Los Angeles daily herald., 1886-03-21

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whose feathers will add materially to the
profits Of husbandry. There is no limit.
even in the imagination, to the multi
plicity Of pursuits possible in tins beau
tiful land. But it is when one
TURNS TO FRUIT GROWING
That the true source Of riches IN Loa
Angeles is reached. The crown Of this
industry Is Of the vine adorned with sne
| fruit of the citrus family OF trees; Inc
wine product Of the county il already
s. .OOO.0 900 gallons. That means, when
matured and sold at retail, S5, 5,0O0. 600.
There is now made here 25O,0Uo ganohs
OF brandy from the grape. Inc SCUM.
ern counties of this state pfouuce
300, 900 to 400, 600 boxes OF rais'ns q
year. They are worth CLOSE On ,, ~
81. .OO0. 900. The citrus fruit crop WIN
reach total sum of about loU0 car
loads. Each car holds about 300 boxes.
This il 450, 000-nearly half a million
boxes. The boxes average 200 orsnges
each. The number Of oranges picked
from the trees is therefore not far from
| lO0. 900, 900. This industry is rapidly
growing. and in FIVE years the crop will
ba not far from twice what 1t is now.
There are going to the East now four
train. loads a week of this fruit. Before
long they will have to be shipped every
day. Now were we to add the returns
of vine, brandy, raisins and oranges
which reach this country from the mark
cts of the world and get sum
of $4,000, 900, we would realize
why Los Angeles and her sister counties
are all remarkably rich. The grape
grower realizes not far from 500 an acre
from his crop. II he makes raisins he
will get more. Last year grapes were
cheaper than formerly. This year there
are more wineries, and the stock Of wine
Is exhausted. For these reasons the
vigneron is pretty certain Of good re-
turns. An orange grove pays directly
to the owner return Of from $3.50 TO
$500 per acre year.
SEVERAL VARIETIES OF NUTS
pay almost as large a revenue as grapes.
The English walnut, pecan, Brazil and
many other nut trees flourish In all parts
of the county, and once in bearing 500
an acre for the crop is within the truth.
Only the mersst beginning has been
made in this industry, but here Is q
great undeveloped source OF wealth.
| In the same category stand olives
and figs. Both trees thrive here with
unusual luxury. There has been made
hardly a beginning in either branch OF
enterprise,
In the future hundreds Of happy
homes will be found to nestle amid
groves Of fig trees and forests Of olives.
The yield Of profit from them will be
quite up to that Of either the vineyard
or orange grove.
OF the comman varieties of deciduous
fruit trees good beginning is made and
they all grow with unwonted thrift.
By.and.by they will go, pears. peaches,
apricots, prunes. together with the
oranges and lemons, with grapes and
| figs, in long trains to all the cities OF the
East in fresh state. They will 20,
also, dried, crystalized, picked, can
died, preserved, made into jams, mar
malades, jsllies, syrups. conserves. wine,
brandy, cordials, oil and in all the shapes
of modern Protean industry and COM
merce, to feed the millions in less
favored climes and to enrich those here
Ia the garden spot Of the world.
THE CLIMATIC ATTkACTiON
Will draw thousands here by all forms
of its loveliness. The climate is the
touchstone drawing all these riches
TO the surface. 1t not only makes
these rich and favored products
possible, but il enables the
granger to work out of doors nearly all
the days Of the year, so that his time
is worth that Of two men in any other
place. Then the great attraction of the
climate will be for invalids. People in
delicate health will flow in here in un.
told numbers to live in perpetual sun
shine, amid bowers of towering vines
and plants, and to gather in heavy sacks
Of shekels from broad vineyards and
luxuriant orchards. The time Is coming
VIXEN the history Of Pasadena, the Al.
hambrs, Riverside, the Vernon district
and Others will be repeated all over
Southern California. Five acres will be
a homestead which will support family
in comfort. Ten acres will be an
estate worth more than half o
section in Illinois or Minnesota.
The man who has twenty acres well set.
cared for, and with good house there
on will be positively rich. From the
"Sierras to the Sea" the whole valley
will be full of the densest population
in the country and dotted with the pret-
tiest and most prosperous homes on
earth.
THE MINING INTEREST
Is not touched here. But it will add
very materially to the riches of this
section.
There's gold in the mountain. silver
In the mine"
All over the southern counties Of Cali
fornia the mines will be developed and a
large population supported in the enter
prise.
| HKRE ARE THE SOURCES OF WEALTH
from which Los Angeles is building up so
rapidly in population and property. The
development in all lines is but just
beginning. II will be doubled,
quadrupied, increased over and over again
in every branch. The general impress
sion Is that Los Angeles will not cease to
grow, will not slack in her prosperity
until she has population Of 100, 900 in
the city and Of three times that number
in the county.
This is the meaning Of the prepara-
tions now making to burn Is, 000. 900
brick in the city for the campaign.
This explains the erection of the Wilson
three story brick block on First street
at cost OF SIS, 900. This accounts for
the Bryson block just begun on the cor
ner Of Fret and Spring. to be three
stories and cost nearly as much. An
other outgrowth of the same circumstsu-
ces is the Lawyers building, similar TO the
others on the corner OF Temple and
New High, to about the same rs the
others. There are plans 10 preparation
for another big brick block on the cor
ner Of Third and Spring, to be three
stories, like all the business blocks now
planned. The corner Of Fort and First
will probably be similarly improved.
Just as soon as the jail is moved q big
four-story block goes up corner OF Spring
and franklin. The jail itsslf is an ont.
growth OF this prosperity. A big hotel
will be begun somewhere, by some com
bination of capital before the summer
sets in. It will cost not less than $3.50.
600. The Federal Government will
probably have q building here within q
year. The new Court House will bt
begun next spring. But these are
too far away, This summer ther'
will go up new business blocks
that will scatter some millions
Of dollars and put all the idle mechanics
at work. There are plenty of then
here.
The good prices being realized for or
anges, and likely to be paid for grape
next fall, will put all the ranchsrs on
Of debt and leave them little money Il
the bank. They will spend this in i'm
proving their homes and places. and
will go into general circulation. At tn
East an era Of prosperity is on foot
which will let great many people &c
out OF business and come here to settle
II any thinking man will consider thes
facts he will come to certain conclu
sion that 1886 will be one Of the yer.
best wears In the history OF Los Ange