The herald., 1893-08-14
PASADENA.
The Beauties of the Mountain Railway
sosuery-rhs Paving Matter.

The Beauties of the Mountain Railway
scsuery-rhe Paving Matter.
PASADENA, Aug. 13.-Dr. III. A. Reid,
A. M, delivered very interesting
lecture at Rubio cafion pavilion last
evening upon the geology Of the noun
tains near Echo Mountain house. The
points covered in this lecture are to be
used in the compiling of guide book OF
Rubio cafion, Echo Mountain and MT.
Lowe.
The doctor has put in several months
making examinations of the geology Of
the Mt. Lowe electric railway mountain
park, comprising about 5000 acres OF
unsurveted government land, and in
his explorations has covered almost
every interesting spot in the vicinity OF
Echo Mountain, and, indeed, there are
such q bewildering number of them
that guiderbook is absolutely essen
tial. The book 10 arranged in three
divisions, first, Rubio cafion, second
Echo Mountain and lastly the Mt. Lowe
division, comprising points of interest
seen in passing over 10 or IL miles of
bride road from Echo Mountain to Mt.
Lowe and return.
In Rubio canon the points OF special
interest are Maidenhair falls, IL feet
high; Cavity Chute falls, 8 feet high !;
Bsytree arbor; Baytree falls, IL feet
high; Ribbon Rock falls, 80 feet high !;
East Hanging cliff, 33H feet high !;
Tower OF Babel falls, 48 feet high !;
Grand chasm; Lodged Boulder falls, IL
feet high; Roaring Rift falls, % feet
high, and last, but not least, Thalehaha
white water) falls, liz feet high,
On Echo mountain the attractions
are numerous. From this point q
superb view Is obtained of Turtle Back
mountain, Sunriae peak, Mount Vesu-
vius, Caatle rock, Castle canon and q
multitude of mountain peaks.
To the west Los Flores cai1on lays at
the VISITORS feet, a notable fact in con-
nection with which is that the mouth of
the canon is the highest tongue OF land
| putting up into the mountains that csn
be seen from the ocean, and on account
of its brilliant appearance when covered
with poppies, the early Spanish sailors
named it Las Flores, meaning The
! Flowers.
| A little to the west OF this cafion ia
Las Casitas, where the sons OF old John
Brown of Harper's Ferry fame, Jasen
and Owen, lived for many years, and
where the remains of Jasen Brown now
lay, buried in the mountains he loved
90 we'll.
To the south and west the broad
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Nicholas islands being pia1As,, pia "ns discsrn. an
ible. oiHcern-
An interesting story is related in con-
nection with the latter island to the
effect that many years ago, when the
Inhabitants were deserting it, babe
was accidentally overlooked; the mother
discovering the loss when the ship was
ready to sail. ran back for her child.
Meanwhile storm arose and the ship
was obliged to put out for sea, leaving
the woman and baby, and it was not un-
til IL years afterwards that che was
finally picked up by coasting vessel,
which had put in for water, and taken
to the main land.
In the south may be seen almost the
whole OF Southern California, it would
seem, the ocean at Long Beach on a
clear day laying almost at your feet.
The points OF interest that can be
reached from Echo mountain are almost
endless, but perhaps the most interest
ing sight ia Leontine falls, in all 205 feet
high, 105 feet being cleared in q single
jump. A beautiful spray rainbow is al.
most always visible from the foot of
these falls. The falls are named in
honor of Mrs. Prof. Lowe, Leontine be-
ing her chrissened name. The following
realistic legend has been written in
honor of the christening:
Saint Peter was holding BANQUET
In nonor OF souls who had poured
Their lives out for human uplifting.
And found their lives richly rartorad
Bright angels in radiant garments
Served forth The memoir al feast,
With plates of seraphic devising
And pitcherlike stars OF the east.
The viands were those of the spirits.
The exquisite escense of truth
OF love, and all heavenly virtues
For nurturing immortal youth.
The drink was imperial nectar
vi rivers from life-source that flow,
Gods bounty for beings celestial,
His bounty for creatures below
One angel by change broke her pitcher,
And Its clear crystal sheen poured down
Ger the falls OF kubio canon
Inc Le0ntine Fails OF renown,
Fell down the ariel sphere
Aud broke into beams irisesence
That still form bright rainbow here.
A detailed description of the mapv at,
fractions OF the higher mountain ranpea
is given in very complete manner and
will prove of ineatimable value 10 those
wishing to visit this portion of the
range.
THAT PAVING 'MUDDLE.
The paving fall down is still attraotino
the attention of the general public. The
scorching report OF Mr.. Palmer upon the
proceedings OF the city council. which
was published at length in the HERAID
has been an eye-opener to large portion
OF the public. City attorney Arthnr
will submit report, in answer to M.
Palmer, at tomorrow's meeting of the
city council. The claim that the reason
the contractors have thrown up tba
work is because OF the stringency In the
money market, and not on account of |
mistakes in the council proceedings. IA |
foolish. If the Perine company had
thought that the paving proceedings had
been sufficiently correct to admit of their
collecting their money they would have
been the last people in the world to
throw up their contract, which called for
81 cents per square foot--fully cents
higher than the city enginser's esti-
mate.
The facts are numerous and various
mistakes have occurred in the proceed
ings, and the only thing to do now is to
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