Los Angeles herald., 1905-01-17
THOUSANDS VISIT L0MITA
PARK, THE BEAUTIFUL
Home-seekers Enjoy : Feast Day and
Invest $4,000 In = Choice
Subdivision

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on Sunday, in a wide and fertile
valley bordered by foothills above
which rise the rugged peaks of the
Sierra Madre range, amid a hundred
acres of orange trees, ten, fifteen and
twenty years old, in full bearing, laid
out into quarter acre, half acre and
acre lots, with wide streets, long,
double row Of gigantic eucalypti. with
trunks fully thirty feet in circumfer-
ence, that form beautiful I,omita
drive, did the home-seekers' picnic at
Lomita park occur. In the center of
this acreage nestles the old Goodell
homestead, made more attractive by
its lawn and trees and flowers.
To this spot hundreds Of home-seek-
ers we're attracted, and as the guests
of Grider & Hamilton. Lomita park
appealed to the best tat can be found,
as the subdivision never appeared
better. Evidently the hosts anticipated
the wishes of the bome-seekers, as free
transportation had been provided and
music was discoursed during the feast
that was spread upon a double row OF
tables.
At Lomita park Sunday was the
home-seeker's day off, and he, with his
wife and children, made the most of H.
To those who have wondered how so
many additions and subdivisions have
been plated and sold IN Los Angeles
within the past two years, the scene
at Lomita park would have been a
revelation. One of the most impressive
features of the day to the observer
was provided in the character and
type of men and women who partici-
pated in the enjoyment Of the day,
comprising in most part the self-re-
liant and reliable middle classes. Many
said they did not wish to purchase
homesite at once, as they would later
reach that stage, as they were there
to study the situation and compare
notes. There were some doubtless who
went merely for the ride, the outing
and a day in the country, but even
with these the seed of home-seeking
was not sown on stony ground.
The scene and the transactions at
Lomita park are no new story in Los
Angeles, and the success of Grider &
Hamilton, and others who have made
the sales of subdivisions a speciality,
emphasize most strongly the following:
First, the population of the city is in
creasing at a wonderfully rapid rate;
second, Southern California more than
any other spot in the wide world en-
plants early in the bosoms Of its citi-
zens an ardent desire Cor home, that
they may experience to the utmost the
delights and advantages of the land of
sunshine, and to become, as it were, a
part of it.
The opening of the suburban subdi-
visions and townsites, too, has taught
the people of Los Angeles that many
places, the beauties of which have re-
manned dormant so far as the general
public is concerned, are avilable to
meet the needs of the home e-seeker
and the investor.
Grider & Hamilton had provided
5000 trip tickets for the accommoda-
ton of their friends and customers, and
it was supposed that these would prove
sufficient, but the supply was early
to the disappointment Of
hundreds of home-seekers who applied
a little late.
During the day 124 lots were sold
for an aggregate price of $4,000, MAX
ing in addition to previous sales, about
of the entire tract sold be-
fore the regular opening day, Monday,
January 16.