Los Angeles herald., 1891-08-05
REDONDO.
to the HERALD. /

a first-class seaside resort. A perfect
stream of campers have been pouring in
for the last fortnight, 80 that white
tents dot the hills and line the beach
from the pier to the salt works. All the
hotels are full; all the restaurants, eat
ing counters, fruit stands and every
place where anything to eat is obtaina.
able, are kept busy and happy the
whole week through.
Colonel Root, of Hotel Redondo, still
holds the fort in his usual happy style,
and amply succeeds in making his
guests. one and all happy. The fine
rooms, the elegant furniture, the excel
lent table and the finished laundry ap-
pointments, coupled with beautiful
ocean view, splendid walks and grounds
and close proximity to spacious bath
house, all contribute to please and
CRAFTY the many hundreds of guests
that daily throng its broad piazzas and
courtly halls.
Two baby seals, captured by the crew
of the steam tug Pelican while out on
their recent whaling cruise, are now
safely Gagged by the water tank on the
wharf, and manage to attract great
deal of attention by their peculiar cries
and strange antics.
General all-round fishing is now quite
good, while seining, trolling and deep
sea fishing are all exceedingly good.
Messrs. Mcdonald and Maxey report
catching great quantities of that most
delicate OF all the fnny tribe, the POM
pano. Great quantities of barracuda,
seabass and rockcod are brought in
every day. Mackerel, large smelt and
yellowfns are caught on the wharf.
shipping is steadily increasing There
has been loaded and discharged at this
pier during the last seven days, 1,054,-
2l1 pounds of general merchandise and
grain, and 2,845,312 feet of lumber.
There are two lumber schooners dis
charging at this port now and fourteen
more are en- route here. The business
and passenger traffic is increasing on
every line. The last trips of the Pomona
and Corona they have averaged about
fifty passengers each way.
There is also shipped a great amount
Of fruits and other perishable goods, all
the northern perishable fruits come
this way, while large quantities of to-
matoes are shipped from Los Angeles
county via Redondo, to San Francisco.
Immense quantities of butter from the
whole north country come by Redondo
to Los Angeles, Orange and San Bernar-
dino counties.
: The great warehouse built and owned
by Messrs. Braeewell and Rosecranz, at
the front end of the wharf, is now COM
pleted. its dimensions are 50x150 feet,
~ 49, f<>r md fho
other for general merchandise. A fine
new Howe scales, with capacity of 20,-
600 pounds, has just been put in place
Immediately in front OF the warehouse,
SO that everything is ready for business /;
already large quantities of grain and
merchandise have been stored. Mr.. j..
S. Vosburg has several six-horse teams
hauling in about 5000 sacks of barley for
storage in the warehouse, awaiting ship
ment.
Modern fire works, when properly
manipulated, and, with an abundant
stock of material. are always beautiful; /;
but they we're simply grand on last Sat
urday night, controlled and set off by
experts on the water. Thousands we're
there to witness the sham battle be-
tween the Itata and the Charleston. 1t
was simply dazzling.
Business of all kinds is lively, and no
one has word OF complaint to utter.
The hotels could not accommodate any
more of the hungry and weary. Hotel
Redondo was crowded for the past week,
as has been usual for the past month.
Colonel Root says August has started
of better than expected, and that he
has more people booked for August than
he had for July, with but few departures
OF regular guests.
S. j. Keech, one of the proprietors Of
the Imperial hotel, of Broadway, New
York city, with party Of other hotel
men from New York, and Judge L. d..
Thowman and a party OF eight from
Chicago are due here early next week
for stay of several months.
The lawn tennis tournament will be
held at the court this coming week, and
all Redondoans are making great calcu-
lations to accommodate the people at
this tournament.
The skating rink is drawing large
crowds every evening, and. is fast gain
ing in favor as another attraction at
Redondo.
There are hundreds of tents to be seen
upon the beach in every direction, and
it seems to be the main inquiry, "Where
can | find place for tenting, and who
has tent for sale? 2"
There are more than twenty buildings
in course of construction and now being
finished, some of which are fine two
story cottages.
The new band stand inst completed is
two stories with an arched roof 100 feet
in circumference, all handsomely paint
ed, presents beautiful appearance, and
is an ornament to the beach. Master
Mechanic Davis was. its designer and
builder.
The weather is now warm and pleas
ant. with the most soothing and refresh
ing nights, and bathers line the beach
from early morning to late in the after
noon, and sometimes dry bathing suits
have been at premium.
The Pelican made her regular trips last
Sunday, going clear around the bay, her
deck crowded to it's. utmost with the
Jolly throngs that boarded her. Now
that trolling is so good, this ride around
the bav is made doubly attractive.
Last evening a children's masquerade
ball was given at the Redondo hotel,
which proved more enjoyable and
amusing than any thing of the kind
which has yet taken place, not or'y tc
the Young, but older people as well. II
is needless to say that every child in
the house was all excitement and an
ticipation of the much talked OF event
and since, it has been the one theme O.
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