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The herald., 1894-01-01

olem figure, and are steadily increasing,
as per the report OF the manager Mr.
CLARK. The company mas mileage Of
So miles OF trolley wire and 30 miles OF
feeder wire. The power is furnished By
the main plant, south OF the Southern
Poetic railroad depot, and an auxiliary
plant on Maple avenue. The central pow
er house ia said to be the best equipped
house on the Pacific coast. The equipment
consists OF two pair of engines OF 500
horsepower each. These engines are
provided with the Thomson cut-od snd
slide valve, and are triple expansion.
The steam is furnished from three bat
teries of Sterling boilers of 500 horse
power each. The electrical energy Ia
derived from plant of immense West
inghouse generators.
At the Maple avenue power-house
there is one 100 horsepower GUNNER
engine and three Edison dynamos OF 90
horsepower each. Ten OF the cars are
provided with Edison double reduction
motors.
The time service ranges from i've to
15 minutes on the different lines OF the
company, according to the percentage Of
traffic. The electric care are run at the
rate Of 25 miles an hour in the suburbs.
The herald., 1894-01-01
THE ELECTRIC RAILWAY.
A System of Rapid Transit to ALI Parts
of the City.

A System of Rapid Transit to ALI Parts
of the CITY.
The Consolidated Electric Railway
company recently purchased the
Pacific railways system of cable cars
and are running them IN connection
with their electric system. They have
recently obtained the franchise and
will ahortly build an electric line be-
tween Los Angeles and Pasadena.
The city of Los Angeles unquestion-
ably has the finest system of electric
street railroads of any city OF its size in
the country. All the mileage ia under
one mansgement-the Consolidated
Electric Railway company. The total
mileage at present is IS miles, not in
elusive OF the extensions of the system
which have been partially effected, and
for which arrangements have been made
to Pasadena and several Los Angeles
subui bs.
The Los Angeles Consolidated Electric
Railway company was organized in No
vember, 1890, and construction was
commenced in February, 1891. The
first car was run over part OF the line
July 4th of the same year.
The president OF the company ie Gem
eral M. II. Sherman, formerly OF Phoe-
nix, Ariz. General Sherman is q man
who has succeeded by simply his own
unaided ability in amassing a fortune
and in bringing about some of the most
colossal enterprises OF late years, He
commenced as school teacher in Phe
nix, and now is president Of the great
electric railway company of this city, of
q similar one in Phoenix, and is director
OF half q dozen banks. He is q most
conscientious worker, tireless in his
efforts, and takes pride in success out
side of money gathering. So particular
is be of the interests intrusted to him,
that during all the time that he ass
served as president OF the consolidated
electric company he has never taken ope
penny OF salary, and, more than that,
does not even have a pass, always pay
ing his own way on his own lines. Hia
personal qualities are surh as TO endear
him to all who know him well.
Mr.. e. P. Clark is the vice-president
and general manager OF tine company.
Mr.. CLARK was for long time associated
with mis- confrere, General Sherman, in
a commercial way in Arizona. They
both went to tbs territory about the
bAulo blt~sS. 4tAAs Attk = WAS III bud flSf-
camille basinesa IN Prescott, and made a
decided success OF the venture. Iie was
aleo for 10 years auditor of the territory.
He left his business and came to Los
Angeles to look alter the electric street
railway enterprise. Siace coming here
he has shown his ability az manager
and practica! liberal man Of affairs.
AS has been stated before, tie Consol-
idated company has mileage OF 4S
miles. The division OF trsckagg is ns
follows: University and East Los An
geles line, nine miles; Westlake park /,
five miles: Vernon, six and half rltlea !;
Maple avenue, three miles; depot lines,
two and half miles Elysian park,
three miles; Pico street, three miles.
| The company now has 81 single and
double truck cars, OF which Is long,
double-truck cars are on the University
i line.
The receipts OF the company have
already reached 3 very gratifying pen
The herald., 1894-01-01
AN ELEGANT HOTEL.

Some Points That Contribute to the
st. Eimo's Popularity.
Among the hosteleries In Southern
California, one that meets with the ap-
proval Of aIl tourists and the travelling
public in general, the st. Elmo hotel Of
Los Angeles occupies foremost posi-
ton.
This well-known and most popular
hotel is situated in tho heart Of the city,
at 343 North Main atreet, has an east
frontage of 12O feet, is three stories
high and thoroughly firs-proof build
ing. The cable. electric and horse cars
psss the establishment. thus making 1t
most convenient to travelling men and
all other guests to reach any part OF the
city without being compelled to walk.
While speaking of travelling and COM
mercial men, it may be added that
large, light and spacious sample rooms
are fitted up for their convenience. for
which special rates are made.
Mr.. w. J. Ray, the popular meinhost
of the st. Elmo hotel. during the month
Of July went to the considerable ex-
pense of entirely renovating the hotel
throughout, new and elegant tapestries
were hung, soft and slightly carpets laid,
in addition to such other improvements
as keep such an establishment
abreast of the ever progressing times.
From the description OF the frontage,
with all rooms facing the morning sun
from the further fact of their all being
furnished par excellence; from the CEN
tral location, etc., it is q plain fact that
it Ia the favorite stopping place for all
commercial men, tourists, health seekers
and others.
The house contains "a large and sunny
rooms, en- suite and single, with all the
modern improvements, such as gas, con-
venient bath rooms, etc., provided for
the comfort of the guests.
Mr.. W. J. Rays chief endeavor has
beeh the making of the dining hall, the
most creditable adjunct to the establish
ment, large and spacious, and the most
courteous of attendance, and the table
abundantly supplied with the choicest
of the products of the local and foreign
markets, it remains unexcelled in the
south.
Last, but by no means least, are the
popular rates charged at the st. Elmo
Hotel, which range from $3.50 to 81. 30
per day. A bar room, reading room and
handsome parlors make up the tout en-
semble, which keeps this establishment
filled with guests, who never forget
when revisiting Los Angeles to register
at the st. Elmo, 343 North Main street.
Guests will find Mr.. w. j. Ray, pro-
prietor, and Mr.. W.. L. Browning, chief
clerk, both affable and most courteous
gentlemen, who are ever ready to enter
tain their many guests both on the
American and European pianaswell.
The herald., 1894-01-01
EARLY CALIFORNIA.
Some of the Features of the Days That
Have Gone.

Some of the Features of the Days That
Have Gone.
Pasadena Grown Vista: Life in Cali
forniN during the early sos has been told
and retold by author and poet till all the
world feels itself familiar with the chief
characters OF those early days. The pick
and pan and shove of the miner open
up to their vision view of the rude
surroundings of his home and occups-
tion, the recklessness and outlawry OF
camp life, the glimmer and chink OF
gold about the gaming table, the mock
cry of womanhood who found their way
to theee outposts of civilization. The
story is none the less interesting because
true, and in that we know the early ef-
forts and trials of life of these men
opened up the way to the civilized Cali
fornia of today. But side by side With
this picture lies another almost
unknown. Beautiful as dream in
its tropio setting life in Southern
California during the same period
was an idyllic poem. Only OF late
years has there been given to the public
any true conception of the delightful
dolce far niente days when the soft
chimes OF mission bells called to wor-
ship the thoueands of neophytes. We
can hear the tender voice of the padre
father and catch the murmur of deg0ut
responses. Across the shadows of the
church creeps the warm sunlight through
the open doorway, lighting up the fig
ures of saints in their inches, and the
decorations wrought by willing hands
From beneath q mantilla's enRdow &c
catch smile and soft glance from some
dark.eyed sefiorita as she fits by. We
hear the sound Of violin and castanet,
and the light tripping OF dsinty feet
upon the adope floor, Immense
ranches with their focks and herds and
pastoral home fife; the gay holiday
gatherings when everything showed
gleam OF brilliant coloring, and the soft
fiutter OF fans lent charming accom-
paniment to the same. Those days are
gone and north and south shows lees
divergent lines till there is much in
common between the two sections. In
dustrious. enterprising fasteners have
gone to the one place or the other as
inclinations prompted, modifying the
elements of the one and changing that
of the other in their active fashion. But
they will never be the came, and observ-
ant easterners who embrace the oppor-
tunities offered by the, midwinter fair,
to see different places, will note wide
difference between the two sections,
each showing clearly the characteristics
of locality and individuality of early oc-
cupation. " hatever they may see to
charm them in the northern part OF the
etate, we feel sure that everyone who
vista us after will catch the infection
which islls upon all who step within the
magic limits OF our southland. The
very air seems vibrant with the romance
and poetry of life in tropic lands, and
our Surroundings perfect the story.
The herald., 1894-01-01

Bernardino base and meridian, in Santa
Barbara county. little south of east,
through Ventura county into Los An
geles county for fully 100 miles. By
reason Of the most numerous and pro-
ductive wells in this belt, being in the
high mountains OF Ventura county, it
may well be known as the Ventura belt.
A majority Of the wells are in theAdams,
Santa Paula. Sespe and Hopper cations.
The daily output of this section is about
900 barrels.
The second oil belt is in the San Fer
nando section of the Sierra Madre
mountains. 1t extends from the west
in township north, range 2l west, in
Ventura county, to township 8 north,
range IA west, a distance OF about fifty
miles. Development work began here
in 1874, and to date about 100 wells have
been drilled.
The wells in the Torrey and Pico
cafions are very productive.
The third belt is almost entirely in
Los Angeles county. 1t extends from
township south, range west, westerly
to to the sea. The Puente hills have
some twenty-five wells, which are good
producers ~
The herald., 1894-01-01

IA feet wide walks have been laid out,
and which, with the one on the east, be-
ginning on Bellevue avenue, have total
length of 5100 feet, for which 450 loads
of gravel have been used 30 loads have
also been stored for future use. Two
thousand seven hundred feet OF good soil
has been taken from adjacent streets
and hauled in to the northeast corner on
both sides of the lake, that portion being
too low yet and the soil not we'll
adapted to the growth OF trees,
etc. Trees and shrubs have been
planted, of which email part were
planted In the spring and are growing
vigorously. and the balance have been
get out just recently. Cobblestone gut
ters have already been laid tool house
10x16 feet has been built; $50 feet of
sluiceways put in and the whole place
has been surrounded by a substantial
fence. The posts on the north and east
are Sx8 r. W.. one, the south gum tree
wood, with two strands of cable wire
rope.
CENTRAL PARK.
Sixth Street park was changed into
Central park. Most of the work in this
park has been maintained, although
$685. feet of walks eight feet wide have
been regravelled, and for which 8S loads
of gravel have been used, and this GER
tainly might be called extra main
tenance.
The trees had been left unpruned for
the last two or three years, their limbs,
thick and far-spreading, had formed a
compact masS overhead that did not let
any of the SUMS rays reach the groand
beneath. Thegras was gradually dying
out, leaving everywhere large, un-
slightly, barren spots. confusing in many
places the walks with the lawns. Much
heavy pruning had to be resorted to,
and this is, in most instances, very det-
rimental to the trees, and always makes
a very undesirable aspect in the land
scspe. Annual judicious prunings are
far preferable.
The herald., 1894-01-01
SUBURBAN. OIL WORKS.
Fortunes Oozing Up Through Our West
ern Hills.

Fortunes Oozing Up Through Our Wess-
ern Hills.
The use Of crude petroleum for steam
generating fuel is on the increase con-
stantly in this city. Lsaving Westlake
park to your rear you pursue course
about northwest for a mile or 30 and
you see what looks like couple of gall
lows frames erected for the execution OF
criminals. Making your way across
deep gulch you rise upon hill which Ia
literally honeycombed with oil borings
and prospect holes.
Some of these sre iron tanks sunk
into the ground to depth OF 10 or q
feet over o spring. Others are just sim
ply bored and piped like water wells in
the artesian belt, while others are
bearded up like a mining shaft to keep
them from ceving ir. Two portable
derricks are used to dip out the oil from
these holes and are moved about from
one hole to another as occasion demands.
If the owner OF this property would only
drive q we'll down to the third stratum
of sand he would reach body OF oil
which would give him more oil from one
hole than he ia now deriving from so OF
them.
Crude petroleum is every day coming
meat in manufactures. The earth about
there wells is known to geolagists es
brea, and some people burn it in their
fire placer, as the Irish and Scotch peas
antry use peat for the same purpose.
The herald., 1894-01-01

Preparations are being made.to erect
two water closets, and it is also hoped
that neat low and solid iron fence will
be placed around this psrk; with re-
volving gates at the entrances. Besides
being an ornament to the park 1t would
lessen the maintenance and prevent
thoughtless psople from entering through
beds and borders
Borderings made of cast iron would
also be welcame adjunct in our small
parks, to be placed on the curves, where
people are most liable to walk over the
borders.
PLAzx.
Maintenance, painting, fence and
pruning two of the four large ficus
macrophylla is all that has to be done
in this park.
PROSPECT PARK.
Here also maintenance has been the
main expense, although 100 lineal feet
Of walk has been regrayeed.
The. streets around the park have
been graded during the last summer
and cement sidewalks put in. The A b
@ lath fence had to be removed two feet
back in the park to allow the contractor
to grade close to the park line. Drain
age pipes had to be put under the
cement walks and catch basins built.
The official grade OF the streets has
been changed since this park was laid
out four years ago. The new grade in
many places has been made lower than
frst intended and we have to begin the
work OF conforming the park grade to
The herald., 1894-01-01

mated ct 1f00 barrels per day, though
these are certainly conservative figures.
At the average prices this is q total
gross annual revenue Of over 81 ,O00,oO
Scsttered all through the oil belts are
numerous deposits of greater or lesser
extent OF asphalt, better known locally
by the Spanish word brea, meaning
pitch. These beds are formed by the
seepage OF the heavy, black asphaltine
oils from subterranean chambers. The
lighter and volatile parta evaporate, and
the residue oxygenates, resulting in
many instances In pure bard asphalt.
Mostly, however, the earths or soils inn
pregnated by the oil are retained. In
this case the asphalt is refined by boil
ing in kettles, or the mixed earth and
asphalt is used ss 9 fuel. The fire burns
out the oily parts and leaves only dirt
In the furnace. Az q fuel 1t 10 worth
from 30 cents to $4 per ton.
The finest quality OF asphalt is the
residue OF the stills, and Ia worth on the
ground from $1S to $27 per ton, accord
ing to grade. Its uses are many, one
company making from asphalt and
petroleum 45 different commercial arti-
cles.
Asphalt is the best material for street
paving. 1t is also used for lining reser-
voirs, roofing houses, coating piles, and
makes paint, varnish, ink, etc. The
annual revenue brings the income of the
oil fields to considerably more than
$1,000, 900.
There are three great petroleum belts
In Southern California. One extenda
from Gaviota pass on the west, in about
township No. north, range 81 west, San
The herald., 1894-01-01

front of the electric light mast, has been
raised and drained with 130 loads OF
very coarse river sand covered with 100
loads OF soil and 80 loads OF manure.
The lake bank 800 feet long and feet
wide has been sodded.
On the east eide of the proposed
waterfall group of 100 cactus will soon
be very attractive.
Two finch and one Pinch connection
have been made with the 10-inch water
pipe eceDtly laid in by the city from the
woolen mills to the park, and is GER
tainly great improvement on the old
rotten pipe, which WAS but very little
better than none.
Two boats for use in the park
and one bandstand, one soda water
stand, one summer house, two rustic
bridges, two watercosets, one fountain,
100 eettees and 1000 feet of fence have
been repainted. The summer house has
been raised. Thirty loads of rock have
been used in repaving. One thousand,
three hundred feet of hedge has been
planted.
ELYsIAN PARK.
All along the boulevard from the en-
trance near the Buena Vista street
bridge to the northern end of ChayeH
rsvine, where the bouvelard enters one
of the old groves of trees planted some
years ago, large patches, here one acre,
there two or three acres, and further yet
twenty or twenty-five acres, have in ap-
propriate places ON each side of the
boulevard been plowed and set out with
trees, with occasional openings to let the
eve wander and look at the beautiful
ible in all directions as far as the eye
can reach. In that way, about 12C
acres were set out last spring, with some
10000 trees, eucalyptus, pepper, acacia
crevillea, pine, cypress and palm. Al
the end of May those trees were all
The herald., 1894-01-01
OUR PETROLEUM TERRITORY,
An Industry Which Has AS
sumed Large Proportions.
The Annual Revenue Already Over
q Million Dollars.
A Brief Glance at the Principal Dis
tricts and OIL wells in Southern
California-How They
Yield.

1t seemed like visionary scheme to
many people a few years ago when cap
italists sank thousands of dollars in the
ground in the petroleum districts of
Ventura county.
But their venture WAS brilliant sue
cess, and the development thus begun
has continued with ever-increasing force
until the present time, when the activ-
ity in the business was never SO great.
The success Of the established wells
has stimulated q speculation in oil
lands which was very marked during
the last year.
People with means, ranging from small
to large, have taken up nearly all avail
able locations in the oil territory, and
The herald., 1894-01-01

cover that unsightly and barren surface,
and let the trees cast their shadows in
its placid waters, and lend to the whole
landscape q new and refreshing aspect
ECHO PARK
Is olso a new member of our family. 1t
contains about 33 acres, the majority of
which is lake. 1t 10 located north OF
Bellevue avenue, one block north OF the
Temple street cable railway. Its lake
has nearly 400 feet frontage on Bellevue
avenue, and on it's east and west sides,
q narrow strip OF land only wide enough
for pathway and q few shades trees
runs northerly for about 1900 feet, where
1t divides intotwo arms; the western one
being the feeding ditch, Is widened to
from 30 to rs feet. Its eastern arm is by
far the largest, and somewhere near ite
center an island very irregular in its
shores has been built; it is some 300
feet long by an average width of go feet.
About 5000 yards of dirt excavsted from
the lake in that immediate vicinity has
been used in building this island, and
275 loads of rock from Elysian park
have been required for the rip-raping of
its banks. La designing the paths pro-
vision has been made for the prospec-
tive erection OF rustic bridge to reach
this island on the west. This lake
would in the future be very desirable
place for boat races on q small scale.
Four thousand five hundred running
feet OF banks, averaging 30 feet in
width and 4 feet in depth have been
made on the east and north shores; also
on about half of the length on the south
west shores with dirt excavated from
the lake in order to reduce the size OF
the lake, or rather increase the plant
able portion Of the park, this work has
been done.
At the northern end, between the two
branches OF the lake, lies the main body
OF land, some seven acres, where IL and