Los Angeles herald., 1910-12-25

a breeder of trotting stock, winning
for himself fame throughout the world.
East OF him was y. Il. Chapman
ranch (still his), and then came santa
Anita, the first property IN the county
owned by T.. j. Baldwin. From there
on to Azusa there was not house IN
sight. After leaving a small settle
ment at the latter place, there We're
but two stage stations and the Cuca-
monga vineyard until you reached san
Bernardino. one of the stage stations
was called Mud Springs and was
located between Covina and Lords
burg
At san Gabriel there was small
settlement and another at Eel Monte
and at Puente. Leaving Los Angeles
and going southeast there was no in
habitants until you got to DoWney and
Rivera.
To the south and southwest was open
country until you reached wilmington
except for small settlements at Flor
enCc and Compton,. Long Beach had
not yet been heard Of The Ccntinella
and Sausal Redonfo ranChos of many
thousand acres were owned by Dan
Freeman and were just beginning 10
be cultivated.
The Cienega ranch was mostly a
swamp and the hest duck and snipe
grounds in California. From Los An
geles to Santa Monica was almost all
open country. From Santa Monica to
Wilmington and from Agricultural
park to the ocean in the winter months
untold millions of Wild geese "honked''
and fed The san Rafael rancho.
where Glendale is located, was but
sparsely settled.
The ProVidehcia lanCho (Where Bur
bank now isl, a ranch of 10000 @cres,
was owned by Dr. Burbank, who
grazed it to sheep. Later he sold it
for subdivision ana built the theater
of his name on Main street in Los
Angeles.
The SAN Fernando rancho of $4,000
acres had recently been partitioned.
Sfxty-one thousand acres, the south
half. We're awarded to the San Fer
nando Farm Homestead association,
aftcrward known as the Los Angeles
Farming and Milling company. The
north half went to the De Cells family,
who sold it in 1873 to George *. Por-
ter, b. +. Porter and Charles Maclay.
The Los Angeles Farming and Milling
company sold the east 1900 acres of
its lands in about 1886 or 1881. This
tract has been subdivided settled and
highly improved. Recently the bal
ancc of that company's holdings were
sold to Los Angeles parties. soon all
of the san Fernando valley will be
thickly settled, making another rtch
community tributary to Los Angeles.
The only street car line i'll Los An
geles was one that had been built the
year before by Judge K. NJ. Widney
/ and his associates from the Plaza on
| Main street down Main street to
Spring street. then out Spring street
to sixth street and on Sixth street To
Figueroa street. Shortly afterWard the
Main and Agricultural park line was
put into operation and another line
built to East Los Angeles.
! oil had been discovered in the New
/ hall district and the Pacific Coast Oil
company was doing considerable de-
/ Nelopment work there.
! such was the foundation for the
! wonderful development which has
taken place in this community III
thirty-five years Surely the population
of this city In 1873 did not exceed 1000
people. one-half of whom were native
Californians. In 1900 its population
had increased from 10000 in 1880 tc
101 900. The census just taken, | am
positive. will show its population III
/ the neighborhood of 100000.