Los Angeles daily herald., 1888-01-01
CHEAP PROPERTY.
The Latest Ripple in the
Boom.
ANAHEIM AR0UsING.
The "MOther Colony" Falls Into
the Line Of Great Improve
ments at Last.

boVlNB uOWu At cHo MOIiieEcoiOhy.
BIS views arc go fattering to bis towi
hat they seem worthy of more thar
Fassing notice. 1t seems that tn,
ace is astir at every point, and tina
keat things are to be done there and ar,
bing done. The Del Compo Hotel il
king rushed up with all possible dis
htch, the Albrecht Brothers who hav,
tke contract pushing things in every
Wy. 1t is to be finished by the first o
Hbruary and open for guests. Til,
ttct in which it stands is all beins
| ldh with cement sidewalks, and the
gtunds are to be handsomely i'm
ptved Then the old pioneer, Theo
d4e Reiser, has the plans all out fol
hi big brick block, in which the new
oHGa house is to be. This will bt
ukairs while below is to be row o
stdes.
Tie graders who were working or
thknew railroad to Los Angeles wher
thdroadbep was completed to Buens
Paf were withdrawn and put On al
thd 4os Angeles end Of the road. A
lar3 force is now working on the
Lag 3na ranch, just southeast Of this
city The work is very easy and rapio
prof 3ess is being made. By Saturday
niglt the grade will be finished to the
croskng Of the San Gabriel river, and
it ispoped that the line will be oper.
atinSby the end. of January all the
wayb San Diego.
Til rush Of tourists has found its
way , Anaheim in great force. The
townls full of them. Houses are sc
search and there is such a big demand
for tftm that Messrs. Littlefeld and
Goldqwaite are busy trying to get q
lot Of handsome cottages finished to
suppltthe urgent demand. The town
hoteld are full all the time. The
reaso4 why SO many new
comert are hocking in to the
old Iplony, is because they
have bund out that Anaheim pos
sessesls . fine climate as any other
spot id 1Southern California. During
the unusually cold spell which has
prevaiH here, Anaheim has not felt
chill. Even the nights down there
are pld Fsant and warm. The days
ore simt y delightful beyond descrip-
ton.
Thenkere is another very substan-
tial attrt,tion which il drawing hun
dreds o4 4peculators and investors to
Anahei4 to look at property. That is
the pric4at which property is still
being ofEed. With the best soil in
the cout try, with absolutely the
finest vi }er supply in Los Angeles
county, Nd with such a perfect cli-
mate, itmight be supposed that
lands build be held there at
fancy ptces. But the fact ii
property hs not changed hands there
to any grk 1t extent. In the early part
Of the 81 eom," when the people in
other se$ons were crazy to let go OF
their realt at ridicu lous prices, Ana
helm wa{a thrifty, prosperous and
therefore kntented community. There
was no onfin the place who had any
thing for kle. So the first settlers
hold the toperty still. Now while
everythin&else has changed hands a
score of til les, and at each transfer at
a great irRease in price, Anaheim
property not inflated by such a
process. y has only just begun to
move upwkd ID from bedrock prices.
Three year} ago it was held far above
the range other localities. Now
lit is the cheapest in
the cou1y. The speculator
and investr have learned this
fact, and thu are now going in in
force to graz piece before the boom
ers get it to@high. Rates are on an
up grade art those who bought a
month ago hre in a position 10 get
some bene1 out Of their invest
ments. FeHDf them are, however,
IN mool tdake advantage of thi.
possibility. rhey think they see far
better thing5n store for them later
on, and instd6 of selling now most Of
them are bu}ng more. Where else
in the countt can the best lands.
with plenty dwater, be had for 5000
an acre. Thbe statements are abso-
lutely true The lands are the
best. thet climate is the
| finest. thd water the most
abundant, AMI the price is cheap as
this. "Whe4 can you duplicate such
a purchase ?"taid the realestate man
"fhis 5000 d acre land is right in
town, near thItwo depots. Itell you
there is nothik like it in Los Angeles
county, and Il buyers ar getting to
know this" hus spoke the enthusi-
astic Anaheirnf, and from what he
knows OF the atter the reporter is
inclined to thik he is right. But in
asmuch as theteporter is seldom q
buyer, AnaheiI has little interest in
his opinion. is the crowd Of in
vestors who Il ek in by each train
whose views arttaken.
These lands n be planted to fruit
trees, and at I end Of three years
they will be pting net income Of
5000 per acre. All sorts Of fruits
flourish in thdmagnifcent soil Of
Anaheim quite 8 well as they do in
any Of the |most select spots
| in this count Here the or
ange grows TO Perfection. Lemons
and lines do ex kllently, for there il
not q hit of trostx, min their tnudpraht