Los Angeles daily herald., 1874-10-17
NJ. President and Gentlemen

statement of what has been done to
advance the interests of the associa-
ton and those of Los Angeles county,
taking it for granted that you, as
leading citizens, take the broad view
of my mission which was acted upon.
My preparation and outfit for the
Eastern and European tour was ar
ranged to show in the most effective
manner POSSIBLE the advantages OF
Los Angeles county as place OF resi-
dence, especially for invalids, but
equally desirable for others. The
grains in the ear, the fruits and nuts,
both green and dried, six different
kinds of wines of the vintages of 1854
to 1870; no especial care being taken
in the selection and packing of the
green fruit-oranges, lemons and lines
yet they arrived in New York look
ing nearly as fresh as when taken from
the trees. An assortment of these and
the dried fruits were presented to the
agricultural editor of the New York
Tribune, (30) thirty days after leaving
Los Angeles. Their appearance and
favor elicited a handsome editorial in
relation to them and the country of
their production. A delay of (9) nine
days for steamer gave opportunity
for d general distribution of the circii-
lars and fruits to other editors through
out the Eastern States. s |
A ticket was procured in New York
emitting the holder to passage to Ire
land, Scotland, England, Belgium,
Germany, Austria, Italy, France and
Spain. Letters to Ministers Wash
burn and Marsh, in France and Italy,
were obtained; also, to Montgomery
Gibbs of London, but finding none of
these persons at their several ad-
dresses, the letters were of no avail.
The last of the oranges were eaten by
a company of ladies and gentlemen in
the north of Ireland and in Scotland,
and were pronounced superior; thus
demonstrating, by sea voyage of
5000 miles, occupying 40 days in
transit, the undoubted keeping quail
ties, as well as the superior flavor.
After rapid canvass of the Euro
pean field, it was decided that the
time and means at hand would be best
used by confining operations to the
British Islands principally. Work
was therefore began by advertising in
the London Times and five other
leading English journals and by the
preparation and publication of five
little books, designed and arranged in
such manner as to be attractive and
readable, and each containing the let
ter of Francis S. Miles, with the ther-
mometrical and hysrometrical tables of
temperature. Four thousand copies
of these books, containing good and
valuable matter relating to health,
finance, etc., and advertising Los An
geles and its advantages as place of
resort for health, pleasure, occupation
or permanent residence, were distrib-
uted throughout the United Kingdom
to editors and prominent personages,
calling forth an extensive correspond
ence and enquiry.
BY persistent effort and constant
labor, in January the stock was ready
to be t1oated on the European market,
and could have been successfully ac-
complished had the association seen
proper to have placed at the disposal
of the Superintendent sufficient funds
TO open a bank account with such
English bankers as do business of that
klnd-that is, receive subscriptions to
stocks. This required s20O, or ST. 900,
which sum failing to come to hand, it
was thought best to return.
There were a number of applications
from such men as Sir William Brooke,
anxious to know if accommodations of
certain description could be obtained
in Los Angeles. These applications
came from all directions, and required
description most minute of the style
of houses, manner of ventilation, water
and heating arrangements, etc. I'm
fortunately, 1t could not be stated that
such houses as were required, in many
Instances, were obtainable, as the As
sociation was not far enough advanced
to offer them, .and capitalists in the
vicinity found so much more attractive
investments that it did not yet pay
them Tin one point of view to build
elegant suburban villas or cottages to
let.
1t was painful in the extreme to
your superintendent, after the priva-
tion and care with which the work had
been carried forward nearly to success
full completion, to be compelled to
abandon it for a time and return, al.
though it was left in such shape as to
be taken up and carried forward at
any reasonable distance in the future.
To place Los Angeles in its proper
light before the people of the East and
Europe, no pains or privation were
thought too severe; and my family
now, and did before leaving England,
suffer from the zeal and faithfulness
with which my mission was performed,
as a portion of the expenditures were
drawn from their private means, not
doubling an early. and ample reim-
bursement.
Expenditures for the Association.
81, ,321, being exclusive of all contin-
anI
except the board, etc., amounting to
several hundred dollars-which were
paid for postage, advertising, etc.
not accounted for.
Receipts from the Association, $50;
expenditures, $1,321 balance due,
1851. E t
REMARKS.
The desirability of class OF accom-
modations outside of the city and in a
higher altitude, either in the way of
segregated residences or properly ar
ranged apartments in the more desira-
BILE and healthy locations near the
mountains, as an indispensable induce
ment to temporary sojourners of the
class to which SirWm. Brooke belongs.
must be. apparent. That the Associa-
tion cannot Immediately and fully
meet this desideratum is admitted.
The most feasible mode that offers to
attain the approximation of an Insti-
tute that shall meet all the more i'm
portant requirements, appears to your
superintendent to be by acquiring q
certain tract of land, some 5000 acres,
which lays most favorably for all pur-
poses, and is so located that by laying
it out into one, five, ten, twenty and
forty-acre lots and disposing of the
a alternata lots. the ruhoIa can ho raiS