The herald., 1894-04-26
HEARD ON A TRAIN.
EASTERN VISITORS AND WHAT
THEY THINK OF US.
Uniform Expressions OF Belief That Los
Angeles Is the Best Business
City In America for
Its Size.

meets men from ell parts OF these United |
States OF ours and has frequently good
opportunities of hearing from strangers
lips many ideas OF progress and devel-
opment that have not. in all cases, &C.
cured to our older residents. One OF
these is W. A. Moses, esq.,, sheriff of
Pueblo county, COL, who has been atsy-
ing at the Redondo hotel for the past
three weeks with his family. HO took
in the flower fiesta at Santa Barbara
and get back to the beach yesterday
morning. In reply to a question, COM
ing ND on the evening train, aa to how
he was pleased with his tour of the
southern coast, Mr.. Moses said:
"It is O revelation for a man cooped
up in q mountain town and surrounded
all winter by deep SHOWS, to get down
here among the roses and violets and
hear the linnets and larks singing on
every side of him. When man has
had hard years. work in an office,
couple Of weeks' idleness like this keys
him up for another effort"
"How does Southern California COM
pare with Colorado, Mr.. Moses?"
"When things are in different styles
there should be no attempt at compari-
son," ead Mr.. Moses, sententiously.
"Our country is a good one, and so is
this. Each has some advantages that
the other does not possess. The advan-
tage you have over us is the great diver
city Of your industries; you don't seem
to be tied up to any one branch of busi-
ness. Reading Of this neighhorhood and
seeing pictures of Los Angeles scenery,
one would suppose that this was a coun-
try that produced oranges and lemons,
and imported everything else. l get
down here and find that you produce
nearly everything, some things better
than others. For instance, we can beat
you on apples and pears, and, think,
ON peaches. But we could not begin to
grow the prunes, apricots or melons that
you do, to cay nothing OF your citrus
fruits. Then again, look at your exports
of garden vegetables for eight months in
the year. There is certainly no more
productive country than this"
"How do you regard the land ques-
| ton? Are there not too many large
bodies of land under individual owner
ship?" asked the HERALD representa-
tive.
"That ia a question that will regulate
ITSELF" said MIR. NJ oses, land that be-
fore long. Your millionaire land-own-
ers cannot live always and when they
die, these principalities will be cut up
and sold to crafty the extravaganza of
their heirs. There will be land here for
sale for the next 40 years; and as for
prices, the industrious man, who is not
afraid of doing hard WORK and saving
wages, can always afford TO pay bigger
prices than the lazy man who hires
everything done. Again, you have the
sea ut your very doors. Forty years
hence your fisheries will completely
dwarf those of the New England states
by comparison. You take my word for
it, l have seen many good towns. but
ner -ooNs- tlFHtf LOS II lgSies- =
Justus Clark, ESQ.,, Of Red Oak, Iowa
is president OF the First National bank
ct that place, and has been reveling in
o month OF sunshine, all the way from
Santa Barbara down to the Coron ad @
beach. He stood looking at the late J
@. Ainsworth' portrait in the Office oI
the RedondD hotel on Tuesday, and
asked the writer if that was good like
ness OF "the father OF Rsdonde' in his
declining days. On receiving an affir-
native reply, the old gentleman said:
sit ia nearly so years since have
seen him, but | can remember aim as a
clerk on the old steamers that ran
up to Gslena and Dubuque about the
time that Polk beat Clay ior the presi-
dency. He was thoughtful, studious
youngster then, and | WAS not surprised
to hear that he had become one of the
leading business men of Oregon. How
long since he embarked his capital in
this enterprise
About five or six years ago." replied
our reporter.
"Well," said Judge Clark, "there's
hardly a place in this land of flowers
and sunshine that q man can make a
really bad investment in any legitimate
undertaking. Of course a man invest.
ing his money will get it back quicker in
some locations than in others. But
this il very likely country and Los
Angeles is in the very center OF it, SO
you can be cure that she will alwaya
hold control of the trade.''
"How does she compare with other
cities between here and the Mississip-
Pi?" asked the serbia.
Very favorshly indeed. The build
inEs erected in Los Angeles during 1888
were far ahead OF those put up in any
other city of less than 250, 600 inhabit.
ants. | regard Los Angeles as a city
with great business future"
Mr.. Otto Streissguth, of Milwaukee.
Wis, ia a wholesale clothing merchant
who is taking his first look at Southern
California after few weeks at the mid
winter fair. In speaking about his trip,
he said. 81 would not have missed il for
any amount Of money, for it has not
only been healthful but also instructive
had heard that California, as q state,
had seen its beet days, and that South.
ern California had nothing but climate
to sell. / have come to see and be satis-
fed for myself, and | find it rs self-sup-
porting piece of country as ever Law
out of doors. My prediction is that it il
destined to be the haven of rest for meu
of business who have amassed large Tor,
tunes and desire to prolong their lives
by taking things easy"
How do you like our seaside resorts,
Santa Monica and this place ?" asked
the reporter.
Good enough as far as they CO." re,
piled Mr.. Stressguth, "but they will
never be what they should be until thew
are connected with Los Angeles and
Pasadena by boulevard. People can't
swim all the year round, and they must
have come amusement besides PLAYING
whist and billiards these cool and bYac-
!