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Los Angeles Section Page 441 Route 395
hand road 28.3. Same thorofare becomes Monterey St.
Right at 28.3 is Route 60 to Merced.
28.5 11.5 Gilroy,* Monterey & Martin Sts., bank on right.
GARAGES—Highway Garage, State highway, south of city hall.
SERVICE STA.—United States Tire Sales & Service Depots located here.
Straight thru on Monterey St. Avoid right-hand road 29.3.
Right at 29.3 is Note (a) Route 28 to Gilroy Hot Springs.
Cross switch 29.7. Avoid right-hand road 31.6.
34.2 5.7 San Martin, sta. on right. Straight thru along RR.
38.0 3.8 Morgan Hill,* bank on right. Straight thru. Cross RR 39.3.
Thru Madrone Pass Perry Sta. on Thru
17.8 39.8. left 42.6.
Coyote 45.6. Pass Pomar Sta. on left 48.2. Pass Edenvale Sta.
on left 51.0. Cross RR 53.7. Same thorofare becomes 1st St.
San Jose City Map and Points of Interest, page 86.
55.8 Fork, small park in center; keep left with trolley on 1st St.
57.2 1.4 SAN JOSE, 1st & Santa Clara Sts.
GARAGES— Letcher’s Garage, 214-24 N. 1st St.
J. E. Sloan, 166 S. Market St., opposite city hall.
RESTAURANTS—O’Brien’s Confectionery & Luncheon, 30 S. 1st St.
Route 395—Salinas to Santa Cruz, Cal.—40.5 m.
Reverse Route 67A.
Via Castroville and Watsonville. First 13% miles concrete, followed by 6 miles of
oiled dirt, then 5 miles of macadam; balance good gravel and dirt, with 2 miles of con-
crete entering Santa Cruz. Summary: 15% miles concrete; 5 miles good macadam; 5
miles oiled dirt and 15 miles good graded gravel.
The route traverses a prosperous farming district. From Salinas to Watsonville the
country is open and slightly rolling and the rich soil is particularly adapted to
MILEAGE^ dairying and grain raising. Near Watsonville hundreds of acres of the
Distance most highly developed orchards produce some of the finest apples in
Total Between the country.
Mileage Potato
0.0 0.0 SALINAS, Main & Gabilan Sts. Go north on Main St.
0.1 0.1 5-corners at small park; bear left onto Market St. Avoid left-
hand road 4.5. Cross RR 7.6.
7.7 7.6 Fork; bear left with pavement across RR.
8.8 1.1 Castroville, Masonic hall on far right. Straight thru.
11.7 2.9 Moss Landing, 3-corners, P. O. on right. Bear right. Caution
for sharp left turn just beyond causeway over lagoon 11.8.
Cross RRs at Pajaro Jet. 19.8.
20.5 8.8 End of road; turn left. Avoid right-hand road at blacksmith
shop 20.8. Same thorofare becomes Main St.
Right at 20.8 is Route 65 to Gilroy.
21.1 0.6 Watsonville,* Main & 3rd Sts., park on right.
SERVICE STA.—United States Tire Sales & Service Depots located here.
•Gilroy, Cal. (pop. 4,000, alt. 192 ft.), is a accommodations here in the way of bath-
houses, hotels and garages, and this spot has
thriving town at the south end of Santa Clara become a mecca for the health seeking and an
valley and within a few miles of San Juan unsurpassed resting place.
Bautista mission, one of the best preserved •Morgan Hill, Cal. (pop. 1,200, alt. 387 ft.),
of the old missions in California. The main is built on the famous Rancho San Francisco
street of Gilroy is part of the state highway de Los Llagas, a piece of land granted to the
from S'an Francisco to Los Angeles and is Castro family by the Mexican government and
paved its full length of over a mile and a later purchased by the Murphy family, who
half. Mount Hamilton, with its observatory, were members of the Donner party. Mur-
is in sight on the north, and Fremont’s Park phy’s peak, towering 2,000 feet above the val-
on the south. The summer home of the late ley, may be seen about one-half mile to the
Robert Louis Stevenson, now occupied by west of town. The university of Santa Clara,
Lloyd Osborne, and the cabin of the late Stanford and California university are all
Frank Norris, are in the low mountains on within 50 miles of Morgan Hill.
the west. The home of the lale Henry Miller, •Watsonville, Cal. (pop. 8,000, alt. 23 ft.), is
cattle king of California, is 3 miles south. the business and geographical center of the
Gilroy Hot Springs is situated in the Mount Pajara valley. It has splendid school build-
Hamilton spur of the Coast Range mountains, ings and is the seat of the Moreland Notre
on the side of a beautiful canyon, 14 miles Dame academy and the St. Francis orphanage.
northeast of Gilroy and only 43 miles from Also has substantial mercantile establish-
the city of San Jose. The waters from these ments and numerous fruit packing plants and
wonderful springs are 112 degrees of tempera- kindred industries. It is but two and a half
ture and contain iron, soda, magnesia, sul- hours’ ride by train from Los Angeles and
phur and traces of iodine, arsenic and other one hour from the seaside resorts of Santa
valuable mineral properties. There are good Cruz, Del Monte and Monterey.