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right (west) onto 3rd St. Thru 4-corners 29.1-30.1.
30.3 2.4 San Dimas, sta. over to left. Keep ahead on Bonita Ave.
30.4 0.1 4-corners at RR; turn square left. Cross electric RR at San
Dimas Sta. 30.8. Turn right with road 30.9. Avoid left-hand
road 31.4. Cross electric RRs 32.1-33.0. Caution for danger-
ous 4-corners 33.4.
34.4 4.0 4-corners, water tank and orange grove on far right; turn left.
34.9 0.5 Right-hand road, just beyond RR; turn right.
Pass reservoir
on right 35.1. Pass Covina,* over to left 35.9. Thru 4-corners
37.4—now on San Bernardino Blvd.
Cross RR 39.7.
39.9 5.0 Vineland, end of street at bank.
Turn left across RR and
right at 4-corners immediately beyond.
40.1 0.2 Left-hand diagonal road; bear left with travel.
Turn right
along RR 43.1. Pass Bassett Sta. on left 43.3.
43.5 3.4 Jog left across RR and turn right at end of road immediately
beyond. Over long bridge 43.9—now on Valley Blvd.
44.3 0.8 Left-hand road, sign on right; turn left.
46.1 1.8 Fork; bear left with travel.
Avoid right-hand road at high-
tension line 48.1. Cross RR at Pico Sta. 50.0.
50.1 4.0 End of road; turn right.
Avoid left-hand road 50.3. Cross
RR 51.0.
51.8 1.7 Montebello. Straight thru.
Los Angeles City Map, page 426; Points of interest, page 425.
55.8 4.0 Irregular 4-corners; bear slightly left onto Stevenson Ave.,
joining trolley.
Left is Route 515 to Seal Beach.
58.5 2.7 Boyle Ave.; turn square left with trolley one block.
58.7 0.2 4-corners
; turn right with trolley coming onto 7th St. Cross
RRs 59.1-59.2.
59.8
1.1 Irregular 4-corners, large gas tank on left; bear right with
trolley across RR—still on 7th St.
60.9 1.1 LOS ANGELES, 7th St. & Broadway.
HOTELS— Hotel Hayward, Spring St. at 6th.
Hotel Lankershim, Broadway at 7th.
Hotel Stillwell, Between 8th & 9th on Grand Ave.
Hotel Trm 'ty, Grand Ave. & 9th.
GARAGES—Don Lee Cadillac Agency & Garage.
P. E. Garage, 6th & Los Angeles Sts.
Route 616—San Bernardino to Los Angeles, Cal.—60.2 m.
Reverse Route 428.
^MILEAGE—
Via Huntington Drive and Foothill Blvd.
Total Between
Mileago Points
0.0 0.0 SAN BERNARDINO, 3rd & E Sts.
See Route 612 for direc-
tion to
40.8 40.8 4-corners, Duarte Sta.* over to right; keep straight ahead.
Right at 40.8 is Route 612 to Los Angeles.
Thru irregular 4-corners 41.8.
42.4 1.6 California St.
; turn right one block and then left onto Hunt-
ington Drive.
Pass center of Monrovia* over to right 43.2.
•Covina, Cal. (pop. 2,900, alt. 559 ft.), is 20 owned and furnished at
miles east of Los Angeles, in the center of cost. The town fs
named for Andres Duarte, a Mexican military
one of the greatest orange districts in Cali-
officer, a part of whose 4,000 acre grant from
fornia, for which it is one of the most impor-
the Mexican government in the 40’s is the site
tant shipping points. It is also the largest of the town. Duarte
berry district in southern California. The sections of the county. is one of the prettiest
water supply comes from the San Gabriel
•Monrovia, Cal. (pop. 6,000, alt. 1,200 ft.), in
river and from wells, under a co-operative Los Angeles county,
system at a cost of $10 per acre per annum. is a fine health resort,
and the center of a fruit growing region.
It
*Duarte, Cal. (pop. 650), is a post village in
is a jaunty town on whose palms, eucalypti
the San Gabriel valley on the southern slope
and orchards Mt. Lowe and Mt. Wilson look
of the Sierra Madre mountains. The town has down. It has a Gfeek theater similar to that
won fame through the numerous prizes won
at Los Angeles and is famous for its fine resi-
by its Thompson improved navel and Valencia dences. The town was founded by W.
oranges. The water supply is community Monroe, hence its name. N.