Los Angeles daily herald., 1889-05-20
K.uderxarten Lesson.

Santa Monica, when finished, will afford
one of the finest drives, through most |
attractive and picturesque country, that
can be found anywhere. A considerable
portion of the boulevard is now
graded and provided with packed
roadways on each side of it.
This portion of the road reaches
from the hill just beyond The Palms to
the extension of Eighth street, in South
Santa Monica. Although work is pro-
crossing upon this part of the road, it is
already open and affords delightful
drive, the roadway being well packed,
hard but springy, and free from dust.
The views along this stretch of the
Boulevard are grand and beautiful. The
ocean lies in front, with the island of
Santa Catalina looming up in the dis
tance, a fine marine picture. To the
right the rolling upland of the Soldiers
Home offers most interesting pano-
ramic scene, with its new and imposing
buildings for the accommodation of the
retired veterans, whilst repcsing at the
foot of this beautiful vista and
reaching to the bluffs overhanging the
beach, is the charming and improving sea-
side resort which has given its name to a
great part Of that section of the county
The fruitful and rich valley of the Bal
Iona greets the vision to the left; and
this entire stretch of country, matchless
for its scenic beauty and wealth of agri-
culture, is backed by the Cahuenga and
Santa Monica range of mountains, which
rises majestically in the east, and forms
a grand and striking background to a
picture of unapproachable charm and ex.
haustess variety of natural scenery.
Indeed, when the Boulevard is finished
from Los Angeles to Santa Monica, the
stranger who drives over it will
enjoy succession of gratifying scenic
effects from the beginning to the end Of
the panoramic routs.
One OF the practical benefits this de-
Ilightful Boulevard will afford, when
finished, will be in the fact that drive
over it will, in reality, be compendious
study, 80 to speak, of the natural resources
of this imperial county. Leaving the
city, one will pass by elegant resi-
dences, fronted by lawns and gardens
rich with floral and arboral wealth. Then
be will see occasional orange groves, with
their golden fruit shining among the
green leaves of this most graceful and
, eymn etrical of trees. Vineyards will
! stretch away from either side at various
: points, and the stranger will be enabled
9 in the season, to see the rich clusters
bursting with their nectarean juice
, and realize how prodigally the vine
9 bears in this matchless climate. After
passing on further he will see fields o.
, flowing grain, stretching away in al
, directions for miles and as far as the eye
con reach. Barley, wheat, cats, fields o.
these in splendid stand, are jus'
now not measured by the acre
, frcm the Cahuengas to the sea
but by miles. We saw one bar
ley field yesterday between The
Palms and Santa Monica that wa.
. about three miles in length and two il
= width. And this was only single
: "patch" of many similar "patches" o
, grain that stretched farther than We
could see on both sides Of the road. The
hay crop is simply enormous.
This, by way of parenthesis; but the
idea we wish to convey is that nc
! stranger TO our county who shall ever
| pass over this Boulevard, when it is fin.
, ished, can leave our section, even if he
should visit no other portion of it, with
out an excellent idea of the wonderful
, resources Of Los Angeles county
, AS giving in one little lesson kin
dergarten instruction upon the
productions OF our county, this Boule
ward will be worth to us Thousand
times what it will cost. And yet the
intelligent visitor will know, when he
has seen our orchards and gardens, snt
t vineyards and grain fields, from Los
|, Angeles to Santa Monica, that he hat
{ only seen one-twentieth part o
{ the fine productive country We
have to show him in this county. He
q will know that he has only had undel
p his eye about one hundred Thousand
acres of county that contains three
million acres, two-thirds OF which are
f equally susceptible Of the highest cul
s tivation and the richest results. Such {
!. visitor will go away with impressions
2 that will necessarily bear beneficial
3 fruit.