Los Angeles daily herald., 1886-08-17
THE CITY OF THE ANGELS.
Chance for Boarding IN ouse-
keepers-Tbe servant Question
on the Pacific slope.



ON the Pacific Slope.
Correspondence OF the Evening star, Wash
ineton. D. Oh
Los ANGELES, July 81.
Los Angeles City Of the Angels A
quaint, dusty little town with rows Of
two. story frame dwellings and but one
business street. How the stranger looks
for reputed attractions and fails to find
them There are no pretty parks and
fountains, trees are few and far apart
and the only sidewalks are boz rds,
loosely laid down. Spring street, the
principal business thoroughfare, has re-
Gently been paved with concrete, which
makes u great contrast to the dusty side
streets. Many OF the homes here are
called pretty, chiefly, think. because
Of the general lack OF prettiness than
from any other cause.
The eucalyptus, magnolia and yew
tree grow to height unknown in the
east, but we miss the luxuriant folinge,
the refreshing shade and the beautiful
lawns OF q colder climate.
Boarding houses abound even to q
greater extent than in Washington, and
any enterprising, neat woman can make
good living by taking house and
renting rooms, as the influx Of strangers
during the winter months is simply
marvellous. OF course rooms are in de-
mand, the prices arbitrary and readily
obtained. A single room often rents for
twenty dollars week, aud good board
is high. House rent and servant hire
are both more expensive than at the
east; nevertheless, good manager
could soon cover these, and in few
years secure comfortable income.
Every available space is used for lodg-
ings. a Old barns are completed and
fitted up, and shanties and tents are
planted on every vacant lot. Many of
the sterner sex find it cheaper and more
convenient to tent ont the year round.
Les Angeles is the greatest health re-
sort on the Pacific slope. Because Of
the dryness of the climate, hosts OF PEG.
pie afflicted with asthma, bronchitis, OF
lung trouble come here. In walking out
one sees these diseases in every stage,
their victims bearing about them, like
an atmosphere, the signs Of the wreck
Of many cherished hope and high as.
piration. Many come here too late, but
many, very '"any' so.nJ w nuu ~ WY
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THE STRUGGLE FOR EXISTENCE.
Competition and the struggle for work
seems to me as great here as in the East.
A new postoffice, or rather, a postofiice
ia to be built soon. Now this important
business of the government ia csnducted
in a building devoted to manifold other
nurnoses Already five hundred ann,i.
cations for clerk ships have been received
chiefly from vounc men who have left
their Eastern homes TO follow Horace
Greelev's advice.
The most profitable Investments made
here are in cattle ranches. that il IL the
owners attend to the business them.
selyes-build adobe huts and settle down
prepared TO meet philosophicallv ali the
nnimapinable rouehness Of such a life.
Land il daily becoming more valuable.
and town lois which two wears AGO sold
for fifty dollars are now valued at two
or three thousand dollars. Every where
the spirit of enterprise ia apparent. aud
TINS really makes the cnleI charm OF tne
West. Every man, woman and child is
anxious to make money and willing to
do almost anything to accomplish this.
Los Angeles has increased in seven years
from population Of twelve thousand to
forty-two thousand. We have line of
cable cars and the city is lighted with
two electric lights.
There are many beautiful settlements
within short distance oil the city, and
Pasadena, eight miles out Is one OF the
most attractive, surrounded by the
Sierra Madre mountains, IL nesties down
in hollow, from which has sprung acre
upon acre OF luxurIant orange orchards
and vineyards owned by men who have
made their fortunes in other parts OF the
State, and have come here, built beauti-
ful residences, and have settled down to
ehlvy themselves. c.,..
VI 'ne o,,ina'e Vi Sanioih.a o"nuos
mar there Is often a weeR or ten davs Of
extremely hot weather-the thermome.
ter stood at los in the shade two days
ago. l. ne nlRnts are Always COOL. Diank-