Los Angeles daily herald., 1875-07-16
SANTA MONICA.
THE FUTURE CITY
by THE SEA-
Visitors by the Thousand to
Les Angeles.
Opening oflhe New Port
of Entry to Los Ange-
les.

1
Yesterday at daylight our citizens
commenced vending their way to
Santa Monica, and by 10 o'clock the
road to the ocean was a continuous
line of vehicles. The pilgrims, for the
most part, were those anxious to see
the bluffs, cliffs and sand-bars that
had, on paper, destroyed the CONNER
cial importance of Los Angeles. 9th
| ers went down to see the Salvador un-
loading her freight on raft, and the
remainder desired to see the wharf
and the steamers Senator and Los
Angeles land their living freight. The
occasion was gala-day, kind Of ap-
pendix to our Fourth of July.
On our arrival al the Santa Monica
Hotel we ascertained that the steamer
Senator had arrived on "Wednesday
| evening at s o'clock, and after land
| ing about $50 passengers, Immediately
proceeded to San Pedro, our other port
of entry. The steamer Los Angeles,
at 10 A. NJ. yesterday, was in sight,
and the wharf was crowded with peo-
| pie anxious to welcome thesvisitors.
| AS she reached the wharf, at about
noon, the steamship Salvador, of the
Pacific Mail line, honored her with
salute of eight guns, which was a
graceful compliment to one of the first
arrivals at our promising landing.
With the arrivals from Los An
geles, the number of visitors was fully
one thousand, and after generous
dinner at Morgan & Monroe's new ho-
tel, most of them repaired to the auc-
tion stand. This, for some reason
best KIN own to the managers, had been
Francisco than the site of the hotel.
A platform had been erected opposite
a tier of raised seats, which faced the
sea. The stand was occupied by Hon.
Thomas Fitch, Senator jones' repre-
sentative, Mr.. Henry Murray, an at
tache of the Senator from Nevada,
Chief Engineer Crawford, of the l.. A.
& I. r. r., and Mr.. Noyes, the popu-
lar auctiOneer. The stand was deco
rated with maps of Santa Monica,
map Of the proposed route of the Los
Angeles and Independence Railroad,
and the proposed route of the South
ern Pacific Railroad. 1t all seemed
very pretty Oh paper, but we looked in
vain for any explanation of the alleged
defects in the title to the land. A lit
tie certificate denying the reported
blots on the title or showing that no
suits were pending to settle the mat
ter, would have relieved the mind of
many an anxious spectator, hut the
document was not there. To intro
duce the sale, Mr.. Fitch made the fol-
lowing address:
Before the sale commences, desire
to make brief statement in regard to
the Santa Monica town site. The
beauties Of Santa Monica you see for
yourselves, and am glad you are here
to see for yourselves. You see be-
fore you the proposed route of the
L. A. q 1. r.. r. 1t is not q paper
road, as charged by its enemies. Six
hundred tons of iron have been landed
from the steamer Salvador which lies
in the harbor. Another steamer is
daily expected, and when the balance
arrives the road can be completed to
Los Angeles in ten days. We conf
dently expect to have trains running
into Los Angeles by the first of Sep
temher, and by that time we will be
prepared to push the road as fast as
possible. The past history of this
company is its best guarantee to the
people for it's future action, We can
promise to the citizens of Los Angeles
these things. The Southern Pacific
Railroad is finished to Caliente, marked
on this map Tehachape Pass. They
intend to complete the road to Los An
geles to control the freights between
San Francisco and your city, fixing a
rate to suit themselves, and their past
history teaches that they will charge
all they can. If they can, at the same
time, control the water communica-
ton, Los Angeles will disappear With
this line to Santa Monica, your city
will be safe, for the Southern Pacific
to compete with it must run line in
opposition to itself. Much work has
already been done. The wharf speaks
for itself. The four vessels in the har-
Dor give promise OF a great commercial
future. 1t has been ascertained by
surveys on this coast for terminus to
the Pacific Railroad that between
Point Vicente and Point Demarc there
is a sunken reef thirty feet below
low water mark. This is why there is
no evidence of surf at this point, these
submerged mountains preventing un-
dertow. There seems to be no neces-
sity for breakwater, but if one is
necessary it will Immediately be built.
1t Is our determination to give the
people of Santa Monica and Los Ange-
les a good harbOr. Fronting the coast
all the lots are 50Xl50 feet. and 'front.'
ing the avenues they are 50xlOO feet.
We will at once bring water from the
springs, which are two hundred and
twenty feet above this point. We
guarantee all the water needed at
reasonable prices. We will commence
the sale immediate ly, at block l73,
corner of Utah and Ocean Avenues,
giving each purchaser the privilege of
one or more lots at the same price. If
there are any questions l will be
pleased to answer them. z1ee
Question-How about the title ?
yelled an inqusitive Granger who
wanted secure Summer residence.
Answer-The title is perfect. This
is on the Rancho de San Vicente, adj
joining the Boca de la Santa Monica.
Tn ere is dispute about the bounda-
ries, but this site does not reach near
the disputed line. y
@. What about water? inquired a
Good Templar, who couldn't live on
California brandy and wine.
| A. The wa tier will be brought to the
land Immediately. Our past diligence
| is the best show of our future inten-
| tiOns. - 3 Astg .HfsFi
@. How will the company bring the
water here? was the next question,
by San Francisco visitor, anxious
about little family supply.
| A. The water will be brought by the
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