The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1895-04-21

Duilt Oh the tr gauge plan, ana act
on the principle that whatever is worth
stloingiat ais worth doing well. tile
was known of their 1s,OO0,000 acre tract
when it passed. into their possession;
that is tok say. little in a comparative
sense. The atftucnce of the soil and the
genality ofstiiec innate were of historical
record. but the number and extent OF the
rich volcaniGTyalleys were simply known
thrOuglf:stales of travellers, who inclined
to givefin,agination full play in speaking
for or against the country. BY careful
and systematic sreconnoisance and survey
General Manager George H. Sisson and
Immigration Agent C. B. Turrill have
demonstrated to their own satisfaction
and that of the company that the lands
of their tract bear striking resem blance
to adjacent fertile regions in Southern
California. and if there is any difference
in fertility and forwardness it favors their
ownterritory. The enterprise of the In
ternational Com pany is an allurng
theme, and, the more one looks into II
the greater his surprise that the lnterna-
tional Company lands have only just be-
gun to attract attention. And yet re-
Numbering the drowsiness of Southern
California until. a few years ago. there is
really no good ground for surprise over
the nor development of Lower California.
Unless all signs fail the
COMMERCIAL CONNECTIONS
Between San Diego and Ensenada will
be the means Of bringing each into
national notice. San Diego is supposed
to be getting into the throes of a boom.
Its hotels are filled to overlooking, the ar
rivals at the Horton reaching 100 per day.
and it's principal streets are alive with
people. On Saturday might last the
promenading San Franciscan might easily
have mag himself OH cur own UNI
49, III f,r,tn
intend doing is the question of the hour.
think they will find occupation-espe
tally if the irrigation scheme to furnish
cultivation water for IS, 200 acres of land
back of the city is the success its pro-
jectors anticipate. The strangers look
ing for places to settle the producers, SO
to speak. will get into the valleys OF the
county and slop over into Ense NADIA. For
bear in mind that San Diego county has
an area of 1859 square miles. and eX-
ceeds in area either Massachusetts, Yer
mont. New Hampshire. New Jersey or
Maryland, and is nearly as large as the
combined area of Massachusetts. Con-
necticut, Rhode Island and Delaware.
AT RIVERSIDE.
Leaving San Diego at 1870 am. one
reaches Cotton at 4 :05 am, and at :45
am. takes the train for Riverside. River
side is noted for it's broad avenues, lead
ing Thorough miles and mil of orange
groves and lined with palms and pepper
trees, and its superb system OF Irrigation
bitches. It's also famous ior its local
pride. 1--WE neither claim nor aim to be
a metropolis said Mr.. White, 'but we
do intend to maintain the reputation OF
Riverside as the most beautiful regi ON; in
Southern California" This remark was
made apropos of the many public and
private improvements projected or in
progress. And Judging the future by the
immediate past 1 have no esitation IN
saying that. the Riversiders will keep the
reputation Of their charmingsvalley abso-
lutely fawless. sgThe ride from Riverside
to Los Angeles, via Cotton, takes one
through Cucapionga. Ontario, Pomona,
Spadra, Puents. Monte. Savanna and San
Gabriel, -FOUR shing colonies with futures.
10 name the distinctive features.
of each would take a book, At
Los Angeles cars are changed Tor
SANTA MONICA.
The ride from. Los Angeles TO Santa
Monica, the old port of Los Angeles, occu-
pies about ani%hour and on leaving the
train the visitor finds himself on bold
bluff overlooking ia summer sea.
So broad, indeed, is this bluff that the
Arcadia hotel, the Del Monte of Southern
California, seems at first sight to project
over the water. A closer inspection
shows that the snowy structure does not
. approach within $50 feet of the surf line.
A terrace and lowered bank, btween hotel
and beach furnishes an easy descent to
the shore. North of the hotel and sepa-
tated from its site by a cross gorge run
ming nearly east and west is the town oil
Santa Monica, a cottag. city-recalling
to nrind the camp meeting settlement OH
Martha's Vineyard. The fruits and flow
ers of Southern California grow in prodi-
gal luxuriance in the Santa Monica gar
dens and stroll along the main boule-
ward on the bluff. with the shining sea on
theYwest anli,the inviting homes on the
east, is asoothing and reasonably satisfy
ing recreation. The beach proper for a
mile south OF the hotel and half mile
north is lined with the tents of campers,
families from the hot valley of the inter
Tor, who drink great draughts Of salt air,
plunge into the surf and play with the
snowy sand.
Here is the spot Miles OReilley might
have had in mind when he wrote of loaf
ing as fine art
From dawn to eve in the happy land,
a., No duty on us but to lie
Straw-ha:ted on, the shining sand,
With bronzing chest and arm and hand
Beneath the blue Italian sky
The sea is in 4 benignant mood at
Santa Monica. and bounds toward the
DtdCu III tllC CuIllHS CoHioSio 1Hdb ''SO
transparently and fall with a soft splash.
The waves that reach the shore unbroken
tumble on the sand with a rythmical
roar that has no sadness in its tone.
Santa Monica is really the ideal beach for
bathing. The temperature OF the water
very nearly assimilates to that of the
air, and the surf reaches the happy
medium that bathers most enjoy Its
cheerfulness is a constant reminder of the
glorious beaches on the New England
coast and along the shore of Nantucket.
After tour of 400 miles through
Southern California the traveller from Up
per California no longer marvels at the
progress of the southern portion of the
state, and unless blinded by prejudice he
sees permanency in that progress. B.
BRONCHITIS. Sudden changes Of the Weather