Los Angeles daily herald., 1889-04-22
THE WORLD" ON Los ANGELES.
What the Great Eastern Daily
Thinks of Us.

Under date of April 6, 1889, the New
York Worlds special correspondent, who
was sent out here to tell just what he
saw, indites a letter to his paper from
the Angelic City. After setting forth his
impressions, to the effect that all out
givings as to "bursted boom" in this
city being "built upon the baseless fabric
of DREAM" the correspondent goes on
to say:
In appearance Los Angeles is thor
oughly metropolitan. Its wide, perfectly
paved streets are lined with imposing
and expensive business blocks, in brick,
stone and iron. The crowds on the side
walks, the vehicles of all descriptions
in fact the universal hurry and hustle,
the rush and turmoil of the surging
masses in her commercial center, all
tend to make me feel as though in an
Eastern city.
In 1880 Los Angeles was frontier city
of IL 900 Observation-Disclosures Span
iards, Indians, and few Americans.
One-story adobe houses predominated.
Up to 1883 the increase was slow and
steady. In 1884 there we're $1,000 peo-
| pie here; in 1885, $4,000; in 1886,
go 900; and to-day the population is close
on to 10000.
But the little adobe houses have given
place to structures that would be credit
| to New York or Chicago. The business
portion has extended from the narrow
confines of few blocks to miles in
every direction. Beautiful, wide ave-
nues lead to the outlying suburbs among
the orange, lemon, fig and almond
groves, and are bordered with elegant
residences, surrounded by lovely lawns,
| fruit trees, and all the decorations that
art and wealth can suggest.
This is an Eastern American city in
everything but foliage and climate. Los
Angeles is as desirable summer resort
as it is winter retreat. The sum-
mer heat is moderated by the fresh
ocean breezes and the temperature both
summer and winter is remarkably even.
In ten years the mercury has reached
100 degrees but eleven times, the prevail
ing temperature being from 60 to 80 de-
grees.
Permanent investments are now the
order of the day. Los Angeles county
could support million people. The
development of her resources is now be-
ing attended to in good earnest, but is
still only commenced. Nevertheless
there are $4,000 acres in orchards aud
vineyards in this county, aud $500 car
loads of oranges will be the season Is
shipment, while 5000, 900 will represent
the product of the vineyards.
There are now completed, or in pro-
cess Of completion, over dozen railways
into this city.
THE CLIMATE.
Speaking of the high mesas and foot
hill country, this observant writer says
This locality gets the refreshing breezes
from the ocean, yet has the dry air of the
foothill region. The mountains shut of
the north winds and catch and hold the
balmy breezes from the south.
The climate here is perfect. 1t is sum-
mer-time from January to the last day
of December; Summer, too, of even
temperature, where frost never pene-
trates, and where excessive heat is never
known. Flowers are ever in bloom
Strawberries and tomatoes are perennial
bananas mature and ripen on the trees
and everything that will grow anywhere
. hourishes here. No reference to the
Cahuenga Valley is complete withou
+ especial stress being laid upon the
d RvRNNEss OF THE TEMPERATURE.
of this particular locality. There i
, probably not another spot in the United
) States, If indeed one can be found in tn
: whole world, where person can sleeI
every night under blankets and picl
from his orchard oranges, figs, lemons
bananas and peaches, and get from hi
/ garden, for the Christmas dinner, fres
Strawberries, tomatoes, green peas an
a new potatoes.
:, The soil, naturally rich, yields mos
= bountifully in the ever-shining bu
= never burning sun.
d To the invalid, home here means
r new lease of life. To those already i
9 good health a residence in Cahueng
It carries with it sense OF human bapp
9 ness before unknown, for elsewhere III
attainable.
The lover Of natural pictures, wherei
is all that is grand in mountain viewl
y in meadow, mound and sea, will hel
|, lind landscape to thrill his soul. I