Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1885-08-06
Pasadena, Cal.
from Los Angeles sunday Times. J

| From Las Angelo, sunday Times.l
Pasadena was eleven years old on the
/ tweniy-seventh Of last January, and the
/ changes which have taken place since the
original incorporators of the Orange Grove
Association took possession Of their lands in
1874. seem more like the realization Of the
tales of Aladdin and his wonderful lamp
than statement of sober facts.
Everybody is talking railroad" in Pasa-
dena, and with good reason. That the long
expected road will be an accomplished fact
there can be no reason to doubt. All along
the route piles Of ties are lying. the iron is
arriving and the huge bridge joining High
land Park and Lincoln Pax is nearly COM
pleled. The directors of the enterprise eX-
lect to send the first train through By the
middle Of August. but 70 the public general
IL, The middle of September seems the more
probable daie for the formal opening of the
road. When il is completed Pasadena.
Highland and Lincoln Parks will, % a Very
large extent, become favorite places for
homes for men doing business in this city.
With four trains day every facility for
rapid transit will be given, and undoubtedly
some Of the groves and VINEYARDS Of Pasa-
deua will have to be uprooied to make room
for The new town lots The station IN Pa>a-
dena will be centrally located and every ac-
commudation given travellers.
At present fuiIv seven thousand acres are
improved aud cultivated 10 Pasadena, while
fully ten thousand acres more in outlying
settlements are dependent upon the town.
The average size Of the home tracts is from
ten to twenty acres and with few exceptions
all are highly improved and kept IN the
best Of order There are few fences in the
settlement. nearly every lot being separated,
vhcn separated at oil, by evergreen hedges.
This system much improves the appearance
Of tile country and saves expense. The c>-
,,ma;,d population of Pasadena d, present
: three thousand Since the Inauguration
of the colony the settlement seem. to have
attracted the best class ~ people. and
hncr commun,,, Il would w hard to find in
the country. They have shown their faith
BY their works. and the results they have
attained speak for them. All the principal
streets and avenues 81 Pasadena are lined
with graceful evergreen stade trees, which
W,th TIE beautiful floral gardens and hedges,
maze NE >efIItmen, fully Justify the u,.e,
'Itc southern California Paradise.
HE water supply Of Pasadena comes from
the Itb5ett and Ivy springs IN the Devils
Gate Canon. The water i piped all over
tile settlement. and the rresen; supply i
Oh, hundred and event, inches, which
can be largely increased The system i
one IT the best IN Southern California. The
purchaser @: t.. land buy, his water ri-tt
with II. and THIS forever ht ..nss ~ Vie lana.
The only expense te.uC A. occasional assess
'ntnt TO keep the work, ~ repair. There
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