Los Angeles daily herald., 1888-06-19


being fought with the Mexican5 east OF |
Boyle Heights in 1916, resulting in VIC
tory for the Americans, who took possess
sion OF the city and replaced the Mexican
Aag--which had supplanted that OF Spain
twenty-four years before-with the Stars
and Stripes. In 1850 Los Angeles was
organized as an American city under the
laws governing the newly acquired Ter
ritory of California.
For many years the city gave no sign
OF becoming place OF importance, but
on the contrary it even retrograded.
The discovery Of gold in Northern Cal
ifornia detracted from this section SO
that in 1870 the population was only 800.
| Los Angeles dates its modern birth TO
the great centennial year Of the nation,
| 1876 In that year the Southern Pacific
railroad awoke this favored spot from her
long sleep, and the change since then has
been most remarkable. From dull town
Of 10000 to bright, booming city OF
65, 900 in twelve years, WITH fair pros
pect OF still greater increase in the next
ten years. Los Angeles bids fair to be-
come the chief city of the Pacific coast,
and perhaps the metropolis of western
civilization. can no better express my
impressions of this growing city or give
a better description Of it than by quoting
from the Los ANGELES ILLusTRATED
| HERALD:
The City Of Los Angeles, six miles
square, embracing the rich valley of the
Los Angeles river and the beautiful roll
ling hills on either side, will soon be the
most remarkable city in the United
States.
1t has every variety of soil and situa-
ton. Hilltop, plain and valley can be
chosen for residence, and the contrariety
of the surface affords outlooks Of beauty
from thousand points of observation.
Such another location is unknown in his
tory. In some places the bright sheen
OF the Pacific is seen twenty miles away,
and the mullled roar OF the breakers on
the west, sixteen miles distant, can be
heard in the still watches Of the night,
while on all sides, save one, stand the
beautiful mountains inlaid with oil, gold
and silver, iron and plumbago. With
every hour Of the day the scene changes
with the varying light, and yet, though
changed, is always beautiful.
This city is the railway center of Cali
fornia, with eight lines OF railway radi-
ating north. south, east and west, in O
, land OF perpetual products that furnish
food for the people both near and far in
every variety and in rich abundance.
The electric lights by night, and natu.
raj gas in every hill, the cable and other
. street railways leading in every direction
} the telephone, with 300 strands, the elec.
trio telegraph to all the world, the banks
+ with millions to loan, the four Uni
versities, Colleges OF learning, the Medi
, cal college, the Public Library, the pub
, lie Schools, gas works, water works
the irrigating facilities in the beauti
full rainless summers, the two
score churches, the Board of Trade, the
Z; teachers of every language known tt
civilization, the cultured representatives
s of all nations with their exhaustles.
fund OF information, the products of al
! most every cline in constant growth ant
the exhaustless supply of food from the
: great Pacific Ocean only an hour away, {
temperature equable and adapted to the
highest development Of man and tht
domestic animals are all to be fount
within the boundaries of the city OF Lol
Angeles. No parallel exists to this, thu
. Queen of the Pacific.
The growth of the city is most remark
able. The population that was 5000 il
: 1878 is now about 65 900, and steadily in
, creasing at such o rate that it will sooI
contain 100000 souls.
, The superior advantages of the city
and suburbs are such that all the lane
from the Sierra Madre to the seas will bt
one continuous city.
The distance from the mountains above
Pasadena to the ocean at Santa Monics
is twenty-nine miles, and already NOR,
) than half that distance has been dottec
. with homes and places of business, ant
the extension OF settlement is more rapid
I now than ever before. 1t is safe to state
! that in another decade the city, in fact
will extend from the mountains dowr
' through Pasadena, Garvanzo and High
land Park to the present corporate limits
and reach from these to the Pacific
Ocean.
i A more prosperous town is not 10 bt
found in the United States than thil
r city, which has wine trade that extends
into every State and Territory in tht
Union, into the Dominion of Canada
/; Mexico, the islands OF the Orient, Cen
tral and South America, Australia, anC
| is now making an inroad into Europe
and Asia.
Can any prospect OF trade be fairel
! than that Of this city, the great com
, mercial metropolis of the Southwest
. At the present rate of increake it vii
soon rank with the great interior cities o
America and Europe.
On the hillsides, in East Los Angel leg
park of fifty acres is being improved
{ while on the beautiful hills in the nortl
. part OF the city tract of four hundred
and twenty acres, the property is to b,
/ made into another park that will be
romantic and beautiful.
An electric railroad is now built. Con.
slant progress is the order of the day
and the march Of progress takes no ster
backward.
There is room for more manufactures
for reduction works for the vast bodies Of
! silver and gold ores that lie in the great
mineral belt tributary to the city that
will furnish business for Los Angeles for
a thousand years.
Glass works, oil refneries, paint works
Isugsries and perfume manufactures have
here ample scope for business and pro
lit.
From my window, which is in the
highest part of the city, can look out
and count at least thousand new build.
} iDgs in course of construction; in every
direction, from center to circumference
may be seen the hand OF improvement.
Small cottages, modern residences, vary
| ing in cost from 81, 900 to $100, 900, are GO
ing up in sll directions. Fine business
blocks built in the most modern style
and ornate architecture with all the late
| Improvements for business purposes.
| Boardino-houses and hotels. among then