The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-05-12


health and wealth can be won in thi
: country quicker than in any state ia ih
Union. This Is my impression. afiei
careful observation and protracted in
quiry.
When YOU come 10 California you heal
wonderful stories Of fortunes made tn q
day by lucky land Spectators. They
are not fairy tales. Millions have been
accumulated by eastern enterprise and
thrift While az the beautiful hotel
Hotel del Coronado. ihcoilier night wa.
told the story of that peninsula. II lies.
YOU know. just opposite san Diego. anb
is low desert tract - perhaps five mile
in length and = canc to this vicinit,
full Of bounce and hustle They bought
the peninsula for 100000 They then
staked il out planned the grandest hotel
in the world, the lovelest drives. thc
most comfortable Improvements And
while they were loudly pgoclaiming what
they were going io DO. they sold part OF
their purchase. plot 10y plot. until tlreo
million dollars worth was disposed of
ana ihtl lidi litNlN ltll-
hear Of G.. who came 10 Los Angeles
and with little money bought zine
piece of land lie sold one lot which
paid for all his property. Then BE-
bought and sold other land, and within
two years was bloafed millionaire.
find these statements and many other
of the kind 10 be- gospel truth But
while they will tell you how well A. T. /
and made out, they mako no mention T
Of how ID, T. and i got along know
them and can give YOU their experiences .
d. for instance was a Now York man
in business. Things were easy with him.
but he caught the California fever. and
picking up stakes. be iouueyod io 10.
Angeles II was before thc boom. Ia
bought land. held il awhile and sold il az
a very thrilling profit. llcre'unedtothe /
elst and while 40 home heard that Oh,
man 10 whom he bad sold had s0dagain
at profit of $4,000 So back %,
rushed. This time he brought his wife
and together they purchased % plot mean
Pasadena for $1,000 and pat uD house
costing $1,000 That was the extent OF
D's pile. He might have sold soon after
for So, 900, but he wasn't going 70 repeat
the mistake of his first venture. 500 he
held ON. The boom came and went. and
today be cannot 0oil "a any price There
IS mo- business no Pa.cdcna. LISA charm
ng place, but ike summer resort
therefore b and his vile are almost
stranded. They sent 90 am acquaintance
rank lorlng. a Boston man who live
10 Santa Barbara and wanted to borrow
'l.1Ol on the property tO pay taxes. o..
cssmcnts etc. Tie consulted the lant
bout IL, and they reported that improve.
lents counted for nothing. they valued
ne land only az what IL would hrin. 81.
arm prices. $1,000 was too large loan
y haff Today ID is driving an ice cart
] los Angeles. and bis wifi. ha, % iol
mining lhc mail wagon from Monrari
settlement among the foothills Dur /
- chilly mornings she appears u %
lndsome sealskin dolmau. "a relic of -
lst greatness The people think she
centric But she isn't, DaHd his wii.
e simply working hard 90 get enough Ga
goo back east.
Then there j. T. and T. of Santa Bar &
a Whom the railroad was near D.
e That e2qui-iiive litle place e ami Z 49,,
10 the effects OF the Boom caused ID, NEII
at circumstance Just how the rail- VI
ld would help Santa Barbara no ono ilha''
'ppei COB consider Enough that land %
is going up. T. and didn't have
ich money They Wcr. merely indus ~
Gus New York clerks. bui between
200 They had Sl.i00 in cash which the,
nted o. increase. ani they listened tc -
voice OF ihe siren iH the person I
real estate agent ~. showed
.m two lots for $500 each
orth double the money" True. they
re on the side of Steep Dim. bat the
suasire agent showed them how t1c
ue was greatly increased by that &c
e. Excavations already doncr D.. ~
laimod. splendid cellar in the rear
lally made. 30 they BOUGHT. and IA
ne 10 that natural cellar which Tho,
kcd on. they hei the lots at sL5ol 49,,
b. and asked thc agent 90 seH them I'll
he counseiei going toanotheragcr
II wouldn't look Well to have hmm tn
ins and resclling. &C.. etc. The, mo-, 'ngr
so, and, taking agent so . % Oh, lions
descanted ON the cline cellar
ne be -, exploded the real rs. 2. o
man. who was of tine earth earthly o.P1
'se lots amt worth slJO each. And
are not.
You see all is not gold that glitter J. NJ
here SUN, California is a really
deriul state. IL has marvellous
ate and there is good fortune in 49,
for those ready 10 tickle its mag IL
ent soil FREDERICK W. WHITE NJ