Los Angeles herald., 1890-05-02

is 35 feet wide and 900 feet long, but is
not fully complete yet. From the nu-
merous piazzas around the hotel the
beach, with the parterres of flowers
along the terrace, and the sea beyond,
will form a picture that only Naples, or
some equally poetic spot in the Old
World, can at all rival. The hotel
is lighted with S75 incandescent
electric lights, and fifteen arc masts
light the grounds and the townsite. The
boilers are of 100-horse power The
sewerage of the hotel is perfect, all offal
being carried at a rapid fall far out to
sea. The hotel is planned to accom-
modate 800 guests. The building is
specially planned to admit of easy egress
in case of danger from any cause. The
kitchen will be supplied with vegetables.
butter, eggs and such things from the
company's own farms,
Personnel of the Hotel.
Captain George j. Ainsworth is the
active local manager of all the affairs of
the Redondo hotel as of all the other
Redondo companies. He is ably assisted
by Mr.. Il. &. Brewer, the secretary of
the companies. Colonel E. w. Root is
the manager of the hotel, and he is as
sisted by Mr.. George HI. Arnold, so we'll
known on the coast from his long con-
nection with the Palace hotel in San
francisco. Mr.. w. E. Hughes is the
general agent OF all the Redondo COM
panies.
Bathing in the Surf.
Redondo is to be-in fact is, great
seaside resort. 1t has as fine beach as
the shores of
Old Oceans blue expanse
Anywhere can boast. There is a
wide stretch of shoal water from
the high-water mark seaward.
The bottom is a clean, fine, soft sand, as
comfortable to tread upon as feathers.
The water is absolutely free, and must
forever remain so, from all foreign mat
ter. There is not within ten miles any
source of contamination. And it is
resort for summer and for winter. There
are not ten days in the round year when
delicate children may not enjoy plunge
in the surf. There is not one day when
strong people need be deprived of this
pleasure. The temperature of the water
is not much different in January from
what it is in August, and the atmos-
phere at midday all winter long ranges
up in the sixties and often in
the seventies. In the open air
invalids may fairly revel in the most
vivifying sunshine all the year round,
and enjoy the most delicious of sea
breezes. 1t is no idle boast to say that
not the most favored spots in Southern
Italy can at all compare with Los An
geles for a winter or summer
health resort. The climate is
the most perfect in the world. Redondo
in its sheltered bay and with its air
tempered and purified by the gentle
breezes from the Pacific stands pre-em-
inent as the best seaside resort in the
world. AS it's attractions become
known, as the plain, prosaic facts be-
come known, the place will gain a
Worldwide reputation, and become as
famous as Cannes, or Nice, or Naples.
The Chautauqua Association.
But material things are not all that is
thought of at Redondo. The mental de-
velopment of the people is prime con-
sideration there. A fine public school
has been erected which is we'll conducted
for the usual school terms. And Re-
dondo is the seat of one of the most pop
ular branches of education yet devised.
Here is the home of the Southern Cali
fornia Chautauqua Association. There
are forty-two of these branches of the
Chautauqua system in the United
States, and although this is the youngest
OF them all, and founded upon the
shores of this western land, it is the
most vigorous and the richest of them
all. Rev. S. j. Fleming is the central
power in the undertaking, who has
worked for the association with an eye
single to its success from the begin
ming. When he made known his
plan to the Redondo Company,
with their usual liberal spirit
the officers set apart five acres near the