Los Angeles herald., 1892-01-01
AHAppY NEW YEAR HAPPILY STARTED

The HERALD has always most cordial
New Years greeting for its patrons. AS
is natural at this time OF the year, this
paper has devoted good deal of atten-
tion to the aspects of the weather. In
our issue OF yesterday we gave some out
lines OF the general cast of the season.
1t was justifably sanguine. Since then
the HERALD staff has interviewed a con-
siderable number of farmers from many
sections of Los Angeles and the southern
counties. The uniform testimony as
to Los Angeles is that the rain
fall is coming opportunely. 1t would
be unwise to attempt to dis
guise the fact that the crops of the
citrus fruits have been much re-
trenched. 1t is scarcely reasonable to
expect that every interest of an exten-
sive section should be always prosper
Gus, but the rule that first reports are
always exaggerated will hold good as to
our oranges and lemons. AS we have
suggested in previous issues, partial
devastation of our orange crops will
have compensations in the enhanced
price of the residue.
As to the agricultural outlook, mem
bers Of the staff of this journal have
since yesterday interviewed three of the
most experienced ranchers of Los Ange-
les county. The country is new, and
three-fourths of its people are
~f Nl<~<~ ,no1
conditions of the section in which
they live. For years it has
been known that the best seasons
from an agricultural point have been
when the rains started between Christ
mas and New Years. This has no refer
ence to the citrus crops. An occasional
misadventure in the line of frost is in
evitable. But the three ranchers to
whom we have referred were unanimous
in the expression of the opinion that the
agricultural season which has just
opened would be an excellent one. We
do not go into details more at length be-
cause we anticipated the subject largely
yesterday.
AS to a partial failure of the orange
crop, we have experienced nothing like
the disaster which overlook the people
OF Florida during the year in which the
exposition was held at New Orleans. In
that year not only the oranges but the
trees were killed to an appalling extent.
On all other grounds the outlook for
the year is encouraging in the extreme.
We know that the Southern Pacific rail
way has broken ground at Santa Monica
and that the completion of coast road
is now only matter of year or SO.
Very early in the year which opens
today the president of the Den
yer and Rio Grande railway,
with other noted railway men of
transcontinental systems, and Mr..
Richard Kerens, and other magnates of
the Terminal project, will be in this
city. Their advent really means that
Los Angeles is about to be connected by
rail with Salt Lake in very short time.
1t would not be surprising if the COM
pletion of the Coast road from San
Francisco to Los Angeles and of the
Utah Central to Barstow, with traffic
arrangement with the Santa Fe for the
latter, road should be coincident.
That these developments mean won
ders in the line of progress and prosper
ity no one need doubt. The city and
county of Los Angeles never faced
year in which the lndicia of good times
were more abundant than now. The
completion of these two railways, and
the work which will be done on the
wharf at Santa Monica cafion and at
Rattlesnake island, will of themselves
insure both stability and impetus to the
interests of this section.