New-York tribune., 1872-05-25
A HAVEN FOR INVALIDS,

SAN Francisco, March 10.-A friend and
neighbor OF my own, consunptive for some yeas' n"
struggling for his life in Winter residence or TWO years
at Nice and Mentone and third year at Aiken IN 7outh
Carolina, came last October TO Southern Cal1orh ho
had been losing ground" he said and as his appear
ance showed for years, and last Summer sunoreu 50
severely from night sweats, sleepessness, cohliuu''
coughing, and lack OF appetite, that 1t was douoti"
whether he would live through the Winter anywhere
and II rather desperation than with much hope OF
prolonged comfortable life that he mado ready Tor
the journey the continent with Lis family In
January was one day standing in the doorway OF
Motel at Los Angeles when saw wagon drive up the
driver jumped out held out his hand to me- and sung
out In o hearty voice, 4" How do you doP It was my
consumptrve friend, but changed man. He had just
driven 60 miles IN two days. rough road from san
Bernardino; he walked with mo several miles on the
evening met he ate heartily, and slept WELL enjoyed
his life, and coughel hardly at ALL 1t was an amazing
change to about in three months and in man so
far gone in consumption as he al shall never be
sound man. of COURSE he said to me when spent some
days with him, later at San Bernardinoj but this
climate has ADDED ten years to my life 1t has given me
ease and comforts and neither Nice Mentone, nor
Aiken, are in my opinion, TO be compared with some
parts of Southern California point Of climate for
sumptves" In Santa Barbara, San Diego, and San Ber
nardno, may find abundant evidence corroboratiye
OF my friends assertion. In each these places have
met men and women who have been restored to health
and strength by residence there; and though one
whom met had had the Wide experience OF my friend
in other Winter resorts found not few people Of in
eligence and who bore the strongest testimony
to the kindly and healing influences OF the climate here
A CHARMING CLIMATE.
think shall De doing service therefore to many In
vads II give you here details concerning these
places but little known yet IA the East. which are
accessible, and whose beneficial influences upon
diseases Of the throat and lungs undoubtedly remark
able. The whole OF Southern California has a very mild
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which lies at the head Of the San Joaquin Valley, has
temperature all the year. snguary like that Of Naples,
shown by observations kept for years by one
of the eminent and careful physicians OF the place
But local pecuarlties cause in places daily ex-
rCmes which arc not, think, favorable for
| iuva!bls; and in other places the winds are
too for weakly persons. At Los Angeles, for i'll
stance the days in January are and genial, but
soon as the sets the air becomes chilly and quickly
affects tender troats. San Diego, santa Barbara and
san Bornardno the three points most favorable for
consmptyes and persons subject TO throat difficulties
OF these three the friend OF whom spoke above found
Bernardino the most beneficial and physician who
removed from Eastern city 10 the new Riverside
Colony San Bernardino told me that he lived no
where comfortably as there He could not live III
NewYork at all, being prostrated with severe throat
disease and he enjoyed, he told perfect health at
Riverside. Unfortunately, San Bernardino has but
poor hotel, and is well fitted to accommodate inva-
lids. But told that comfortable board can be OBJ
ained in several private houses and hotel now
building and will be opened before next Fall. The sani-
ary advantages OF the place little known and not
much thought OF by its Inhabitants My friend, who
has spent there considerable part OF this Winter, and
who, like genuine valetudinaran, keeps record Of
the temperature, with both dry and wet bulb hermome-
ter reports to that the air is dryer there than else
where and this greater dryness, which arises from its
situation, about IS miles from the sea, is probably its
chief sanitary advantage. At the Riverside Colony
there are yet few small houses, and no accommo-
dations for visitors.
THE DELIGHTS OF SAN DIEGO.
San BernardnO has fine situation; 1t lies In great
plain with picturesque mountains on three sides OF IT,
Living cheap horses cost from $40 to $50 each horse
keep is very cheap; the roads generally good and
for those who do not ride waSonand PAIR or horses
will afford the OF pleasant excursions Oranges
are grown In old San Bernardno, which is where the old
mission stood and have idea that there on higher
ground and the mountains the climate Is per-
haps little better than in the town. To reach San
| Bernardno you take steamer at San Francisco
for Los Angeles, which place you reach from
San Pedro, its port, by short railroad. Inc
VOYAGE which lasts 80 hours and is made all the way in
sight OF land is not unpleasant. From Los Angeles you
get to san Bernardno by stage. distance GO miles, time
10 hours. The Southern Pacific Railroad Company mas
us completed it's surveys for railroad to connect Los
Angeles with San Bernardino; and when this line Is
completed the Journey can be made in few hours san
Diego TO to possess the mildest ana sunnlest
climate on the coast II has the advantage of large
and good hotel and very good shops and the disad-
vantage of an almost entire absence OF shade and trees
II were spending Winter in California for my health,
| think / should 90 first TO San Diego, and spend
there the months OF December and January 1t
is tho most southern town in the state, ana
presumably warmer than either Santa Barbara or
San Bernardino-though the difference Is but slight lt
affords some simple amusements In fishing shellhunt-
Ing and boatsang and here all over Southern Cali
forna horses cheap, and TO those who are fond OF
driving or riding very fair roads open There is less
rain here than in any other part Of the state and as the
socaled Winter in this State is rainy season. San Diego
has the advantage other places OF less mud III De-
cember and January In fact Idoubt If it is ever muddy
THE PERFECTION OF TEMPERATURE.
Santa Barbara many accounts the pleasanest OF
all the three places have named; and 1t has an advan-
tage this that may there choose his climate WITH
in distance OF three four miles of the town. IL has
very peculiar situation. II you will examine map OF
California you will that while the general trend OF
the coast line is from INV TO SSE at Point Concep
ton il sharp and sudden turn, and runs 10 heoh
Point below Santa Barbara, nearly due east and
west. Thus Santa Barbara faces directly south'
But this is not the only advantage IL gains
from this turn IN the coast line. The
harsh and foegy north and northwest winds which make
the coast north of Conception very dsageeabe are
entirely cut of from Santa Barbara by the high coast
range which comes almost 10 the very shore at Point
Conception and stretches along the coast but two OF
three miles back from 1t, TO San Buenaventura santa
Barbara lies on a narrow strip Of land with the sea and
some lovely islands 10 the south, and picturesque
mountain range between 5000 and 1000 feet high about
IA miles back TO the north. The town and its vicinity
have thus remarkably equal climate have before me
a number OF reports Of temperature aud could over
whem you il liked, with figures tables, and statistics
concerning the whole coast but these records are almost
altogether OF mean temperature for week. month, or