Los Angeles herald., 1907-03-17

port of the Pacific coast and the sreyt
location in California for a seaside
home.
During the past year the inviting ter
ritory lying between Los Angeles and
Redondo along the line of the Redondo
railway by way of Inglewood and Gar
dena has developed with great rapidity.
New and attractive additions have been
subdivided and hundreds of new homes
have been erected and the suburbs
have been made to blossom as the rose
i'm every direction. The railway SER
vice has been greatly improved, and
as above stated hundreds of thousands
of dollars have been provided for still
further railway improvements to meet
the demands of the property owners
along the line Of the road and those
of the flourishing city of Redondo. Be-
sides the present superior accommoda-
tions for passengers the railway COM
pany operates special cars in great
number for the handling of freight and
express packages, providing everybody
along the line with every description of
supplies at small charges.
With that great captain of industry,
Mr.. Huntington, owner of the property,
in general charge, and with l.. T.
Garnsey, the president, in direct charge
of the operations of the railway, assist
ed by c. II. Burnett as general man
ager and w. T. Maddox as superin-
tendent the Los Angeles &c Redondo
Railroad company property has become
one of the most valuable lines for the
accommodation of the public in South
ern California. Vast interests are con-
nected with the company in Los An
geles along the line to the coast and
at Redondo. and those who own prop
I erty adjacent to the line and have
made investments in the suburbs or on
the coast will reap quick and most
gratifying returns.
To no other man or body of men is
the phenomenal advancement of Los
Angeles and Southern California due
! than to that great captain of industry.
Henry f. Huntington. There is a time
! in the affairs of cities as well as men
where the upward or downward move
means success or failure. The time had
come for Los Angeles and the cities
tributary to it to strike out on the
flood tide. It means courage and inspir-
alton. These came with the man of the
hour, Mr.. Huntingdon man whose
civic pride is most highly developed
and who is bound to further the inter-
ests of the section in which he resides
When he came to Los Angeles in the
latter part of the nineteenth century
a new and mighty era of development
was begun for this section.
A railroad man by training and in
stinct, Mr.. Huntington at once set t.
work making the transportation facili
ties of the city the precursor of tn,
proper transit lines for the metropolis
of the southwest The best was none
too good for the people whom he would
serve. With civic helpfulness anC
| commercialism combined great trans.
formation took place. Electric lines in
all directions opened up new sections
within the city limits as well as in the
great surrounding country, and his life
work. that of assisting in making Los
Angeles the largest and most import
ant city on the Pacific coast, will moi
be complete until his achievement has
been accomplished.
Mr.. Huntington's work has been OF
inestimable value. AS a citizen and
business man he has not only the re-
spect of his thousands of employees, but
of the entire community. who wish
him continued health and prosperity
for to him indeed does Los Angeles and
Southern California owe | deep debt
of gratitude. which it will require q
lifetime for the present generation tc
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