Los Angeles herald., 1907-03-17

ty, by the census of 1890, was 101, asa.
The population of the county by the
census Of 1900 was 17o,2ss. The pres
ent population ie over $4,000.
| Los Angeles county is we'll provided
with transportation facilities. A dozen
| lines Of steam railroad and as many
electric roads center in Los Angeles
the county, while coast steamships call
regularly at the leading seaports.
While Los Angeles county is chiefly
noted as a horticultural section, its
mineral wealth is by no means un-
important. Including petroleum, Los
Angeles ranks fourth in mineral prod
ucts among the counties of the state,
and is the only county in California
which leads in five mineral products.
About the City of the Angels
There are not many cities in the
United States that have had such
remarkable and varied career as Los
Angeles, the chief city of Southern
California, and the commercial metrop-
oils of the southwestern corner of the
United States. Few cities of this size,
moreover are so well known through
out the length and breadth of this
country. and abroad. The rapid growth
of Los Angeles, from an insignificant
semi Mexican town to a metropolitan
city. has been told and retold. until it
is familiar to millions of Americans,
while the attractions offered by the
city to health-seekers, pleasure-seek-
ers, and tourists, have been spread
abroad by hundreds of thousands of
visitors, who, after one trip to this Sec
ton, are in most cases anxious to re-
turn, and frequently become perma-
nent residents
During the past twenty years Los
Angeles has grown from a population
of 1900 in 1880, to 1O2479 by the CEN
sus of 1900. The present population is
245, ,000 There are three leading feat
ures that have contributed to such
growth. These are climate, soil and
location. Any one of these advantages
would be sufficient to build up large
city, but taken together they insure
the future of Los Angeles as the me-
tropolis of the southwestern portion OF
the United States.
The banks of Los Angeles are noted
throughout the country for their solid
and prosperous condition, with deposits
aggregatlng $93, 100000, The clearings
of the Los Angeles city banks for the
year 1906 amounted to $5S0,O00 900. Los
Angeles has been leading the cities of
Lne OHlIeQ OldlSS III Increase OF Dunk
clearings. The strength of the Los
Angeles banks has been shown by the
success with which they have ridden
out financial storms during the past
fifteen years.
The assessed valuation of property
in the city this year is over $201 900 900.
Los Angeles possesses the advantages
of four transcontinental lines. These
are the Sunset Route of the Southern
Pacific. by way of El Paso and New
Orleans. the Ogden route of the same
company, connecting with the Central
and Union Pacific; the Santa Fe route,
by way of Albuquerque, and the re-
Gently completed San Pedro, Los An
geles and Salt Lake railroad.
The street railway system OF Los
Angeles is very complete. There is
probably no city OF the size in the
United States that has such a modern
and well equipped street car system,
the total mileage OF single track being
over $50 miles, all electric.
For q dozen years past Los Angeles
has been the scene OF great activity
in building operations. Scores OF fine
business blocks and hundreds OF hand
some residences have been built. The
value Of the buildings erected In Los
Angeles during the year 1906 amounted
to SIS. POS. .000
There are a dozen public parks within
the city limits. aggregating over six
hundred acres. OF which six are OF
considerable size.
After all Is said, the chief attraction