Daily Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1876-1884, 1881-10-19

II IL really difncult to estimate
the rate at which improvement 10
going forward 10 every part Of this
The movement of lumber
10 the best indication Of the build
log progress. Never In the histo-
~ Of Los Angeles county has there
hssn anything like it. On all the
lines Of railways the large ship.
msuts Of the various lumber-msn
are to be noted daily. They are
being applied to the erection Of
homes, to the Improvement of
those which have been already
erected. to fencing and other sub
stantial betterm snts. Five or six
years ago there were multitudes of
people In Los Angeles county whe
did net know whether they intend.
Cd to stay here or not. As con-
sequence Of the hard times Of the
years following the fall Of 1875
many Of these intending settlers
left. Others, who came with in.
sumclsnt means, In the homely
language Of the masses. 'petered"
out. OF all that unstable class
there 10 not . "Reminiscences to-day.
Their places have been taken By
people who bought property. when
II was at lite lowest ebb, and who
are resolved to stay. To-day pala-
tial sdifices are going up in great
numbers even At the base Of the
mountains. 1t 10 no infrequent
thing to come across pretentious
sdiflces, which represent, with the
grounds, an investment of from
sixty to eighty thousand dollars at
the very foot Of the Sierra Madre
range. And the cry 10 still they
come. There 10 absolutely no linn
It to the importing Of men Of m cans
which We may hereafter look for
In Los Angeles county. Every
man with q large bank account
who shall hereafter come to this
section with = view to settlement
has personally Investigated and
maturely considered his plans.
He has satisfied himself that, to
begin with, he has q climate to
which that of Nice and Msntone
ere really inferior. He has noted,
besides, the splendid perfected rail.
way system which has contributed
and will continue to contribute to
our growth. He sees, from the
natural conformation Of the CONT.
nsnt, that the broad Los Angeles
valley must ultimately be the ter
minus Of all ranscontlnental rail-
way systems on or below the thir.
ty.nfth parallel of north latitude.
He sees, besides, that this county,
In addition to unrlvaled and multi
form resources Of production, has o
splendid ocean front which stretch
- along = placid coast for nearly
enc hundred miles, with Whining.
ton and Santa Monica as nascent
and attractive harbors which can
readily be developed into great
commercial ports by a moderate
expenditure upon the part of the
national government. Taking 1t
for all In all, he reslixss that, in
casting his lines In Los Angeles
county, he disposes Of them 10
pleasant places. One year ago the
UD1ALD addressed itself to intend.
ing investors in this section Of the
Slate. It told them that the bed.
rock had been reached and that
ths most marked snhancsments In
property values known on the
American continent would take
place In THE city and county dur.
Ing the next twelve months. Asa
matter Of fact, without An iota Of
sxaggeration, there has been, on
the depressed values Of last year,
az enhancement throughout this
county OF at least hfty per cent.
This rapid Increment has resulted
from the absurd extent to which
the depreciation OF values had
been carried. The present prices
Of real estate In Los Angeles ooun.
~ are really very low. They will
unqusstionably move onward and
upward. Nothing can check them.
The range Of our products Is 20 va
risd and valuable, the market 10 90
reliable and admits Of such expan.
sion, that "sxcelsiorn 10 the only
word that properly expresses our
status. The fact that Los Angeles
county, through Irrigation and the
great extent Of her moist lands, IL
comparatively Independent Of the
weather, 10 cot the least Of her At
trastiens to intelligent immigrants
Of means. In the drysst years eur
streams are unfailing and our
aeist lands are available, showing
that the sources Of our local water
supply are away back Of both the
Sierra Madre and Sierra Nevada
sAngss Of mountains which hem Us
- closely In TO the ssa, and that
Ne are therefore Independent Of
W. caprice Of the wsather-olerk In
california. In midsummer Of the
pear mest noted for drouth the
low Of the Les Angeles and San
1abrisl rivers, and especially Of
he Los Angelica river, IL often |