, 1874-03-13

e'1se1s Nen ~ tne''ooKxttnEly @xt dusty
=. nA1HED FOR THREE DAYS
IN haeocssion. and Tho streota arc consequently
rory dirty. Mud in rainy wchther and dust iii
dry weather, 10 tue rnlo hero No elsewhere. 4
good many OF tho visitors who have boon con-
| hhea 20 thelf apartments during tho wet spell.
arc frotsing and tuning, and pronouncng Oall
fornia Il, general, and Los Angeles in Particular
ALA 60 he'd fraud. Strange aa It may seom, rain
10 no lor lore than 1t IL In Chicago! Ono
that is audible In tho hotol-parlors. that ono
ought to havo tho Privilege OF walking out uu-
protected In raiu-Htorm here without Becoming
"a domd, moist, unpleasant body" But there Ii
tfon for tue temporary discomfort, in tho frostt
bright, and gay look Of Nature whom tho sun
breaka out onco moro; and can oaaily imagine
how stranger, scoing California only at this
regarding Its climate. Some Of tho knowing
| ones hero, who arc dlspoaod to bo alike candid
and communicative (sheso two aualitics. aa a
rulo, arc combined In those toho Aape no real
threo mouths, and 300 1t all whom tlo wholo
away!" Woll, in oil probability, T sdnN,
Let mo sum up. tho roHults to date Of my goyen
| weeks investigations:
LOS ANGELES CITY
| Is a vcry pleasant plnco, Of about 1000 In
l1abtauts (nationaiitios very much mtxotl) with
an abundant wator-suppIy (how natural1y thia
enters Into every discussion horo j, gnB, a we'll
aoloctod library, several daily and weekly nows-
papors, all sorts Of churches. good schools and
H9brows whose traae-maxtm accms to bo.
Large profits and allow roturns"!) The city
Is situated about Il miles from tho Pacific coast,
toward which thore is, In fact, gontlo inoliua.
South or West Chicago. Back Of tho city,
tho picturesque bluG, broken up horo nua
thoro by ravinoH,-on which Fremont thtow
Up bis oarthworks when he. attacked
tho ,@enx;lsea9a.-airords, n;s With ita elevation Of
try. The Los Angeles River, within tho limits,
il some 800 foet wide, aud below tho city about
half mile wide. Nearly 8 milos above town.
tho water is "capturol" for tho city ditch Il
(one becomes reooncied to dttch-toatcr in Gull
lorna y, ind, In consequence, ceases to put in
an appearance in its channel Immediately abovo
town, except In unusually 1ainy Boasons, THO
CITY 10 evidently, growing, Chicago fashion, In
southwestorly direction.
A regards tho
COST or LIVING.
board OF tho hoseiB varies from 412 to $40 per
week; but good board can DO had in private
houses at 90 por week, and a "squaro moal " at
the restaurants for 25 cents. There is little
difficulty in procuring. furnished rooms; but
metropolitan, in fact. Fnowood Is hauled 50 to
40 mles, and coats from $40 to $40 per cord,
and "drofful small " cords at tllat but fortu-
natoly 1t doee not enter largely into tho nocoa-
aary expenditures OF d household. No COAL 40
n abundance; lumber, chiefly rodHSod. 1856 to
$50 per thousand; boof {exccllout), 10 conts
per pound; butter, 30 conta per pound; eggs, 50
conts per dozen; flour, 60por hundred weight;
Vegetables In Rroiusion, and at Chicago prioes, j.
vegetables for family use, II no has eyor 80
small patch Of ground. Tomatoes and sich can
be raised al the yenr round; sweet potatoes vory
gona nirls" III potatoes on the contrary.
bus not been . good year Tor murphIcs
hero any more than It has been in Illinois. Tools,
agricultural implements, vehicles, furniture
clothing, audaoforth, aro almost double tho
pEioes current II A. Chicago The dwelllpg-houses
orally poor affairs, evidently intended to stay In,
not tiue in; but 1t has to BIO borne in mind that
shelter ID not, any moro than fuel, sine qua
non in this region. A frame-oottage ouo-aud-a-
Eas.orn-faslion. would coat 81, 500 to $4,000.
| Mechanics ea1n from $3 to IL per diem, when
they have anything to do, which ia not always
the caae. .Agricultnr labor is done for the
S npms pa By s1sans he s 'hy t @gsao tho
ChInee::"', Average rngca 81 por diom and
| found" Tho amount Of work got out OF them
| depends on wnothcr I" tho boss Is around or of
Waiting: On tic whole, the result ~ apt to be
As regards tho cost Of getting
FRU1T-rAnM %,
into working order, the following figures are, I
believe, trustworthy: The first broaliug will
cost from % to s. per acre. according to tho con
aero for oultiyating. IOrange-trees the fnvorlto
speculative fruit lere) are set out 60 to tho acre
3-yoar-old trees cost 40 to 80 cents each; to 5
ycars old (by all odds tho moat desirable) s1.50
gin to boar Qf the grasshoppers have not gol-
b!ed them). Tho cost Of setting out yn1ies Will,
circunastances-as tho nature Of the ground,
the distance from tho nursery, ETC., etc. but it
cost per aero il tho noighborhood Of
@75, and 4-yoar-olds as much more. Lines
aud lemons cost about tho eamo as oranges
but mature sooner. and are, in the main, q more
profitable crop. .Walnuta takc q long time to
woll for the Investment. soft-sloll almonds ORC
an uncertain crop tho "hard-hholls" got along
finely. Applos, pears, peachos, ETC., boar
the third year from the graft. Mission :"
erapc-cuttings cost nothing, and are worth II /;
cost another $40 to prepare tho land, and still
another $40 for Bet:lng out aud cultivAting tho
first year. Fow, however,. crowd rs many Ms
1000 vines on to III nero. Returns are tolerab1y
certain in throo yoara; in five years tho vineyard
L Last, b,,t not Ioast Qf mny judge from tho
persistent referoncos to 1t IN Ill circles hore),
haye to notice
THE CLIMATE.
That ia, boyoud all CONTROVERSY, delightful but
do not consider it per Sc sufficient oonpensa-
tion for tho laon Of other requisites OF existence
When ono eriticisca the obvious drawbacks ut
tendnnt on life iu Southern California, ha ia ahut
up at olco by tho cry, .'Tho ollmato tho
| olimatel' Well; tho climate is delicious but
man duth not 1.-Two by climate alone! 1 find that
broad aud butter, and beef and potatoes, arc no
losB essontial III the struggle for exiatence,-pay
arc at times moro easenlial. Nevertheless, ono