Daily Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1876-1884, 1879-06-12


We lately reproduced In the HER
AID the sportive comments Of the
lively editor Of the Yuma SentineI
- his recent visit to this city
That torrid individual visited Los
Angeles with Speculation In his
eye" He only refrained from pur'
chasing this whole bailiwick because
he found an unusual number Of
ssbsllyachers and grumblers" In ouI
midst. Our friend Tying, Of the
Ssntineg, IL really one Of the sagac-
ious men Of our acquaintance. He
10 ashamed at finding so many in.
hahitants Of our beautiful city des.
pondsnt Of o future which IL really
only too bright for their desserts.
The fact Is that we have reached the
apogee Of . young town which had
grown too fast and had started on
the back track. The perihelion OF
eur growth IL ahead and In the near
future and 10 not to be escaped. In
America, In the movements of
towns, there 10 an impulse which
u - we'll defined as the ebb and
dow Of the tides. We have really
now exhausted all possibilities OF
calamity. Starting with the failure
Of Temple 4 Workman's Bank, we
have gone down steadily until, to-
day, the best investment In real es-
tate on the American continent 10
In Los Angeles city lots and Los
Angeles county ranches.
We enjoyed, yesterday, the pleas
urs Of . very full and unrestrained
conversation a. to the future Of this
section with Mr.. L. J. Rose, Of
Sunny Slope, who, Lucky Baldwin
says, 10 destined to be the richest
man hsreabouts from his devotion
10 his vineyards and the steady and
susrgetic extension of his vino
bearing lands. Mr.. Rose has pur-
sued his vlnicultural snd viticul.
tural speciality with a sort Of pc.
biological enthusiasm. He is Of
opinion that California IL destined
to be the richest State Of the Amer
loan Union from her almost illim-
liable ability to make wines and
brandies Of approved grades, and he
Il also equally of opinion that Los
Angeles, ~ wine and brandy
making region, is the pick Of Cali.
forn's, Mr.. Rose has had q long
a saried experience in this State,
. he believes, as the result Of his
observation, that the city of Los
Angeles Is the very best town on
the coast. and that the county of
Los Angeles is incomparably
ahead Of all competition. He points
out the fact that, i've hundred
miles south from San Francleco,
Les Angeles is the only town that
can claim to concenter In its midst
considerable agricultural, CONNER
clal and mining interests, or that
can reasonably aim to be a city.
Either the Pacific Coast is doomed
70 be at standstill or growth and
wealth are assured to this section.
A great city and o secondary city
are certain developments Of the fu.
tire.
The fact is that the growth of Los
Angeles. in the next four years,
can only be estimated by her de.
elsnsion 10 the last four. Busin ness
II daily improving in the East, and
this improvement, II continued,
which 1t surely will be, will enable
thousands of people of means to
como to Southern California, of
which Los Angeles 10 the cynosure
Of oil eyes, both from climate and
varied possibilities. Bedrock"
has either been reached now or
surely will be reached before the
Fall months.
It IL too often overlooked that
Los Angeles, both city and county,
10 ~ yet In the mere infancy of de-
vslopment. Eight years ago both
town and county were strictly pas.
toral communities. There Is not
an sdifics 10 this city to-day, which
has anything like a modern look,
that dates back Of 1871. All the
substantial Improvements of the
town have been made since that
date. Halt and reaction, under
such circumstances, are of course
inevitable. Such towns as Chicago
and st. Louis have had many such
experiences. They are to be looked
for, As . matter Of course, in the
history and progress of towns. We
cannot forget the energy with
which Mr.. Medill, the editor of the
Chicago Tribune, who was here q
few months ago, assured us that
our present setback was purely
sphemeral, and certain to be sue.
decided by phenomenal growth. He
regarded Los Angeles as the most
promising spot he had encountered
on the American continent, and be
was right. Where else Ia the
United States can be found a place
to which every important pass Of
the Sierras converges as with The
directness Of destiny, save Los An.