COAST LINE.^ 



LOS ANGELES TO SAN FRANCISCO. 



Los Angoles (Spanish pronunciation, loce alin'hay-laoc) is the 

 metropolis of the Southwest and is preeminently a citj^ of homes. It 



lies on Los Angeles River (see sheet lA, p. 102) only 15 

 Los Angeles. miles from the sea and is huilt on a series of broad 



Elevation 293 feet, steplilce terraces which, although now from 250 to 500 



Population 319,198. «!, ii ii.i- j. Ji. 



feet aboye sea leyel, were probabh^ m part caryed by 

 the wayes of the ocean. The situation of these terraces and their 



mean 



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attractiye home cities in the world. 



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in 1781, and the Plaza Church marks the site of the old yillage. It 

 became an American possession in 1846 but attracted little attention 

 until the transcontniental railways were built. In 1885, although a 

 century old, Los Angeles was still a town of adobe houses with but 

 few more than 11,000 people. The opening of this delightful region 

 brought floods of settlers. In 1900 it had a population of 102,479, and 

 in 1910 this had more than trebled. A city census taken in June, 

 1915, indicated a population of 528,000. The residential portion of 

 the city is noted for its many beautiful mansions embowered in semi- 

 tropical bloom and yerdure. The rapidly growing eucal3T)tus, from 

 Australia, and the graceful pepper tree, from Peru, 



wi 



most 



parks. Although hargely residential, the city has over 2,300 facto- 

 ries, whose output in 1913 was valued at more than $157,000,000. 



The water supply is excellent and is brought by an aqueduct from 

 Owens Valley, 226 miles away. For the building of this aqueduct 

 across the desert and through the mountains $23,000,000 in bonds 



were issued. 



Los Angeles is in the heart of the fruit-growing region of southern 

 California. The surrounding plams and valleys are covered with 

 vineyards and orchards — olives, oranges, and lemons. The shipment 

 of citrus fruit from the region in the season of 1913-14 amounted to 

 40,000 carloads. 



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This 



region is said to bo the center of the world's film-producing industry. 



' A large part of the material relating to the route between Los Angeles and Watson- 

 ville Junction has been furnished by Mr. Kalph Arnold, ^^ 



