Los Angeles herald., 1906-03-11
A HIGHWAY FROM
LOS ANGELES TO THE SEA
Construction of Perfect Road Southwark Feasible
and Its Results Upon the Development of This
City, as Outlined by a Well Known Writer
BY Frederick Grove (ocrowauiIrD

ever since we have been here that there
is "only one" Southern California eli
mate, and Los Angeles is it's capital
city, and there are 55,000.000 people on
the other side of the Rockies, and
every one of them is coming here some
time, sooner or later, sure as fate. But
One year ago our basis of evidence
for future greatness was limited to
our twelve-story buildings and our
electric railways radiating in twelve
directions to the skyline.
Today Los Angeles has burst the
crystals of the natural evolution of
a city's growth and has reached one
hand over the mountains 400 miles
away, and is transferring the wealth
of water from Owens river to the uses
of civilization, preparing Southern
| California, from the mountains to the
sea, to become the possible home for
one solid city.
Second. The movement is already on
! foot for the consolidation of probably
the largest number of small towns
and cities into one greater common
wealth than has ever been consum-
mated upon the face of the globe.
Third. Three railroads are now pub
fishing magazines of their own to tell
the people to come to Southern Cali
fornia, and one of them is spending
100000 within the year for this specific
ual efforts are on top of the regular
chamber of commerce promotion com
mittee, colonization company, individ-
ual business and personal letters writ
ten back home, that perpetual motion
system of promotion work for Southern
California that has always been going
on and that always will be going on
to convert the world to the acceptance
of the climate of Southern California
and induce them to contribute their
lives. their work, their brains and their
money to upbuilding the new capital
city of the world, Los Angeles.
Why? Because in the minds of men
since the dawn of civilization there has
been gradually forming picture of a
city that should be the elimination
of mans ideals. From the remotest
days that picture has been the CLOUD
by day and the pillar of fire by night"
before the civilization wandering ever
westward in search of heaven upon
earth, the Beulah land of perpetual
happiness, flowing with milk and
honey. AS much of that picture as
could be clearly seen by the minds of
past generations has gradually taken
form, crystalized and focused itself
into the great cities of each nation,
and become the heart, the source and
center of the next succeeding dorni-
nant race.
AS Athens signified the Greek, as
Rome signif1ed the Roman empire, as
Paris and London signify the culmina-
ton of European civilizations, so Los
Angeles is destined to stand, not only
for the elimination of the ideal of
America and these United States, but
for the contamination of the efforts of
past civilization for the realization of
the ideal of man upon earth.
In the atmosphere overhanging |
Southern California these ideals rest |
in complete form, and lowering over
the appropriate spot, floating secure at |
anchorage. awaiting alone the appear
ance of other Huntingtons-of men |
with the mind to see and recognize and
do the one necessary thing to connect |
them with the solid ground-to will
that they should be here and, with
form them from out the atmosphere
and plant a Venice here, a Naples
there and combine all of them with |
the Mission de Los Angeles.
So let us Angelenos, who, as one
man, Joined hands in bringing water |
from the Owens river to make 1T flow
through pleasant fields to homes
where millions are to dwell-let us
again strike hands for this grand high
way from Los Angeles to the sea-this
Ell Commercial Rialto which is to
unite us to our free harbor and start |
the good work for good roads that
mobile travellers hitherward and roll
those good old-fashioned cart wheeled
900 of them annually
DER this kings road into our treas
uries. $50 say we all of U.S."