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Los Angeles Section Page 427 Route 381
Route 381—Los Angeles to Bakersfield, Cal.—127.5 m.
Reverse Route 371.
Via Hollywood, Lankershim, San Fernando, Saugus and Ridge Road. Macadam and
concrete the entire distance except for 11 miles of oiled dirt thru Tejon pass just north
of Lebec. Summary: 116.5 miles of pavement; 11 miles oiled dirt. We are advised
that paving of the Ridge Road will be completed by fall of 1919, an achievement which
will enable the tourist to travel on paved roads all the way from Los Angeles to San
Francisco. , , , , ,, . . .
Leaving Los Angeles the route leads thru fine suburbs and residential districts to
Saugus and gradually reaches the foot of Tejon range. Winding its way thru a moun-
MILEAGE-^ tainous country for 50 miles, we reach the plains of the San Joaquin
Distance valley at mileage 95.0 and follow an almost direct course thru prairie
B and irrigated districts to Bakersfield.
MMeaU P^nt»"
0.0 LOS ANGELES, Broadway & 7th St. Go north on Broadway.
0.0
1.2 Irregular 4-corners, just beyond tunnel; turn left upgrade
1.2
onto Sunset Blvd.
1.9 0.7 5-corners, hospital on right; bear right with one line of trol-
ley, still on Sunset Blvd.
3.4 Fork; keep right onto Hollywood Blvd.
5.3
0.4 5-corners, at intersection of Vermont Ave.; bear left with
5.7
trolley, still on Hollywood Blvd.
7.9 2.2 Hollywood,* Hollywood Blvd. & Cahuenga Ave., bank on left.
GARAGES—Hollywood Mission Garage, 1728 Highland Ave., near Holly-
wood Blvd.
Turn right away from trolley onto Cahuenga Ave.
For option thru Hollywood keep ahead on Hollywood Blvd. 0.5 mile
and turn right onto Highland Ave., rejoining route here given at
mileage 8.8.
0.3 5-corners; bear right, still on Cahuenga Ave.
8.2 right, ascending
8.8 0.6 End of street, just beyond trolley; turn
slight grade thru Cahuenga pass.
11.2 2.4 Right-hand street; turn right across trolley onto Lankershim
Blvd.
Straight ahead is Route 391 at mileage 10.9 to Santa Barbara.
Pass Universal City motion picture studios on right 11.6.
Cross RR at Lankershim Sta. 13.6.
Left just beyond RR is Route 491 to Calabasas.
Cross RR 16.0. Curve left onto San Fernando Blvd. 18.3,
following RR. Pass Pacoima Sta. on right 21.3.
Left on Brand Blvd. 22.8 is Route 384 to Ventura.
23.0 11.8 San Fernando,* sta. on right. Straight thru.
GARAGES—Walker’s Garage, San Fernando Blvd
country near Hollywood forty film-play pro-
‘Hollywood, Cal. (pop. 15,000, alt. 1,500 ft.), a plants.
populous suburb of Los An^ 1 '-*, incorporated ducing companies have extensive Just a
‘San Fernando,
(pop.
3,000).
Cal.
situated among the Ca-
within the city, few minutes’ ride from this city is San Fer-
is
huenga foothills. Against the hillside the nando Rey d’Espagna mission, occupying the
turrets of San Souci castle and Glengarry Reyes Rancho. The Reyes hacienda tempo-
stand out prominently. These are both the rarily housed the mission, which also included
possessions of a wealthy owner who has filled within its lands the famous Camulos Rancho,
them with tapestries, pictures, carvings and the home of Helen Hunt Jackson’s “Ramona,
rare glass. Hollywood is in the vicinity of the mission was founded by Padre Lasuen,
the oil belt but is fragrant with flowers. Its September 8, 1797, but Padre Francisco Du-
streets are planted with peppers and acacias metz and his assistant, Francisco Favier Uria,
and the flame tree brought here from the An- were the first priests in charge. The baptis-
tipodes. Roadways are lined with glossy mag- mal register shows that ten children were
nolias and grounds are brilliant with poinsettia baptized the first day and thirteen adults in
Strawberries are ripe here “from October. The tile-roofed adobe church was
and roses.
Christmast until Christmas.” Paul de consecrated in December, 1806, but was so se-
Longpre, the world’s greatest painter of flow- verely injured in the earthquake of 1812, which
all the missions, that thirty
ers, lived here until his death in 1911. In the damaged nearly
GAS — ACCESSORIES — OILS
Ridge Road Garage
Lunches and Soft Drinks
P.O. SAUGUS
CALIFORNIA Up the Grade 15 miles from Saugus