, 1881-07-05
A Trip Over the Road from San
Francisco to Los Angeles.
Farming on IN Extensive and scien'
.,,tiao scale-EngipsefIpg Tri-
: 49,. ;umPhs. q.
Tho MaJavc;, Desert and the Los Angeles
,sIalley--A, Remarkable Contrast.
Tho Oity Of Los Angeles, and 1h Profit
~ sion Of Fruits and Flowers.

ttt fbN AOlffhntn Pacific l{niorttnU
dis.anoa n ~, ,n,ies ami thc ''s,rc.s., min
lima IL t,vonty.twn nnnrs, 1,rhnh,v in tho
sanle ulstanco nh IN uulof toau ID tle.a
found SO great Il variety Of scenery a'ld
nd.lcI to tIo ylow Mt uilnost every turn, Lcav-
If sas Fsnsisso, and Il; stirling !as ny .,,,,,s; M;
cl,arn,nE snhnrban Villages nmi cIoso by
'"y mii ,o 9'' ,rn i'. ~ ,an mI,, a""t,r' from the
uHa.a w .un - no aNtt Nv. ,r,,aI ,nl,,s
af tho Sun .]oaHnlil ara rractietl' l"lnKih9
fren the car across this great agricultural
secttn,,. tha ,nnne of tia eyo ~ bounded only
by % tils distant mountains. whIlo broa.! ex.
pailse OF waving grnl't, covering i,'""} .nan- ~
sanl RItlnre miles nj level land, lies NC
tween. Thu valley, bounded by tie Coast
Range and laf; T. J., Is sso't ,to s;iss 10 :" ss t' IN
length, anti from ~ u @ ~ ~ ,!''es ~ "", ~,
ai'd cnil'prisGa ,tenriy o'o"ooo "etus ~ u.e
hest lautl III tho State, together witt. nearly
.s,",, ,,,I,,n,, ,vt,om r.nlutmn,l. m 1nnas nre
uan W'.ta, . VIZ" H. ,,,o.i,1 r.~o' ~ -.
moro fcrtlac III lllo WolM.
,s,v. cAn''H'A stxas ;h nAm1sn; 'nonnISin, RIM. to
rntlrnaI. On either side of the track tho
,"'ana nrnntar Aortirr ~ i,," Inn, ia son,Iv nnm
ss' sasi,v tiIie,i T irere M ouI ihero intel mtchcs % nf
mtiuvloi nro,,nI fhn rnest of crnns
nrn nrot,,co,l' Nowlsro oIso ID farming
prosecuted pro OIL s,icI, all extensive md seiun.
titla scale, ni'sl tho quantity OF wliaat and
barley protlucpd 0acll yenr Is ssusewltat
enormous. 10 tho Eastern tourist, tho luck
Il is',cGs, roa's, md lloiaes is surprising,
" For Mules ana nilles nn eaca a'ao ol the soa.l
nothing but wl'cat-Ilelds arc seen, nt1d the
gr,,tn exceeds III beauty tho bost tintH OF tho
most famous artists. On every ranch Is ssan
EastarN aru,o, IL ssorc.l,. x.ot n,v,rc n,rn
asae.! .ua.lau. ~ ae"tSo!s ~, W.. "wa.S. W1
sowesa Gs fop spattotInr to se eobnea
and costly ayuarators Tor tlreshlna.
eon'p''ou Meaaets, tntes''ets, a"u ssIGk-
ments which have nlodo large
farming possible on tha San ,Ioouuin. ai,d
wich hayo ] furfsc M wo,,,Ipri,'l G nit res,,lt. FOR fr
tha % a,na.'nt @ Of eapita en1oveI a,, Iast y.ur s
els OF wheat, or. more than ouy other Stato
st.yo Illinois, md tLis year tho Yield viii bo
EYER graater o Erea.er part M o. M thls Wile9t
Is Snlppeu m ltrtisn MHts, my we gfnlh ~
H., H. ns1 Iaaiu mFy .t ~ IT, Int IT, NY pe'
- - ENGINEERING rltIustP1is.
After tle San Joaquin emma tlla Tulare
division Of tic road, mud tho country grew
Proceeded soutllwlrd. AboNt midnight w, wu
were at Culiente, md :sd miles and fifteen
hours from our startling point The altitude
but within ! n distance at. t ftwEnfysiiyc'
miles the line rises d the s,ilnnilt' Of
Tehacnpi Pass, with an altitude OF 3,0A feat,
and M averago ascent Of over 1QN feet to tNa
luile. Wlthtl! tllls twenty-five miles as # to
compensate for the smooth and level line
acIoAs Tue bhl loaqnlll, are no less tllah
s9ss'Setf ~ HI ft h!niS' @ Ws ~ nm aE9regate tGmgtm
u,,cr. ~ lit, ,,, " notnsi, M,u o 1soaa ,annas ~
~ crossng % ,tseif e,.i ,yin IL nons9nr"
aha If ~ great,.s an ,naeIn. Mi =
the ~ a1a au' aG's Il malgn aaeuhaTn iia
ths mmlass ~ h.. TX rnn' I'm. mu
Vpnn" ~ rIesta ~ ~, W evan az .n9 9sra lfo, aa
tG9; ditilsait engineering taat hns been accpla|-
p,nln;,l e,,I S !ann'as potMI,