Los Angeles daily herald., 1889-04-29
The 10. angeles of she Future.

WlGIllH buo phb1 year VI oN 'Ns
HERALD feels called upon to take hand
in the matter. 1t does go authoritatively,
because it has always been right. 1t is
great deal better, in the record OF a
journal, daily, weekly, monthly, or semi
demi occasional in its issues, to have
been right rather than wrong. AS the
Los. Angeles HERALD is in its thirty
second volume, to have been uniformly
right is quite feather in its cap.
So much has been said, as
we have remarked, in depreciation
of this section that we have some reserve
in striking the outright, chanticleer notes
to which we intend to devote this article.
For some sixteen or seventeen years
past, both Los Angeles city and Los
Angeles county have been in pro-
cess of evolution. This work Of devel-
| opment has converted the place from
wretched, dirty 'dobie town into city
of marked attractiveness and beauty
into a city which is not whit behind
Chicago in the bang-up and slap-up
character of its buildings, both public
and private. There are some business
blocks in Los Angeles which are not ex-
ceeded in splepdor either in New York
or Chicago. The same process of almost
magical transmutation has converted the
county from a "cow county" into a
scene of the most varied and remuner-
ative production known on the face OF
the American continent. The splendid
ranches known as the San Pasqual. the
Santa Anita, the Puente, the San Fran
| cisquito, the San Felipe hugo, the Mer-
ced, and score of others, are to-day
yielding wealth and variety OF vegeta-
ton known nowhere else on the footstool
| The vineyardist and orchardist have
struck the "open sesame" to their in
finite profit. and they propose to stay by
the works. All the conditions point, this
year, to an exceptionally profitable and
delightful account rendered from all de-
pArtments of the soil, and each succeed
ing year promises to acquit itself OF stead
lily accelerating horticultural and agricul-
tural ueufruct. No matter to what sec
tien of the county one may direct ones
steps the game story of jocund produc-
ton reaches one, with ever increasing
lines of railway about to be initiated, and
of railways heretofore initiated, reaching
out to do their useful offices to the stock
holders, and their benefcent Offices to the
people through whose property they run.
The county of Los Angeles, as we have
indicated, is advancing at a rate to
Justify the expectations of the most
sapguine believers in this section. The
future of the city is somewhat interest
ing and perplexing, and for the reasons
we shall proceed to give.
In the first place, it has been gener-
ally assumed that Los Angeles will never
be a manufacturing city. This is wrong,
for several reasons. The concentrating
upon this point of many transcontinental
railways will of itself build up certain
manufacturing activities. The Southern
Pacific is about to establish workshops on
a grand scale in East Los Angeles, and
the Santa Fe will doubtless shortly fol-
low suit. These shops will be on scale
of continental magnitude. In addition,
very many branches of manufactur-
ing have already gained foot
hold here, and they will be recruited
with every passing month. The old
time question as to fuel will count for
nothing in a region whose petroleum
measures are beginning to attrac4 the
attention of the world. Petroleum,
which is SO abundsntly yielded in all
quarters of Los Angeles county, is itself
almost the cheapest fuel known to the
manufacturer. But, in addition, we
have clearly established an illimitable
supply of natural gas as characteristic
of this section, only needing energetic
exploitation to be developed in bulk,
answering to priceless commercial prop
osition, and it will be developed, and
Immediately.
Thus, in addition to our attractions Of
climate, and manifold productio ons of
soil, we have the quite certain added ele-
ment of manufactures, with cheap fuel,
as an incident of the immediate future.
But, waving this practical phase of our
city's growth, it is clearly apparent that
the ability to create here the most charm
ing home on earth-with the incident of
four or five acres, not only beautiful, but
yielding an income which assures a
modest competency-will make the Los
Angeles valley city from the foothills
to the sea. Not packed and crowded
city but diversified and unique one. The
writer has heard this idea advanced
from the lips of two such diverse author
tiles as General Winfield Scott Hancock
and Senator George Hearst. 1t is thor
oughly right. From the foothills all
round to the sea the city of Los Angeles
will hold sway. Its city limits will be
almost without boundaries-they will be
80 extensive-but they will be as lovely
as extensive. Miles and miles of boule-
wards, ramifying through rose parterres,
and orange orchards, and vineyards al
most without limit, will align this i'm
perial city. Let us start in now to get it
ready for its future occupants.
The first point is to get an outfall
sewer to the sea. The sooner the City
Fathers apply themselves to this work
the better.