Daily Los Angeles herald., 1880-11-18

DIR. j. P. WIpNEY had in the
November number OF the Calyor-
nian q carefully considered and
philosophical article headed sell
matte Studies In Southern Califor-
MIA" We cannot deny our readers
the qualification of reading his
summary of our local climate.
The popularity Of the physical
character of the country which has
been described, the practical oblit-
Grafton of tho Coast Range, and
the facing Of the high Sierra d.
rectly outward to the ocean, gives
rise to one type of climate not else-
where found in the State. 1t is not
the climate of the Coast Range;
neither Is it the climate of the ST.
ezra. 1t is q climate produced by
giving the daily sea-breeZs of the
Coast Range to the Sierra. 1t is a
climate which can hardly be de-
scribed. The peculiar charm of 1t
must be felt to he understood.
Along the base of the Sierra back
OF Pasadena, on eastward back OF
San Gabriel, past Cucamonga with
its noted vineyards, above Pomona,
and on beyond San BerDardino,
growing warmer as 1t recedes east
ward from the sea, is belt Of foot
hills above the fog line, facing out
toward the MONDAY Gun, looking
down across the plains, and the
hills of the Coast Range, upon the
warm Southern sea, and yet famed
| daily by an ocean breeze that has
no harshness. I do not say that
there is no more perfect climate
than this belt affords, but l have
never seen QUE. The Southern Pa
cifc Railroad upon its way to Ari-
zona skirts the foot OF this belt for
a hundred miles.
This, however, is only one OF a
number of climates developed.
There are local pecuIiarities which
one would not suspect until after
actual residence. Along certain
lines lie what might be termed
wind-belts. These are caused by
the breaks in the Coast Range OF
hills. The night fogs also are more
apt to follow certain well defined
courses; and in the winter frost has
it's sections of preference, while
other portions OF the country es-
cape entirely. There is q varied
choice of climates within Il COM
parati vely limited area. Within
three hours by rail one may have
the fresh air Of the seaside at San
ia Monica or San Pedro, with surf
bathing and temperature always
cool, even In the warm days OF
summer; Of, passing inland, the
grass lands aud diaries of Compton
and Westminster, or the corn lands
of Los Nietos and the region about
Anaheim; the milder but still es-
sentially coast climate of Los An
geles city; then. passing within
the line of the Coast Range, the
still more sheltered San Gabrie
plains, where the orange best -four.
Ishes; the inland wheat fields ol
San Fernando valley, resembling
somewhat the climate of the greal
interior valley of the San Joaquin
then the warmer raisin lands u
Pomona and Riverside; the long,
fog-less belt of the Sierra foothills
aud beyond. the alfalfa lands o
SAL BeInardino.
And still beyond, hundred
miles inland over the open valley
from Los Angeles is the San Cor
gopio Pass, land-marked from tn,
Colorado to the sea by the twir
peaks, San Jacinto and San Der
nardino, with snowy crests rising
ten thousand and eleven thoussn,
d. five hundred feet above the plain
. Here the Sierra breaks down, form
q ing the only natural pass in all 1t
: long chain, the grassy plain, with
out even dividing crest, swellin
+, and rolling through at an eleva
/ ton of only two thousand min
, hundred feet, natural gateway TO
the southern transtOntinental road
upon their way to the East. Be
} yond is the great mystery Of tn
rainless desert.