Los Angeles herald., 1906-07-29
NAPLES A DREAM
HOME CREATION
BEAUTIFUL CITY ON COAST
PRIDE OF PEOPLE
Progress Of Development Work-MIl-
lions Expended on Improvements.
Contracts Let for Many Homes
Of Beauty at Naples

NAPLES, the dream city Of the red
tiled roofs" lies across the still
waters of Alamitos bay, on the Pacific
coast, short ride on the electric cars
from Los Angeles and a close neigh
Dor of Long Beach.
Naples is the creation of A. NJ and
A. C. Parsons, with Henry e. Hunt
ington and other men of large capital
as associates. In the extensive work
of development several millions of dol
lars will be expended.
Features of Naples
Briefly enumerated. among the fac
tors combining for the distinguishing
of Naples will be a unique system of
waterways or canals 80 feet wide;
solid concrete bulkheads and concrete
artistic bridges over the canals at fire.
quent intervals; handsome concrete
stairways leading down to the waters
edge. broad concrete promenades; eS-
planade; arcaded colonnades; artistic
urns and iron posts surmounted with
clusters of electric bulbs; ornamental
pillars; architecture of the old world
Naples; red tile roofs Along it's ca
nails will glide gondolas patterned after
those In the water front of the city
for which this Naples is named. The
homes, halls, shops and other buildings
will be patterned in style and color de-
sign after the Italian city and an old
world palace will be reproduced in the
pavilion.
On Alamitos bay pleasure launches,
house boats and various craft will lend
an interest and liveliness to the scene,
and boating events will be feature
of the continuous program of enter
tainment. First of all Naples will be
a home city. Second only to the con-
sideration of home comforts will be
the amusement and entertainment fea-
lures of the resort. In the Palace pa
vilion, which will be 100 by 200 feet,
three stories, will be roof garden
which will rival in beauty the finest
in the land. The auditorium, which
will occupy the second floor, will be
the scene of festivities and entertain
ments of high character. The third
floor will be utilized as a cafe, which,
it is promised, will be in keeping with
| the surroundings.
Famous Rivo Alto
| One of the famous streets of the new
| Naples will be a mile-long canal
| known as the "Rivo Alto" 1t will be
| an 80-foot circular waterway branching
off the bay proper. On either side of
the canal will be cement walks fifteen
feet wide, and every 300 feet broad
flights of steps will lead down to the
water. The streets will be lighted with
system similar to that used on Main,
Spring and Broadway in this city.
1.-THE Colonnade'' will be the chief
business street of the city. This opens
directly off the bay and lies between
the two ends of the semi-circular main
canal. This street will be lined on
either side with two-story Neapolitan
structures with a fifteen-foot arcade
on the ground floor, facing the canal,
the second stories coming out flush
with the canal banks.
Construction is being pushed. Con-
crete work on the bulkhead was begun
yesterday 1t will be completed in about
forty pairs of stairways at regular in
tervals along the water front leading
from the promenade to low water point.
These stairways, which are circular in
form, will be used by bathers and as
landings for numerous motor boats.
Electric light posts are placed on
either side of these stairways as well
as all along the water front. A metal
railing also will extend along the en-
tire bulkhead.
The mammoth dredger has completed
it's work along the water front. Also
the colonnade or canal about 1000 feet
long is finished. The Rivo Alto canal,
upon which the big dredger is at work,
is all that remains unfinished at this
time, and already over 1900 feet have
been dredged. The Atlantic, Gulf &
Pacific company contractor for the
Naples construction work, has received
the contract for ethe building of the
Palace pavilion described above.
Arrangements now are being made
for the extension of the Pacific Electric
loop, which will reach the center of
Naples and connect with the Hunting
ton Bay line. The ground is sufficient
ly raised at the point where the road