Daily Los Angeles herald., 1883-10-31
GROWTH AND RESOURCES oF THE
COUNTRY.
Remarkable Progress of the Coast
1t Pervadss the Whole Southern
Country Unparalleled Natural
aesources.

Remarkable Progress of the Coast
It Pervadss the Whole Southern
Country Unparalleled Natural
aesources.
II any one imagines that all the increase
Ia population Of Southern California
is centered in and around Los Angeles,
he will find himself very much mistaken
by an examination Of the country from
San Luis Obispo 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 anu San Jacinto, and
the San Gorgonio Pass, are being settled
up with good farmers, who are opening
the treasures Of the rich and virgin soil.
In the Santa Ana valley and the Ger
ritos, in this county, and in and around
San Benarjino, the opening of farms
and the building Of houses 60 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 on quite as
rapidly as in any other part Of the coun-
try. Great ranchos are being subdivided
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 46, 600 acres, to Messrs. Ad-
ans, Mills and Ambrose, for Sl59, 500.
This great ranch is well watered, and
when subdivided among two hundred
and fifty families, will furnish great
crops OF fruit and grain, with plenty of
water for domestic use Other ranches
have been subdivided in this county,
and it is confidently asserted by the good
people of San Luis 0bispo county that
TIE sales of real estate in that county,
during the past year, have amounted to
about S2,000,000. So it appears that
there is movement sll along the coast
line OF Southern California, with Los
Angeles as n central point, and also
mining movement parallel to the same,
that will keep pace with the agricultural
development of the coast.
These great ranchos are being -oli Oh
time. with reasonable rates ef intsrest,
and as consequences the coauiry is
being rapidly flied up with the best
class ef setslera.
The spectacle is noticeable aud inpor-
tant o lie coast the erain-2rowers,
orch..rdists and vineyarlists are pushing
forward with tremendous energy, While
adjoining, the parallel oil belt demands
aud rewards the .ie0ple wl45 sra 81 after
the treasure which It contains. iiibinsi
tho oil belt comes the belt OF gold and
silver, copper, sods, borax. ir5a and
antimony, t. furnish the metals used IA
all the arts. Such combination oi
natural wealth Is nowhere else 10 be
seen in the world as in Southern CALI
fornia. In the front is the Pacific
ocean, with its wealth of fish and its
delioious seabreeze; next appears the
most charming agricultural and horti-
cultural country in the world, followed
easterly by belt Of oil territory Of sur
prising richness, and backed by min.
eral 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-
sired? 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 q 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 ol-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
are sufficient mineral resources to fur
nish 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 not
need to 60 to foreign lands for market,
but will all be wanted at home. That
will be golden age when such har
monic relations shall be established. and
such a day is not far of.