The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1890-02-02
Floods and Blockades Annoy the
Opera Companies.
JUCH's SUCCESS ON THE COAST.
PATHS Prices Up in the Clouds = Musical
Matters in Los Angeles-A Valuable
Public Library.

Salt Lakes frozen mud and snow. Alter |
having taken one last, fond look the even
ing previous at the beauteous CLEANS of |
political torches, and opened our ravished
ears to their utmost, to drink in the en-
chanting rub-a- dub, rub d-dub, rub a-dub-
dub-du5, of the mellow victory -insuring |
drums, for the last time (until we pay |
visit to some of the wild natives of Africa, |
or attend Chinese funeral on a large |
scale) we hastily packed up our few
ssduds,n shattered nerves, ETC., and escaped
to Ogden. Here we found peace, foot of
snow, and the cheering news of several
railroad blockades, east and west. How
ever, so bsnt were we on reaching the
sunny climes of Angel Land Los Angeles)
that our entreaties melted the SHOWS of the
Sierras, and way was opened to US through
sixteen feet of snow and cutting cold
wind thirty six degrees below zero. We
were delayed only about sixteen hours alto
gether on the way from Ogden to Sacra
mento. Of course it is generally under
stood that was in pursuit of the charming
Emma Juch; and the hope Of catching her
in snow drift and flying to her rescue
kept me comfortably warm, until the coal
in our Pullman ran short, and my hopes
began to take tumble. After that began
to wonder why had come west in search
of summer weather. A few miles before
reaching Sacramento the snow entirely
disappeared and our eyes once more Toasted
on-mud, water, and some green grass and
not a few tropical plants suffering expos
ure to the whitening influence Of Jack
E'rostism. 1t seemed pity to see oranges
and palms growing before your eyes, While
your teeth were executing fishers horn
pipe, and cold SILVER was making a skat
ing yard of ones backbone.
| failed to make out Sacramento's politi
cal condition. The numerous stagnant
ponds with which it is adorned indicate the
free watern party, while its endless
wealth OF mud had it been in Salt Lake
| would be directly charged to the PEG
PIES"
But to my subject: Here we found Juch
in the show windows. Evidently disap-
pointed at our hot having caught up with
| her, she hadn't the heart tossing here, so
| passed by the great, musty, sleepy capital
of California. After viewing the capitol
building and grounds, and spending a
couple of hours at the art gallery, which is
quite interesting, and looking everywhere
| in vain for more attractive Sacramento,
we boarded train for Los Angeles As
we came south it became slightly warmer,
| but we had got within a couple of hours
ride of our restitution before it became
really spriuglike and pleasant. Nature at
last kindly spreads her rich green mantle
far up the hillsides.
And soon as we spin by orange groves,
beautiful villas, ana wide stretches OF hv
ing green framed in by snow capped noun
tains, we feel that enthusiasm peculiar to
! one who few days before reveled on a
Nevada desert of snow and ice. Still even
here the air is keen, and we bless the stu
pidity that made US discard our overcoats.
| I will will cticl- 70
though I lave had a slight touch of la
grippe since arriving and have done consid
cradle more grunting over the cold than
| expected-Los Angeles and its surround
ing country are beautiful, yes lovely! No
wonder it doomed, | am half inclined to
invest here myself. The hills are clothed
in grass that looks like Utah grainields in
June: the loyelieSt roses all in bloom, es-
pecially on side hills: cypress, PALM
orange trees everywhere; Gala lilies and
geraniums in abundance in every garden.
| regret though that nearly all this wealth
Of flowers is private property, natures free
gardens in field and mountain not yet being
in bloom: have scarcely picked a handful
! of wild flowers yet.
! The city of Los Angeles is an attractive,
wide awake one, Notwithstanding the bot
tom has fallen out of the town, and real
estate is held at no such figures as in Salt
Lake. It's strength is its weakness, like
most beautiful things. Having a climate
that makes it pleasant and lovely, it per
, mits nature to do nearly everything for it.
The result is that the only industry one
notices as forming a sort of backbone to
its prosperity is the fruit growing industry.
IT has no ocean traffic to infuse new life
into it's veins, as at Santa Marco, the
, nearest ocean point, fourteen miles away.
Not sail nor a smoke stack INSTRUCTED
our view of the ocean the twenty-four
hours we spent there. 1t seems is create
: but little more than what the warm sun
causes mother earth to bring forth in rich
abundance. This is very we'll for farming
! districts and country towns, but will hardly
| necessitate city of 100000 inhabitants
to distribute oranges to the world unless il
can get monopoly of the business. AS
city of homes for the wealthy it is para
disc but as "a mans heart is where his
1 treasure ISL the wealthy are apt to make
0 their homes where they can invest theil
t capital il some great Industrial schemes
r Los Angeles may have natural resources
to draw from that will make it a center o.
industry and commerce, but they are no
apparent at present to Stranger of ny
limited foresight, aud today one looks il
: vain, for factories or like establishment
S to wiring riches from the bone and sinew O.
the hardy sons of toll. | hope Salt LalSt
/ will spend more effort in creating work fol-
the working man than it will bats for thu
real estate dealer. If we can turn to gooC
: account all of our natural resources ant
create industries, our boom will take care
Of itself. How do chatter Pardon me
The want of the hum of machinery, etc, il
= this vast, beautiful place sets my pei
to day-dreaming. Let me finish with
hope that the Salt Lake & Los Angelo
railroad will become reality and make u
X near neighbors. 1t will keep both partie
40 7 haliaun an1 no
k benefit.
II To return to musical matters. On arriy
N ing here we were surprised to still find n
:, opera company. The whole weeks engage
- ment here was washed away by the food:
d though we came safely over about eightee
/ miles of badly damaged track. Juch'
San Francisco season is so far very salts
factory, the criticisms that appear in tn
Chronicle being very similar to your own o
lg 'sFaust." They have not yet brought on
their '.side show'' in Carmen" l am SUI
prised that they say their chorus is gooC
st 1t makes me repeat Ensign's exclamatio
A. when he read it. sit must be they hav
never heard good chorus out this way
How else can it be accounted for! In ever
other respect the criticism is fair and int
ligent They give well considered, yet III
stinted praise to Emma, and she certainl
deserves it. She comes here the 30th fc
three nights. Her San Francisco success
may help her here; she was not locke
forward to with much anticipation by til
sAngelese." Patti, Albani, Tamagno an
company, will be here on the 9TH and Sth {
February; prices only SlS and down to s.
q scat. They open at San Francisco 0
the 18th. We shall be there if it takes til
only umbrella we own to help US get Their
Gan umbrella is the hardest of all things
s spare here this winter, though to-day
car first all-day rain.)
Locally, find musical matters rattle
quiet, especially vocal. The theatre orche