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In the great San Fernando Valley development that Sherman, H. J.

Whitley, Harry Chandler and others started in anticipation of the Owens River Aqueduct and cheap water by buying out the Van Nuys-Lankershim lands in 1910, General Sherman ( as he was called ) added an extraordinary streetcar line.

Built over Cahuenga Pass, through North Hollywood to the 1911 townsite of Van Nuys, and on to the 1912 townsite Owensmouth, now Canoga Park, the streetcar line and the "$ 500, 000 boulevard " named Sherman Way next to the tracks were the key to the development.

By 1912, 45 minute streetcar service from Van Nuys to downtown and the " no speed limit " paved road ( if you could get your " Model A " to do 30 mph ) were key selling points.