The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1895-04-21
THEY CALLED
1T "BOOMLAND" IN These
GOOD OLD DAYS
Interesting
Southern Counties" Reprinted From San
cisco Evening Report of July 8, 1897
mesa. Outside and inside these new

sive mesa. Outside and inside these new
homes show.
CULTURE AND REFINEMENT
And the same regard for the niceties OF
civilization is evidenced in the arrange
ment of the streets. Now and then good
taste gets a rude shock, but gener-
ally, speaking there, is nothing garish
in Los Angeles social life, and the-1astiu-
ious tourist in search of faults finds little
to cavil at House holders are constantly
planning Improvements as individuals
and collectively, and, considering the
confusion incidental to changes, the
neatness of the city is astonishing. Hand
some and varied as are the houses OF the
city, and it is essentially city of homes,
the Upper Californian of practical turn
finds in the. business hustle it's chief
charm. l must confess to surprise in
this regard. | was prepared for large
volume of business. l knew by private
and public report that the quantity of
business as very large. What surprised
me was the quality. | saw evidences OF
substantial business, business blocks that
were built with view to permanence.
aud busy occupants OF these blocks, TO
say nothing of passenger and freight
trains in bewildering variety and~extent.
and yet it seems but yesterdaysthat the
swarthy caballeros, in susperdero,. tapa-
dero, beaded sombrero and jingling spurs,
loped into the city. tied their broncos to
the hitching post in front of saloon.
and, gathering about dingy BAR gave
tone. The soft syllables of the Spanish
language are occasionally heard, and the
senorita who sits her horse like an Indian
princess is a fairly familiar sight on the
streets. Soundly Judged, however. Los
Angeles is no longer typical city of Cali
fornla, but sui generis. The
surpass the architectural efforts of Sacra-
mento and equal those of Oakland and in
all San Francisco there is no house COM
parable with the residence of l.. l.. Brad
bury on Los Angeles Heights. And this
striking in Southern California. The
average old Californian is a man of strong
prejudices. Living for SO many years in
comparative isolation from the east he
has fallen into groove and narrowed his
horizon. His prejudice blinds him. He
is constantly missing opportunities that
are patent to- strangers He went to
Southern California two years ago seized
the possibilities of the county, took
pessimistic view of the situation and then
took himself to his Upper California home
and made, faces at the boomers; or. liv-
ing in Southern California: he smiled
serenely at the enthusiasm of the eastern
ers and lazily allowed, them to secure
choice ground. These eastern developers
were free from prejudice against this or
that section :, and bought what pleased
them best. Take the Los Angeles region.
for example. and Pasadena. Garvanza and
Santa Monica.1 The sites commanding the
prettiest and most extended views were
ignoed by the old settles who, for a
vaiety OF reasons, but principally for con-
venience, preferred themore accessible low
lands. The fasteners grabbed the eleva-
tions as quickly as possible and as prices
advanced the prejudices of the old set
tiers against hills were swiftly dissipated.
They cursed their lack of prescience and
reached the commendable determination
| to make no more mistakes through
prejudice. WilleLos Angeles continue to
grow? She %. 600 900 feet of lumber Ian
ded at San Pedro5in two months Civ an
kaffirraat lNel auswer and the view from the
.feig ~ snR ripfh&F The city has sprehd far
away On fesnesa has room 10 spread
miles further, and the causes that in
iduced IT'S sYHten iexpSG sshS aafe more
numerous and Influential than they were
aSyear ago. Thisiis-anNim preston based
on personal observation and patent and
persistent Inquiry.
- PASADENA AMP CARAVANS. ~
The prominent ppfospefffous towns in the
immediate vicinity OF Los Angeles are
Garvanza and Pasadena. Each has II
'piNtuiCSquC oibO anu CdCll HIS ltS SItCldl
advocates. Garvanza occupies plateaus
and hills in the famous valley of San
Gabriel. midway between Los Angeles and
about four miles from the center of each.
Like Pasadena. it commands an attractive
view of Wilson'S Peak and the serratei
range that rises boldly in the distant east
and seems but u few miles away. Tho
empurpled splendors OF this range en-
nance the beauty of the views from Gar
yanza, Pasadena and the heights of Los
Angeles and are studied with rapt adj
miration by the appreciatiye visitor. the
peaks and spurs of the mountain cut
against the horizon like canoes. Little
wonder that GaIvanza is pressing Pasa-
dena in the race fol supremacy. and the
foundation of Il $3.50, 600 hotel is in state
of active preparation. Pasadena is pic
turesque, prosperous ana pushing, and
rich in local pride. 1t is an emerald gem
ina granite setting, u city of orange
groves, cottages and tents Of taking de
sign-by small odds one of the most invit-
ing places in all Southern California.
The California Central railway of the
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe railway
system connects Los Angeles and San
Diego. and for purposes OF comparison
the Investigating traveller is bound to pass
over this line. 1t passes through Gar
vanza, South Pasadena, Raymond, Pasa-
dena. Olivewood, Lamanda Park, Santa
Anita, Arcadia, Monrovia. Duarte
Azusa. Glendora. San Dimas, Lordsburg,
Palomares, Claremont, North Ontario,
Bernardino. Leaving Los Angeles at
5 40 p. m. you reach San Bernardino at s
D. M, and await the arrival of the At
lantic and Pacific passengers for San
Diego, who take the cross roa at Bar
stow. The arrival of the Kansas CITY
contingent at the San Bernardino station
on the night of July I'd was
A MEMOIR ART Il EVENT