The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1895-11-14
FROM CALIFORNIA.
G. I. Shumwav Writes Of Affairs In the
Far West.
Los ANGELES, Cal, Oct. 90.

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it's close, has been one of prosperity to
California. The crop of fruit of all
kinds, as well as hay and grain, was
most prolific in yield and disposed of
at remunerative prices. The coast line
of railroad is nearly completed, that
will make the second line from this city
to San Francisco, the latter taking in
all the beautiful coast towns, and pass
ing through rich and productive
country. Los Angeles has made won
derful strides the past year. The
building has been immense, not only
beautiful cottages and flats without
number, but imposing business blocks
Of blocks of brick. Church after
church, that we're built on resident
streets, have been moved as we'll as
residences, to make room for the de-
mands of business interests. Railroad
and street car line building and i'm
provement, has kept pace with the in
creased business interests. The South
ern Pacific has built a line to
Pasadena and there is also new
electric line, making four lines to that
beautiful residence suburb. An cleo
trio line is nearly completed to Santa
Monica, which will give three railroad
routes to that beautiful resort by the
sea; beside a boulevard for wheels is
being built to that place. An electric
line was recently completed from the
Plaza to east side park the poles are
being set to put on electricity on all
the cable and horse car lines except
Temple street cable, this will all be
completed before the close of the pres
ent year. Notwithstanding the large
amount of building the past year,
houses and rooms are in demand be-
yond the supply. The oil interest here
is destined to cut an important figure
in the future of this city, if properly
managed. There are probably over
300 wells in operation or in course of
construction. A market for it has been
and is the question. A pipe line to
Santa Monica and transportation in
tank steamers to San Francisco, where
there is demand for it, is talked of,
at present it is sent there in tank cars.
! 1t has been selling as low as accents
per barrel at the wells, four barrels
costing SLIGO will make as much steam
as one ton of COAL costing from So to
$40, the present price. The oil so far
discovered is not an Illuminating oil, it
is heavy asphaltum oil, and requires
jet of steam to make perfect combus
ton. Pipe lines are laid through the
city and all stationary engines use it,
also the Redondo railroad and
Southern Pacific and Santa Fe
on short runs. If some burner could
be devised, to use it for cooking. and
heating dwellings, we could say good
bye to the coal barons. Bicycles and
boomers are fixtures of this coast and
town; nearly every one who can afford
it has wheel, but not all the fair vet
go so far as to don the habiliments mas
culine. The wheel is becoming more
dangerous than the electric car, and
nearly as many arrests are made some
days for scorching, as for DRINKS. The
sixth district fair and races closed last
week, it, as usual, was all races and no
fair. This week the Pacific coast races
are held at the above track and park.
| may be fogyish, but the system of
gambling, debauchery and jockeying
underlying the whole thing, and that,
too. often coming to the surface. makes
it very undesirable institution, it is too
demoralizing. Politically, the people
of this coast are fully awake to all the
great issues that will come before them
in the next great political contest.
The name OF Mckinley as the standard
bearer Of the republican party, to be
placed at the head of that ticket,
arouses much enthusiasm on the part
of his ardent admirers, for the noble
work he has done for his party, as we'll
as for his wisdom, ability and purity of
life, public and private. But there are
at least 100000 Of voters in the
United States at this time, and Cali
fornia has a large representation of
them, who think that it is not so much
what a leader or his party has done in
the past, to hold a claim on voters, as
what the leader and his party will do
in the future.
There are now millions Of voters in
this country who believe that America
should be more thoroughly American
lied, and that laws should be enacted
and enforced to that end. He who
assumes to be leader, no matter what
party he represents, must define him
self upon these issues, must be fully
known, before he can command this
vote. This sentiment predominates as
fully in the South, as the North. Here
tofore, the democratic party as now,
has been un-American. Too many of
the leaders of the republican party
stand in the same relation. The rule
has been, any pledges to make votes,
carry states, no matter if those pledges
when carried out, conduced more to