Los Angeles daily herald., 1874-05-12
LETTER FROM SAN FRANCISCO.
Muddy Streets-A Longing for the Gar
lens of Los nics-lsoiied
Bricks-General Gossip.

NenS OF Los ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Bricks-Generai Gossip.
From the HERALD's Lady Cores ondent.
EDITOR HERALD How is your
country looking? We've had rain
enough wasted in making mud for our
streets to clothe vast area with wild
flowers. I've never had the pleasure
of visiting your favored region, but l
love to fancy how your fields and gar
dens are reveling in the beauty and
freshness of early Spring.
THE ANNUAL EXODUS
Has begun in this city. Instead of
flower-clad hillsides, waving grain
fields and budding trees, we have torn
up carpets, covered furniture and
freshly whitewashed walls to mark the
season. Your readers, especially those
who came from. Yankee land, will
please remember that this is the time
for the Spring cleaning and moving.
Hayward's Hotel, Alameda county,
"Keisey's," in Oakland, Skaggs'
Springs, Sonoma county, and various
other places of Summer resort, are be-
ginning to blossom out in bright mus
Inns and gay ribbons. Picnics are in
full blast. The various churches. Cor
ders" and companies have in turn
crowded the boats and railroad cars to
the popular pleasure grounds in this
vicinity, and cCoped-up, alley-bred
children have had their annual glimpse
of green fields and Whit of fresh air.
IfSabbath Schools do no other good,
they are II blessing for the treat they
give to children by their picnics.
THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
Speaking of children, reminds us
that their season of acknowledgements
is near at hand. On the Goth instant,
the public schools of this city will
close for the Summer vacation, which,
this year, is to be five weeks long. We
are a little surprised at the display of
such o lenient spirit on the part Of the
members of the present "Board," who
have hitherto manifested such NOR
bid tendency to pull the educational
reins tight, and circumscribe the
movements Of all connected with the
department. Do you ever have
such Grows" in your Los Angeles
Board as are constantly being stirred
up here? If there is such thing as
quiet and smooth management of
school matters and your Directors have
learned it, we wish they would send
us the recipe. Why, they hav'nt yet
learned to arrange it so that people
may die on Friday, so that their fune-
rails may take place on Sunday, and
thus enable such of their friends as
may be teachers to attend their funt I.
rails withoutifear of unnecessary al
sence'' from school.
BOILED BRICKS.
What kind of pavement have you in
your city? Numerous attempts have
bee made here to invent some material
of sufficient durability to bear the
weight and wear of heavy dray and
truck travel, without needing repairs.
Philip Conduc, well-known street
contractor of this city, thought he'd
found it when he accidentally dropped
a brick into boiling tar, and found, On
taking it out, that it had become so
impregnated and coated with the tar
as to greatly increase its weight and
elasticity. The Board of Supervisors
gave him the means to experiment in
several accepted streets. Sufficient
time has not yet elapsed to fairly
test the merits OF the new pavement,
but the disc0verer is very sanguine OF
its success. The result of the expert
ment - g far is worn and sunken
bricks ere there is very heavy
travel, ks good as new where the
travel has been light. When o ma
chine for generating perpetual motion
will be invented, it will doubtless be
used to manufacture some material
that won't wear out.
BREvITIEs.
The new road to Monte Diablo sum.
nit is completed and was formally
opened on the I'd inst. A number o.
invited guests of the road company
made an excursion to the summit, OF
that day, which was pronounced by
all to be one of the most enjoyable at
fairs of the kind that could well bc
imagined.
Charlie Pope is creating quite an ex
element at the California Theater.
The Women's Temperance Alliance
is 500 in debt, and has no funds. A
fine opportunity for the exercise o
faith.
The dress reform movement doesn't
progress favorably. Evidently fallel
into the wrong hands.
The Spiritual manifestations at thu
"Clark mansion" in Oakland, are be
coming so stale that they fail to pro
duce much excitement.
Ladies' hats are broad-brimmed, ant
panges is the most popular materia
for suits. They are elaboratly trim
med by those who can afford it. Thos
who can't wear ten-cent calicoes, an
are just as happy-if they'd onl.
think so. KARL KEANE.