Los Angeles daily herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1884-1890, 1886-04-20
GARVANZO.
A Beautiful, FlOurisling
Suburban Settlement.
pRoBABbYAsEcoND PASADENA
The Improvements OF the Past Six
Months-The Nucleus of q
Town-A Teachers Colony.

The Improvements OF the Past Six
Months-The Nucleus of u
Town-A Teachers Colony.
While oil the country adjacent to Los
Angeles Is enjoying the benefit of the
development of this section, the beauti-
ful plateaus and valleys between this
city and Pasadena are in special favor
with investors and home seekers. Pasa-
dena ia one of the best advertised set
Elements in the country, and while 1t is
still destined to even greater prosperity,
people generally are awakening to the
fact that in its immediate vicinity arc
opportunities for desirable locations
which arc far more attractive than any
thing at present offered in the famous
Grown of the Valley" as Pasadena is
sometimes termed. A reporter of the
HERALD yesterday had the pleasure OF
drive up the Arroyo Seco to settlement
which during the last three months has
made the most surprising progress and
seems destined TO become
ANOTHER PASADENA
Within the next three years. A few
months ago the property known as Gar
vanzo was subdivided and placed on the
market. Its management passed into
the hands Of company, of which the
enterprising firm of Rogers, Booth 4 Co.
are the principals, and since that time
the development of the tract has been
remarkable. Garvanzo is located about
four miles from this city, being about an
equal distance from Pasadena. The site
is one of the most lovely in Southern
California, embracing series OF plat
eaus and valleys surrounded by the pic
turesque hills OF the Arroyo Seco, which
make the scenery attractive at all sea-
sons. The site OF Garyanzo was origi-
nally owned by A. Glassell, Esq, and
the property has long been considered
the most desirable in the immediate
vicinity of Los Angeles. IL is very for
tunate that 1t has now been made availa.
BILE for homes, and the next three years
will doubtless see it one OF the most
progressive settlements in the county.
gnE APPROACHES TO GARyASzo
Lead from Highland Park up a fine
avenue lately constructed by the COM
pany. The city OF Los Angeles and the
broad valley beyond may be plainly seen;
and Catalina island and the ocean also
appear on clear day. The hills and
plains for miles are covered with grain,
natural feed and wild flowers, making
scene beautiful almost beyond descrip-
ton
THE NUCLEUS oF A TOWN.
Already Garvanzo has made good
start in the way of settlement. An ele-
giant $1,000 residence lately erected by
Andrew Glassell, Jr., adorns portion OF
the tract, and another $4,000 residence
owned by N. Z. Mcclure, member of
the company is ready for occupancy.
Several other cottages are completed
and a numOer more are contracted for
and will be constructed MS soon as the
lumber can be hauled out; the town has
already n good sized livery stable and. a
telephone office, real estate office and
the foundations for
A THIRTY THOUSAND DOLLAR HOTEL
Have been laid. This hotel will be COM
pleted as rapidly as possible and will be
one of the most delightful resorts near
this city. The grounds are being laid
out with ornamental trees and vines,
and beautiful natural grotto close at
hand will also be improved and furnish
an additional attraction for guests, AL
rendy nearly all rooms in the hotel have
been engaged and this fact has led the
company to enlarge somewhat on their
original plans.
OTHER SUBSTANTIAL IMPROVEMENTS.
A lot has been donated for n Metho-
dist Church building, and the contract
calls for its completion within twelve
months. For the present the Highland
Park model schoolhouse, close at hand,
will be utilized for educational purposes
until the community is able to erect one
of its own. Arrangements have been
made to Immediately construct $4,000
bridge across tho Arroyo Seco, thus
bringing the tract in connection with the
main Pasadena highway, and bringing
nearly all the travel directly past the
settlement, as, by crossing the bridge,
several steep grades can be avoided. A
new store is soon to be built and several
other business establishments are ar
ranged for. The company has planted
ten thousand eucalyptus trees ON the adj
iacent hills, which will add to the park
like appearance of the tract, already
adorned with several hundred graceful
live oak trees. Three trains pass the
tract each way daily, and line of hacks
make regular trips to and from the city,
the round.trip fare being only ten cents.
A neat railroad depot will soon be con-
structed. As if facilities for transporta.
ton We're not sufficiently good, on next
Saturday a meeting of property owners
will be held to discuss the project of
building a dummy railroad to Pasadena,
via the Garvanzo tract. During tho
summer time Pasadena avenue will be
kept in good order with sprinklers, and
thus the too familiar California dust will
be kept down.
ABUNDANCE OF WATER.
The water supply OF Garvanzo comes
from the Arroyo Seco and the source is
never failing. Two reservoirs, one with
capacity of 600, 900 gallons and the
other 100000 gallons, are located ON the
tract Two pumps have been placed in
order and can raise 100, 900 gallons of
water an hour and furnish pressure of
100 feet on any part of the tract. Six
miles of pipe have been laid and 20, 600
feet more contracted for. The tract has
also an interest in the Highland Park
supply. 1t is needless to add that the
water is as pure and fine as can be found
in the State.
THE SOIL AND CLIMATE
The soil of Garvanzo is deep and rich,
and is well adapted to any of the semi.
tropical or deciduous trees and vines. A
beautiful home can be created in very
short time. The climate is perfect, being
free from cold fogs, cold winds or frosts.
About one hundred acres of the valley
land is rs good farming land as can be
found anywhere. 1t is moist and but a
few feet to water. No finer land for the
orange, grape, prune, fig or olive exists
| anywhere.
A COLONY OF SCHOOL TEACHERS.
The school teachers of Los Angeles
who have money to invest have wisely
taken great interest in Garvanzo, and,
considering that as an investment it sur
passes Pasadena, have bought largely
there. The accompanying Inst shows
recent purchasers of lots and among
the list will be seen the names of many
well known teachers
List of purchasers at Garvmza--M.
l.. Corwin, lots; A. Glassell, Jr.,
block; Julia A. holden, Al lots; Gather.
me Mccarthy, block; w. w. Dorwood,
, lots; } d. Fnrdon, l lot; Thomas
| RaNtar I I,t. | l. Tbompson . lofs I.
Julia V. Ransom, lot; G. l. johnson,
lot; Hattie NJ, Prince, lot; Mary f.
Mills, 4 lots; h, II. Barnett, ? lots; s,
r. Corwin, lot; w. A. Rogers, ? lots;
NJ. A. Long, l lot; Edward Averill, I lot;
W. f. Mcclure, lots; +. p. Wilson.
lot; Annie s. Averill, | lot; w. Il.
Rogers, lots; DR.. r. l.. Dorsey, , lots;
NJ. E. McGraw, 3 lots; Mabelle Locke,
l lot; Theo. Summerland, l lot; Mrs. J..
Hunter lot; Mary J, Dubbs, of BOs.
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