Los Angeles daily herald., 1888-01-01

he gathered about him his house
hold goods and again turned his face
toward the Pacific.
The following six months were con-
sumed in making the long tedious
journey with On teams "across the
plains;" and in the fall of the year
the family safely arrived IN Los An
geles.
Mr.. w. II. Workman, soon after
arriving here, obtained employment
in the office OF the Southern Califor,
ain1l, whose proprietor was Col. John
o. Wheeler. Some time subsequent
TO this, he established himself with
his brother in the saddlery business.
For twenty-one years he devoted his
time TO the business and built up a
large and profitable trade. Having
accumulated considerable capital, he
devoted himself and his means to
speculation and development of the
interests of this community.
In 1867 he was married to Miss Marie
+. Boyle, daughter OF Mr.. A. Boyle.
Subsequent to that time he purchased
the lands now known as Boyle
Heights, and has given his entire at
tention to the advancement of that
part of the city When w. H. Work
man became interested in the prop
erty across the river, it bore no
resemblance to the thrifty, beautiful
scene of the present time. The hills
and the level stretches were dry and
bare, at{ording only at intervals pre-
carious living for small droves OF
sheep. But the new owner thought
he saw in those high lands the ca
pacity and opportunity for some
opinions, but nothing daunted, at
once bent every energy to improve
the lands recently acquired.
The first great difficulty to over
come was the securing OF supply
of water. This could only be OBJ
tanned by heavy cost and complete
system OF piping. After the expen-
diture Of many thousands of dollars,
the task was done, and the first st .p
toward the beautiful improvements OF
the present was accomplished. See
ing that means of convenient and
cheap connection were necessary to
unite the Heights with the city prop
er, Mr.. Workman interested himself
to secure for that part OF the city rail-
road connections. The First street
road was built by him alone, and he
was the prime mover in the construc-
ton OF the Also street line.
Meantime Mr.. Workman had been
improving, building, clearing and de-
veloping in other directions. He
planted large orange orchards and
vineyards, and was foremost in every
enterprise calculated to build up (not
only his immediate home and prop
erty), but the entire city.
Mr.. Workman has been repeatedly
honored by his fellow-citizens and
constituents in the City Councils OF
1870, 1872, 1873, 1874, 1875, 1876,
1877, 1879 and 1880. II 1886 he was
elected by the Democratic party as
the Mayor. Mr.. Workman has
never been a strict partisan. He
has held public position to be a
public trust--to be discharged by the
incumbent for the benefit and advant-
age of all classes. His past clear
record, his well known probity and
successful financial efforts were ap-
preciated in the community where he
had spent more than thirty years of
his life, and he was elected over his
opponent by handsome majority.
Perhaps nothing can more clearly il
Illustrate the strong love for this city
and people held by Mr.. Workman
J than . little incident which occurred
upon the evening Of his election. A
large number of his friends called al
his residence ON Boyle Heights te
J tender their congratulations upon the
tyesuk Of the centeet. In hiswords o