Los Angeles daily herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1884-1890, 1886-06-06
SANTA MONICA.
aside Suggestions From
the Salty Sea.
IMPROVEMENTS IN PROGRESS.
he Railroad Outlook at Santa
Monica-A Good Demand
for Real Estate.

As the summer season advances the
waqe citizen begins to yearn for the
.ch or mountains. Located as Los
,reles is within few miles Of either,
wish is easily gratified and a few
,sks Of rest and recreation is an invest
Snt that, like our real estate these
Tvs, Yields a handsome and immediate
surn, only in the shape of renewed
ealth and vigor. 1t is pleasant to
earn that Santa Monica, after several
years of rather slow progress, has taken
a new start and promises to once more
Justify her first title of the Getty by
he Sea-" No one has ever visited this
esort, only seventeen miles by rail from
.os Angeles, who has not been willing
% admit that as a place for healthful
homes, both in summer and winter,
II Is unsurpassed nowhere. Ihere
Is something about the climate which
invigorates and refreshes the whole
.ystem, and there are not few
people who have almost discarded doc
tors and physic aud when suffering from
oiliousness, dyspepsia and kindred ills
Monica and there. in a brief period, re-
gain perfect health. But rs not alto
gether ON climate and pleasant surround
ings that Santa Monica has TO depend.
People who resided here nine or ten
years ago well remember that at That
time nearly two.thirds OF the ocean pas
senger and freight business OF this
county was done by way of Santa Mon
lea. Steamers and ships touched al
most daily at the wharf for over two
years, and as port Santa Monica proved
. great success. The change to San
Pedro was foregone conclusion as soon
as the railroad and wharf were sold to
the Southern Pacific, but no reflection
could be possibly cast upon Santa Mon
lea as shipping point. 1t Is now a
certainty that that tar seeing and pow
erful corporation, the Atchison, Topeka
& Santa Fe Company. hope
at an early day, to reopen Santa Monica
as seaport. They have surveyors in
the field, the right OF way has, in a
ieasure, been secured, and 1t is stated
than in the near future new railroad
md fine wharves will be constructed.
his will at once change the status of
anita Monica. From q great summer
sort 1t will be transformed into
lively commercial ceutre-one Of the
termini Of a great trans-contineatal rail
-oad system. The new and elegant
gotel Arcadia, now in process Of con-
tructi on, is the first step in this march
II progress. Naturally with this out
look real estate matters are picking up
and there is an active demand for prop
ertyI Approaching this fact 1t has
oeu determined to offer at auction next
Wednesday, June 9th. 81 splendid lots
ia Prospect Hill, near the new hotel,
the terminus OF the Southern Pacific,
and still nearer the proposed terminus
of dhe new line. The view from tie
trac, Ia one of the fnest on the coast.
md The location Of the property makes
. a certainty that buyers will double
theft money in a short time. Ben e.
Wah will conduct the sale. An excur-
ZION will leave on "Wednesday morning,
returning in the evening, and free
lunci will be served on the grounds.
The ,erms of sale and other particulars
may DO learned by reading the adver-
tissubnt, in another column. This is
me q the best chances for quick turn
real estate that has occurred this sea-
in Be sure and 90,