Los Angeles daily herald., 1888-10-22
A NEW Workers. OPINION.
Los Angeles County Will He More
RrO0peFOuSs

Prosperous.
Mr.. Hirman Welcker, retired New
York merchant, has been visiting the
city and yesterday expressed some views
both favorable and unfavorable to Los
Angeles, to which he seems to have
taken great fancy. In conversation
with HERALD reporter he said that Los
Angeles was perfect as regards climate
and beauty, but it seemed to him that
the great drawback to its more rapid
progress was the lack of an immense
hostelry. Said he: 81 notice since 1
have been here that two train
loads of excursionists have come
few hours and then have gone on to
Coronado Beach. Some friends of mine
were on one of the excursions and they
said that they would have staid here if
they could have been accommodated in
hotel. They arrived and found the
best hotels full and they did not feel
like taking rooms in lodging houses.
They were on pleasure trip and they
proposed to stop somewhere where they
could enjoy themselves. l consider that
great mistake was made when the large
hotel which you started was not
continued. If it had been completed
you would have had some place
when you could have slowed from $50 to
200 people in few minutes warning,
with large and well appointed hotel.
Los Angeles would attract many
strangers here who have money to spend.
If the wealthy were all made comforta-
BILE they will stay, and then there is al
ways big chance that they will invest
some of their money before they leave.
can see no good reason why you have
not hotel like the Palace, of San Fran
cisco, or the Coronado, of San
Diego. Los Angeles is better
place for such a hotel than either
of the plans named. You have several
transcontinental lines centering here
and number of excursions are already
on their way here. This excursion busi-
ness would keep the hotel full all the
year round and l don't think better
place could be found than Los Angeles.
l am surprised that some enterprising
Chicago hotel man has not come here
and built one of the largest hotels in the
United States"
81 notice that you business men have
taken steps to establish Chamber OF
Commerce. This is an institution which
if handled wisely and well will do
much good for the city and county.
Some such institution is needed in every
city which is in the center of new
country which needs development. Los
Angeles county is full of riches which
only need developing, and the proper ap-
plication OF small amount OF capital
will do much in this direction. Manu-
factories are good thing for any city be-
cause they keep money in circulation.
If you can make here the articles you
use, your money will not be sent else.
where, but will remain here to be circu-
lated by the people employed in the
industries. There is one thing which
is perhaps more necessary than manu-
factures, and that is the county should
be filled with actual producers. At the
meeting of your young Chamber OF Com
merce, it was stated that eggs, butter
and poultry were imported from the
East. This is wrong state of affairs,
and every effort should be made to en-
courage home prodnct of these and
other articles. When your markets are
supplied throughout by home products,
and the population of the county outside
of the towns is a million, then manufac-
tories will do we'll here and the whole
community will be prosperous. l be-
lieve this will occur, but it will require
a systematic effort on the part OF the
people here, who seem TO be moving in
the right direction"