Los Angeles herald., 1907-12-22
SOMERSET
TRACT IS
IN DEMAND
THIRTY-FIVE ACRES SOLD TO
DATE
CONSTRUCTION OF HOMES IS
BEGUN
lothian Blxby, Recent Owner Of
Ranch, Tells of Its PosslbIll-
ties for Grain and
Fruits

Emil Firth reports active inquiry for
small ranches He has sold thirty-five
acres at Somerset, new tract on the
Santa Ana Electric line, to the following
parties:
Twelve acres to E. Barbour at $3.50 an
acre. Mr.. Barbour has worked for several
years on this land and is fully familiar
with it's excellent quality
Four acres at the corner of Railroao
and Woodruff avenue to Henry A. Smith,
$1,000. n
-Four acres to DR. W. e. Simpson adj
Joining above on woodruff avenue, $1,000.
DR.. Simpson has recently come here from
ST. Louis ''just to look around and has
decided to remain and build his home a.
Somerset Acres.
Four acres adjoining above TO j. W.
Roach, $1,000.
Three acres at the corner Of Centel
street and Woodruff avenue to Mrs.
Augusta Myers, $500.
Two acres on Eucalyptus street to G. H.
Aiming $500.
One acre adjoining above to Sadie Nc
Innis, $400.
Two acres at the corner of Center and
Eucalyptus streets to Allen Tatem, S12O0
One acre on Center street to ]. w.
one acre on Center street to w. s..
Burgin, $3.50.
Two cres on Eucalyptus street to L.
M Brewer, $500.
Several of the purchasers are now
building their homes on their properties.
Former Owner Confident
This tract is situated on the santa Ana
Electric line, thirty minutes ride from
Los Angeles, and occupies the highest
ground between this city and Santa Ana,
ant because of its elevation the Pacific
Electric Railway company has built its
power house and one of its principal sta
tions on the line. The property has for a
long time been the favorite ranch of
lothian Bixby, and it is interesting to
know what Mr.. Bixby thinks of the
property as indicated in his letter to Mr..
Firth, which we quote herewith:
LONG BEACH, Dec 6.-Emil Firth,
319 West Fourth street. Los Angeles:
Dear .Sir-I have your letter of the 4th
inst, in which yo1 request my opinion OF
tha land at Somerset In this county being
the large tract sold some time since.
will say that this body of land was part
of my original holdings in Los Cerritos
rancho of some $4,000 acres, lying between
Los Angeles and San Gabriel rivers and
ths town of Downey and the sea. This
was one of the last tracts in this rancho
which retained in a body, and did so
on account of its exceptional fertility and
tls fact that the ranch was always pront-
able to me- The use that / put It to was
principally alfalfa raising in connection
with the dairy. For this purpose had
occasion to bore several artesian wells,
all of them flowing, and which yielded a
large supply of irrigating water. never
made failure in boring well on the
tract and 1t is my Judgment that there
is no place on the tract that will not
yield flowing artesian well. For domes-
tic use as well as irrigatlng there is no
purer or better water than this. ! know
of no body of land in the county of the
size of this tract which consider superior
to it for all kinds of field crops and for
all those branches Of fruit culture
adapted to the lower San Gabriel valley.
l take pleasure in making these state
ments to you. and have no doubt they can
be verified by conversation with any of
our older residents who are familiar with
agricultural lands. Very truly yours,
"JOTHANd BIXBY."