Daily Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1876-1884, 1882-04-28
time relieved from active service and permitted to

time relieved from active service and permitted to
make the town of Los Angeles their residence.
In the year 1896 the town was created acity and
made the capital OF Alta California by Act OF the
Mexican Congress, and Governor Don Carlos
GARLIC made II the seat of the civil government
during his administration. After the expulsion
of Micheltorena in 1874, under the administration
OF Don Pho Pico, II again became the seat of gov.
eminent and so continued until the emigration Of
the Mexican authorities and the occupation Of
California by the United States forces in August,
1916
The City of Los Angeles was captured from the
Mexicans by the United States forces in 1876 after
two sharply contested battlesone at the crossing
of the San Gabriel river, and the other upon the
| the mesa in front of the town-in both OF which
the United States forces were victorious. At the
| time of these two successful engagements our
troops consisted of detachment of marines, sent
| up by Commodore stockton, who formed juno
ton with General kearneys soldiers at the river.
After the battles they marched into and occupied
| the town, and were joined soon afterward by the
command of General Fremont, who came by the
way of Santa Barbara They erected notifications
on The hill northwest Of the town, but were sub
sequently compelled to abandon their position
and retreated to San Pedro, closely followed by
the enemy. A short time after the shove events
occurred, the war between the United States and
Mexico ceased. California became Territory OF
the United States, and Los Angeles was no longer
Mexicrn Pueblo, but an American burg"
The population OF the city at that time num-
bered nearly two thousand. All the buildings
were low, rickety, adobe houses, with fiat roofs
From this period until 1858 great many Amer-
cans and Europeans had taken up their abode in
the city, and improvements were instituted forth
with. Stores and dwellings sprang up rapidly
and the town very soon began TO assume preten
sions of some magnitude. From this time on the
population continued to increase rapidly, and in
the year 1860 il numbered about 1000; in 1870 il
tbar haatn xfit mn
ing rapidity, as in 1874 the population was esti
mated at from eleven to thirteen thousand, and ut
present it amounts to seventeen thousand.
The corporate limits of the City of Los Angeles
extend one Spanish league north, east and west,
and one Spanish league and four hundred yards
south from the centre OF the Plaza. General Ord
made the first survey, and his map was the map
governing the city until 1876, when the U. S.
Deputy Surveyor, II. I. Stevenson made survey,
and his map is NOV considered the correct one.
The city contains miles OF vineyards and orange
groves, and, as viewed from the hilltop in the
northwest portion, it presents the appearance of
an immense cultivated grader, the buildings being
scarcely visible through the thick rows of semi
tropical fruit and shade trees which abound every
where In delightful prousion There are different
varieties OF fruit at all times of the year; the
flowers are in bloom at all seasons, the delicious
fragrance of whose perfume dffuses itself through
the air from the first day in January to the last
day in December-a veritable Garden of Eden.
The climate of Los Angeles is remarkable for its
healthfuness and equablity of temperature The
mean temperature in winter is 52 and in summer
73'. During the summer months the mercury
seldom rises above go, and even then the heat is
tempered by the cooling winds from the Pacific
Ocean between meridian and sunset, and during
the night by the gentle breezes from the mountain
gaps. The rainy season commences about Novem-
Der, and lasts three or four months, and averages
about eighteen inches There is, perhaps, no
place on the globe more suitable for those afflicted
with consumption or asthma than Los Angeles.
The purity and dryness Of its atmosphere, the pro-
ducts of its SOIL its large number of sunshiny days
all go to make it the most desirable place of
residence for consumptives
Visitors to this city cannot complain of want Of
delightful drives. Any road they may choose to
take from the business portion of the city is as
beautiful drive as can be found anywhere
Any one visiting this city after an absence of a
few years would be surprised at the changes which
have taken place in the way of buildings. Adobes
have given way to more substantial buildings and
stores, and there are now edices within its limits
which would do credit TO any OF the older cities In
the United States. The one most worthy of note
perhaps is the Baker Block, on the corner of Main
and Arcadia streets. II has lS6 feet front by l07
feet depth. The architectural style of the first
story is the Roman Corinthian, the second and
third stories nclining TO the modern Renaissance.
1t is surmounted by three towers, the height of
the central one being Ito feet, and that OF the two
others IS feet each.
The Catholics, Epscopalians, Presbyterians,
Methodists, Baptists, German Evangelists, Con
gregationalists, the Christians, the Adventists,
and lsraelites have beautiful and commodious
ediiices in different parts Of the city.
The Los Angeles river, small stream, flows
through the city limits, little east OF the centre,
in southerly direction, and enters the Pacific
ocean about thirty miles below the city. Although
small, it supplies the city with water, with the
exception OF the more elevated portions, and they
are now supplied by the Beaudry Water Company.
The city has supply OF water sufficient for enc OF
ten times its size, ii properly utilized.
The first steam railroad that was constructed
was the Los Angeles and San Pedro between Los
Angeles and Wilmington, and was completed
October Goth, 1862 The road was operated under
this name until July 1st 1874, when it was pur
chased by the Southern Pacific Company, and is
now called the Wilmington Division OF the South
ern Pacific. The next steam railroad built was
fifty miles of the Southern Pacific in 1884 from
San Fernando to Spadra. The road to Anaheim
was built in 1915. The connection between Los
Angeles and San Francisco was made on Septem-
Der 5th, 1875 since which time the road has been
extended east as far as the Texas Pacific and other
railroads running to the Gulf of Mexico. At
Demng it connects with the Atchison, Topeka
and Santa Fe Railroad running to Kansas City.
etc. The Los Angeles and Independence Railroad
was constructed in 1875, between Los Angeles and
Santa Monica, by Senator John z. Jones and was
purchased bV the managers OF the Central Paclnc
Railroad in 1878, and is still operated under its
original name a.. A. and IL by the C. z. Il. K. |
Company Early in 1873 the San Diego Division |
was extended from Anaheim TO 10 Santa Ana. The |
Southern Pacific Railway Company have large re- |
pair shops in this city fitted up with the best |
and are the most extensive in the |
State outside of Sacramento.
The Pacific Coast Steamship Companys steamers |
run between San Francisco and San Diego calling |
at way ports. San Pedro is the port for Los |
Angeles passengers and freight, and is connected
with this city by the Southern Pacific railroad. |
This is the only steamer line plying between this
port and the Bay City, and the fare is consider
ably cheaper than by rail- it is, of course, largely
patronized by travellers. The passenger steamers
arrive and depart every five days, and freight
steamers average four or five a month