Los Angeles herald., 1907-03-23

busting port, with continuous line Of
vessels unloading their cargoes from all
parts of the world.
Beautiful cottages dot the beach, and
upon the high bluff overlooking the sea
many prominent Southern Californians
make their homes throughout the year.
The mild climate makes 1t an ideal place
at all times and tourist never con-
siders a visit to California complete
without paying a visit to this beach.
The Los Angeles & Redondo railway
was recently purchased by Henry F..
Huntington, wha at the same time
secured large tracts of land at Re-
dondo, and extensive improvements are
planned. The new Huntington power
plant, which is the largest west of Chi
cago. will soon be completed.
The railway company will soon have
three double track routes between Los
Angeles and Redondo, and the time by
flyer, now forty minutes, will be re-
duced.
Material Progress Is Rapid
The town has a population of 5000,
showing an increase for the year Of SO
per cent. Seventy-five thousand dollars
has been spent in street improvements
during the last year and 100000 addi-
| tional will be devoted to the same pur-
pose Two hundred new buildings were
erected during the year. The assessed
value of property shows an increase of
80 per cent in the last year.
The postoffice receipts in 1906 were
$500, an increase of 40 per cent over
the previous year; bank clearances in
1906, more than $1,000,000, an increase
over the previous year of 25 per cent;
the city possesses one of the finest high
schools in the county, valued at $4,000;
cost $4,000; new city hall planned to
cost $25,000. The Redondo Improvement
company has expended 800, 900 in grad
ing and other improvements, including
a new water supply of absolutely pure
artesian water and a 1000, 900 gallon
reservoir, giving Redondo the finest
water works system of it's size in Cali
| fornia; more than 10000, 900 feet of lum-
| ber, 10000 tons of freight and 100000
| barrels of oil were handled over the
wharveS at Redondo during the past
year; over 400 vessels cleared from the
Redondo port in 1906. The Los Angeles
& Redondo Railway company has eX-
| pended during the past year in repairs
and improvements to it's wharves and
| is having plans drawn for extensions
which will increase its wharf facilities
SO per cent, besides the new pavilion,
plunge baths and casino The Hunting
| COlllpdly Has 6ApeHuGQ
100000 in the magnificent improvement
of Clifton-by-th adjacent to Re-
dondo, which is destined to be the New
port of the Pacific coast and the finest
location in California for a seaside
home.
Some Remarkable Changes
The changes in the territory between
Los Angeles and Redondo in the last
year have been so remarkable as to be
almost beyond belief except to those
who have seen for themselves. The
railway service has been greatly I'M
proved, hundreds of new homes have
been erected, the suburbs have been
beautified with wide streets, shade trees
and flower gardens, and the whole
country reminds one of the continual
ton of the city. g,
A splendid electric express and freight
system has been provided by the rail-
way company and the residents along
the line receive the greater part oil
their supplies in this way. Anything
from the morning paper to the furniture
for house can be delivered at the
door,
On the Gardena line of the Redondo
railway is a station called Rosecrans,
which has become a connecting link
between the past and present. The
name is one to conjure with, calling up
as it does the memory of the gallant
federal soldier and general who came
to Southern California after the close
of the Civil War and acquired large