Daily Los Angeles herald., 1881-09-11
a 6e nuine Local Need.

a Genuine Local Need.
Elsewhere we publish a com.
munication from Mr.. G. 7. Hop
kIne, President of the California
Insurance Company, of San Fran
cisco, ad dressed to Mr.. J. de Barth
Shorb, OF the Mission San Ga
briel, enforcing the necessity OF
bringing to bear upon the officials
of the Atlantic and Pacific Rail-
way Company proper idea of the
right mission Of that corporation
a. respects Southern California.
We reserve the announcement,
which we have previously made in
the HERALD, that the Atlantic
and Pacific, Gould and Vanderbilt,
have made q combination which
looks to the extension of the Allan.
tic and Pacific, through Los Ange-
les, and via the Coast counties, to
San Francisco. AT the same time,
we pass the fact that this combins-
tion has already bought the South
Pacific, with all it's ramifications.
It is true that we received advices
of these facts by the roundabout
course OF Londen, and with many
people the fact that Colonel Joseph
U. Crawford is authority for the
statement, will not lessen their
Importance or reliability one iota.
But the issue. as presented by
the letter OF Mr.. Hopkins to Mr..
Ahorb, ought to be met on its
merits. This gives US an eppor-
tuAity to say word about the
misun derstood county of Los An
geles. We cheerfully embrace the
occasion to say that Los Angeles
county is worth the whole of the
rest OF Southern California twenty
times over. While we are in love
with tie Bay of San Diego, and
while we admit that its climate Is
perfection, there is not
Turner in our midst who
could not take long pole and,
with . hop, skip and jump, get
over the biggest of its productive
valleys. San Diego county, when
1t approaches the lines of Los An
geles and San Bernardino coun-
ties, occasionally widens to the dig
nifty of q plain, as In the case of
the San Jacinto, and when it does
so, It is confronted by the fact that
the rainfall is only half that of
Los Angeles county. To complete
the situation, there are no springs
or living streams which make ar
fificial Irrigation possible. God
and nature, If we may be permit
ted to qualify or insult such su-
prsme forces, committed great
mistake in that they did not plant
the Bay Of San Diego before Los
Angeles county, or plant Los An
gslss county behind that inimita-
BILE bay.
Yet, nevertheless, conformably
to the law Of compensations, Los
Angeles county, which has back
country equal to any twenty of the
counties of this State, has two es-
.tuaries which can easily be con-
verted into ports. Wilmington
has already attained the dignity of
= commercial port. There are forty
Important commercial points in
Europe which have not one-twen-
tieth the advantages of Whining
ton. In addition, the United
States government has committed
itself to q guarantee that q service
able port shall be built up there.
The Southern Pacific Railway Of
6cials have announced that, If the
government fails, they themselves
will do the business. Besides,
there is Santa Monica, the most
perfect and placid roadstead on
earth. Between these two, harbor
facilities are assured that will suf-
ice for the needs of Southern Cali
fernia for the next fifty years.
Recurring to Mr.. Hopkins's let
Ter, we beg that our people will re-.
spend to the situation In an ener.
getic and Intelligent manner. 1t
IL simply incredible folly to have
thls Important transcontinental
read DETECTED through the Tehach-
u pass and the deserts Of San Joa-
county, to San Francisco,
lie the Coast road lies inviting
open. By all means, competent
\ should collect the statistics,
ich are easily at hand, which
Ill show to the Atlantic & Pacific
hallway authorities what is their
truo policy. Gen. Beale, who is a
most insinuating gentleman, and
Rhe owns 200, 900 acres ofland which
align the present understood route
Of that road, has the ear of the
company. without a responsible
conteetant. Mr.. J. T.. Hollenbeck
a about to start East, and he will
sDend some months in Washington
city. We are informed that he will
take pleasure in representing the
Interests Of Los Angeles county,
and that he will proceed, II desired,