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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

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