Occupying a second corner of Main and Fourth streets, stands one of the city's older but none the less popular hostelries, the "Westminster." Originally constructed in the days when Los Angeles first began to attract eastern travel, the "Westminster" rapidly gaining a place amount the most popular of western hotels. Through the years of its existance its attractiveness has never lessened, and a thorough reconstruction has modernized its structure, at the same time bringing its apartments into line with every requirement of the particular twentieth century traveler.



Somewhat further to the south, yet within the rapidly extending business center of Los Angeles, stands the "Lankershim," on of the last additions to the Los Angeles' hotel list, and at the same time one of the most important. Its location is at the junction of Broadway and Seventh streets, where its beautiful architecture renders it a stringing feature of that quarter of the city. Erected by one of Los Angeles' wealthiest men, the "Landkershim: has been filled with every thing that could in any way render it a perfect dwelling place. Its artistic exterior is but a forerunner of the beauties of its public and private rooms. Though less than a year old, this hotel has already take place as a noted resort of this city, renowned for the quality of its hotels.



Of commercial hotels, many of which also attract thousands of tourists each year, Los Angeles has several, among them the "Hollenbeck," located at the junctions of Spring and Second streets. The "Hollenbeck" is another of the city's landmarks which, by means of complete reconstruction, has maintained its position as an up-to-date establishment. Its registers have carried the names of the leaders in both the easter and western commercial life, and its lobby is a noted
rendezvous for those men who have been directly identified with the development of the Great Southwest. [eecue note: no photos oh this one... and it is now the site of the LA times building]

At the corner of First and Spring streets stands another hotel which is a connecting link between the old Los Angeles and the new. This is the Nadeau, erected with the first flush of Los Angeles' advancement, and since remodeled to meet the requirements of a throughly modern hosterlrie. Through its whole existence , the Nadeau has been a favorite with commercial travellers, and today retains the patronage of a great number of the "Nights of the Road." It also offers special attractions to tourists.

One of the newer, but no less popular tourist hotels is the "Rosslyn," which is located on Main street near Fifth. Its excellent location and close attention to the wants of its guests have rendered the "Rosslyn" extremely popular. [eecue note: also no photo... but this one still exists and is right next to my place]

Having paid a brief call at each of these imposing and delightful attractive examples of the American hotel perfection, the car now passes on its journey to the various sights and points of interest which combine to make Los Angeles the most noted among the Pacific Coast cities.



The tour in reality commences as the car swings from Seventh street into Main and proceeds northward along the latter thoroughfare. We are immediately confronted with a sky-line broken by the towering heights of several gigantic structures which for beauty of architecture and towering slopes of sturdy Mt. Lowe, climbs to its very summit, spreading before the traveller vistas of valley, mountain and sea, the grandeur of which is excelled at no point on earth. While every one of these tours has its particular beauties and attractions, this ride upon an electric car to the summit of the Sierra Madre range with every turning a new panorama each on a seemingly more beautiful than that which preceded it, is an experience into which are crowded scenic beauties more grand, more inspiring and more diversified than might otherwise be gained by a life-time of travel. Throughout the world there are mountain railways wherever modern engineering and tourist travel have untied to conquer the rocky steeps. There is but one Mount Lowe Railway, which stands alone and unrivaled among the mountain railways of the world. By means of these several journeys upon specially operated cars of the Pacific Electric System, the most attractive points adjacent to Los Angeles may b quickly visited and a general knowledge rapidly acquired of what Nature has originally bequeathed and man taken the advantage of in the "Land of Sunshine."



This magnificent electric system, acknowledged to be the greatest of its kind i all the world, is the direct development of ideas formulated in the brain of one man, Henry E. Huntington. These ideas are a modernizing of year of experience gathered while this gentleman was the trusted lieutenant of his uncle, Collis P. Huntington, that pioneer of all pioneers in western railway construction and management. It is a fitting sequence in railway history that the name of Huntingtons, so long identified with the greatest of trans-continental railway systems, should be perpetuated in thee development of Southern California's twentieth century electric system.




Adjoining the great court of the Pacific Electric Building are spacious waiting rooms, an excellent cafe, and the most attractive public dining hall in Los Angeles. Several important shops and offices occupy other portions of the ground floor. Among these is the city office of the Willmington Transportation Department, which operates the line of ...