Los Angeles herald., 1906-07-24
BOYLE HEIGHTS
GETS NEW LINE
COUNCIL SELLS STREET CAR
FRANCHISE
Construction Of Road From Seventh
and Broadway to City Limits at
Indiana Street to Begin
Immediately

The East Seventh street francise,
which provides for the construction Of
street railway from Seventh and
Broadway to the city limits at Indiana
avenue, was granted by the city council
yesterday to M. Welch on bid Of $1,000.
The granting of the East Seventh
street franchise will be of tremendous
interest to all residents i'm the eastern
part of the city, as when the railway
has been completed 1T will make two
through lines to the city.
Henry r. Huntington, it is said, has
agreed to purchase the franchise at
once from Mr.. Welch. and it is the in
tention of the owner Of the franchise
to build Immediately from Seventh and
Broadway to Boyle avenue.
Already Huntington has the fran
chise for a railroad from Seventh street
north on Boyle avenue to Stephenson
avenue and two lines running from First
street covering Stephenson avenue
from Boyle avenue and Indiana avenue,
the latter the city limits.
With the building of the new line for
which the franchise was sold yesterday
afternoon to M. Welch, who will in
turn dispose of it at once to Hunting
ton, through line will be running from
Indiana avenue down Stephenson ave-
nue. to Seventh and Broadway.
Huntington has long owned the fran
chise for two blocks from Seventh
street north on Boyle to Stephenson.
With this and the new line completed
the announcement has been made that
the residents of the eastern part of Los
Angeles will get twelve-m minute serv-
ice from the city limits at Indiana
avenue to Seventh and Broadway.
Along HoIIenbeck Avenue
1t is the present purpose of the own
rNE Il
they can construct the line to Boyle
avenue and make the Stephenson ave-
nue. connection, to proceed at once to
the completion of the line south on
Boyle and thence east on .Hollenbeck
avenue to the city limits, and it is
thought the entire road will be in oper-
alton within twelve months. This will
open up some of the beauty spots of
Los Angeles, particularly the broad
acres known as the Hostetters tract,
and will send values upward all along
Hollenbeck avenue, where cottages had
already begun to appear.
Property Values Increase
Since the question of the Seventh
street franchise came UP and /. be-
came apparent it would be only a
question of time until it was granted
property has increa sed in value, espe-
cially in Euclid Heights. A few weeks
ago property valued at $500 and $1,000
per lot has been raised $500 and more.
That Boyle and Euclid Heights are
destined to become one of the most de-
sirable residence districts of the city is
assured by the granting of the East
Seventh street franchise yesterday
Within the past year many of the most
beautiful home sites in the city have
been located in that section, and with
the new line under construction it is
predicted that property values in the
heights from now on will advance
rapidly.
Many of the heavier property owners
in Boyle Heights have notified their
agents within the past two weeks to
materially advance the price of lots.
The building of the new road not only
will affect Boyle Heights but it will
materially increase the value of prop
erty in the vicinity of Seventh street
and Broadway, which are regarded
by many as the coming heart of the
city. In the latter district the agitation
attendant upon the East Seventh street
franchise question gave property values
there decided impetus.