. Report on railroad grade crossing elimination and passenger and freight terminals in Los Angeles . as built with public and not alone with private funds. On September 19, 1868. construction was started at Wilmington. ByJune, 1869, six miles of the road was completed. By August 1st, the road 78 Los Angeles Tekminai. Ixvestigatiox iKicl been l)iiilt to within 4 miles 1-os Angeles or to about where the Cityof Compton is now located. Ry October the construction of eighteen mileswas completed and the road brought well within the limits of the presentcity, but far from town as it appeared in 1
. Report on railroad grade crossing elimination and passenger and freight terminals in Los Angeles . as built with public and not alone with private funds. On September 19, 1868. construction was started at Wilmington. ByJune, 1869, six miles of the road was completed. By August 1st, the road 78 Los Angeles Tekminai. Ixvestigatiox iKicl been l)iiilt to within 4 miles 1-os Angeles or to about where the Cityof Compton is now located. Ry October the construction of eighteen mileswas completed and the road brought well within the limits of the presentcity, but far from town as it appeared in 1869 and 1870. On October26, 186t. the road was opened to the public although the regular schedulewas not ])Ut into effect until No\cniber 1st. The road into the City was built along what was then called the Lane(which in reality was an extension of Alameda Street) to its terminus atAlameda Street and what is now Commercial Street, where a depot andturntable, as shown below, had been constructed. Later this road was ac-quired bv the Southern Pacific Company and is operated as its San FHi, s. KiusT i,<»s \\<;ki,e:s ) station This station was l)uilt in 1S69 by tlie Angeles and San Pedro Railroad at Com-mercial and Alameda Streets. In 1870 the Los Angeles and San Pedro Railroad Comi)any extendedits line from Wilmington to Tiinms Landing, at San Pedro. This was thereal beginning of the city and the harbor of San Pedro. Southern Pacific Company The completion of the llrst continental railroad to San Francisco in1869 gave an impetus to railmad i)uil(liiig in Califiirnia. To encourage rail-road construction throughout the State, the legislature in 1870 enacted alaw authorizing any county to bond itself to five per cent of the assessed History and Dk\ 79 value of all property in the county for the purpose of assisting to this, the legislature had, in 1863. granted Los Angeles Countyand the City of Los Angeles permission to
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