Daily Los Angeles herald., 1884-07-01


lieves the future Of los Angeles 10 be ia
particularly worthy Of the attentive pc
rusal Of every citizen Of serni-tropio
California. We take the following ex.
tracts from Mr. Nelson's epistle to the
San Francisco Nc,es Letter'
Los AsufLEs AND ITS BooM.
Much has been heard aud read about
the business boom that Los Angeles and
its ncighborhood have been enjoying for
the past three years Requiring a few
days reai. availed myself Of an oppor.
tunity TO run down there last week, and
also availed Of the occasion to observe
whether or not the boom was really as
substantial as its friends asserted. /
went by water, as advise oil persons TO
do who are either In search of health
and recreation or are not pressed for
time. Tho Southern route is fine.
weather one, and calm seas can almost
invariably be depended upon. The re.
quirements Of the large travel, that is
daily increasing with wonderful rapidity,
are being well met by the Pacific Coast
Steamship Company, which has recently
added the superb new steamer Santa
Rosa TO its line, in doing which the com.
pany has made quite hit, for the new
vessel Is so appreciated for her size, speed,
comfort and good appointments gener.
ally, that she is crowded on every trip.
She is an iron propeller of elegance and
power.
OUR PORT OF SAN PEDRO A WARNING TO
SAN FRANCIsco,
From Santa Barbara we proceeded to
San Pedro, or the harbor of Wilmington,
by which name ii Is perhaps better
known. have heard much of that
harbor. | have been told that IL was
small, unsafe and detective In every way,
aud that il never could become compel.
ing point that need give San Francisco
the slightest concern. | am persuaded
that this is mistake. Recent improve.
mcnts have done very great deal for IL.
II is already a useful and very safe little
harhor, and the expenditure OF few
hundred thousand dollars will suffice 10
mako port of no mean consequence.
Certainly II can easily be made equal to
the large future commerce that is bound
to center ut this point The day is not
far distant when direct shipments to the
port of Wilmington will supply the needs
Of Southern California, Arizona. and of
Now aud part OF Old Mexico: for Los
Angeles Is going to become great dis.
tributng point and those OF my readers
who are Interested will be foolish II they
forget the fact, The young giant of the
South Is arising Ia its might, and will
one day astonish. aud perhaps even
alarm, the merchants and traders of San
francisco.
LET Los ANGELES HEED IT'S CAPABILITIES.
| very much doubt il the people of
Los Angeles themselves yet realize all
there is in their local harbor for them,
That Ia the very near future it will en-
able them to dispense with the services
of san Francisco almost altogether, and
That i. places the railroad completely at
their fSetoy. are facts that may not be
gainsaid, but which are hardly compre.
hended yet in all their force and depth
OF practical meaning. The traders will
be enabled to do all their own commerce
direct with the rest of the world. if they
want to, aud that they will soon have
aspirations in that direction is rs certain
as that trade, when properly pushed, is
like water when heated-it is bound TO
expand and find vent at every opening.
Then Los Angeles has, and Is bound to
keep, local markets that are all her own
Her oranges, fruits, wines and brandi,s
will hardly meet with successful compe.
tition for any part of the trade of the en-
tire coast. Then she has vast back
country. extending sonth and east for
thousands of miles, which is bound to
he supplied from the bountiiul products
of her surrounding plains and valleys.
There is every reason, too, why the City
of the Angels should become manufac.
turing center San Francisco will surely
remain the New York OF the Pacific, but
Los Angeles bids fair to becone a second
Chicago.
THE nooM A REAL oNE.
That the boom | have spoken of is n
real one, is what one feels in his bones
even before he arrives at Los Angeles.
The crowded condition of the steamer
indicates IL The tone of temper of the
passengers assures us of it, The tables
have to be set three times over in order
that all may be accommodated at dinner.
Those of the passengers who are per
manent residents of Los Angeles are full
of that buoyancy and hope that can only
come from that inspiration which is born
OF sure and certain prosperity. Those
who are journeying thither Tor the first
time are doing so with money in their
pockets, and with determination in their
hearts 10 settle down, invest it, and do
well in the region of the orange and the
vine. That soul refreshing thing -entdu.
sidSm seems TO inspire alt. | do not
know that | have ever witnessed any.
thing like 1t, except, perhaps, among the
early arrivals at new and highly pro
missing mining camp,
PEN SKETCH or THE CITY.
A pleasant railroad ride of fifteen
miles, part OF which is through orange
groves, takes us from the harbor to the
city. Ii we had doubted the boom bo.
fore we should he convinced of it now.
The streets were active, the stores busy,
the sidewalks freighted with people
manifestly fall of life aud vim, merchan-
disc DISTRACTED the mercantile streets,
heavily laden drays and wagons crowd.
ed each other, and in short, it was at
once apparent FROM Signs not te he mis-.
taken by an experienced traveller, that
we were in the busy center of prosper
Gus region. The hotels were we'll patron.
lied and largely by visitors from all
parts of the world. Many of the stran.
gers were well off aud were seeking is.
vestments. An Englishman | met hal
Just put 500, 900 into country lands aud
had more money for the same purpose
The principal enquiry among visitors
was for good outsde lands. Desiring to
do the severely economical | endeavored |
to obtain small room, but could not
get decent one under n dollar and a |
half day. l Preferred the Pico |
House. a friend of mine, who was
staying there with his family, had
become so enamored of Los Angeles that
he determined to settle permanently.
During three days search he failed TO
lind n suitable house to let, either fur
mshed or unfurnishe9. In 1850 the
census returns showed that Los Angeles
city contained a population OF | 800.
was assured, ON high official authrity,
that it now contains 2S, 900; an increase
OF nearly $50 per cent in little over
three years. What better evidence than
that could be given or desired as to the
genuineness OF the boom?
Nultl dutluH u
few day 5 stay, aud am indebted to mum
erous good friends in Los Angeles for
kind courtesies ! met on old ani val.
ued friend OF the Ners. Letter, who gave
me welcome | shall not soon forget.
lie is iir;nly established in business, and
is prospering by indominable eaegry and
u remarkable capacity for business. He |
has built up the finest diamond and jew
clIy emporium west Of the Rockies A |
hard and inexorable fate drew me back /
to to this weary city, when | had only /
entered upon the the threshold of the |
many euioymeuts open to me. had
most pleasant trip mp in the Eureka, |
which, calling at all wayports, gave ne |
n better look at Southern California than
i could have had if had returned by a
steamer that maks the passage more di.
rect.
A job was put up on worthy Oakland /.
IL s.,