Los Angeles herald., 1905-05-21

happiest gardening effects and Venice
will indeed be "a city beautiful" with
its growing palms, foliage, flowers and
shrubbery, clothing the land side to the
very edges Of the canals.
1t is the intention of the Venice I'm
provement society to install a police
and fire service similar to the Foster
system of the Westlake district in Los
Angeles. Members of the society, by
having a telephone in their house, will
be able to call within a few minutes
for the police, fire or medical aid day
or night
! This society will improve, plant and
care for gardens at wholesale rates
thus greatly reducing the cost to its
members Of whatever improvements
are necessary or for beautifying and
caring for their premises-giving them
every advantage of purchasing mater
ials for buildings, plans thereof and de-
signs and colors.
The society will care for houses and
gardens during the absence of its
owners, see that. the premises are kept
in proper order, houses aired and
cleaned, affording the same protection
as though the owner was on the
premises himself, enabling the owners
to leave indefinitely with the assur-
ance that on their return everything
will be in proper order and all done
at minimum cost.
The Business Section
Westward of the actual canal city
and on the upper level. which includes
a sandy strip of ocean front $50 feet
long by 900 feet deep, there is already
a well-ngh completed city of brick
blocks fronting on Windward avenue.
These substantial structures will in
clude besides business houses a city
hall, a postoffice and thoroughly
equipped modern hotel.
Ship Hotel in the Sea
At the foot of Windward and pro-
jecting out into the sea for hundreds
of feet lies the now finished pleasure
pier Alongside of this pier the novel
idea of ship hotel is taking shape.
This old hostelry is facsimile of an
ancient Spanish galleon and is named
the "Cabrillo' in honor of an early ex-
plorer. 1t will contain all the modern
appointments of a first-class hotel
Large Auditorium
Further along the pier is being
erected huge auditorium where the
enormous throngs who come to attend
the educational congress will find all
accommodations for their comfort.
These congresses are to open on July
4 and will be continued throughout the
summer. Prominent speakers who are
leaders in their respective fields of
thought will address the multitudes,
on all the leading topics of the day.
Dancing Pavilion
At the entrance to the pleasure pier,
there is pavilion in which facilities
for dancing and other pleasant past
times will be provided and refresh
ments of all sorts may be had by those
who gather there.
On the farther side of Venice proper,
g. miniature railway will be operated
along the thoroughfares leading to the
waterways on which diminutive en-
gines drawing tiny railroad cars will
give visitors an opportunity to en-
circle the picturesque city that has been
transplanted from the old world
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are perfect. The Los Angeles Pacific
Electric railroad tracks pass the bor-
ders of the city on the south and west,
and there is station at Windward
avenue for the accommodation of pas
sengers.
Great Is Venice
This marvellous new city must be
seen to be appreciated. 1t, is bust
ling, booming reality. Six months ago
the site was a tide. fiat and barren
sand dune. Today where the minarets