The sun., 1888-04-22
SIGNIFICANT FAcrs AND FIGURES.
The Transfer. er Real Estnte-ropaintion-
Railroad Trnnic.
The transfers OF real estate in Los Angeles
county Including tho clty) for the past six
years are given in tho following table:

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The transfers in San Bcrnardino and San
Diego counties during the same period wore, OF
course. much loss In the aggregate. but the
proportionate increase was almost, II not quite
us grent The transfers in Los Angeles county
in January. 1887. were s5.0O6.27O: Ia January.
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The transfers from agents have boon dccreas-
ing In number; the transfers from estates and
owners of large tracts Increasing.
There has been some fraud aud swinGing In
the course OF these enormous transactions. as
might have been expected In n comparatively
new country, where so many wero diving In to
make money and doinG business On the rush
The sale of town lots in tho desert at 50 apiece
is scarcely worth entionng. It seems ns
though no man ought TO be taken In by such an
offer, though II good many have been. There
has been some downright misrepresentation OF
died either through ignorance or bccnuse they
did not take tho trouble TO look Mt the property.
had s M have been ehnsne
to find that they hadn't put 1t half strong
enough; TINT the land was really. more valuable
than they had painted 1t: hut this kind OF fraud
contracted with Original owners TO buy tracts
MARKET a poceteh st ma tnH and lett cit m s
buyers and the original owner towrestle over
the land As in ether o, .hs 1untJ aS
buyer must nj decide for himself upon inSes,i-
The population of California in 1854 was
sGaS9a aL n6o The estimated nopnla,iono oJn now Is
Francisco has taken about 10000 making her
present estimated popalatio&p n $4,000, @ 18th, The
large majority of them in southern Caiitornin.
Many are going into southern counties other
than those more particularly referred to here
sent fewer attractions. and the catalogue OF
special crops is in many localities more mite
but where the soil is productive and the land
The total number Of through nasssensers Of
all classes carried IN and out of California in
over the Central Pacific Railroad md the
sonthenrJno ri ID, Pacific RAILROAD was l5s,7a0; s. or
bound. The total number of through passsn-
gers of all classes carried over the California
Atchison, Topeka, and Santa F6 Railroad, was
67ll9. OF these, 56;0lG were west bound and
ried over the Northern Pacific Railroad and by
tho sea-. The California travel in January, 'SS,
is reported heavier than in January. 1887.
or the people who have gon(into SOUTH
ern California very many are accustomed to
churches. schools. newspapers railroads. end
all the progressive forms of civilization. and in
their new homes they assume ut once and quite
us matter OF course all the responsibilities OF
citizenship Some have gone to cultivate tho
soil or to follow various callngs: some in search
OF health; some families have gone because
one member was ailing: some have gone to
escape the rigors of northern climates: some
because they like the country or with the hope
OF making money or with the desire to try
something new. and they have gone from all
parts and from town and country.
The conditions are such that of those who
In fbo ~ ,,nt.i
tilling the soil many have for various reasons
not achieved success in that direction. though
they may have made money in other ways.
Here is a man who bought ten acres for $140 an
acre. A town grew in close proximity to his
land and spread over 1t. He sold seven acres
for $4,000, and. OF course he can't tell how his
planting might have turned out. Some have
tired Of waiting for the trees to come to bear
ing. Some have bought more land or set out
more trees than they could care for. Some
have found their soil not specially adapted to
the crops selected or not so good as they had
expected. Some have not given the proper
amount Of attention. or have not bestowed 1t at
tho proper time: To majority of the new-
comers the conditions are new. and they have
to acquire needed information by inquiry, OBJ
some have or arc on the way to
prosperity bya.the cultivation Of the land.
Many orchards are only just planted, or are not
ers are possessed Of some means and are able
to wait. Many, Of the first purchasers have
lands and by the enhancement in value of the
whole. Who buys land now should expect to
buy on its merits.
At the time when the observations here re-
corded were made, in February the great boom
was IN state of comparative Guietude Many
season win show q further substantial rise in
values, and that the Iise will be warranted by
man6 val no
determined by, productiveness as well. Others
thought that the boom woul id lie dormant for n
time. awaiting natural development; that some
of the large undertakings might be less vigOr-
ously prosecuted. and some of the big hotels not
Of nancai distress there is IS no See sign YH'S Mich
OF the land now selling is bought for settle
Mpo he dsse %9nsy avid
tributed that whatever their aggregate may be
it is difficult to see how they can exert seri-
now on foot are controlled by mon OF means
principally from outside the state, though some
citizens Of the region, who. have roinvested
profits with u confident belief in the future. or
course i Is possible TINT some large enterprise
Special localities in Southern California. as
elsewhere. may reasonably attain very high
values through the presence of special attrac-
tions, and the region Is rich In these: but to by
far the greater part Of the @ @SHry while #
weight in tho balance, 1t seems probable that
the universal test must ultimately be applied.
Ii Is not to be expected that lands adaptel to
special crops. Welding exceptionally great re-
turns. may he bought for the prices that at
tach to lands adapted to the cultivation Of
wheat and corn; but one general rule for the
measurement Of values appIie es practically 10
nge fair returns on its cost? and surely all viii
hope that of those thus far received tho favor
able responses indicate the nature Of the an
swers yet to como.
JoHY B. BoGART.
nEEI 1t EGG EAIING