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Identifier: californiasoutht00sout (find matches)
Title: California south tehachapi..
Year: 1900 (1900s)
Authors: Southern Pacific company. (from old catalog)
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Publisher: (San Francisco)
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: The Library of Congress

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own of the valley. With uptown station at each end,the eight fast trains each way, of the Southern Pacific Company,take care of a large share of the travel between the two cities. Therest is looked after by two other steam roads and an electric rail-way. Starting from the business center of Los Angeles and cross-ing the river of that name, we soon leave the bluffs behind after aglimpse of the manufacturing industries of the city, and in a fewminutes reach Shorb, in a widening valley, seven miles east of themetropolis, and the center of a highly cultivated valley floor. p The finest tower and block signal system in the West-bnOKB nere protects the large converging traffic from the In-side Track, Pasadena and Monrovia branches. From Shorb toLos Angeles is a double track. Here is the largest vineyard ofSouthern California, one of the largest wineries, and the Conventof the Holy Name. Pasadena passengers, not changing cars,proceed onward through the upland to the city in the foothills. 13
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SOUTHPASADENA (Garfield Ave.) South Pasadena is prosperous, proud of a finepark and increasing population. It is chiefly fa-mous for ostrich farms, where 300 birds of thecommercial feather flock together. Admission 25cents. Passengers leave the train in an artistic station in the heart ofthe city. Pasadena claims greatest excellence as a residence city.It typifies the ideals of the leisure class of refined people seekingwinter homes. Nine miles from Los Angeles, in thePASADENA western end of the San Gabriel valley, it has theconveniences of the city, the attractions of the country, the resortsof the seaside, the glories of the mountains, within easy reach.Dame Nature spent a good deal of considerate thought on thistown, gave it a perfect climate and an unexcelled location, andplaced near at hand a fine water supply in mountain streams andsubterranean reservoirs. Then I guess Dame Nature must havesmilingly waited for man to come along and discover Pasa-dena. Man came by and by, and sin

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