Los Angeles herald., 1905-07-04
SANTAMONICA WAS
FIRST COAST CITY
OLD TIME RESORT NOW IDEAL
HOME PLACE
WONDER wharf OF WORLD
City Developed After 1875 by ex-sen-
ator Jones and Col. Baker-The
Pleasures Of Bathing and
Fishing
WONDER Wharf OF WORLD

Santa Monica, the first coast resort
that fourished many years ago, still
is popular with bathers and those
seeking a days outing on the sands.
boating or fishing.
Devotees Of the reflective pastime Of
fishing will find ample opportunity tc
inlulge in their favorte sport all along
the crescentic shores of Santa Monica
bay.
Piers and Wharf
Beginning at the long wharf Of the
Southern Pacific railroad that projects
a full mile into the ocean just above
Santa Monica canyon, there are wharfs
and piers extending into the water al
most mile apart down to Playa del
Rey, and at wider intervals all the way
to Redondo.
Port Los Angeles, as the long wharf
is known, was built in 1893, as a COM
mercial entry point for the Southern
Pacific railroad. This wharf extends in
a sinuous course out into the waters of
the Pacific for a mile and Is an objec-
tive point which ranks as one of the
coast.
Each year hundreds of vessels from
all parts of the world bring their loads
of freight to this huge pier. Ships la
den with cement from Hamburg, steel
rails from England, coal from Austria
liza and British Columbia, and lumber
from the northern coast states, dis
charge thousands of tons of their bur-
dens upon this colossal structure,
whence the products are distributed to
all parts of the country.
The pleasure pier at Santa Monica
is being rebuilt and extended.
Town of Santa Monica
Santa Monica is above all things q
city of beautiful homes.
Conservatism is the watchword of
the city and in all phases of it's civic
life, social, political, educational and
even in its diversions and recreations
the city adopts the happy medium tc
guide it's way. In sharp contrast to the
hustling, bustling, lusty young neigh
Dor, Ocean Park, to the southwark.
Santa Monica takes life with dignity
and moderation.
The city streets are broad, we'll paved
and shaded by the heavy foliage of
many varieties of tropical and semi
tropical trees. Rows of magnificent
dwellings, ,prnsncntal in architecture
and substantial In construction. line
the thoroughfares. Surrounding the
residences are Towering plants and
shrubbery arranged in the best effects
of modern landscape gardening.
The city hall is a new and handsome
structure built in the mission style and
cost $35,000 There is an ornamental
Carnegie library building erected at
an outlay of $4,000.
Historical
1t was in 1875 that ]. P. Jones, later
United States senator, and Colonel
Baker laid out the first subdivisions of
What was to become the home city
beautiful. The location of the new
town lying along the edge of a bluff
Eeventy-five feet high and extending
southward from Santa Monica canyon
for a mile, was an ideal one. There
was room to expand both southward
and eastward.
The ocean glistened in the foreground
as 1t does today, on the west, while to
the north and east the mountains
bounded the view over Towering mead
ows and rolling farm and fruit lands.
The start begun by these pioneers
was followed up by gradual and certain
development until today Santa Monica
is substantial home city of 1900 per-
sons, as shown by the last census. This
is a gain of nearly 1000 since 1900.
The board of trustees who govern
the city are: T. H. Dudley, president;
H. x. Goetz, C. Johnson, w. S. Vawter
and j. C. Steele.
There are four substantial financial
concerns to offer the best of banking
facilities, the Bank of Santa Monica
and the Merchants National bank in
Santa Monica proper. and the Ocean
Park bank and the Commercial bank,
also on Pier avenue, in what is known
as Ocean Park. though the thorough
fare lies within the legal boundary of
Santa Monica.