Los Angeles herald., 1905-05-21
ALAMITOS BAY
ON OCEAN SIDE
RESORT THREE MILES SOUTH
OF LONG BEACH
TOWN SHOWS MAGIC GROWTH
Plsasurs Pier Across the Peninsula.
Channel Club Resort end Game
Praserve-Devel lopment Of
Fine Tracts


Alamitos Bay one Of the latest resorts
on the coast, ride Of less than an
hour from Los Angeles, has developed
with amazing rapidity. Magical changes
here have been made within a few
months. Beautiful summer homes dot
the beach New wharves have been
constructed tnd many attractive fea-
lures have been established for the
comfort and pleasure of the people.
Alamitos is part of that magnificent
line of beach starting from Terminal
island, passing Long Beach and Ala
mitos. continuing on south to Newport
a distance of twenty miles. The special
advantages of Alamitos claimed over
the other beaches are that it has the
ocean on one side and the still waters
of the bay or lagoon on the other
making the facilities for surf and still
water bathing the finest on the Pacific
coast. 1t is indeed exceptionally fav-
ored. Long Beach is only three miles
WTlllG odl I6ulp AlciA DOAg lllC
great shipping port of Southern Califor-
MIA, with the vessels at anchor, can be
seen in the distance.
Pleasure wharves running out into
the ocean and also into the bay give
opportunity for fishing, while the wide
sandy beach is a bathing strand of un-
equaled beauty. The winter months
are delightful by the sea, the fogs are
not frequent, and when they do come
they lift earlier and more rapidly than
inland. It is always warm and pleasant
at midday and just sharp enough MORN
ing and evening to act as a bracing
tonic. The summer is never uncom-
fortably hot, while the nights are in
variably COOL Alamitos Bay is young,
but the growth is rapid and her future
is secure. She will extend her already
beauteous front along the glittering
sea- her featherly palms will sway in
the ocean breeze; her roses, lilies and
carnations blossom the whole year.
Developments at the Bay
The Alamitos Bay tract is now very
nearly all bought up and the popularity
of the place has forced the syndicate
which placed it on the market to push
ahead plans to extend the resort back
over the lowlands along the San Ga
briel river. The Alamitos Bay tract
was improved last fall and placed on
the market. 1t had been overlooked
for years by the land promoters, but
to perceive that the land at the mouth
of the only stream in Southern Cali
fornia navigable for any length ought
to be valuable, even if but a few feet
above tidewater, so the peninsula ex-
tending from the heights known as
Alamitos park was acquired and subdi-
Vided into 525 lots. These have been
on the market about six months. In
the first month over s15O,OOO of them
have been sold and there remain to-
day less than one-third of the original
number available to purchasers.
Built a Pier
The Alamitos Bay syndicate began
Improvement by building a pier over
the ocean and laying a cement street
from the shore end Of the pier across
the peninsula to the bay and there
built a boat landing and soon a fleet of
launches was on the bay. The Paci-
f1c Electric company was quick to see
the advantages of the place and built
a branch line from Long Beach.
Residence and Club Resort
j. j. Jenkins was one of the pioneers
of Alamitos Bay and proceeded along
novel lines. He built a village of
houses made of discarded street cars
and placed several more in the bay on
RATS for houseboats, leasing them by
the day or week 10 temporary visitors.
Jenkins procedure was somewhat
crude, but II pointed the way to the
real future of Alamitos Bay as a resi-
dence and club resort. an idea which
has reached fulhllment in the forma.
ton of the Channel club by 100 busi-
ness men of Los Angeles.
A. NJ. Chapman, another Alamitos
Bay pioneer, organized this club, MAX
ing a stock company with a capital Of
$4,000 divided into 100 shares of Sl0O
each. The club house which is nearly
completed, is a two story building
with a one story addition to be used
as a. kitchen. The first floor of the
main building will include a parlor,
lounging room and dining room with
movable partitions which can be swung
is so as to give a clear space 44x70 feet
for a ball room. on the second floor
will be sleeping rooms for the club
members. The directors of the Chan
mel club are r. D. Wade. A. M. Par
sons. ]. E. Cowles. S. A. Butler and
]. p. Yates.
Not far from the Channel club is a