Los Angeles daily herald., 1890-01-18
Read, mark, Learn and Inwardiy
Digest.

Read, mark, Learn and Inwardiy
Digest.
In order that the croaking portion of
this moral heritage may have more
clear conception OF the ideas of our .east-
ern friends, we publish some facts and
statistics, which were carefully and dis
interestedly compiled and read at rail-
road meeting held not long since at the
Grand Pacific hotel, Chicago. How many
of the residents of Southern California
realize the facts as therein set forth.
We were permitted to see a copy OF the
original letter, but were requested not to
publish the names, as in it's connection
were matters not for the public. Ii
those who do not content themselves
without making money as fast as they
did during the years of prosperity, would,
instead of croaking and finding fault. use
the same energy toward improving their
property, cultivate their lands and make
them productive, it would not be long be-
fore such progress would be made as
would soon induce the influx of eastern
capitalists. We have the same soil, same
climate, and better railroad advantages
than ever before. There has been since
last spring good, steady, healthy
growth in the city of Los Angeles and
surrounding country. Very few failures
among business men, but there is a sort
OF general apathy among a class who
made money 80 rapidly on comparatively
little capital that they cannot get down
to doing business Oh actual returns of a
reasonable character on their invest
ments. The outlook for an abundant
crop and remunerative prices was never
more favorable than at the present time.
The white scale has been eradicated and
a large demand already for our orange
crop, which is inadequate at good prices.
Wines have advanced recently nearly 33
per cent. English walnuts also pay
handsomely, and bring better price
every year over any imported, and are
far superior in quality. We learn that
nut trees will be planted this season,
one gentleman alone making prepara-
tions to plant 100 acres in Washington
navels and 100 acres in soft shell English
walnuts. There la no section that has
any better soil, climate, water or other
advantages superior to the San Gabriel
valley, and it all should be made pro-
ductive, and cultivated to the fruits to
which it is adapted.
Below We give synopsis of the lettar
referred to above, which will, we think,
be of interest to our readers:
CHICAGO, August s, 1889.
DEAR SIR-In reply to your favor of |
yesterday beg to hand you the items of
statistics mentioned at the meeting at the |
Grand Pacific hotel, touching the devel- |
opment of Los Angeles. These facts have
been cleaned from various quarters and |
are believed to be reliable:
Population, $4,000; an increase from
10000 eight years ago.
Sixty-eight passenger trains enter and
sixty.eight passenger trains leave Los
Angeles daily.
In 1888, $1o,OoO,OOo was spent in
building; in 1889 the estimated outlay is
$6,000,OOO.
There are eleven banks with assets |
amounting to $14 100000.
The climate is the finest and most even |
in the world. Although the county of |
Los Angeles has frontage of more than |
one hundred miles on the Pacific ocean,
there is no record of any vessel having |
ever been lost or wrecked on that one |
hundred miles of coast.
The death rate for Los Angeles in |
1888 was only 8 to the 1000 population,
and this included 102 deaths from con-
sum ption, 95 of which were people from |
cooeCIA ObuIOb, VIII hno nShO " I1Ob hu-
geles in the advanced stages of that
disease.
In Los Angeles county there are 2,000,-
900 acres Of arabic land. The tax assess
ment the for city in 1882 was 81 ,637 900. |
and in 1888 $50, ,470,00. TIE assess
ment for the county for that year was
Sill ,318,204
The orange crop in Los Angeles county |
for 1888 amounted to 10 100000 pounds, |
worth on the trees 100000; raisins,
100000 pounds, valued at 81 200. 900
the wine crop, $4,000,000; the barley |
crop, 100000 bushels; wheat CROP
1000, 900 bushels; olives on the trees
yielded 81 ,OO0p acre; figs, $500 to $500,
and prunes, 500. The principal grass
crop is alfalfa, Of which six to eight
crops are raised every year on the same
ground, yielding twelve tons to the acre
every year. Yours very truly, x.
-GEast San Gabriel Herald,