COAST LINE LOS ANGELES TO SAN FEANCISCO. 109 



deposits, representing the combined action of sea -svaves and land 

 streams, are well exposed about 6 miles north of Santa Barbara (at 

 365 miles from San Francisco), where they rest on upturned and con- 

 torted beds of Monterey shale. 



At Golota (go-lay'ta, Spanish for schooner), amid walnut groves 

 on the right, is a nursery of the Southern Pacific Co., in which are 



grown trees, shrubs, and flowers to ornament the sta- 



*^ ^ ^' tion grounds and to plant on drifting sands in order 



Elevation 3s feet. ^ prevent their covering the railroad. An example 



Los Angeles ll^miles. - , . r i -n i i -n • 



of this treatment of sand will be seen beyond Point 

 Arguello (ar-gwaiPyo, Spanish for faintness), where the Santa' Ynoz 

 Mountains end at the ocean. A largo lagoon on the left, just west 

 of Golcta, indicates coastal sinking. 



On the right, north of Elwood, is a famous olive grove and oil fac- 

 tory. West of Elwood some of the larger streams from the moun- 

 tains have gashed the terrace which the railroad is 

 Elwood. folloAving, and some beautiful views of ravines and 



Elevation 84 feet. gg^ j^iay be cnjoyod from the car window. This is 



practically true from Bell Canyon (milepost 358) 

 west to Gaviota. The larger canyons cut back into the mountains, 

 exposing the several southward-dipping formations in series. The 

 lig] it-colored rocks in the main range are Topatopa, the reddish rocks 

 in front of them Sospe, and the shales along the lower hills, forming 

 the foundation for the terrace, are Vaqueros and later beds of the 

 Monterey group. 



Naples and Capitan (see sheet 3a, p. 114) are small places beyond 

 Elwood. From Orclla (o-rail'ya); the next station, to Gaviota 



(ga-vyo'ta, Spanish for sea gull) and a little beyond 



the Monterey shale beds along the coast are very uni- 



Los Angeles 126 mii^. ^^^^^^ j^^^^.^^ ^ southerly dip of 30° to 45^ They are 



well exposed along the foot of the sea cliff at low tide. The straight 

 shore line along this part of the coast is due to the uniform trend or 

 strike of the beds and their steep seaward inclination ol- dip, which 

 render them very resistant to the attack of the waves. Neverthe- 

 less, at a number of places between Tajiguas (ta-hee'gwas), 346 ndles 

 from San Francisco, and Honda (ohnMa, Spanish for deep), 310 

 miles, the railroad company has been compelled to build a sea wall 



of concrete. 



At several points the low terrace which the raiboad follows is 

 covered by bowlders from the hills immediately to the north. In 

 the vicinity of Gaviota these hills come close to the shore, and a good 

 view may be had of the coarse, steeply incUned sandstones. 



At Alcatraz (Spanish-American pronunciation al-ca- 



'^^' trahss', meaning pelican), on the right (north), there 



Los Angeles 134 miles, jg ^^ ^j] pefiuery to which oil is piped across the 



Santa Ynez Mountains from the Santa Maria field. 



