The herald., 1894-03-18
CAHUENGA VALLEY.

A Place Whore Prosperity 1s Comm on
and Plenty Reignss
CAHUENGA, March 1.-THE Cahuenga
country has taken a new start of late.
Improvements are going on here as never
before. and the outlook for the immedi-
ate future is extremely f1attering. The
most satisfactory feature of the move
ment is the building OF a good number
of fine residences.
1t reminds one of Pasadena dozen
years ago, when it was known as the In
diana colony, and no further advanced
than our valley is today. The wonder is
expressed very often by strangers that
Cahuenga did not keep pace in improve
ment with the San Gabriel valley
Cahuenga is nearer Los Angelica and
much more accessible; the country ia
naturally as rich; the climate is more
equal, being 10 or IL degrees cooler in
summer and warmer in winter: it is
nearer the ocean and is often famed by
the ocean breezes; the scenery is quite
as attractive; it is directly in the line of
progress and improvement, and a close
suburb of the city.
The only way to account for the supe-
rior advancement of the one locality
over the other must be attributed to the
different character of the inhabitants of
the two places, the one possess
ing more enterprise than the
other. In the Cahuengs country most
of the early settlers possessed but very
little public spirit, and actually opposed
every movement intended to develop
the valley; but the later settlers are OF
q very different character, and that ia
manifest by the improvements going on
at thia time. The moasback are rapid
ly giving place to better class of citi-
zens.
1t was we'll known many years ago
that this valley was a most favorable
locality for the production of lemons,
but there was then no market for them
there. 1t is very different since a mar
ket for that fruit has been opened in
the east, and many of our people are
now turning their attention towards
lemon culture. If congress leaves the
tariff on citrus fruits undisturbed, it
will not be many years till Southern Cal
ifornia will supply large share of the
lemons used in the east, and the very
best quality of them will come from
the Cahuenga valley. Another thing
that has tended to keep this FROST
less region back was the presence here
of large number of Chinese,
who devoted themselves TO the produc-
tion of winter vegetables for the north
ern and eastern markets. The Chinese
in this country are in the way OF all
progress. They were never known to
expend any share OF their earnings in
benedting thia country. All their
money, as fast ss. obtained, is sent back
to the Flowery Kingdom, where they
expect to follow it as soon as they have
drained all they can out of US.
Most of our roads are now in excellent
order and afford great attraction for
pleasure driving on Sundays and holi-
days. A trip to Santa Monica by way OF
the foothill road is especially charming.
1t is said to be pretty good substitute
for park drive, and is needed in the
absence of the latter.
Many OF the bankers and moneyed
men of Los Angeles have invested in
small parcels of land in this valley with
view, it is believed, of ultimately
making suburban homes in this favored
regions But the people who seem OF
late to have the keenest appreciation OF
this locality are from Chicago. II the
thing keeps on this will soon be- as much
an Illinois colony as Pasadena was
formerly an Indiana colony.