Los Angeles daily herald., 1889-08-10
some Interesting Opinions.

ioyed the great pleasure yesterday OF
encountering the Hon. John P. Jones
on the train from Santa Monica to this
city. This journal has never disguised
it's partiality for this distinguished citi-
zen, though separated from him on party
grounds. This is an excusable eccen-
tricity considering the great things he
has done for Southern California and Los
Angeles county in especial.
Senator Jones's views are those OF
keen observer who has seen about all the
world offers to the ordinary ken. His
personal fortunes almost recall the incl
dents in the career of Monte Cristo. One
of his many investments in Southern
California was the purchase of a
three quarter interest in the Santa
Monica San Vicente rancho and the
subsequent building Of the Santa Monica
branch of the Los Angeles and Inde-
pendence railway, with substantial
wharf at the Pacific Coast Long Branch.
Senator Jones has the most roseate
views Of the future cf Los Angeles. In
his opinion, middle-aged men will live to
see the day when there will be contin-
nous city from Los Angeles to the sea.
This, by the way, was the identical view
expressed to the writer by Senator
George Hearst. Mrs. Jones, who was
brought up in Europe, considers Santa
Monica, when regard is had to the eli
mate and all other considerations, the
most attractive watering place in the
world. Bull Run Russell, in his last
book descriptive of his tour with the Duke
of Sutherland, says exactly the came
thing. In the Senator's view Los Angeles,
with improved harbor facilities, is des-
tined to be the cerfter of great manufac-
turing enterprises. Santa Monica, as the
report Of the Government engineers, who
surveyed the roadstead, showed, could
be made a splendid port by the creation
of breakwater three-quarters of mile
long. The Senator added that the fact
that he himself owned large property
interests there had tended to prevent
him from fully enlistipg Government aid
in the improvement of Santa Monica s
special claims to recognition as barber.
Mr.. Jones expressed the opinion that
the extension of the Utah Southern Rail.
way by the Union Pacific to Los Ange.
les could not fail to be of supreme benefit
10 this section. 1t would develop a re-
gion specially rich in treasures of gold
and silver, and would give US cheap and
abundant iron ores and fuel. In
reply to a question as to whether
he still retained any confidence in the
Panamint region, he said that he most
smphatically did. Under all the disad-
vantages of his operations there thirteen
or fourteen years sgo, he had taken fully
q million dollars worth of treasure out
of them. With the cheap supplies and
transportation, which seemed to be q con-
dition of the near future, he had no doubt
these mines would prove great yielders of
bullion. Very recently, in connection
with Mr.. D. o. Mills, he had invested
$50, 900 in buying the disused Cerro
Gordo workings of the Messrs. Besudry
& Belshaw, which, in past years, had
been such enormous producers Of bul
lion, and which had created two immense
fortunes.
As to the project of turning the sewage
of Los Angeles into Santa Monica, Sena-
tor Jones spoke of it as scheme of
signal barbarity, which was not credit
able to the municipal authorities of Los
Angeles. and the prosecution of which
would be successfully enjoined. The
courts of late years had shown steadily
increasing desire 10 enforce the equities
as between communities, and in this
case the interposition of the courts of the
United States would be invoked before
the contemplated outrage should reach
anything like the stage OF consummation.