Los Angeles herald., 1891-02-27
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 81. 1901.
A GREAT TIDE OF TRAvEL-THE HOTELS
ALL FULL.

Ihero mas not Deen IN Cne recOlleCtlOn
Of the oldest inhabitant as many peo-
pie of the tourist and intending set
tier class as there are here today. This
is of course explainable to some extent
by the fact of interrupted railway COM
munication. AS matter of fact, how
ever, as many people are kept away as
are brought here by this circumstance.
Delayed trains cannot only keep people
here but keep them away from here.
The truth is that the whole of Southern
California is filling up at remarkable
rate. When we consider that our hotel
accommodations are probably twice
what they were then, we are actually
beating the record of the boom times.
There is nothing out of the way in this.
There is only one Southern California,
and the class ofpeople who will natural
ly come here will make our population
redundant. Gen. Winfield Scott Han
cock was man of much more sagacity
than he got credit for with many people.
The last time he was in the Angelic
City he expressed his opinion to Judge
r. M. Widney and the writer that Los
Angeles and adjoining counties would
shortly be the most thickly populated
region on the footstool. This was no
immature view, for Gen. Hancock had
lived here for a number of years, and
had been great. traveller in his day.
There is every reason why this should
be so. This country possesses the only
territory outside of the Riviera where
health can be guaranteed to people in
the incipient stages of consumption.
But our people care little for the invalid
class. The fact is that most of them
would prefer to see the country settled
up by race OF market gardeners, like
those in the eneighborhood of Cincinnati,
Pittsburg and the other eastern cities,
rather than by class of valetudinaries.
OF course, no one would seek to repel
invalids. Mixed in with large and
healthy element they would size up very
WELL
The Archduke Albert Salvador spent |
some time in Los Angeles-quite six
months. He devoted his pen and pen
Gil exclusively to this county. On his
return to Vienna, this gifted nephew of
the emperor of Austria, issued book
from the Imperial press in which he ad
vocated exactly the opinions OF General
Hancock. At that time-away back in
1S76-Los Angeles was town of proba-
bly, not more than six thousand souls.
That great city is to spring up here is
as evident as that the country is des-
tined to be densely populated. There
have been few places that have grown
go rapidly as Los Angeles. There is al
email growth. Such developments are
not capricious. They are founded in
the nature OF things.
Notwithstanding the large number OF
fine hotels that are dotted all over
Southern California, by all accounts they
are all we'll filled. This is the case from
the top of the mountains down to the
sea-from Highlands down to San Diego,
Santa Monica and Redondo Beach.
Since the boom such superb caravansa-
llCS do UIlC lIOUSi SOIOutuO dllI Tic
Hotel Redondo have been put up. Some
of these would be the equivalent OF a
dozen ordinary hotels. We need them
all. In addition, we require really
grand hotel in Los Angeles. 1t might not,
perhaps, pay directly at the start, but it
would pay immensely indirectly. 1t is
highly ridiculous that Florida should
loom up against Los Angeles and South
ern California as their superiors. As
matter of fact, the valuations of the sin
gle county Of Los Angeles exceed those
Of the whole state of Florida. We
ought to develop proper sense Of
pride, and our rich men should erect
some grand hotel, whether on Tenth
and Main or elsewhere.