The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-09-07
BEAUTIES Of los ANGELES
CITY WHERE ~CLsMATE~ ~ oSg o.
THE LEADING lNuUsTRlEs.
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TRIP - Msust Lowe Observatory.
snscial Corrsspondrnce.

LOS ANGELES. Aug 1.-The limit oe
tine In at hand. and those Of the summer
visitors who have fingered 20 the last mo-
men, In this pleasant land are about 10
turn their faces perforce toward less Ia
voyed regions.
This 10 prs-eminen,iy o city Of homes.
There seems 10 ne no business going on
that attracts toward II . tenement popila-
ton. There ~ about u n shady spacious
ness that In unnatural. Twenty nve-foot
lots are unknown. except In the extremely
poor district. Large lawns are the rule.
trees are numerous and flowers are every
where. Hardly house can be found -
forlorn that u plant such Al In grown In
lighthouses q, home, In no, 10 DO found In
the yard.
II you ask why such q city grew IN such
a place. whence came all this prosperity.
the people answer In a loud voice and with
one accord Climate" Other reAaons are
given. but they vary and arc less oonr-
IDENTITY spoken. All agree upon climate.
Climate" the place certainly haM Even
In this summer season II has been ideal.
There are few places In the country where
there Ia NO much climate per front foot A.
here. IL II tho major factor In tho making
CT the place; II sells for dollars and cents.
IL entefa largely into ali plans OF employ
ment. business and speculation.
There are here several charities, one OF
which. home for tho aged, Ii rendered
particularly effective by the peculiar Mt
ness 81 the climate for such an Institution.
II In given and supported by Mrs. Eliza
beth Holionbock Across the road from
II In the Uollenbeck park, a tract OF TWEEN
~ acres. given 10 tho city BY the same
generous donor. The home has accomrno-
CATIONS for sixty persons II II picturesque,
built In the old mission S,yle, with sunny
balconies and vsrandas, both wide ana
long. II stands upon the edge OF mesa
overlooking a wide extent OF plain ana
mountain.
Upon entering a person pays $500. moro
II he has II. and is thereupon relieved OK
all concern about money for tho remainder
OF his life. Sick or well. no Ia sure OF good
care and the most henlthful conditions.
Taken collectively, these people represent
most Of the troubles ana misfortunes OF
tbs world. but Il IL good to think that at
least their financial worries are at an end
aud that they may rest at last. They are
well cared for. The matron possesses
bound,ess tact and good nature. and Mrs.
Hollenbeck makes tho welfare Of her aged
proteges her FIRST concern.
From Los Angeles NJ center one may
take a great variety OF excursions. each
entirely unlike any other. One may get
into the heart OF the orange district by
trip 10 Redondo. or md magnificent
Ia Monica, or taste bit OF genuine noun
tain climbing by an ascent Of Mount VIII
SON or Mount Lowe, or 70 over 10 santa
Catalina and enjoy exquisite sea growths
by means Of glass bottomed boats. or spend
an hour In any ono OF a half dozen old
mission buildings easily reached by rail-
on the way 10 Santa Monica IN the Pa
c!fic branch Of the National Soldiers Home.
Some OF the 100 soldiers are always
around. who very kindly answer questions
and show one about. There are about $500
names upon the rolls, but many are al.
ways away upon furiough. The ~ction or
land upon which tho home II located
beautifully situated. Broad views OF hill
and field are seen In every direction. ana
In places one catches a glimpse OF the
ocean. A row OF eucalyptus about the
place adds to the beauty and serves AS q
wind break. Tho buildings are attractive
I'm appearance, substantial and spotlessly
clean. and tho grounds arc perfectly kept,
This Il tho smallest OF the sold'efs
homes, but on account OF the climate u IL
very much sought. tho number OF appliea-
lions for admission already exceeding IN"
accommodations Inmates OF Eastern
homes are transferred 10 this only on rec
concentration Of the resident physician. but
any one may 10 from hote 10 a home east.
one of the most delightful short excur-
sions to he taken from this point is that
to Mount Lowe Until one gets among
them this seems an appropriate name for
all California mountains, but they arc
found Co be by no means Insignificant.
From Altedena the car asccnds steadily
ana the view continually hroadens. until
we reach Rubio canyon at the foot 81
the mountain, where We may look away
across fertile valleys 10 the ocean.
Here we enter car modelled after n
flight OF stairs and are pulled up an In
cline with an average grade % h per
cent, az one point reaching 80 per cent
II ~ like making an ascent In balloon.
In e!gh, minutes We have made n vertical
rise OF l. $40 feet
The car stops at Echo mountain hcuac.
n beautiful hotel upon tho mountain side.
From this point the view In magnificent.
Below. like map, the valleys 81 San
Gabriel and Los Angeles lie extended,
the regular fields planted with grain and
orchard. Nike checker board Here and
there hills rise abruptly from the Lowell
and grow and expand until they are lost
In the Sierra Madrc range. 4 little to
the right the cities ~ Los Angeles
and Pasadena nes,l. among the trees.
Beyoud Is the ocean.
Hack % the hotel winds n canyon whose
rocky walls east ones voice back and
forth between them as though In con-
scious sport II IN from this echo that
the hotel takes It's name.
Again We mount car This time an
electric road takes US horizontal dis
lance ~ four miles and a vertical ascent
81 isna feet. I: skirts along the brink
ot canyons lined with 1--we oak. rig-yaws
up q mountain side among the pines.
shoots suddenly out upon circular
bridge suspended In mid-sir. gives
giimpsas 81 heights and depths of pre-
i~h "a krrv
ehaparrai 81 succession ~ valley. can
Won ard mountain. and nnally lands one.
hreathless bat happy. M we Alpine Tav-
ern' ar Mount Lowe Springs,
The observatory IL IN charge az Or.
Louis Swift man who has spent hong
nfs In astronomical work and Is s;ili, a. !.
wears of age as enthusiastic as he has
ever heea Each evening ss he shows the
ssorfes az the heavens he gives ar in'or-
NAL talk in which he Gncorscicusly dis
plays a sense et reverence FOR the stars