Daily Los Angeles herald., 1881-12-21

How MesseFs stand Here.
There is something to marvel ct
In the way immigration ia passing
over the Southern route for Ore
eon and Washington Territory.
Attached to the freight trains
which arrive In this city are gen.
orally to be found from two to
three Immigrant cars, and from
every window there ia usually q
head protrudlng. On being inter-
roeatsd 1t il Invariably found that
they are bound northward in
search Of the cheap lands Of the re-
Glons named above. Few OF these
people have heard anything about
Loo Angeles. Absolutely no effort
has been made to see that they
shall receive any Information OF
the resources or attractions Of this
section. Common sense would
dictate that the wealthy land
owners Of this county should club
together and station one agent at
Kansas City and another at Ell
PAso, whose business 1t should be
to make the more desirable class Of
immigrants sensible of the advaH-
tages Of casting In their lot with
~. Both Washington Territory
and Oregon maintain several agen.
cles Of the kind mentioned, and .
very active canvass is constantly
under way to send settlers north.
Yet, Notwithstanding this lack OF
sifort on our part, and the fact
that We do not receive anything
like our share of the immigration
over the Southern route, both city
and county are mysteriously fill
Ing up, and by a class OF people
who would not be ranged under
the term immigrant in it's ordinary
scceptation. They have come from
the Eastern States and from North
ern and Central California. As q
general rule they are men. oil
msans, accompanied by families
men who buy places ranging in
value from $4,000 to $4,000 and
100000. They are q class who
know what they are about, who
think the price of land lie a little
high hereabouts as compared with
many States and territories, but
who are determined to have some
Of IL anyhow. They are men whom
An occasional dry season would not
fpjure, at least not irreparably. 1t
would astonish those Of our citi-
sens who have not been out In the
county lately to note the great set
Element and improvement which
have taken place there during the
past year. It surpasses all expec.
tAtion, and 1t takes In the whole
range Of the foothills and all the
great valleys of Los Angeles coun.
y, embracing with equal PARTIAL
ity Westminster, Orange, Santa
Ans, Auaheim, Pasadena, the San
Gabriel valley, and other places
too numerous TO particularize.
Those who are purch asing proper.
Ties In these sections are doing &c
either with view to profit from
the cultivation of the vine OF
ssmi-tropical fruits. or because
they are hunting q charming home
With the accessories Of specially
gracious vegetation and delight.
ful climate.
In the city the rate at which
building lie being pushed forward
surpassss anything in our recollec'
tlon In the number OF structurei
which are going up and the great
stretch Of ground over which the
building mania extends. Both the
central and suburban portions Of
the city are characterized by this
activity. So thickly thronged are
our streets with strangers that an
old time Angele1o can no longer
depend upon knowing the ownera
Of one half Of the faces he meets.
Our three banks are simply
plsthoric with coin, their deposits
mounting up to within fraction
Of two millions and half OF dol.
lars. 1t is not too much to say
that, with an ordinarily favorable
season this year, Los Angeles
stands upon the eve Of the solidesi
and most enduring business boom
che has ever known.
In considering the present status
OF Los Angeles 1t should be borne
In mind that the slowly but surely
resurrected prosperity of the city
has been built upon the develop
mont Of our own resources anc
upon very varied end remuDers
tive production. Our exports now
90 far exceed our imports In value
that We are steadily growing
richer. Five or six years like tht
last half dozen, and Los Angelel
will be hailed as the richest agri'
cultural region In the State. NJ
beftar evidences could be given o.