440 HISTORY OF PASADENA. 



Frank J. Policy. Chief Engineer Larrabee and the bridge contractor were 

 also passengers, Mr. Clark, the general manager, came up as far as Gar- 

 vanza. ' ' 



But the South Pasadena viaduct and trolley posts were not yet safe for 

 passenger service ; and the Pasadena power-house was not ready to steam 

 up, even for trial, until April 26. On May i it was ready to pump light- 

 ning from Garvanza up around the "Pasadena loop"; and the line was on 

 that day opened for complete electric rides between the two cities. This 

 power house has two engines — one of 450 and one of 250 horse power, 

 with dynamos to match. 



The same company, or an allied one, is building an electric road from 

 lyos Angeles to Santa Monica — so that in 1896 there will be a continuous 

 line of electric railroad from the mountain tops to the sea shore, directly 

 through Pasadena. 



MOUNT LOWE ELECTRIC RAILWAY. 



See Chapter 23. 



RAMONA AND PASADENA RAILROAD [Southern Pacific\. 



In 1888-89 a narrow-gauge rapid transit railroad was built from I,os 

 Angeles to Monrovia, passing through Ramona, and a branch of it was ex- 

 tended from Ramona up to the south city line of Pasadena near Raymond 

 station. The track was laid, and an empty train run on it daily for a few 

 months to hold the franchise, although no terminal station was ever reached 

 or built. But it was "paying too dear for the whistle," and had to be given 

 up at last. The track lay idle, rotting and rusting until 1894, when the 

 line was bought by the Southern Pacific company ; and the old rails being too 

 light for their use, they were sold to the Pasadena and lyos Angeles Electric 

 Railway Co., and used by them on their track in Pasadena. The S. P. 

 Co. built into Pasadena over this line, and up Broadway to Colorado street ; 

 and the Daily Star of June 15, 1895, contained this item : 



"The Southern Pacific line to Pasadena was dedicated to travel this 

 morning by the departure of the Throop excursion to Santa Monica. About 

 200 passengers, largely students, went down. Six handsome cars were sent 

 up for their accommodation." 



CHAPTER XXIII. 



The Mount Lowe Raii^way. — Early Plans and Projects for Reaching the Mountain 

 Tops. — Sundry Railroad Schemes. — Macpherson's the first bona fide Survey. — Prof. 

 Lowe takes hold. — The Naming of Mount Lowe. — The Railroad's Corporate Name. 

 — Pasadena's Mount Lowe Celebration. — Honors and Wealth Fairly Won. — Rubio 

 Farm. — The McPherson Trestle. — Gov. Markham's Bear Story. — Electric Power 

 Generators. — Altitudes. — The Observatory. 



THE MOUNT LOWE RAILROAD. 



I find no evidence that the Spanish occupants of this country ever made 

 any attempt to reach the tops of the mountains for any aesthetic, scientific, 



