. The Street railway journal . the traffic so obtained may be unprofit-able. Meanwhile, the electric lines controlled by railroads willbear watching with an eye to the facts involved in this dis-cussion, and we hope that more data will soon become avail-able. 650 STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL. I Vol. XXIII. No. 18. THE LOS ANGELES & REDONDO RAILWAY the old line which runs through Sunnyside, Summit, Gardensand Moneta was completely rebuilt, the grades being lessened An article descriptive of the interurban system of the LosAngeles & Redondo Railway Company must present severalpoints of particular inte
. The Street railway journal . the traffic so obtained may be unprofit-able. Meanwhile, the electric lines controlled by railroads willbear watching with an eye to the facts involved in this dis-cussion, and we hope that more data will soon become avail-able. 650 STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL. I Vol. XXIII. No. 18. THE LOS ANGELES & REDONDO RAILWAY the old line which runs through Sunnyside, Summit, Gardensand Moneta was completely rebuilt, the grades being lessened An article descriptive of the interurban system of the LosAngeles & Redondo Railway Company must present severalpoints of particular interest. Among them are: The fact thatit was formerly a steam road, but has now been completelychanged for electric traction, with resultant economy and effi-ciency; the large freight business it handles in connectionwith its electrically-equipped wharves, and the building of allits own cars in its own shops. The company was organized fourteen years ago, at whichtime a narrow-gage steam road was built between Los Angeles. FIG. 2.—SCENE IN INGLEWOOD and Redondo, a distance of 18 miles. Valuable water-rightprivileges were acquired at the seaboard and a terminal wassecured in the southern part of Los Angeles about 3 miles fromthe center of the city. For about thirteen years the road wasoperated as a steam line in friendly competition with the SantaFe, which owns a standard gage steam road between the citiesnamed. The Los Angeles & Redondo Railway passes through afertile and attractive territory that has steadily been built upand improved in keeping with the general growth of all south-ern California. The local passenger and freight traffic has MAP OF Los Angeles AND RedondoRailway Cos INTERURBAN LIIHES.
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