COAST LINE LOS ANGELES TO SAN FRANCISCO. 99 



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ennial stream which supplied the city of Los Angck 

 until the Owens River supply became available. Ma 



tests have arisen ovei 



owning the land 



along Tujunga Wash to sink wells into the subterranean river, but 

 the courts have held that the right of the city of Los Aiigclos to tliis 

 water is as well fomidcd as if the river flowed on top of the ground. 

 Very little water flows over Tujunga Wash except duiiiig cortahi 

 parts of the rainy season. Passengers often wonder why the rail- 

 road builds long trestles across apparently dry, cactus-covered desert, 

 but during the torrential rains which occur every few years the wash 

 becomes a raging torrent. Settlei-s who are not familiar with the 

 characteristics of such washes are often robbed of their entire land 

 holdings by changes of channel. 



At milepost 457 the raih'oad crosses the pipe line from Owens Eiver. 



The traveler looking eastward from San Fernando Valley obtains 

 a good view of the west end of the San Gabriel Range, which 



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a distance of 70 miles. The culmiiiating i^cak m the eastern portion 

 of the range is Old Baldy, 10,080 feet in elevation. This peak, often 

 snowcapped, is visible from Los Angeles. The western end of the 

 range, including Mount Wilson and Mount Lowe, is lower, risiag only 

 to a general elevation of 3,000 to 4,000 feet. Some sedunentarj^ beds 

 of tlie Fernando formation flank the granitic rocks at the west end 



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rocks 



clear day the sedunentary rocks can be easily 



granites 

 t mileoo 



On 



Haymer 



m the distance irom Kaymer station is 

 large white schoolhonse at Van Nuys, a town 



i^aZ^u^oI'^L. a branch line of the Southern Pacific 



Luie and nearer the river. 



that runs 

 throuo:h an aOTicultnral district south of the Coast 



sreat 



The 



ann 



barley hay. Much fruit is also raised in the va' „ 

 ^^^^^- the orchards being urigated by pmnping grouiK 



Elevation mi feet. water. As the road approaches the west end of 



iiOs Angeles 23 miles. ^ ^ , ^^ n ,i l ' t. 1 j.' 



San Fernando Valley the most promment elevation 

 to the left is Saddle Peak, the name being suggested by the obvious 



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the 



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resistant sandstones and the crest oJ 



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inaccessible. The Santa Susana KaU; 

 part of the vallev. 



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