Los Angeles herald., 1906-04-05
PLANS RAILWAY
To HOLLYWOOD
HUNTINGTON GETS RIGHT OF
WAY TO SEA
Extension of Great Electric System
to Santa Monica Seems Assured.
May Construct Line to
Santa Barbara

To Santa Monica by the way of Cole
grove, Hollywood, Sherman and Saw
telle and a line from Hollywood
through Cahuenga pass by the way of
Toluca, Burbank and Eagle Rock val
ley connecting with the Los Angeles
railway at Garvanza, thence from Bur-
bank to Santa Barbara, are the first
lines that Henry +. Huntington will
build in the coming strife of the rall
with Il. Fl. Hartman.
The tables seemed to have turned
somewhat since Hartman purchased
the Los Angeles-Pacific, apparently as
a wedge by which to enter the Los
Angeles railway, and Huntington is the
one who will take the initiative in
the struggle.
For several years Huntington has
owned a private right of way from
Los Angeles to Colegrove and Holly
wood and he can now secure the right
of way to Santa Monica for the mere
asking.
He has never built into this territory
for the reason that he gave his cousin.
General Sherman. one of the owners
of the Los Angeles acific, his word
of honor not to establish a competitive
line.
Runs Through Colegrove
But all of this is changed now. Hunt
ington's relative has sold out to Hunt
ington's competitor and Huntington
feels that he is no longer held by the
family agreement.
The new line will start from Los
Angeles as an extension of the Los
Angeles railway Bimini Baths line and
will be over private right of way from
a point directly opposite First street
and 600 feet east of Vermont avenue.
Thence north to Melrose avenue and
west on Melrose avenue into ColegroVe
and thence north on Vine street into
Hollywood.
Thence the line will run west on
Franklin, connecting with another pri-
vate right of way. In all cases the
track will be on private ground and
not in the streets but will parallel
the ones named.
From Hollywood the line will be
run through a tract purchased yester-
day by Ion l.. Clark of 100 acres which
was a part of the Small ranch. Thence
through the Hammel & Decker ranch
to Sherman and Sawtelle and through
the Westgate tract to Santa Monica.
May Go to Santa Monica
From Franklin avenue in Hollywood
Huntington has right of way to build
north through the Cahuenga pass to
Toluca and Burbank and in a south
easterly direction through the Eagle
ROCK valley 10 GarNdlId'
All of the lines will belong entirely
to Huntington and will enter Los An
geles by the way of the Los Angeles
railway, which is the only line of which
Huntington is sole owner.
Men wise in railroad affairs said
yesterday that Huntington's proposed
line to Burbank is but step toward
extension to Santa Barbara.
For "a long time the residents of
IaoH In cTn
Huntington to build there, but until
the present time he has refused, al
though he has carefully laid his plans
SO that he could make such extensions
should the time for building come. AL
ready they are dreaming about scent
fares, mile a minute service and other
luxuries.
Huntington will now be in position
to give quicker service and with the
transfers which he would give over the
city lines in Los Angeles could hurt
the business of the Los AnGeles-Pacific
a great deal.
Will Build the Tunnel
Perhaps the most direct blow that he
could strike would be the extension of
his lines to Santa Barbara. The South
ern Pacific, of which E. H. Hartman IS
president, now carries thousands of pas
sengers every year between this point
and Los angeles.
1t is understood that construction
work upon the new line will be begun
at once and the line, which is to he
broad gauge, will be completed within
few months
Nor is it to be expected that Harri-
man will be idle during this time. The
only way that he can shorten the time
between Los Angeles and Hollywood
will be to lay tracks in tunnel through
Hill street from First street north and
thus avoid the long detour by way of
Spring and Main streets and the Plaza.
He will undoubtedly use every effort
to secure the rights to construct such
a tunnel Immediately. The Los An
geles-Pacific will have to be made a
broad gauge road if it is to be COM
petitor of the road that Huntington
will build, for Huntington is known the
world over for the fine interurhan
roads that he, builds.
Will Give Franchises
In order to allow the cars that will
run over the new interurban lines to
enter Los Angeles it will be necessary
for third rail to be laid along the
routes of the Bimini baths and Garvan-
"a lines, making these lines standard
Ion L. Clark, owner of 1OO-acre
tract recently purchased from tho