Los Angeles daily herald., 1888-09-16
OUR COUNTY.
Los Angeles-Her Past, Pres
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featuring Openings, Mines, Oil
Wells, Grain Fields, Orchards.

HERALD may be found statistics repre-
senting our State as whole and about
the southern half of it separately. The
building going on in this city is given in
detail. In this article the intention is to
say some things specifically of Los Ange-
les county. 1t contains about three and
. half million acres of land. 1t lies
along the Pacific Ocean a distance OF
sixty miles, and stretches back from the
coast perhaps an equal distance. On its
west, north and eastern sides it is sur
rounded by mountain ranges, the ex-
posure being to the south, southeast and
southwest. These are in the horseshoe
thus formed perhaps two and half
million acres of good land. Up to about
fifteen years ago this territory was
not regarded as generally worth
much excepting for sheep and cattle
pastures. AS late as 1880 there were
not half a score of towns of note in the
county. At this time j. is dotted all
over with rapidly growing towns of great
promise. Los Angeles, city of close to
100. 900 inhabitants in the center of all
this development. 1t lies sixteen miles
from the sea coast and twenty from the
port of entry to this section. which is
San Pedro. The harbor has now large
commerce and this is rapidly increasing.
The fact that the Southern Pacific Com
pany is spending $l,000,0 900 in the i'm
proving of the harbor will probably be
taken as quite sufficient guarantee of the
importance of the place. Los Ange-
les City has a score of churches,
some of which are worth $780,
600. Our school system is efficient
and we'll managed. Besides public
schools there are private schools of all
grades, some under the auspices of the
several religious bodies of the land.
The M. E. Church has most elaborate
system of schools, whose center is in Los
Angeles. There is very large endow
ment fund for the maintenance of their
schools and colleges. The city has a
large number of fine hotels. Nearly all
towns in this section are well provided
for in this respect. Los Angeles is the
center of three lines of transcontinental
railroads, and nearly one hundred pas
senger trains day enter and
leave the city. There is as much
freight handled here as in San
Francisco. Here is an array of towns,
most Of them built within ten years,
which will astonish any reader. With
Los Angeles city as center, and pro-
ceeding north through the great and
rich
SAN FERNANDO VALLEY,
Which is capable of sustaining $4,000
population, with distances from this
city there are Tropico, 8 miles; Burbank,
IL miles; Pocoima, 13 miles; San Fer
nando, 81 miles, Tunnel, 26 miles; New
hall, 80 milesa Saugus, 80 miles; Langs,
43 miles Southside, so miles; Acton, 55
miles; Alpine, 65 miles, Lancaster, 76
miles; Rcsamond, 81 miles; Tehachipi,
120 miles.
Leaving Los Angeles and going east
through
THE SAN GABRIEL VALLEY.
There are: Aurant miles, Ramona
7 miles, Alhambra 8 miles, San Gabriel
9 miles, East San Gabriel 91a miles,
Savannah II miles, Ell Monte Is miles,
Puente 10 miles, Spadra 80 miles, Pomo-
ma 33 miles, and outside the county of
Los Angeles in San Bernardino county
on their line there are before the summit
OF the mountain is reached nine other
towns. Through the same San Gabriel
road there are to the eastward of Los
Angeles, Highland Park 8 miles, Gar
vanZa miles, Lincoln Park miles,
South Pasadena 8 miles, Pasadena s
miles, Olivewood So miles, Fair Oaks 10
miles, Lamanda PARK II miles, Chapman
IL miles, Santa Anita Is miles, Arcadia
IA miles, Monrovia 16 miles, Duarte II
miles, Azusa 10 miles, Glendora 20
miles, San Dir.as 20 miles, Lordsburg 25
miles, North Pomona 27 miles. There
are on this line six other towns before
San Bernardino is reached.
TOWARDS THE SEA
At Santa Monica there are on branch of
the Southern Pacific: Washington street
miles, Main street 5 miles, Maitland
miles, Cienega s miles, Ivy IL miles,
The Palms IL miles, Verrain Is miles,
Santa Monica 18 miles.
TOWARDS THE SEA
At San Pedro there are on that branch of
the Southern Pacific. Florence miles
Lynwood 10 miles,. Compton Ii
miles. Donainguez IA miles, Cerri-
tos 16 miles, Steward 21 miles,
Wilmington 22 miles, San Pedro
twenty-five miles. On spur from this
line is Long Beach twenty-five miles.
This spur will soon be prolonged a i, few
miles to Alamitos Bay, thence some six
miles to Anaheim Landing, and thence
by way of Golden Grove and Westmins-
ter to Anaheim.
THE SANTA ANA VALLEY.
Santa Monica lies seaward to the west,
San Pedro harbor is nearly due south.
To the southeast is the great Santa Ana
valley. On the branch of the South
ern Pacific which traverses this lie
Florence six miles, Vinvale ten miles,
Downey City thirteen miles, Studebaker
fifteen miles, Norwalk seventeen miles,
Almond twenty-three miles, Anaheim
twenty-seven miles, Polhemus twenty
eight miles, Orange thirty-two miles,
Tustin thirty-three miles, Santa Ana
thirty -four miles. A branch runs from
Studebaker to Fulton Wells seventeen
miles from Los Angeles, Los
Nietos eighteen miles, Evergreen
twenty miles, Whittier twenty-one miles
The California Central road has pene-
trated this same valley with it's line to
San Diego and has stations as follows
Ballona Junction miles, Laguna 81
miles, Rivera 10 miles, Santa Fe
Springs IL miles, Northam 16 miles,
Fullerton 20 miles, Anaheim 26 miles,
Orange 32 miles, Santa Ana "a miles,
Irvine, Modjeska, Ell Toro, and nine
other towns to San Diego.
Southwest of the city the California