Daily Los Angeles herald., 1883-10-31
GROWTH AND RESOURCES or TINE
COUNTRY.

Remarkable Progress of the Coast
IL Pervades the Whole Southern
Country Unparalleled Natural
Resources-
Il any one imagines that all the increase
ia population of Southern California
is conferred in and around Los Angeles.
he will find himself very much mistaken
by an examination Of the country from
San Luis 0bispo to San Diego While
Los Angeles is growing more rapidly
than ever, aud new buildings are begun
every day, the country is also forging
ahead with greater speed than it ever
attained before.
In San Diego county the great ranches,
Laguna, Wolfskill ana San Jacinto, and
the San Gorgonio Pass, are being settled
up with good farmers, who are opening
the treasures CT the rich and virgin soil.
In the Santa Ana valley and the Ger.
ritos. in this county, and ia and around
San Bernariino, the opening of farms
and the building Of houses go forward
steadily and rapidly. From Etiwanda,
along the base Of the Sierra Madre, to
La Canada. the development is most
astonishing At the Oil Wells, at Pc.
trolia. three wells are going down, while
from Newhall TO Santa Barbara there is
great movement in sinking oil wells
that will soon astonish the nation.
In San Luis Obispo bounty the work
Of development is going oa quite as
rapidly as in any other part Of the coun-
try. Great ranches are being subdiyided
and made into farms. as fast as the sur
veyors can lay them out and the carpen-
ters build the houses. One OF the most
important movements for the benefit Of
the county Of San Luis Obispo, consists
in the sale Of the great Huer Huero
Rancho, Of 4G, 900 acres, to Messrs. Ad-
ans, Mills and Ambrose, for $3.50, 500.
This great ranch is well waten,d, and
when subdivided among two hundred
aud fifty families, will furnish great
crops OF fruit and grain, with plenty of
water for domestic use. Other ranches
have been subdivided i'll this county,
and it is confidently asserted by the good
people OF San Luis 0bispo county that
the sales of real estate in that county,
during the past year, have amounted to
about $1,000, 0,000. SO it appears that
there is movement all along the coast
line of southern California, with Los
Angeles as a central point, aud also
mining movement parallel to the same,
that will keep pace with the agricultural
development of the coast.
These great ranchos are being -ol on
time, with reasonable rates ef interest,
aud as Consequence the country is
being rapidly filled up with the best
class ef settlers.
The spectacle is noticeable and inpor-
tanA. o the coast the erain-grower~.
orcl.adists and sineyar,liats are pashi1g
forw ard wifh tremendous energy, While
adjoining, the parallel OIL belt demands
aud reward. the people wl, sra q after
the treasure which it contains. d bind
the oil belt eones the belt Of gold md
silver. copper, soda, bor4x. ir1n aud
antimony, t, furnish the MEALS asea IL
all the arts. Such a combnat ticu 81
natural wealth il nowhere else to be
seen in the world as in Southern Cali
fornia. In the front is the Pacific
ocean, with its wealth of fish and its
delicious seabreeze; next appears the
most charming agricultural and horti.
cultural country in the world, followed
easterly by a belt OF oil territory Of SUR
prising richness, and backed by min.
ersl belt that extends to the Colorado
river, and is full Of the precious metals
Of every kind known to commerce.
What more could be expected or de-
sireds An ocean with food in mex
haustible quantities; land of richness
for fruits and grains and flowers; belt
Of oil for fuel and illumination. followed |
by belt Of mineral wealth unsurpassed |
on the planet.
With this remarkable combination OF |
resources, this remarkable prodigality Of |
wealth for the convenience and comfort |
of man, who would not be content with |
our favoring skies and our boundless
natural sources OF wealth.
The arrangement which the Maker of |
the earth has made for the prosperity Of |
Southern California is most remarkable.
The producer and consumer are placed |
beside each other. In sight Of the grain
fields and orchards the oil-well maker
and the miner pursue their work, know
ing that there are no hindrances be-
tween producer and consumer. The
balance is so well adjusted that there
eic SuihSAche uihcioi ScS W itf-
nish a good living for enough miners
to consume all that the farmers Of the
agricultural portion can produce.
At present the farmers are in the
majority, but the mining industries and |
the manufactures which they create,
will soon occupy the farmers time to
the fullest extent in producing food for
the miner and manufacturer. The grain
and -four and meat and bacon will no,
need to 60 to foreign lands for market.
but will all be wanted at home. That
will be golden age when such har
monte relations shall be established. and
such day is not far off.