Los Angeles herald., 1891-07-22
GREAT THINGS ACCOMPLISHED AND
GREATER AHEAD.

as OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. mus, the very
growth of San Francisco would OF itself
read like fairy tale. Ali of that won
derful development, which has made the
Golden Gate the third city in the union,
has taken place within forty-two years.
During that period the great and opulent
city has been absolutely created out of
bay and sand hill. The great impor-
tance and growth of San Francisco is only
realized, now and then. when Uncle
Sam comes to count his cash. A couple
of months ago it was found that sixty
three millions of dollars were lying in
the sub b-treasury at San Francisco, as
the result of payments OF customs, and
it was thought expedient to move so me
of it east.
So it is when we come to the story OF
Los Angeles, or that of others OF the
magical communities which have grown
up in Southern California during the
past ten years. 1t is hard to realize that
by the census of 1880 Los Angeles was
town of only IL 300 inhabitants, while
even Porter's defective census gave this
city upwards of fifty thousand in 1890.
The HERALD has always held that if this
census had been correctly taken the fig
ures would have been sixty-fve or sew
enty thousand. The recently completed
city directory, gagged on the proportion
of three inhabitants to every person with
an indicated address and number-this is
is the lowest standard even 80 much as
suggested in any city directory of the
United States-shows that we have more
than the higher of the two figures we
have named.
But even taking Porter's figures, how
wonderful is the history of Los Angeles
in the last decade! The city of the An
gels turns up after ten years. race with
nearly five-fold the population she
started with in 1880. This is far more
remarkable thing than the growth of
Kansas City from five thousand popula-
tion in 1860 to thirty-ive thousand in
1870. When community has attained
growth OF ten thousand souls and up
wards it is very hard indeed to main
tain such remarkable ratios of growth.
And all over Southern California this
spectacle OF imperial progress has been
seen. In some cases it has been
almost Supplying in its manifold
phases. The general idea is that
our marvellous advance in produc-
ton is mainly confined to the
deciduous fruits. On the contrary,
there is scarcely line of production in
which our growth has not been out of
the common. Take, for instance, pe-
troleum. A dozen years or so ago you
could scarcely get a capitalist to look at
an oil claim hereabouts. Now the South
ern California oil fields are the third in
the United States in tine volume of their
yield, and they bid fair soon to be the
second. The few oil wells in the Pico
cafion which first drew attention to pe-
troleum in this section have multiplied
until the adjoining county of Ventura is
great producer of 'coal' oil, and it is
being now developed with every pros
pect Of brilliant results within the city
limits of Los Angeles.
1t is hard to restrain the pen within
the limits OF cold and dspassionate
statement when it comes to treating OF
development in Southern California
within the past four or five years. Per-
haps the mos5 notable miracles have
been achieved in the adjoining county
OF San Bernardino. Until recently the
great exemplars OF what intelligent and
associated effort could do were Anaheim,
the oldest of the Southern California
colonies, Pasadena. Riverside and Po-
mona. 1t remained for the enterprising
projectors of Redlands to demonstrate
that inside OF five years great and pros
porous community could be created,
with manifold and most remunerative
production, and with a splendor of
beauty, and success, that are almost
incredible.
The amusing thing, in the midst of
this phenomenaladvance, is to hear the
voice of the croaker raised to impede
progress and to discourage the victorious
march OF the producer. He performs
his Cassandra-like role by intimating
that it may be possible to overdo pro-
duction. This is the same individual
who, away back in 1874, when the ex-
port of oranges from Southern California
only amounted to five millions yearly,
mainly consumed in San Francisco,
thought the orange market must soon
be glutted.
AS it is, the southern country is
settling down to the work OF production
with splendid energy. We have real
lied that it is our mission to supply the
east with green peas and roasting ears,
and spring lamb and veal, at Christmas
tide, and that early potatoes and toma-
toes are our speciality, from which no
competitor can drive US. OF course we
shall keep on supplying the people of
the east with our oranges and lemons,
nuts, wines and brandies. 1t is not
generally known that the baked beans
of Boston have been grown in Ventura
county. 1t is really impossible to put a
period to the quantity or variety OF the
products which this favored section will
contribute to the health and delight of
the people of the east.
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