Los Angeles daily herald., 1885-12-15


timed to FL Monte. It's entire length
will be ten miles. Here will be feature
unparalleled in any other section, even
in this land Of magnificent enterprises.
On all hands were signs OF great activ-
ity in clearing up the brush land prepara-
tory TO sowing cereal crops. Great
fields of hundreds OF acres, level as a
floor, and with soil as rich and friable as
garden patch. lay brown under the
afternoon sun where the gang-plows
have already been at work The ground
cleared last season is now volunteering
and looked beautiful in its inch-deep
carpet of living green.
Reaching the eastern boundary OF the
ranch at the Duarte, the horses heads
were turned toward the mountains. The
side OF this great north wall of the Los
Angeles valley was all ahame near the
mouth of the Big Santa Anita Can n,
where some fool had set the brush on
fire. Near the Saw Pit Canon is the fine
residence of Mr. w. N. Monroe. He began
here about year ago in the brush, and
now he has beautiful place. Orange
| trees bearing fruit, strawberries bearing
in December, green peas, and hundreds
OF sacks OF new potatoes were piled up
where they had been dug from between
the rows Of orchard trees. Further up
is the new purchase of Mr.. Samuel
| Keefer, keeper OF the Grand Central
Hotel, New York, and one of the great
American syndicate of capitalists who
recently made such heavy investments
in Mexico. His possessions in Los An
geles county represent $50 acres
Of this peerless Santa Anita Ranch,
which he has Just bought from Mr..
Baldwin. He will at once build
a fine cottage residence for himself,
and by next season he will erect
a big hotel for eastern tourists to So
| journ in the sun kissed land of Southern
| California. This gentleman remarked
to Mr.. Baldwin, II will put up, to be-
gin with, wing costing, say S2OO,O0
and If that pays will then put some
money into the venture" The site is
really superb which has been selected
for this hotel. As Mr.. Baldwin let his
| horses breathe after their rapid climb,
| he pointed out the old ditch around the
hills out of the Saw Pit Canon where over
twenty years ago some fortunate miners
took out 1925, 900 in shining gold Mr..
Baldwin has himself washed out several
| little heaps of "colors" from the old
bank which he keeps at his house as
| cutiosities. Here were the traces of
several ages of civilization in this new
| land. Along the ridge lay this mining
| ditch, near ran the ruin OF the big zanja
the Missionary Padres used 100 years
ago to take the water out which they
used as far down as San Gabriel. Par
! allel with this ran the first ditch Mr..
Baldwin used, and by it the V Hume of
a few years ago. We stood by the new
cement pipe line now being laid TO take
| this same water out for the keefer tract,
the Monroe tract, the new colony tract
which Mayor Spence, Hon. j. +. Crank,
Messrs. Bicknell and others OF Los An
| gees have Just purchased from Mr..
Baldwin, and the rest for this last named
gentleman's own use ON the rest OF this
glorious slope that lay below us here all
the way from the foot OF the mountain
to the San Gabriel river.
THIS WATER BUSINESS
Is a great feature of all this activity.
The work has been begun away up the
canon. The granite ribs of the noun
tain have been tunneled. Great pipes,
| twenty inches in diameter, have been
laid, these trunk lines branching off in
half dozen directions in twelve.inch
pipe to the several tracts. There is an
abundance of this precious fluid to Hood
every acre Of this vast tract. When
| more is needed, there are the exhaust
less treasures OF the mountains awaiting
further development. These Santa
Anita colonies are quite sure to be the
best supplied with water OF any in
Southern California. The pipes will last
forever. When once land there is no
further expense OF any sort in cleaning
bitches, stopping overtiows, replacing
corroded iron pipe, or any other trouble.
The stream that now runs over the gray
granite bed of the canon flows on in Just
as clear conduit to the splendid homes
about to dot this lovely land. There
are twenty-five miles of this pipe al
ready laid on the santa Anita. The
pipe for thirty miles more is made and
will be laid as fast as men can do the
work. Still the good work goes on.
The gravel is found right in the bed OF
the stream, the cement is brought by the
carload, and it is made as strong and
durable as skill can do it,
Retracing the road Just assembled a
mile or so, Live Oak avenue was en-
tered. This runs at right angles to the
Santa Anita avenue from east to west
along the base of the mountains. 1t ex-
tends from the Duarte to Pasadena, a
distance of ten miles. Below it,
half way down to the C unity
road lies parallel thoroughfare to be
| known as White Oak avenue. Between
this latter and the county road will run
| the track of the l.. A. & S. G V. h. R.,
now in operation to Lamanda Park and
to be in operation to the eastern edge OF
the Santa Anita by the early days OF
spring, about the middle OF February.
MIR. Baldwin gave the company the
right OF way through his lands and
81 900 besides.
Below where we drove flock of line
lambs were fattening on the volunteer
barley. Mr.. Baldwin still keeps STEW
sheep, he says-about 20, 900 head. He
also keeps near III Monte "a few hogs,
probably nearly as many as the sheep.
Westward with the afternoon sun warm
on its sheltered slope under the noun
tain brow, lay Carterhia, a two-year-old
colony now embracing 100 homes, anew
church and tlourishing school.
THE SANTA ANITA CAhoN's
Mouth was passed, and here was going
forward the same great work OF getting
out water. OF course it furnishes a
bigger stream. The scenery OF this
grand canon is extolled so often that the
world is familiar withthe story. As the
sun was sinking Mr.. Baldwin turned
his horses heads toward the stable and
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reached again. The turf is soft and
green beneath the trees. The dense and
waxy foliage of the orange orchard lay a
sea of living green below us. The live
oaks were hardly less luSuriaut and here
and there twined round the trees
was some wild vine whose leaves glowed
like flame of fire in the dying SPLEEN
| dors OF their autumn days. Here and
there a lupin bloomed in April glory.
Point after point was reached from
| which the entire valley of the San Cab
riel and Los Angeles were seen. The
vista Law before us for miles, the riv-
ers traceable by the dense masses of
willows along their course, the plains
dotted with towns, the hills standing
round about this rich and glorious her.
itage Of the Angelenos like giant senti.
nols, the fields green with gIass and
gain, studded with vineyard and or
ohard, and far in the south distance the
! Catalina Islands, thirty miles away,
outlined against the sky, with the sea
spark ling b tween it and the mainland.
So the house IS reached again, and
here MIR, Baldwin pointed out an old
bell 100 years old, made in cid Spain of
the pious gifts of many a deyout woman
who threw a ring, a bracelet or a silver
coin into the smelling pot to cast bell
to be sent TO far.off America to ring In
dian converts to pray beneath the cross.
The lake, the fountains, the copious
springs, the great winery, the stables,
and a hundred objects OF intrrest were
pointed out Bat these must be passed