Los Angeles herald., 1906-04-22
RAPID PROGRESS
FOR Los ANGELES
FUTURE OF ANGEL CITY is
BRIGHTER THAN EVER
Many Residents Believe Scores Of
Huge Enterprises VIII Come Our
Way and Business Generally
VIII Boom

Los Angeles is destined to become
the great metropolis of California.
Rapid as has been her growth in the
past few years, momentous events
caused by regrettable disasters else
where and by gigantic undertakings at
home place the capital city of South
ern California higher in popular favor
as point for absolute security for
homes and business enterprises. There
is no hesitation whatever on the part
OF investors to place their money III
Los Angeles, and that confidence is
supreme in the stability of the city Is
shown In the scores of huge buildings
now being erected with many more to
follow
Since the appalling calamity that Wis
tied San Francisco. many citizens have
commented freely on the business sit
uation, all holding to the opinion that
Los Angeles cannot fail to be bene-
flied in many ways by the disaster.
Expansion in Business
Commenting on the situation, Secre-
tary Herbert Burdett of the Los An
geles realty board said in part:
.T do not apprehend that Southern
California will suffer from the awful
disaster that has befallen San Fran
cisco; but on the other hand 1 believe
that Los Angeles will benefit materially
commercially and by increase of popu-
lation. Many big enterprises will To-
cate here that would not otherwise
come.
II anticipate a large increase in trade
at San Pedro, at Redondo and at Port
Los Angeles, due to the fact that neces-
sarily no facilities to accommodate
even a fourth of the shipping carried
on at Frisco now exist. This means
that at once there will be increased
demands at our ports for shipping
activity and that San Diego will also
get share of the business.
Tourists VIII Como
The disaster will not affect the
tourist travel because after the people
have time to think they will realize
that the great damage was done by
fire and not by the earthquake The
records show that there have been 268
shocks at San Francisco, and that 267
did no damage. Only one brought dis
aster-one in 26S. Los Angeles is not
in the earthquake zone. The geological
formations here are entirely different.
in Frisco there is every indication of
volcanic disturbance. Here there is
none whatever.
Instead of business in real estate
and other enterprises in Los Angeles
decreasing, 1 look for a large increase
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garden truck land. There is a noticea-
BILE tendency toward activity in farm
lands, and many Of the far-sighted
agents e.'e giving their attention to
that feature of the business.
"In my opinion provision should be
made in some systematic way to pro-
vide employment for those sufferers
could be provided where the people
could make a living and the farms in
time could be purchased on the in
stallment PLAN"
Population Will Increase
S. D. Adkins, real estate operator in
the Grant building, said:
while Los Angeles bows to what
seems to be the will of the Almighty
in shaking up our sister city of the
north, the vibrations of which have
for a time not only Mortified but in a
measure paralyzed the general busi-
ness of Los Angeles, yet Los Angeles
must beyond the peradventure of al
doubt profit by the calamity that has
visited Frisco. There is no question
in my mind but that the result of this
awful calamity will attract great num-
bers of people to our city, which nee
essarily will stimulate and increase in
the minds of the public the already
good opinion of Los Angeles as a
home city and safe city in which to
carry forward great enterprises.
"In my opinion realty and other
values in our city and throughout
Southern California will increased
steadily and many large concerns will
come here to build and enlarge the
scope of their enterprises. Our eli
mate is incompatible and as it is no.
torious that this section is absolutely
out of the earthquake zone, none have
any fear Of disasters in this locality"