Los Angeles daily herald., 1874-12-13

their good fortune; it seldom comes to
them without seeking. 1t is just
so with cities and communities.
If we aspire to greatness we must
work for it. The location Of Los An
geles fits her for the commercial CEN
ire of southern Nevada, perhaps the
whole of Arizona, and all of Southern
California below Bakersfield. We
have
THE SAME RESOURCES.
Or equally as good as San Francisco
had in her earlier days, and we must
use the same energy TO secure them.
Can we and will we build this road?
We can do it and the only question is
of will.
The speaker referred to the large
tracts of land in our county which are
lying comparatively useless under the
ownership of some wealthy man who
is alone unable to develop it. There
are men in our county who own twen-
ty, thirty or forty thousand acres of
land who don't know how rich they
are. Let them 3t
DIVIDE THEIR RANCHES
And sell one-half to enterprising men,
or, if necessary, gtUe ii array, and the
remainder would then be more valua-
BILE than the whole is now. Let us be
enterprising and wide-awake to our
interests, and, with the completion
of the Independence road, the South
ern Pacific from Bakersfield to San
Fernando, and the Texas and Pacific,
Los Angeles will be city of import
ance in the commercial world.
.G MR.. j. U. CRAWFORD,
Engineer of the Independence Road,
was then introduced and proceeded to
explain his large map displayed in
view of the assemblage, pointing out
the points of interest and describing
the projected route which he had su-
veyed. The remarks were So far de-
pendent upon the map for illustration
that we are unable to give anything
like an intelligent report of them.
After Mr.. Crawford's explanations
were finished
A LETTER FROM HON. c. w. BUSH
Was read by the Secretary of the meet
ing, in which that gentleman acknowl-
edged the receipt Of an invitation from
the Chamber of Commerce to be pres
ent and address the meeting. He re-
gretted that a pre-engagement would
deter him from complying with the
request, but expressed mis- sentiments
as follows: "The movement has my
appreciation and sympathy. Since the
introduction of the bill in the Legisla
ture to create this railroad L have 1e-
garded it as one of tho most important
measures for Southern California that
ever engaged the attention of our peo-
ple The interest L took as Repre-
sentative to procure the passage of the
bill is well known to some of your
honorable body, and my hope now is
that the road will be speedily built.
With best wishes for all concerned in
the enterprise, remain yours respect
fully, G. w. BUSH"
The following
RESOLUTIONS
Were then read by Mr.. j. j. Ayers and
adopted as the sense of the meeting,
after which the assemblage dispersed:
WHEREAS, The producing capacity
of this and San Bernardino counties
is being continually increased and the
mining regions of our immediate in
terror are rapidly developing and at
tracing population, which will be-
come the consumers of our products
and the factors of our commercial eX-
pansion; therefore
ResOtUed, That it is vital necessity
to the commercial and agricultural in
terests of Los Angeles and San Ber-
nardinO counties, that CerrO GOrdO,
Panamint and the intervening cOun-
try should be connected by railroad
under the ownership and control of
the people of the section travered by it.
ResOiUed, That as a consequence to
the foregoing resolution, it is the duty
of the people of Los Angeles, San
Bernardino and Inyo counties to sub
scribe to the extent of their individual
means to the stock of the Los Angeles
and Independence Railroad; and that
this duty is enjoined upon them by
the highest motives of self interest.
Res0LUed, Thatit is the belief of this
meeting that the proposed railroad
will not only attract to itself at once
a profitable traffic, but that the logic
of its success will be extension and
ramification, increasing immensely
the scope OF territory dependent upon
our section for agricultural and COM
mercial supplies; and that it will
eventually, by connection with the
Southern Utah Road, become con-
nected branch of a transcOntinental
line.
Resolved, That Messrs. John G.
Downey, F. p. f. Temple, Wallace
Woodworth, Eugene Meyer and III. ID.
Barrows are hereby appointed COM
mittee for the purpose of nominating
persons in all the townships Of the
counties of Los Angeles, San Bernar-
dino and Inyo to solicit subscriptions
in aid of the Los Angeles and Inde-
pendence Railroad. 4rp ~
Last Wednesday Judge - was
passing down Spring street on the Jail
side. He halted suddenly: his atten-