The evening times., 1901-05-18

Los Angeles IS like an Eastern rf+,- r77zfTt
IN broad semi-tropicaI garden It has
thilft and enterprise and conducts a vast
/ ana ever-increasing volume Of business
It's buildings are large. handsome. and
. modern, its streets are wide. well uay-e1
ctean, and shaded. its homes are Ideal
"hiie its parks and suburban sections
where hedges Of Gala lilies s1InD7a ut
fences, are the realization Of the dream
OF fairyland- It's population is largely
mace up Of people from the East. some
OF whom crossed the plains and climbed
over the mountains by the long winding
trails before steam railroads and DaIsce
cars were known in this part of the coun-
Try but very large number have come
IN more recent days, for the city has ex-
perienced a wonderful growth during the
past decade It was a thriving pueblo
"nen the Franciscan Fathers established
their mission there in I7SI. The name
given to it, The Pueblo de n ReiDa de-
Los Angeles or Town of the Queen of
the Angels, bespoke the impression of it's
beauty which was made upon its fof1r5-
ers, and that beauty has been aIrn7aTraI
rather than diminished
There IS so much Of the picturesque and
beautlLlll- 50 much Of interest to see in
ana ABOUT this metropolis of southern
California that in the Stav Of less rbaT
two days. which the President ana I,is
party made, it was impossible 10 obtain
much more than passing glimpse Of an
SLiIt Is OF moment here The city Itself
Is most chaTmingly situated surrounded
with a rich plain, where vegetation
thriFes the year around and the frost
never comes It IS eighteen miles inland
IS lined with pleasure resorts easv
OF access. and back of the town
are the snow crowned mountains
with their deep CANYONS and RUGGED
Slopes Most CHnCniGTTpfTS Te-
10 whose summit a railway which is a
wonder Of engineering skill has been con
Stslcted- Its designer and builder was
IFof- 7. = c Lowe, after whom the
mountain was named. The route IN the
mountain starts from AItadena. a be9utf-
Iul residence section four miles from Pas
5tdena. the fashionable suburb Of Los
angeles, from which point an electric rail
way runs over the high mesa and m
Rubio canyon. distance Of TWO and one
haif miles The lower portion Of the ride
gives good view Of the valley below and
the ocean in the distance. and asthe track
enters the canyon 1t winds in and out fol
lowing the devious course OF the S0arlyIir2sy
little stream which leaps over tba rocks
now crossing smaller canyons on Srbstan-
tial bridges and then cutting through
solid rock until the foot of the great in
cline IS reached 200 feet above the level
or the sea From the valley below the
mountain seems barren. but as II Is an
preached 1t IS seen covered with mountain
Mahogany. lilac, holly, and other chap
Spruces, naples, syca mOres. live oaks
and vast variety of shrubbery
Ihe incline extends to the summit of
Echo Mountain. $500 feet in altitude II
IS nearly 5000 feet in length and makes
a direct ascent Of about 1 400 feet AT the
start the grade IS 60 per cent and at some
portions Il is 4 trifie more than g. Dar
cent which means that a rise of 50 feet
IS made with every 100 feet of distance
covered The ride up the slope seems 2
DeriiOus one. but 50 strong are the cables
and so well protected and guarded arc
the cars that an accident has never ,-z+
occurred The summit of Echo Mountain
the top Of the incline is but halfway M
Mount Lowe 1t derives its name from
the clear and distinct echo which speaks
and reDTOdUCes with great volume the
SOUNDS from the mountain peak The re-
malndeT of the journey to the summit Of
Mount Lowe, more than e, 900 feet is made
by electric car over deep CANYONS and
along perpendicular lodges The peak is
covered with snow and while shiverf1ry
with winters cold one looks down into
the valley below and sees perpetual sum
mer with orange blossoms and flowers in
bloom, save when the fog comes in from
the ocean and then beneath all seems
Ike a great phantom sea on the slope
near the summit Of Echo Mountain are
the Lowe Observatory with its 1g-incF,
equatorial telescope and the great World :
Fair searchlight which was used on the
Liberal Arts Building in Chicago II has
100000 candle power and throws light |
for 100 miles on: upon the Pacific In its
rays newspaper can easily be read in
the streets Of Los Angeles
In route from Los Angeles to Del
Monte where the Presidential party sDent |
and Sunday. stops were made |
- [entura. Santa Barbara and San Luis |
)hiSpo. of from one to three hours and |
shorter stops were made in a number Of |
smaller places f B. L