Los Angeles herald., 1906-07-27
FOOTH|LL ROAD
WILL Be MARKED
COUNTY HIGHWAY C0MMIS-
SION PLANS WORK
Pasadena VIII Possess the Finest
Portion Of the Picturesque
Foothlll Boulevard
Shortly
Pasadena Agency,
i6ih East Colorado Street
Telephone Main 7b2.

PASADENA, July 26.--At last the
county highways commission is to get
busy.
The milestones for the Foothill boule-
ward will be put In place along this
important highway within the next
week or ten days and they will be
followed speedily by the projected sign
boards, so long ago recommended to.the
county supervisors.
The milestones were ready for use
fully six months ago, but work on them
has been delayed until now. c. A. Day
of this city, who Is a member of this
commission and who is an enthusiast
for the work undertaken by the COM
mission, states that from now on there
will be things doing along the main
travelled roads of this county.
The Foothill boulevard, which 1t is
expected to line with milestones and
signboards at once, will be one of the
most picturesque and ultimately one of
the most popular of the county's high
ways, following, as it's name indicates,
the foothills of this county and at the
county lines connecting with similar
roads in adjoining counties.
Starting from the court house at Los
Angeles the boulevard runs out Buena
Vista street and Pasadena avenue, en-
tering Pasadena by South Orange Grove
avenue, turning on and leaving the city
I ONCl (OtOIduO SlIccls lle IIldJOT DOTIlOIl
of which it is now proposed to turn
into spacious and beautiful boule-
ward.
Double Shade Trees
1t will have a double row of shade
trees in the center and wide parkings
on either side, then continuing out
Sierra Madre way to Arcadia and Azusa
to Claremont and connection with the
similar road system in San Bernardino
county.
The highways commission expects to
put up nearly hundred metallic signs.
one at each turn or crossroad, telling
the distance and direction from Los An
geles, the distance and direction to
other towns along the road
With Los Angeles as hub the sys-
tenn of main roads is to be organized
and systemitized until it shall be with
out superior In the whole country
1t is expected, of coufse, that in time
all of these principal roads will be
macadamized as well, when their value
and Importance to the community cam
not be estimated. Among these several
highways, known to the commission as
forming the main road system of the
county, are Ell Canine Real, the Foot
hill boulevard, the Los Angeles-San-
Fernando road, the Los Angeles Ell
Monte, or Los Angeles-Pomona, road,
leaving Los Angeles by the way of Eas
Lake park, the Orange county and San
Diego road, by the way of Downey,
and the Los Angeles Whittier road. On
the last four roads the milestones are
already in position, the others will soon
follow
Grown City Notes
The health camp to be opened soon
on the Linda Vista road will be incor-
porated at once. Mrs. Francis Ferris
has beer chosen to have charge of the
camp. Subscriptions are still coming in.
Throop Institute has decided to pur-
chase the Emma Fordyce property In
the rear of Throop hall in order to ex-
tend the accommodations of the hall.
One-tenth of an inch of rain fell last
night, to the amazement of the Oldest
resident. The manner in which citi-
zens hurried from their sleeping rooms
TO carry in rugs and other articles
which the falling rain might njure was
appreciated by none so much as those
who recently come from the east where
such things are common.
Mayor Waterhouse caused the Getty
limit signs on Colorado street to be
removed today and set at the new city
line. The change was accompanied by
formal notice to the Pacific Electric
company of the annexation of the new
territory and a demand that the five
cent fare be granted in the new ter
ritory.