Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1884-02-10

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wegTEaS RAn0LanGs.
,runwurpxscs Pos1- 1-IHrELLIGucn.
s.v BxsxAsDrso, Cal, Jan. y, ~.
p.sc,e leaving Los Anael-a We took
40. o.t 70 Pasadena. noted A. the
..,s6iss of Los Anaeie- csuuty. Ooi
-. took as through East Los Angeles
-. . line OF bluffs northeast Of the
I., The whole distance Of six miles
:. r,ors II lined with stakes deDotinG
sh.t All il laid Of in building loss. and
- noticed that miles of iron pipe were
s.,ce laid 70 conduct water from ths
.nanfains upon the tiilable lands.
Alooe the road nice homes ssrs being
iupsovsd and orchards ass out. oor
"a Led no a canyon and hrou9ht m
- into a most beautiful section of
aoustry lying between line OF buns
ana the mountains. Pasadsna II town
"a settlement firss improved by colo
NJ from Indiana, sbeut ten years ago.
A seops Of country some ten or twelve
.s,ea vide and extending for many
.sjies along the bass Of the high tower
NJ mountaius. and lying With gentle
-. l. a general description OF this
SsSst,ful esctiou Of oOuntry. A large
~ a land has beeu laid out. with vide
sSsnuee running through, and lots front
~ - ths same. OrsnRs and other ois-
- trees, With numerous evergreen
6ssea. and orchards and vineyards, make
- 4 uioturo pleAsing to the eye The
Ssldaa fruit, hanging mingled With the
- eyesn foliage, 10 sOmsthinR that
49, s. eeeu in order tO realizs Its
Heautv, The place is improving very
fopidiy, and land has gone up higher 10
miee than around Los Angeles. A large
ko0el u in course Of erection. ono mile
nth Of the town. on high eminence,
frem whence Q grand panoramic view
osoads ont On every sids. even away to
- blue waters Of the ocean, Is milrs
ooush, The building In being put up by
a Eastern company. who expect 70
1uand $4,000 in Ito erection. A rail
rosd will soon CONNECT Pasadena with
Ioa Angeles, and doubtless at no distant
dav Il viii be Q suburb of the city itsslf.
2, r. Huribut, Esq, Of OhisaRo. has .
reaidsnce and Ii acres Of ground
il, laid 0ut in serpsntine
valks and planted in grOvea and or
ohards, and beautified with cypress
bedass, towering shrubbefy and lawns
80 make u look like an Eden indeed.
Here be spends four Tu0nths Of the win
teg With his family while the rest of the
vsas b. lives In Cnioago.
Lsaving Los Angeles via thA main line
Of the B. p. r., we oame cast ~ San 0n-
beiel, which 10 also q section of country
vsll improved. For miles around groves
sud orchards may be sSSn, With many
iins residences dostinQ the plats Ut YER
dure. It u here whore Gov. Stoneman
has his fiue home, and also other prom
Ineut men Of the state resids here. The
old Gan Gabriel mission church In still
standing, aud In used bv the Catholics
for Worship. Il 10 built Of sun dried
brick and covered with roof tiles brought
from Mexico. Three large bells han ,
opou 70 view under the roof Of one de-
paYtmont Of the church, whore they have
done duty, In calling the devoted wOr-
Dhippero 70 mass, for over hundred
years. Great changes have taken place
1ince the sound Of those old bells first
schoed in the valley, yet their chimes
arc the same today they ever have besn.
lust north Of San Gabriel, four miles, II
the Sierra Madre Villa, a beautiful sum-
miles further east, Ia foe settlement,
where extensive improvements are go-
ing on in the way Of settling up the
country, planting orchards aud vine
yards, and getting water upon the lands.
Ontario, some IS miles east Of Los An
aslss. bids fair to be model settlement.
Ths land 10 good and lies we'll, and there
% already quite settlement there, al
uhoueh e0mpar ativelv but new place.
From the depot up through the town
thore ID laid out an avenue several hun
deod lest wide, extending to the base Of
~ mOuutAin asveu miles. On each
ids OF the avenue. aud through the
ENTER, rows Of palm and other tfopio
teoss are planted. IL is proposed to
pss cable line Of street oars ON this
ovenus.
OolsOu II GO miles east Of Los Angeles
and sho junction Of the 3. G. H., leading
y 6ao deg !, 100 miles to the coast and
eeeth 70 this place, three miles from
Oeleoa.
oaa Bsruardino IL the county seat of
~ county Of tho sawe hame, and ~ the
leeeea county Ia the State, II not in the
Vaitsd States. II 10 half as large as the
UoolR Of New York. Tue town is located
n ~ Can BsrnAsdino valley, ono of tho
0aast agRieultural regions 10 bs found
alyuhsrs. In 1861 the title ~ the lands
q This section Was transferrsd to the
4osmo q, Who ssttled here under the
leadsrship OF Lyman. Reid and Hanks.
n uAs suhdivided into farms and sold
= aolual settlers. The tOwnsite Was
~ cut one mile square, and. like nos,
1og0en towns, the streets run at right
enaloo and arc wide, the BLOCKS and lots
ma OF vere 20 when first laid out. Il
= oAid that IL Was the intention of Brig.
- Y0ung TO make this the leading
sesy q the 40rmous and seat Of gov
o1noat. Bot the Mormon var of 1857
essas ~ OookAkV ubo boAu0s nItu W
efali1s his asrength in Utah; hence
~ loyal SUBJECTS were ordered to
~ Asrs and move to Utah, which tney
- = ooon a. they osuld arrange for
"a journey. che Joaephites, who dis
sve u polyRAmv, and we're not very
e1ee U the Friendship Of Young. most
v OoAined here. When tue MOsmons
SNo psvpartn9 10 leave here, lands aud
- epald b bought for song. The
eneat bsing isolated from other
.SlooootA ~ rough GLASS VI peopls ga
y, and tor time . state Of At
- eeedering on barbarian prevailed.
IL eaveut 0f the s. T. X. brOuRht in a
esoooe elAss Of citizens. the old heaven
v,ekedueas has been 60 q large OK,
vnshed out, - toat NJ this present
ung the town IL going ahead With
vsssdes toward \ prosperity and
= enelsty eQuL 10 any in tbs State.
se eso Yea . few semi-civilized In
oeees With y smart sprinkl,ng Of
s.s ans and old fogy settlers. who
IN idea for snterpgise above a
= nvs in, few csArss ratious aud
- q miserable whisky 10 subsiss
nas shey are being Q oudsd cot Mt
- sase before the rush Of 4 human
!. ~ ~ sAes . rolling over shis coast.
industry and higher civili1A-
s0 " This town II coming 0us
RfAvs clothes Of .uust and russ
sssanx - the brightness Of busy,
eossy. Business blocks ars going