Los Angeles daily herald., 1874-05-06
A FLYING TRIP TO SAN FERNANDO.
Glorious Day, Picturesque Scenery,
Lovely Valleys AMI Promising
Town-A Gratuitous Prescription for
the sYOllySrubs.''

CiIcS y thc Nctht WIN "h ''NiiN 80 ''A~
head and a creak in the back, and you
get up in the morning saying dem
mit,n here is pannacea for your NAL
adv: the train for San Fernando starts
at 1880 A. NJ. Take your crotchety
self off to the depot at that time, and
if your better fraction provided you
are fortunate enough to have one and
the youngsters take fancy to accom-
pany you, let them go along. At all
events, go to San Fernando; it will do
you a trhe more good than the best
sermon known to theology. Last
| Sunday u HERALD reporter, very
much in the mental and bodily condi-
ton described made the trip, and he
| knows whereof he speaks. Sunday
was a bright, beautiful day, notwith-
standing the heat and dust, which
conspired to make men uncomfortable
i'm the narrow streets and brick bake
ovens of the city. Once outside OF The
town, the breeze blew fresh and invig-
Grating, the hills and valleys were
most inviting, and the sky serene
screen peace below-blpe quietude above"
With a rush and clatter We passed the
stores on Alameda steeet, the surbur-
ban residences, the cemetery, round
the bluff and up the valley of the Los
Angeles River,and we were i'll the rural
districts. What feeling of relief one
experiences in being free from the tur-
MOL of busy city, even for short
hour! First we see on the left &c t.
tage, with surrounding buildings, mes
tied in at the foot of the mountain;
then a long succession of fertile val
leys, capable of producing the richest
crops, but now given over to the an
nual yield of grass and wild flowers.
| A few f1ocks of sheep we pass, herded
bv some lonesome individuals, and
these alone constitute the chief utili-
valley. All along the scene is that of
constantly changing Kaleidoscope,
with no two pictures alike. Now there
is a broad stretch of light blue, colored
by an innumerable family of wild
flowers of that hue; then follows the
bright yellow, the purple and the
white, and still others where all COM
mingle. Further on, the scenes as
sumo wilder aspect, showing only
the sandy plains covered with sage
brush, cacti and gnarled plants of a
kindred nature. Here and there the
tree-like growth of the "quioti,"
species of cactus, peers up
above the surrounding heritage with
| it's beautiful blossoms of yellowish
white in pleasing contrast. Thus we
pass up the Valley of San Fernando
between the mountain ranges on
either side, and not an attractive or
romantic feature is wanting to add zest
| to the enjoyment of the occasion.
After the sandy, desert-like stretch, we
again reach the fertile plain, and here
is San Fernando. The trip of twenty
one miles Has been made in an hour,
although it hardly seems a lapse Of
ten minutes. Considering the fact
that the town is not yet month old,
San Fernando presents an uncom-
monty lively appearance. n commo-
dious depot has been built, and this is
already well filled; portion being
used for offices and passenger
rooms, and the warehouse well
filled with goods for transit. There is
also boarding house and bar, well
patronized, Of course-especially the
latter (as yet they have no water to
speak of in San Fernandez; and several
other buildings are rapidly assuming
shape.
The Telegraph Stage Line now
makes its headquarters here, and is
building stables and corral. Mr.. w.
p. Reynolds, with his surveying party,
has his tent pitched on the bank of the
creek south of the town site. The
boys who make up the party, RuXton,
Akin and Lawrence, have only been
at the work about q week, but the hot
sun is beginning to make its impress
sion, and they are colOring beautifully
like so many meerschaum pipes.
Mr.. Reynolds will survey the whole
tract, So, 600 acres, purchased by Sem
ator Maclay. dividing the greater por-
ton into small tracts, and that around
the depot into city lots.
He will also bring Il supply OF water
through ditch about four miles in
length, taking the supply from springs
in the caiion to the east of the place.
When completed, the arrangement
will secure a two-thOusand-inch flow
of water with four-inch pressure.
"What will you use the water for,
Mr.. Reynoldsm innocently asked
one Of our party. CON- said the
bronzed surveyor, as to that, it will
be handy for irrigating and watering
stock, and such purposes "Good to
drink ?" pursued the innocent man.
" No, sir; no, sir; NO SIR! what do
you take me for ~
We saw Mr.. Johnson, the Senator 5
right bower, with plot of the new
town before him, and assigning new
lots to eager purchasers in true land
office style. Since the commence
ment of the sale, hardly over week
ago, he has disposed OF over six thou
sand lots, and still they go. We are
indebted to Mr.. johnson for our semi
occasional letters from San Fernando,
keeping our readers posted on the
course of events in that live place. He
Senator Maclay's jolly countenance,
round and smiling as the orb of day,
was also visible without an eclipse.
The Senator welcomes his guests with
a whole-souled cordialty, well fitting
the happy father of such promising
infant as San Fernando.
AT half-past 2 we were all aboard for
return home. Our numbers were
this time augmented by lot of pie
nicers; among the rest, Seniors De
Cells and brothers, Teodoli, Varela,
Sanguineti, and others of our Spanish
friends who had spent a part of Satur-
day and Sunday in festivities at the
new town and the not fai- Instant Mis-
sion. They had enjoyed dinner at
Kittredge's, with speeches from
Maclay, Mr.. De"elis and others, and
had spent the whole time most agree
ably.
At half-past in the afternoon we