Daily Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1876-1884, 1881-12-21

How Massers 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 is usually q
head protrudlng. On being inter-
rogated 1t il Invariably found that
they are bound northward in
search Of the cheap lands Of the re-
elons named above. Few Of these
people have heard anything about
Los 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 FL
PAso, whose business 1t should be
to make the more desirable class of
Immigrants sensible Of the advaR-
tsges Of casting In their lot with
~. Both Washington Territory
and Oregon maintain several agen.
ctos of the kind mentioned, and q
very active canvass 10 constantly
under way to send settlers north.
Yet, Notwithstanding this lack OF
effort 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 class OF people
who would not be ranged under
the term immigrant in its ordinary
acceptation. They have come from
the Eastern States and from North
ern and Central California. As q
general rule they are men Of
means, accompanied by families
men who buy places ranging in
value from $4,000 to $4,000 and
800, O00. They are q class who
know what they are about, who
think the price Of land 10 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
tnjure, 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 Wsstminstsr, Orange, Santa
Ans. Anaheim, Pasadena, the San
Gabriel valley, and other places
too numerous to particularize.
Those who are chasing proper
ties in these sections are doing so
either with q view to profit from
the cultivation of the vine or
semi.tropical fruits, or because
they are hunting charming home
with the accessories Of specially
gracious vegetation and a delight
ful climate.
In the city the rate at which
building is being pushed forward
surpassss anything in our recollec.
tion In the number of structures
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. 80 thickly thronged are
our streets with strangers that an
old time Angelefio can no longer
depend upon knowing the owners
OF ono half Of the faces he meets.
Our three banks are simply
plethoric with coin, their deposits
mounting up to within a 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 solidest
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
ment Of our own resources and
ppon . very varied end remunera.
tive production. Our exports now
90 far exceed our imports In value
that We are steadily growing
richer. Five or six years like the
last half dozen, and Los Angeles
Will be hailed rs the richest agri-
cultural region in the State. No
better evidences could be given Of