El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-05-22
BEAUTIFUL AUTO
TOUR IS MAPPED
One of Finest in California,
Through Topango Can
yon, Is Open.

I
With the opening Of the Topangg;a1
! CANYON boulevard on May %, there VIII
I be made available TO the touring pup
{ lie at Los Angeles a route Dy Wnlcn
/ they may. in the space OF ABOUT lhIee
I boiirs gain an impression OF all the
! southern California This snort TOUT
] affords 4 greater variety OF scenlC
I beauty than any tour Of equal -ensLh
, in the United states or elsewhere, II -
] claimed in California, ana Inc tAeLa-u
! automobile editor can say from PEI
! sonaI experience that this is proDaoly
! Every FL Paso motorist who visits
/ lbs Angeles this year should take TINS
! trim. The Herald recommends IL as one
~ the most beautiful drives available
Z in California The Herald aulonODlIe
; editor made the tour a year ago, 0eLore
/ the state had done its Work IN -
pangO canyon. when the Io@I -
rough. narrow and dangerous, put II
/ vas the most beautiful stretch OF ROAD
! to be found in all CALIFORNIA
| Comparing the automobile roads OF
/ Los Angeles county, the Los AhssieS
I Times has picked oSt ms loII o11r
! most attractive and has mapped o, Guy
! with the aid Of the Automoolle SIuD
| Of Southern California what has Deen
] designated The Los Angeles IlInes
I Scenic Automobile Tour Nopies "
/ the map may be mad upon request at
] the Los Angeles Times main ONCE
! FIRST and Broadway. or at the Drancn
office. 619 South Spring street. OF WI
be mailed upon receipt OF a selt-ad-
/ dressed envelope.
The start.
/ Starting at First and Broadway, the
J autoist goes out -,Orth Broadway, aIler
/ a detour around the tunnel, 10 me
/ far side Of the ridge over the river,
! when the left road is taken at ie9ili
/ Pasadena avenue rms osautiAu
| boulevard is followed TO MISSION
street, where a turn is made TO the
] right go a.,
/ Cawston ostrich farm. where nun
dreds of the beautiful birds are to De
/ seen. At Orange Grove avenue the
autoist turns TO the left along Wnat
has come to be known as the most
beautiful street in the world, lining
Trbicb are the homes Of Adolphus
I Busch, jr.. Mrs Robert j. Burdette'
I John \ WHY'S and numerous others
! known in the social and financial
! circles.
Pasadena.
After a short turn on Colorado
street the business district OF fasa-
dena. Lincoln avenue is followed 20
TIE foot Of the mountains to the lovely
Leaving AItadena. the tourist strikes
the boulevard which runs along the
base of the mountains through DeFll
Gate. later striking the Nerdugo boule-
ward. Wnltn LEGhEEaea NlAE AoAAA0-Aa fIA
dugO estate NerduGO was sergeant
ir the original band OF Spanish sol
diers sent along the cost and TINS
estate was one OF the first grants OF
land made in this state.
Fertile Valley.
i At Eagle Rock avenue. the tourist
turns TO the right and follows II
through the sparkling little town OF
Glendale until he strikes the san FER
uando boulevard. which skirts the
d. errH Tsrffffrh Tnn-Nr and carries
him through Burbank and through the
fertile san Fernando valley TO san
Fernando with its ancient mission o.
historic interest and its great reela-
This mission. which is passed on
the right az the tourist continues
through san Fernando, is one Of the
oldest in California and is noted for
was claimed that mines Of immeas-
urable richness were situated on the
mission grounds, but these haze never
been disclosed
Reservoir.
A short distance beyond the mis-
sion a brief road TO the right viii
carry the autOist TO the Los Angeles
city reservoir and the great reClama-
tiOn project located near il.
The road past the mission is
beautiful boulevard lined with ranches
upon which fruits and products Of
every conceivable kind are being
grown. and leads to the thriving city
Of Van Nuys, where a turn is made to
the right along Sherman Way, through
Marian TO OwensmOuth. another OF the
famous and lusty young cities OF the
san Fernando valley
The TOpanEa.
The bOuleyards all along here are
so fine and so clearly marked that the
tourist cannot lose his way, and a
short distance past OwensmOuth ne
strikes the mouth OF the new TOpanga
Z =HrHs Il
ful TOpanga Canyon TO the sea
Highway engineers have declared
this TopanEa Canyon road one of the
most remarkable feats Of road engi-
less than fifteen miles il runs from an
altitude of about 220O feet to sea level
and there is no grade OF over 10 per
cent and only a few hundred yards
Of that
Three automobiles may easily travel
abreast along this beautiful boulevard
amid the crags and jutting rocks and
the tourist can easily see by the trip
why il cost $500 per mile to con-
struct this road.
The Ocean.
At the foot Of the canyon, the tourist
strikes the Pacific and turns to the
left with towering cliffs ABOVE and
the ocean Dlacidly tapping at the side
OF the road. Past the mouths of santa
Nuez. Temescal and Santa Monica
canyons the tourist runs along the
Palisades TO Santa Monica. the pleasure
city. and turns to the left along the
San Vicente boulevard
At Sawtelle, where the Soldiers
Home is located. the tourist strikes
Wiltshire boulevard, passing the beautf-
full Los Angeles Country Club the
pretty town OF Beverly nesting in the
hills, the oil wells of Sherman. the
mysterious pool Of oil at Ia Brea. from
which have been taken the bones OF
the saber tOothed tiger. the mastodon
and other extinct animals. and then
through the fashionable Wiltshire dis
trlcL 70 the cenLar Of the CITY