Los Angeles daily herald., 1875-03-17

Angeles, and daily trains are run both
ways. This road is soon to be ex-
tended across the Santa Ana river.
The Main Trunk Road of the South
ern Pacific is extended eastward to
Spadra, nearly thirty miles, and the
grading is now being done to San Cor
gonio Pass, fifty miles further. The
Los Angeles and Independence Rail-
road is now being built from Santa
Monica, on the seaboard, via Los An
geles, TO the mining district in Inyo
county. Grading is progressing rap
idly between Los Angeles and the
coast, and in the Cajon Pass, and
within a few months trains will be
leaving Los Angeles daily in six diff
ferent directions. This makes Los
Angeles the railroad center of South
ern California.
@. How hot is your hottest weather,
and how long does it continue ?
A. Seldom exceeds 90o-is oftener at
500 and continues from May to No
vember
@. How cold is your coolest weather
and how long does it continue
A. Sometimes mercury goes down
400 above and rarely lower-From De-
cember to March.
@. How many inhabitants has Los
Angeles ?
A. l2,000-about.
@. What nativity to the greater por-
ton of Los Angeles?
A. American about 25 per cent
Spanish.
@. How many churches in Los An
geles
A. Eight or ten church organiza-
tions, all do not have church edifices.
@. Do they have good church build
ings ?
A. Not very good, but better ones
are being built.
@. Do they have good schools and
are the teachers scarce
A. The very best In the country
plenty of teachers.
@. What are the wages of school
teachers per month. I mean best
teachers ?
y. From $75 to $50.
@. What is board per week?
A. From $6 to $l0-with lodging.
@. What are the accommodations ?
A. Like all other countries, one can
get good, bad, and Indifferent you
pay your money and take your choice.
@. How high is land in the city per
acre--per lot-say business lots?
A. In the suburbs from $500 to $500
per acre. Residence lots from 500 to
$4,000 each, business lots from $500
per front-foot down.
@. Is there prospect of Los Ange-
les growing right along, and is there
any benefit derived from the Southern
Pacific r. r?
A. We see no reason why Los Ange-
les should not continue to be prosper
Gus. The S. p. r. r. now runs through
the city, and the indications are that
this will become railroad centre.
@. What keeps up Los Angeles ?
A. The best agricultural section of
the Pacific Coast, and the ability of
this section to raise all kinds of semi
tropical fruits, such as the orange,
lemon, lime etc., the successful cul-
ture of which is limited to Southern
California.
@. Is the drug business a paying
business there
A. Yes, but there is not room for
any more druggists.
@. How many drug stores in Los
Angeles
A. Six.
@. Does the dust bother people in
the Summer time much?
A. 1t is dusty here in Summer, but
sprinklers keep it down in the city.
@. Does the mud bother much in
the wet season?
A. Only during the heaviest rains.
@. How long does the wet season
continue
A. Rains continue from November
to May, but it is not common to have
more than one heavy rain during a
season to last week or ten days.
@. Do you think one with $4,000
could start there in the drug business
and make living of it?
A. ProbablyI but the best way
would be to buy out one of our present
drug stores.
@. What is rent for first-class bus
mess room?
A. From 500 to $3.50 per month.
@. What is rent for dwelling with
four or five rooms-a decent building,
and are there plenty to rent
A. From $25 to $40 per month.
Houses to rent are very scarce.
@. What do good compositors re-
ceive per thousand ems?
A. In Los Angeles from 40 to so
cents. Job printers receive from $lS
to $25 per week, according to ability.
There are as many printers here at
present as the business of the city can
support, and yet changes are contin-
ually taking place, and good workmen
need not generally lay still long.
@. What does it cost to build?
A. That depends on the kind of a