The Republican journal., 1896-02-20

lt1. lace ESQ in Los ANGELES Cali
f,;aod - poleas+ r. ,,;,l j.,
er' me many lrlehus OF MI "ailaee IN
non and the general reader as we'll
ufl be four wears next spring since [
-5, H.tlst. The health of nv wife and
....al.l has improved a great deal They
b,,ilsework and 90 ont the same as
- women. Rest and climate have done
., improve nv health. althonph nv
tuus trouble still remains. | built
last summer. rot into it in Au
Iris located between two electric
.yr lines not over GOO feet from
INES Each line has = minnie
with transfer system. so one
coda. eirbt miles for five cents which
.-t very convenient. The climate is
..e The hottest since have been
- va- M wear apo last .Tnlv. This
INNER the HIGHEST was 96 but the
-tdry the heat is not so oppressive
zines in Belfast, and the nights are
....- ranl There is usl1alIv 25o differ
. .-tyyeen dav and niuht. with a west
aze from about Q A. NJ. to sunset
tDe summer. We like the sum
.otrer than the winters; but it is
bic for a person in New England
1e how nice it is during the sum
.rr. while it is SO mild here winters
are about as far south as Jackson
W.rida. But the conditions are
frrent here. During the summer
- tine hot. dry air on the desert rises
... I.I I,rS an upper current out over the
. ocean. then couls and settles and
.- .I.t TO the desert as A lower current
..,. NOT for this current If would he
f. a.lk here upop roofs of BUILDINGS or
CELLARS or bitches in the hottest
i with as little trouble as in Maine,
ike is unknown. This winter has
v. But l ;}-4 inches of rain has
.I. since last sprine-not enough to
e.r lc grain. grass or weeds We have
.. -aut frost and few nights when
u .l,. NJ dish has frozen over the thick
.- window glass. The frost has kill
r .4}el vines and plants. Roses, gera-
ius and Gala lilies bloom all winter
urI mt any protection. One day last
v,-A 1t was 81 and about as uncomfort-
amid As any time in the summer as we do
u+ ave The westerly breeze that prevails
l summer.
What have said about the temperature,
elates to Los Angeles and vicinity.
inHtiuu makes a great difference here.
angeles is about u miles from the
-se,; with no hills OF mountains between
.,5a The coast to obstruct the breeze in
samHtr while Pasadena, only nine miles
I'll r inland with range OF hills to
Sl ut the breeze in summer, is about
FIJI Ter, and San Bernardino go miles in
.f D "A valley hemmed in on all sides
f-s and mountains, is 200 hotter.
ne great valleys 200 and 300 miles
d Los Angeles where it is from 10
warmer than it is here, and fruit
peaches, piums and cherries rlpens
lree to six weeks earlier than here.
ar ran find almost any climate here.
The desert it gets up to rs in the
lrt
angeles is six miles square. In
-" II had %, 900 inhabitants, 1t is esti-
that it now has s., 900 and during
winter about 1O0,0 Twenty five
.lured building permits were issued last
The buildings costing over So, 900,
W Ihe place has grown so fast that
about one third of the children can
lG school at time. One set of
trs attend forenoons and another set
-Ar0pons, and about one third have no
ol. This summer they sold $500, 600
- 7' ippl DOCKS ana are quitting thirteen
sl.oi houses, with from seven to eleven
-olls each, to be completed the first of
utl, month A large amount of street work
lts 1een done this year, such as grading,
autng, sidewalks, sewers, etc. Two
satl- ago they built large out fall sewer
nom here to the ocean, II miles. The fall
is about 200 feet in the II miles. 1t is
instructed with gates and standpipes so
they can raise the sewerage to the surface
the ground and use it to irrigate the
land along the line of the sewer. They
sell enough for irrigating purposes to nav
tbe interest on the cost Of the sewer. In
Ilad cities like Pasadena usnallv buv a
large ranch or farm and get rid of their
sewerage by running it on there for irri-
eating purposes. The rivers and streams
are kent as clean as possible as the water
works get the water LARGELY from that
source for domestic nurnoses They have
bailt two new electric mower bouses and
.bout "a miles of electric street car line
this wear and are now hnildino abont -
miles more to santa Monica on the coast.
a summer resort which has a Iaroa sunday
patronage from here So there has heen
consjderable business here this wear.
The courts here are similar to those in
Maine There are seven or eioht supreme
JaBges a portion of them he;no elected
hy the people every four years These
ludpes hold one or two short trial SEES
SONS in each county. but their nrincinal