Los Angeles daily herald., 1888-11-18
INGLEWOOD AND REDONDo.
new Flood i'm the COncerms-Deyel.
Opment Planned.

lNGLEWOOD AND REDONDO.
New Blood In the Concerns-Deyei.
opment Planned.
Some time ago the HERALD published
an interview with some gentlemen from
up country relating to their connection
with Redondo Beach. These gentlemen
are once more here. as the following
entries found last night on the register at
the Nadeau Hotel evidence: J. G..
Ainsworth, Oakland; George J. Aims
worth, ditto, R. R. Thompson, San Fran
cisco. To old-timers on the Coast it is
needless to explain who these gentlemen
are. Captain ]. G. Ainsworth and Cap.
tain K. K. Thompson invaded the wilds
- Where rolls the Oregon
Ana hears no sound save its own washing
Probably early in the forties. They
brought little with them beyond hat
full CT brains and a strong will. 1t was
they who sailed the first river steamers
on the waters OF the lovely Wslamet and
lordiy Columbia. 1t was they who built
up that great concern, the Oregon Navi-
cation Company. into colossal affair
thirty years before Henry Willard and
his Northern Pacific scheme were heard
OF. Captain Ainsworth has come down
over the Cascades of the Columbia
when it was boiling like q very
DEVILS cauldron in the great steamer
Shoshone. So swift ran the current that
rudder was useless, and there were
rocks in almost every foot of the channel.
The time that steamer made as thew
shot down there, stern foremast, was
probably never equaled by any craft In
the world, unless it be some luckless boat
caught in the rapids above Niagara.
Captain George J. Ainsworth is son of
j. g.. He is a West Pointer ard
served for several years in the army.
He returned some time ago and went
into business, for which he has devel-
oped as much talent as his father-and
that is no trifle. Captain Thompson
since he left Oregon has given the charm
ing town of Alameda fine water sys-
tenn. and has been engaged in other
heavy exploits. He owns the old
Mantle building in San Francisco and
much other property in that city. Cap
tain Ainsworth, psre, lives in the resi-
dence of the literateur, ]. Ross
Browne, which he purchased years
ago, and of which he has made
. paradise. Captain Ainsworth fills ran
for State Senator in the late election,
but failed to connect, as he is a good
Democrat, and Alamdda is awfully
"black" in politics.
They are here again to look after their
latest pet scheme at Redondo Beach;
and SO enamored are they of this section
that they seem unable to get enough of
it. They have bought into Inglewood as
well as Redondo, and now practically
control this company also.
AS to their plans, they said last night
to HERALD reporter that they had not
much to add to what is already known.
Captain Ainsworth, Sr., said: We do
not at all intend to do any booming"
We already have gone quietly to work
and given the settlers at Redondo some
thing very much needed in a supply of
pure. fresh water for domestic purposes.
The supply is ample and the fluid is
pure. That is great thing. Then we
intend at near day to set to work to
build hotel at the beach. We have made
the best of terms with the railroad
people, and we think We have property
here which will justify some considerable
expenditure to bring out.
But first of all we want wharf. At
Redondo is one of the very best places
for shipping on this lower Coast. The
water is deep. The place is sheltered
from the only quarter whence storms
come in this section. Already many of
our friends in Oakland and San Francisco
urge us to complete our wharf in order
that they may ship coal and lumber in
at that point. The arrangements are all
made for this and work will begin very
soon.
Then we are looking at plans for the
hotel. l am not able to state Just when
the work on this will begin, nor Just
what plan we shall adopt, but we will
not wait long, and the hotel will be first
class in all respects. 1t will be some
thing Los Angeles will not be ashamed
to show.
As to Inglewood, there are no
new plans. We have bought
to control it. But that is as far as we
have got in that matter. As 1 told you,
We will not boom anything. We will go
to work and improve the places and let
that do all the talking. The property is
most eligible, and when our plans are
carried out on it, the places and the i'm
provements will attract attention in a
quite natural way.
All the above is good news for this
section. These gentlemen are most
abundantly able to do all they put their
hands to. Their whole business career
has been particularly marked for two
things--sagacity and energy. They have
had plenty of experience in the mat
ters in hand. Their interest here
will draw both their energy and
capital into the development of the section
and will greatly benefit the whole COM
munity. The HERALD is glad to welcome ,
them here, and to wish them very
hearty God speed in their great under
takings.
The Sandw8sh Bridge.
Last Saturday the first lumber was left
on either side of the Wash for the bridge
which is to connect the two cities of An
aheim and Fullerton. 1t is at the extern