Los Angeles daily herald., 1886-04-03
The Hair Has No, Been Told.

Occasionally in the past, in this
work-a-day world, some Los Angeles
journalist has ventured to tune his
Tyre TO dulcet notes commemorative
OF the transcendant region in which
he lives, and the result has been that
he has been set down asa liar. His
ecstacies have been looked upon US
simulated, and he himself has been
regarded as sort OF capper for some
real estate firm. lIorriiied by the
danger OF being confounded with
wretches who have regard only for
the "rascal counters" OF lagos dis
cursive observations, the Angeleho
newspaper man has held his peace,
and has allowed the Fastener to do
all the talking. The HERALD has
labored under this duress, and our
readers will have remarked that we
seldom or never have good word to
say OF the country in which we live.
But like the Gladiator, who at the
critical moment breaks his chains and
rushes into the arena, We insist just
this once in throwing of all restraint
and upon indulging in a provision as
to the future OF Los Angeles. For
years past this journal has been fond
of insisting that when the census of
1890 shall be taken Los Angeles will
show a population and a prosperity
positively imperial, but the unprecc
dented growth which will be shown
in that official compilation will not be
known for fifty or sixty years yet. 1t
has been estimated that, ii due dill
gence shall be used, the census OF
1880 will be completed by the year OF
grace 1910. The leading facts, how
ever, let us hope, will be disclosed
before that date.
But whether they shall be or no, there
are certain ways of arriving at the data
of the material progress of the region
adjoining and tributary to Los Ange-
les that are absolutely independent
OF the Federal census. Thus, we ar
rive at the population OF the city by
the aid of the statistics of the Gas
and Water Companies and by the
material available in the offices OF
the leading architects. With these
helps an intelligent man who knows
the city, aided by the data cleaned
by the compilcrs of the city Direc-
tory, the latter not always reliable,
can form pretty good idea OF how
the local census stands. Predicating
an opinion on this basis, we have no
hesitation in placing the present pop
ulstion of the city OF Los Angeles at
about forty-three thousand.
There is more difficulty in arriving
at the population Of the county.
Here we have not the indicia fur.
nished by the Gas and Water Com
panies in the city. Extended travel
throughout the county is needed to
Justify man in even attempting to
form an intelligent judgment as to
the growth in population OF the rural
regions. The editor of the HERALD
claims to have had exactly the eX-
perience needed to enable him to
make correct estimate, and he
places the present population OF Los
Angeles county at from eighty-two
to eighty-five thousand souls.
We have no hesitation in saying
that this remarkable growth in both
city and county is really nothing COM
pared to what lies ahead for this
favored region, which seems to be the
point which all the Eastern trans
continental railways are emulous to
EN- brace in their programme OF drum
ming up business for their roads.
Every excursion agent who has thus
far had dealings with Los Angeles
informs us that the immigration and
tourist travel which has thus far
reached this Coast is a mere baga-
telle to what is Immediately ahead.
The people OF the East are only fairly
to move in this matter.
For one tourist or settler who has
arrived here this season there will be
three the next, and so on ad infaitum.
The whole thing is catching; and no
movements OF microbes, or micro