Telegram-herald., 1888-04-01
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sams stopping al The Arlinslon sEa others
living Ia rsnEed hausSs. A4s. 4. Aobie All
her daughters hass bssa liyiaz hers t-0 o.
taEss years. and l9ok apon themselves -
real Cai1oFu. ana. Before them cane I.
Stewart Wllts sho @as interested himself
IN consiGer4ble rsncl properly n The oAaLa
YAK. :. VI OstsrhoGl aud Willard Barn
nart are both concerned ia his
uss comgaay which ls - sup
BY TIE city Of Sant4 baEbafa
siEh s4Isr from t1s Ds Ia o4sfra Garden
springs. oy tie H0ilY sys.sTa- ihis orgau-
izaii0n . managed By Kalamazoo man
~ II Goats. Inis winter ID. -. CODY aud
his family. Mr. and Ars. u. IL Waters,
hiss na5.l Waters Dudley Waters, Mrs
schuyler Graves anc msny others nAss
been here through most Of tne season
caats Barbara "a very p0pulAr to"a
amOns LAs tourists Who couls olt 20 WINTER
ia California. There are only about a ball
dozen places On the coast that people
xlslt Iaey X down ~ can Diego ana
listen CO tne astonishing stories aoo1t DO"
s0ns mao bought certain piece oi proper
" ta0 years ago t0r $50 and
has lgsi sold it for half
million C0ronads Beach Is pleasant
piace oat there il very little there iof tour-
lsfs 20 20 % anIse themselves Los
Angeles . the largest city IN The southern
secliou OF the state but 70 IS not popular
with tourists owing 10 lts poor L0tsls.
Pasadena Is lovely spot add has near Il
one OF the dnsst hols.s GA the coast. Il II
had the ocean. probably 40 other place %
California would draw hall the number OF
visitors that it secures. Riverside and san
BeFnsrdiuo are the lsF0rite places 70 visit.
aad there. With Santa Barbara, rulsh the
list Tor southern California In the north
sru part of the STATE travellers stop some
time Al san FRANCISCO and San Jose and
usually snl0y = vlsiL % Monterey and
Santa Cruz The Yosemite trip cannot Dc
gatertaksn 20 advantage during the Winter
tut those Who stay on the coast until ApFll
rarely ospit a visit there.
santa Barbara Is the new port ot the
coast. Il has sli the elements Of ascccess-
ii satering place and year after year holds
TIE sams class Of visitors. II ls an OLD city
and vas popular As a place OF resort before
the rest Of The southern part OF the state
attained ia present fame. 10 Is less oo-
lscfionable than many OF the elites about
q. 10 he tact that Is s less peslefsd by ID e
boom. One - not continually bothered by
brass bands announcing real estate auction
sales. OF doggsd oy persistent agents re-
1tsrsiing the merits % some bargain. Ine
town does not ~elaim" a great number OF
inhabilants. nor expect 20 rival san
Francisco IN = lev years. IL IS quiet un-
pretenous esninentiy respectable little
city Win some draw backs and good many
sevsntases s. place for Winter residence.
la mary respects Il is more Ike New
England than a California town.
One year ago Santa Barbara Vas probably
tBe largest city IN the United States that az
no railroads. city Of SIX thousand inhabi-
fanls ard no train came within one hundred
miles OF it. To many OF its visitors and Il
large part OF It's residents. this was is chle
charm. A great many used up railroad
ottcsEs. men accustomed 10 come here q
rscaperate. for the reason that they never
saw uor heard anything ~ remind them OF
the responsibilities they were stunning :
When ne effort Was made 10 bring the
Southern Pacific into the town, many Oi
the Inhabitants opposed the scheme for the
reason that it would destroy tie delightful
CAIN for which the place had always beer
famous. Last tail Il was very common
thing 10 bear old residents gioomily re
marx that santa Barbara was ruined
" hatever injury the railroad did 10 th'
toWn. Il certainly gave Il one great sdvaut
sga ~ making Il accessible TO travellers ehS
objected 10 the ocean trip. which used for
merly be necessary IA oEder 20 reach 10.
What makes Santa Barbsrs famous ss
resort is - charming scenery combine
With its soft and agreeable Winter climate
Situated between tbs mountains and sea, II
pas svery advantage Of location tor beau
tfll outlook The Paciic. Dsssr bolster
Gus. Is as suist IN the Channel as q snlsl
axe, The stands oppcsiss the city forming
natural oreskvster- From the Uppe
windows, Of any house away from the mos
crowded part OF town, one may look Ou
npon mountains Of towering grandeur, Owe
green vssvsty foothills. and across undu
iatinr messs or plstsaus, covered With state
iy i've oaks and threaded with csnor
streams Tas views are hardly % be called
grand. for ths mountains ars only som.
tnree thousand .est n height. nos AZ al
strixiuz for Cslif0rnis, but they are Away
osantiiul. and their c0srn grows with con
uuusd contemplation. There are many
things soouE Cahf0rnia in which ths
traveller - apr 10 De q ssppointsd. bat ths
scenery az santa Barbara Is not one o
these.
What people Who visit California hnd
oftenesf not up % their expectations - tas
climate. rhis Il especially true tais season
AZ Ysar was = forfuaats one for tbs
tourists. The rainfall wss very light snC
csme IN few very heavy showers. THIS
Yesr the smOunt Of rsin has been sxcep
tiousiy lRrgs and ib hss come in many
small storms. accompanied with not 4
lttls dissxrseably cold weather. Il
Eou.i not be surprising II tie trsvel
of next season we're materially affected hy
the general bad res,hsr, vhich has been
general over the state since the Isl OF Jan
usrY Is must De cUnciGly admitted. how
ever st east IS regards Sassa Bsresra. that
the ~ inter here = by 40 means as disagree
s1e "a tRe average Eastern spring Iak'
rstrnsrT for example IN santa Baf 5ars
Bv scfuai count there were seventeen clear
dsrs. two fair. aud Ten cloudy or fosgy
cnss. Il rainsd four lars, and vas nevel
colder than tortT DEGREES during the daI
nsvar below nftY. IL certainly - sxssper
sunK however 80 cress The continent viii
tae idss tnss one = hsadinz t0ssrd . isnc
81 cerfect usather, ard 70 meet oniy Sltt
dsv after dsy ot cold. rainy and foESl
weather People who i've here are sccas
tomsd 10 sag that shs heat Of sumner 4
not tslt unpieaSsntiy ewing - certain
conditions 0l tAe stmospbere. However
hat may ce he cold ~ winter certainly 3
fsil. sae tltv shove here seems very much
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" hen she vssi ner . good here it e VERY
veTv zu0d. and every one srioTs Nfs. Nae
ef ne frest views and ursfusst pisces csT
enlv he attained bv rdi1g up mcuntsiT
trsils 80 everyone srents much uFue o.
ho-selsck. ard peope wto rite nowhsr
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