Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1890-06-28
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Tho Climate or seushern California;
Thunder ana Lightning OF Rare Oc-
currence-The Growth Of Los An.
Geles.
Los ANGLES, GAL, June 20.-When We
read in the papers of the electric storms, ey-
clones. foods and other cenvulsions of ma
ture with which Some portions of the country
are 80 well or 90 ill supplied, We always feel
like congratulating ourselves that We live
in this corner of the world, whore such
things are unknown and where the nearest
approach to . thunder shower is only dis
tant rumbling among the mountains. and an
occasional slight illumination of the horizon,
and this too In the winter only.
For those who live in fear of lightning,
and some people seem to have constitu-
tional inhrnity in this respect, which they
are unable to overcome, there is no place SO
we'll suited - this same southern CAlifornis;
fer here 1t 10 absolutely certain that though
the day be ever 20 warm, it will never DO
sultry, and will never wind mp with the
clash and eommotion of the elements SO
common In the east, and with which we
could never become familiar-as least we
never had that familiarity which breeds con-
tempt.
well remember that used to read In the
almanass Of years ago, predictions in regard
to the weather, and they were always asso-
ciated in nay mind with the well known story
of the Irishman who, being at sea, asked the
captain If he had an almanac on board and,
being answered in the negative, said with o
sigh of resignation: swell, thin. suppose
we'll have to take the weather as 1t comes. "
But here we require no almanac predictions,
or even weather bureau predictions during
most of the year. for from May to November
we can make appointments without the
slightest anxiety in regard to storms,
and never have to say, 1T 1t
does not rain,' for rain it GER
tainly will not through the summer, and
the phrase ''no postponement on account OF
weather. would here seem to require Arte-
mus Wards comment: "N. B. This is sarcas-
climbs . little higher than is usual in New
England, it is dry heat, which of course IL
not hard to bear, for that most unpopular
general humidity Is never here in the sum.
mer. He af0tcts other places than this with
his presence and leaves us entirely and hap.
PLY alone.
But enough of this subject, which is gen.
orally Fat, stale and improbable at best, and
at which the grumblers will grumble even in
| the land of perfect weather, and let us look
at the country, the land the real estate, which
was 30 lately in thross and convulsons of the
"boom" now fortunately thing of the past
It is really surprising to see the evidences
of energy and enterprise now remaining and
| to the boom this country owes many OF It'll
present conveniences, which without 1t would
have been years in coming. If, indeed, they
had ever come at all. For IN every smell
| town or so-called city We find we'll laid ou
streets with good sidewalks, fine school and
other buildings, and a network of watel
| pipes extending in every direction the mos
| unlikely places, and these pipes generally
give out generous supply Of good mountain
water, the life blood Of the entire country
for II literally makes the desert to blossom
% the rose.
How all these improvements and conven
fences could have been made In the shor
l time that the excitement lasted Is wonder
| and to the natives and original jewellers IL
| these parts, sleepy, slow moving and perfect
| ~ satisfied with their condition, ID must hav'
seemed as unreal as dream.
But to those of US who dwell here nov
many of these things are q blessing. sni
| though we may reflect that the cement side
| walk Eve or six feet wide, and extending
mile or two with the country, probably, cos
the whole of somebody's fortune, still thsy
are much moro pleasant to walk on than tn
denee and misfortune Of those who bull
them, we find them SO useful that We cal
hardly feel as sorry as perhaps We should.
One of the curious after results of thi
real estate fever Is the peregrinations of tn
houses, and as We walk or ride around W
meet them frequently on wheels or on roll
ers, coming into the towns, for during tn
excitement many fne houses wer
| built merely to boom some "tract" o
"park," and having never been occupied
and 1t being impossible to rent them wher
they were frst located, they are now beinl
sold at low prices, and-moved to moro de
l sirable and convenient places. So that quit