The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1902-05-15
SANTA MUNICIPALITIES SEA.
TheI Favorite Sea- side Resort of Southern
California. A Summer and Winter Para

SANlA MONltA, NAL., Aplll, l"o-
In previous communications to The
Journal | have endeavored to portray
some of the delights and beauties of
the orange-groWing section of Southern
California and to describe some aspects
of life and progress i'll that beehive of
business, pleasure, churches and i'm
mortality Los Angeles. In these eff
forts have succeeded only imperfectly
for one reason, especially, that the half
cannot be told and only winters tarry
III this latitude can thoroughly convince
one that the Californian's tale of eli
mate, flowers, business, tourists, and all
else he so glibly recites, contains con-
siderably more than seven-eighths of
truth. After all this, | am of the
opinion. considering the fact that dur
ing mid -summer the heat in certain
sections of the interior is excessive
and of long duration, that one OF the
most valuable assets of southern and
middle California is the long line OF
ocean beaches improved and utilized
at intervals. in the long stretch of five
hundred miles from Monterey to Coro-
nado VI this time l DO not propose to
deal with the grandest establishment
of the kind oil earth. Hotel del Coro-
nad0. near san Diego; nor with what
is pronounced as the most beautiful
and fascinating resort in America
Hotel del Monte and Monterey: nor with
santa Barbara, delightful alike in peo-
pie, climate and surroundings. These
are all very near as they are painted in
fact. tourists who make long sojoums at
either would not be at any other. and
only see the CHAINS of the others
through smoked glasses. This is natural.
1t doesn't take so many weeks for a
hotel or locality to seem like home
and its bright spots TO grow correspond
iurfy brighter. When all has been SAID
the fact remains that Santa Monica is
the talorte and popular alI-the-year-
round resort Of the state. That its
Ioc4t!uuail attractions make it worthy
this place Iu tie regard of the people is
vit0od question:
santa Monicaly-the-Sea IS the sum
ueI urat ing place of Los Angeles
md u4uvo tie large cities and towns
ot fire Southwest. Arizona. New
Ntxi..o and Colorado contribute many
r-crlr from tie tollid belts i'll those
territories to- Aelp swell the summer
crowds. But It is Los Angeles, less
tLan twenty miles away, with quick
transit by steam and electric railway
II at sends thousands Ct her citizens
here to breathe in the tonic of old
ocean Should the city reach the pima /
Gle Of success predicted for her by
many. during the next twenty wears or
so. the further expansion Of this resort /
can be easily foretold. The southern |
Pacific Co. and the Santa Fe run
numerous daily trains to and from the 4
city, but the Los Angeles Pacific Rail !
way Co. tonns the real connecting link, /
extending. as it does, through the |
rrjncil al tloloughtares of both towns. ,
ars foI passengers, baggage, mail and |
freight run regularly every twenty
minutes during the day and up TO mid (
might.
The town itself is very quiet and |
home-hke and the many charming resi-
.,,,.l or,l, al I,I;,,,,c i, ,l;a,+
that content, prosperity and cultiva- !
ton 90 hand in hand. Ocean Avenue
extends along tile bluff. a hundred feet
above the ocean beach. where, amid the
delights OF fruits and flowers. one is
lulled to sleep by the booming of the
surf, which is unceasing. After night
fan, when the air gets heavy with damp
ness from the ocean, the oder of the
pink, rose and heliotrope grows more
penetrating and more delightful to the
senses. At such a time one has not
the brilIiancy and grandeur Of the
ocean as a Distraction simply gives
his sense Of smell full swing. And this
in mid winter. On this avenue is the
magnificent estate of Senator Jones of |
Nevada. and the residence of his SON.
Roy Jones The home of the Senator
which, in reality, is not his home, as
MS time is divided between Nevada
and Washington,-h grand location, |
facing the Pacific and is fairly embower-
ed in roses and hemmed i'll by tropical
trees. Such q profusion of flowers in
bloom, of every variety, as is seen in
the grounds of this estate cannot be
duplicated on the Pacific coast, at least
i'll grounds that are private. There is
one gigantic rOSe-buSh, or rather rose
tree.-because it must be twenty feet
in ht-that is notable IN that its
equal, in point of bearing, is thought
not to exist. The gardener estimated
early in March, there were 10000 bios
SONS and buds about to blossom. and
these on only one bush. There is no
doubt but i'll brilliancy and abundance
the blossoms here eclipse anything in
the public parks of Los Angeles In
the latter city While the growing of
flowers of numberless varieties seem to