is not the slightest
truth i'm the rumors of his retirement
from the Los Angeles electric railway
field. nor of merger between his in
terests and those Of f. II. Hartman.
He also adds that he and Hartman
are on friendly terms, socially and in
business, and that there will be no
personal rivalry.
| This being true Los Angeles will be
still more gratifed over the gigantic
rlans of improvement Of the Los An
geles suburban electric system by Mr..
points only to one purpose-namely,
the rapid upbuilding and development
Of the whole of Southern California.
The construction of subways In or
der to reduce the running time of cars
to the beaches; the erection of a
81 100000 office building and passen-
ger station on Hill street; the expen-
diture of s5,OOO,OOO in the four-tra clSing
of the roads and the possibility of a
breakwater at Port Los Angeles-alto-
gether constitute one of the greatest
investments ever planned for this city
by a single interest.
And Mr.. Hartman will do all this
Just as rapidly as men and money can
accomplish It. He has already in
vested $2,OO0,OOO in Hill street prop
erty and his other plans were assur-
edly ready, or else no announcement
of them would have been made.
at seems like dream" says Rob-
ert Marsh, and yet Mr.. Marsh knows
by splendid experience that we don't
dream things in this city-or if we
do, we always make the dreams come
true.
The results of the Hartman invest
ments will, within the next five years,
realize the oft-pictured project of
Los Angeles from the mountains to
the sea-" 1t has been in rapid process
of realization by the ordinary method
of absorption, but now it will be real
ized by leaps and bounds. Eastern
ers have sometimes smiled at the
nerve OF Los Angeles in the laying
out and Improvement of tracts miles
outside the city limits, but they don't
know Los Angeles. Those who smiled
two years ago would be astounded to-
day to find all the tracts of that period
occupied and more tracts, much far
ther away, improved and on sale.
Every acre of ground between Los An
geles and the sea and every acre of
ground between Los Angeles and the
mountains is worth much more money
today than it was worth last week and
year hence it will be far more valu-
able Tine city is spreading out like
giant octopus, its arms reaching in
every direction.
For while Mr.. Hartman is develop
ing the western and northern sections
of the city Mr.. Huntington is making
large investments in the eastern and
southern sections of the city, where
recently large tracts of land have
passed into the possession of his
agents.
There is plenty of room in Southern
California for both Hartman and
Huntington and plenty of opportunity
and need for the great capital which
these two financiers are investing upon
such colossal lines. Mr.. Huntington's
favorite description of Los Angeles
has always been that it is destined to
be the playground of the world" But
it will be more than that. 1t will
also be a work-ground whereon mil
lions of people will employ themselves
amid the rare natural beauty and
comfort of the finest climate on earth