Los Angeles herald., 1907-10-13
WILL MAKE
FAST RUN
WILTSHIRE BOULEVARD BROUGHT
NEARER TO CITY
OUTLYING SECTIONS GAIN IN
POPULARITY
Hartman Llne VII Bring Passengers
from Western Avenue to Fourth
and Hill Streets In Five
Minutes

One of the most important factors in
the rapid development which is taking
place in the Wiltshire boulevard district
and more especially in that portion of this
district which lies on the high plateau
west of Normandie, Is the splendid street
car facilities which are now afforded resi-
dents of this district. The new west
Sixth street line of the Los Angeles Rail-
way company, which runs out Broadway
and Seventh street to Alvarado, thence
over to Sixth street and directly out
Sixth street to Gramercy place. where
1T turns north to Fourth street, was
placed in operation April 10 last being the
first car line to give service to this seq
ton. Cars on this line are operated on a
six-minute schedule, and passenger Is
brought from Fourth street and Gram
ercy place to Seventh street and Broad
way in eighteen to twenty minutes. This
line Is now being extended out Fourth
street thence west to Colegrove and to-
ward Hollywood
The West Sixth street car line of the
Interurban Railway company runs direct
ly out Sixth street to Berendo street This
is standard gauge line and the rails to
carry these cars have already been laid
to Fourth and Gramercy following the
same line of the Los Angeles Railway
company's West Sixth street car.
The new extension of the Los Angeles
Railway company's Bimini bath line.
which will extend from Bimini baths
directly west to Fourth street and
Western avenue, where it will turn north
through the center of Holmes-Walton
company's Westminster Terrace tract is
now being built as rapidly as large force
of men can push the work. The railway
company now has the poles on the
ground to Western avenue; the ties and
the steel of the double track are laid as
far as Fourth and New Hampshire, the
ties and rails of one of the double tracks
being down as far as Normandie aud
the grading completedAnearly to Western.
At the rate work is now progressing this
line should be completed and in opera
ton within sixty days.
Aside from these three lines, which will
give the Wiltshire boulevard district an
unexcelled service, the Los Angeles-Pa-
cific Railway company Chairman sys-
tend has three rights Of way extending
from the mouth of the subway at ver-
mont avenue, between Fourth and Fifth
streets, one line running in south
westerly direction, crossing under Will
shire boulevard near Kenmore avenue
and running thence in direct line to Ivy
station on the present line to Ocean Park.
another branch leaves the mouth Of the
subway and goes directly west on Fifth
street to a point about two miles west of
Western avenue, while the third leaves
the subway and turns north to where it
connects with the right of way of tho
old steam line at Vermont avenue and
First street, runs thence west to Western
avenue, where 1t turns north toward Holly
wood. The railway company expects when
1t gets the subway and this line in
operation that it will run trains from
Western avenue to Fourth and Hill streets
in five minutes. bringing the Wiltshire
boulevard district closer to the heart Of
the city in point of time than any other
residence portion of the city of Los An-
geles.