Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1875-06-27
THE COMING CITY.

THUS FAR SOUTHERN CALIFoRNIA HA.
haps more nearly than any other place attempted to
supply this want but Los Angeles has never been quite
lectvc almost to be worthless. The United States
Gogernment has expended over half million dollars
on San Pedro Bay without apparent beneficial result
and freight and discharged into lighters
muddy Creek and finally disemoarKed in swamp
| twenty-six miles by rail from Los Angeles;
of Los Angeles from which is but fourteen miles dis
tant lies the beautiful bay of Santa Monica; The har
cent gale, while the steamer unable to discharge
m s at as sH ar her enss
lumber for the of the wharf at that point
point where there thirty feet of water at low tide
From the wharf to Los Angeles the road bed of the
and enough iron has been purchased and shipped to
ne oaa &c Of % an
have been secured TO construct the road to In
dependence within a twelvemonth.
That Monica is be the future city of South
California will be readily conceded after exam
There is not to BE found on the Pacific Coast and
perhaps the Atlantic such smother site for water
beach, fit for bathing driving all stages of the tide
70 whee there en-
ocean beach and the arabic land the fertile valley comes
feet looks down on the water But it is as CONNER.
cal city that Santa Monica has its greatest expectations
Cajon passHa result which viii be achieved by January
nex.t will be within Nifty miles Of the surveyed route
over two hundred miles from San Diego. The con
Structon nfty miles OF would therefore, send
the Texan Pacific to Santa Monica for terminus-to
Santa Monica, where swift and elegant steamers
ming twenty hours to San Francisco over storm
less will convey passengers more pleasantly and
expeditousy as by rail Again, the road to 1ndepen
dence WILL at some day not very remote be connected
with the Utah, southern and Central Roads. and so
connect with the Union Pacific at Ogden, thus making
Santa Monica the terminus of two overland roads and
of Panamint. Cerro Gordo. Coso and the mining dis
trcts of Inyo, Kern and san Bernardino counties.
That will be a city of 2 900 people at Santa Mon
within three years. And of 100 coo within ten years is,
when the wonderful mineral and agricultural capabil
tiles of the surrounding country considered not
estimate This city of the future will present at
fractions place of residence not elsewhere to be
offered gentle southern slope 10 the beach gives
drainage and avoids the heavy charge for grad
ing streets. Water in abundance can be brought
through pipes from copious springs only two miles
away and. should these prove insufficient, the neigh
boring San Vncente mountains can be tapped of the
streams which run through their canyons In the
meantime abundance of sweet, cool water can be
obtained by of ordinary wells at depth of thirty
feet. The soil OF all the valley is productive and the
homes of Santa Monica will speedily be empowered in
shrubbery and trees.
The site of proposed city the ranch of Santa
Monica, containing &c. This ranch has of late
been used sheep pasture but the SOIL ls very
rich and kind of crops be grown without irrl-
gation its proximity to the sea supplies all neces
sary moisture.
ii is the intention of the proprietors divide the
land about the city into twenty and forty acre tracts
and dispose of them To actual settlers for orange
chards.