Omaha daily bee., 1900-02-11
ROUNDING UP THE COAST
observations Of South Omaha Tourist in
the Golden State.
FROM FLoWERY ANGELES TO SAN DIEGO
impressive Nistns of Mountain and
Ocean, Floral Landscape. Em-
powered Homes and
summary Charms.
FROM FLowERY ANGELES TO SAN DIEGO

David Anderson Of South Omaha, who has
temporarily forsaken the banana belt Of
Nebraska and hied away to the orange
groves Of California. gives the following ac-
count Of his Impressions:
our journey from Omaha to San Diego
was resplcndent with scenery that ever and
anon attracts the notice OF all tourists
escaping from the rigid and rigorous region
OF the north TO the tropical climate OF the
south.
A person is especially Interested while
passing the old Spanish towns and the
ranches Of Arizona and New Mexico, before
entering the Golden state of California.
Hundreds OF miles Of desert waste was
travelled over, with no surface production
except the everlasting sage brush and noun
tain cactus. The San Francisco mountains
were crossed in the night, while in the early
morning we we're rapidly precipitated down
a long, lonesome incline plain and landed
suddeuly in the lovely and picturesque
town Of Pasadena. Then for hours we sped
through olive, orange and lemon groves,
while in the background were mountain
heights covered with snow. The trans
formation was eloquently grand and thrilled
a person with feelings of JOY almost indie
scribable. This amazing change must be
experienced to be fully appreciated.
Los Angeles is perhaps the most admir-
ably situated city all tho year around in
America. 1t is famous for its magnificent
fowery homes, fairly banked and decked
with various flowers of every hue and color.
The city is snugly built near the foothills
Of the Sierra Madre mountains, of the great
Sierra Nevadas. Its population is 100000,
composed entirely of eastern and northern
people. but ! imagine those from Iowa and
Nebraska predominant. The Cudahy Bros.
have here an abattoir or packing plant, es-
tablished with a capacity for employing sew
eral hundred persons. Numerous oil wells
have been sunk, some in the city proper.
The oil in its crude condition is utilized by
the city and manufacturers
Around san Diego.
Journeying from Los Angeles to San Diego
] observed large and expansive rye and flax
fields, comprising from 1000 to 1000 acres.
In one of these | saw nine plows at work,
with six horses attached to each pillow, and
each one turning over twelve burrows at a
time. These plowmen start from head
quarters at sunrise and return about sunset,
making one round each day. Passing
through this delightful strip of territory in
December and January one is reminded OF
the most pleasant locations in the east dur
Ing June and July, with the additional ad-
vantage added to the scene of the great,
broad. blue Pacific ocean spreading out to-
wards sunset in the west and the huge
mountain peaks in plain view in the east
This. the city of San Diego, is famous
the world over as being the second Oldest
seaport and harbor on the American coast.
It's attractive and enchanting scenery and
environments certainly cannot be eXcelled
anywhere.
U. S. Grant, jr., son of the greatest war
rior of this or any other generation, owns
one Of the most elegant homes in Califor-
mia. 1t is situated on the highest pinnacle
and p~rettiest spot in the city, and right here
is presented, to your intense delight, the
grandest view of ocean, bay, mountains and
landscape that eye ever beheld.
Coronado island lays across the bay, on
which is located the most extensive sea-
side hotel in the world, covering an area
of seven acres, with 1000 apartments, and
cost 81, 900, 900. The island is two miles
long by one mile wide, covered and occupied
completely with evergreens, shade trees and
magnificent homes. This is a prominent re-
sort for wealthy people and millionaires.
Suites OF rooms in the hotel cost as high as
800 per day.
Mountain and Ocean.
Out in the ocean, twenty miles, We observe
two high cliffs rising from the sea and
peertng majestically several hundred feet
toward the skies. 1t is a thing OF beauty,
but has a lonesome aspect. 1t is known as
Coronado point. Then turning our eyes
westward, we see another extremely high
object with an altitude Of 1000 feet above
the ocean. On this emlnence is located the
government lighthouse, which guides the
sturdy mariner into a harbor of safety and
haven OF rest. 1t is called Point Iona.
Than turnInp toward tho cast in D1ain viau
though at a great distance, we see a great
spur or arm OF mountain range. stretching
its rugged and swarthy features far out into
the great father OF waters. These are the
Tia Juana (Which means in English, Aunt
Jane') mountains, and lie just across the
territorial line in old Mexico. The dummy
passenger train carries tourists from this
city to Tia Juana, where a large trade is
carried on with the MeXicans. In concert
with this combination of natural beauty is
the crisp and placid bay OF San Diego, which
encircles the city from northwest to north
east. This is one Of the most orderly and
best governed cities in this country. Be
sides, its citizenship is frst-class in every
respect. In South Omaha the younger gen.
GRAFTON are largely in the ascendency, but
here the adults and grayheads predominant.
Aged people fill the hotels, lodging houses
and cafes. Every one lives easy and seems
to be happy. They are very clever and
soclable. You sit down to dinner with
strangers and rise from the table well ac-
qualnted. Prodigious blocks and buildings
adorr every square, which in size will cor
respond with the Murray or Willard hotels
in Omaha. They are used and occupied
principally for lodging houses and restaur-
ants by tourists who rent suites OF rooms
anG do light housekeeping. The best 15-cent
meals the writer ever enjoyed are here OBJ
tanned. On the table are all kinds OF frsh
fish, cooked in every conceivable style; also
fresh vegetables. berries, cream, etc.
4 Nebrnskan's Home.
On Sunday last, in company with wife and
some old friends We enjoyed an excursion to
Pacific Beach, ten miles up the bay. Here
we found our old friend, Frank Barnes,