Los Angeles daily herald., 1875-01-21
ANSWER TO INQUIRIES.
A Few of the Thousand and One IS
Questions TO the {. HERALD An-
sWerctl. N


HERALD Office from one to q dozen
letters of inquiry relative to Los An
geles county. Below will be found
answer to some of these letters re-
ceived during the present month.
FREIGHT FROM FRISCO.
"Glasswareu wants to know the
rate per one hundred pounds on
freight from San Francisco to Los Am
geles? srsf.g4 vs. .tsf t{n
The rate on general merchandise is
$40 per ton-tive per boat and five per
rallroad-forty cubic feet by measure
ment. Glassware of all descriptions
at double rates, and at the risk of
f "New Yorker wantsto- know the
wages in Los Angeles Of laborers and
mechanics? Here, they are by the
day: Painters $33 to ST. plasterers, 81
to So; bricklayers, s.; carpent ters, $4 to
$49; book-binders, 81; carriage paint
ers, $5; timers, 81; .wheelwrights, $45
to $5; blacksmiths, $3l to 81; ''hods, 81
/ to $2l; wood-choppers, So per cord;
day laborers, $1s to $2I farm hands,
$40 to $35 per month with board;
walters, $25 to $40 per month with
board, servant girls, 500 to $50 per
month with board; .lressmakers, 81 to
So per day.
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"Canadian" asks the following in
formation: "Is there any boot or shoe
manufacturing establishment In Los
Angeles larger than a cobbler's
bench?u EAf Uf@9lnF
There are three boot and shoe man
ufactories here, employing from three
to five men each. They pay by the
piece, and good workmen can earn
from SIS to S23 per week. In all about
thirty shoemakers are at work in this
city. The Cinnamon confine their op-
erations to slipper work. The whole
sale price for boots and shoes is about
the same as in the Eastern States; the
retail prices reslightly higher.
OUR MANUFACTURING RESOURCES AND
An Ohioan, with means, wants to
come here and engage in some paying
manufacturing establishment and lie
sends the query: "What are the man.
ufacturing features of Los Angeles?"
We have here in successful opera
tion two planning mills, large woolen
mill, q candy factory, q soap factory,
over dozen wagon and carriage
manufactures, one of the largest
brandy distilleries on the coast, wine
manufactures by the score, an Alden
fruit drying factory, etc., etc.
Any well conducted manufactOry,
established by men of enterprise and
capital, is sure to pay in this commu-
nifty. A large Touring mill is especial
ly needed.
WAGES OF CLERKS.
Another anxious enquirer, all the
way from the bleak hills of Maine,
wants to know what is paid here to
"counter-hoppers," particularly in the
grocery and hardware stores.
In Los Angeles, as elsewhere, the
rule quaatum meruit is applied by
business men to their assistants.
Some clerks get $500 per month; 9TH
ers not over $30-and they are pro-
nOunced dear at that low figure. Any
sober, industrious and Intelligent
young man, who comes here with a
determination to make himself useful,
is certain to secure good position in
l.o
not expect to jump into a good place
just the minute he treads our soil.
COST OF LIVING.
A Virginiann asks the HERALD
to inform him "what is the cost of
living 2"
A man can live here comfortably at
reasonable rates. At the Lafayette,
United States and other good hotels,
mechanics can secured board and lodg-
ing at $S per week. Furnished rooms,
with accommodation for two persons,
range at from $40 to $35 per month.
At private boarding houses board and
lodging ranges all the way from 81 so
to $l2 per week. Our markets are
well supplied and prices are always
reasonable.
WHEN TO COME HERE.
Another Canadian asks the question,
"Should n young man wanting en-
employment come in the Spring or
Fall ?n Suit your own convenience
one season is just as good as another.
But in March, just after the rainy sea-
son is over, this semi-tropical region
puts on its most pleasing dress.
Another Inquirer asks as to the
prospects here for young men with
out mubh means?p
About the same as in other coun-
tries. If you are willing to work and
able to work, you are certain to aa-
vance and soon secure a comfortable
living. But everyone coming into a
new country should have some little
money to fall back upon in case of
sickness or other adversities. a..i
Railroad Matters.
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