Daily Los Angeles herald., 1881-03-13
A Visitors Impressions.

Mr.. H. Sinsabaugb, son.In.law
of Bishop Simpson, Of the Methc.
dist Church, who has travelled ex-
tensively in Southern California
during the past winter and who has
purchased property in Los AnR eles
with the intention of making his
home here, has written an iaterest-
Ing letter to the Denver (Col. }
Tribune, from which we make the
subjoined extracts. After describ.
ing Santa Barbara, Mr.. Sinsa baugh
says:
But, destined further south, we
make Q smooth and quick. run to
Los Angeles. Twenty miles from
the coast, the run is soon made by
rail, and ere we are aware of it we
are amongst its orange groves. A
town of remarkable history, it
seems sprightly enough to manu-.
facture history for decades aud
ages to come. She is now some.
what Of q railroad center and Just
what Santa Barbara longs for Los
Angeles has. She runs to the sea
by two lines Of railroad; she runs
south to Santa Ana, north to San
Francisco, and In a few days to
Denver and the great Eastern
world by tho Southern Pacific aud
the Atchison, Topeka and Santa
Fe. 1t is now the purpose of the
Southern Pacific to ill the gap be.
tween Ell Paso and some railway
Of Western Texas, bringing the
coast In connection with the Gulf
Of Mexico. Six hundred miles
moro and San Francisco will greet
Liverpool by way of New Orleans.
Los Angeles Is beautiful city of
about $4,000 inhabitants. The
trend of the coast range here is
from southeast to northwest, and
while the mountains, twenty miles
distant, present a sight which the
Denvsrite enjoys. they at the same
time keep away forever the furious
winds from the north. The ocean
being twenty miles distant, the
force of the strong ocean winds 10
reduced to most enjoyable brsezes
when they get here, and they inva.
rlably give cool and pleasant after.
moons and nights. A stay OF near.
ly q month gives me the right to
report upon the weather. There
has not been an entirely cloudy
day during all this time. We have
had two or three rains, but they
came at night. We have not had
muddy streets for single day, for
the almost continuous sunshine
keeps our footing dry and firm. As
to what the climate Is here, let its
fruits declare. Oranges have been
in the market for weeks and, as
yet, no tree seems to have lost any.
thing. Go out any street, in any
direction, and the sight of this
golden fruit is wonderful. 1t seems
ready now to be harvested, and yet
its most luscious condition will not
be reached until about the month
Of April. Denver ought to supply
its markets from this point, snd
undoubtedly will unless excessive
freights shall defeat it. The time
Of transit ought not to be longer
than four days, and this would lay
the orange down to the best al.
vantage.
Here, as at Santa Barbara, every
kind of vegetable is brought fresh
from the fields. For five cents you
can get enough of two or three
kinds of vegetables for an ordinary
family. Freshly picked tomatoes
are to be seen on the streets, and
straw berries at two boxes for q
quarter. But what shall I say of
the flowers No variety seems
too tender for the climate Of win
ter, and they bloom the year round
in the open air. In one yard a
friend of mine found thirty three
varieties In bloom in the middle of
last month. OF course we cannot
have all these and sun and moon
dogs too. At the moment you
were having the heavenly halos re-
ported by the Tribune on the 18th,
I could write comfortably In q
room without fire. But this Ia al
ready too long, and I will only
add that Denver is getting its rep
resentation here on the streets OF
T.no nno1ao