Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1910-03-17
LETTER FROM ALDERMAN GEO. v. PULFREY
Who Writes Enertainsy of His Trip Through the Western State
Now in Caiforna-Expects to Reach Alma Early in April
Meets Many Michigan People and Dimes with
the City Club at Los Angeles

center and fill the street on both sides
of center. The city is.growing rapidly has
population of 10000 At Ogden we
stopped and called on o. j. Stilwell
located, We crossed big Salt Lake after
leaving Ogden. Bridge was l2 miles
long. We passed through Sacramento
and soon reached San Francisco. We
stopped off two days, that city has
built up wonderful since the earth
quake with fine buildings, larger and
view of the Pacific ocean, it was
wonder to see the seals blinking on the
rocks and summing themselves. The
view of the Golden Gate and by the
way the Golden Gate Park is considered
to be one of the finest parks in the
United States. The parks are more
attractive here in southern California
because they can cultivate tropical plants
and so make it more attractive.
After leaving Frisco we took the east
line five hundred miles TO Los Angeles
The SCENERY was fine they had rain and
he vegetation was fine and flowers and
Palms most beautiful and the mountain
scenery was great. We passed through
several tunnels, we passed through
Santa Barbara on the Orion Beach
beautiful resort city. We reached Los
Angeles and settled down for the winter
Here i'll Los Angeles and especially
Pasadena the more wealthy people seem
to out do one another and see which
can have the most beautiful and largest
assortment of tropical plants and they
certainly do have fine yards and many
of them maintain park of these. One
street you can count twenty. five mil
lionares and NIL have fine homes.
Pasadena is about $4,000 and is
winter resort for wealty people they
have three swell hotels. We have spent
the winter so far in Los Angeles but
expect TO so to Long Beach and spend
the balauce of the winter as it will be
more pleasant as it is rather warm here
during the day, we are 8 miles from the
beach. We have met "A great many
Michigan people during the winter.
have had the pleasure of meeting the
mayor Of Los Angeles (Alexander) they
term him the good governor-mayor,
they have considerable of strife here
along that line. Through the courtesy
of I. l.. Obrion one of the councilmen
/ had the pleasure of attending a council
meeting and lunching with the city
club or the good government party a
combination against all other parties
and the Southern Pacific railway, by
the way Mr. Obrion is Alma boy
known by many people there. The
council consists of counsilmen elected
at large regardless of wards. Los
Angeles has population of 350,0 the
business proposition is now better than
in The east, / would consider it more
reliable there, Here it is largely the
crop of the fruit that brings the business
there it is what the soil produces. There
is chances here TO speculate more in all
ways than in the east. Long Beach,
Vents and in fact all places lying from
the beach including Pasadena will in
time be one lgrge city taking i'll the
whole country. People from the east
and north will come to southern Cali
fornia for the climate is most beautiful,
both summer and winter, warm winters
and cool summers on the beach, We
have enjoyed our winter very much and
expect to reach home in April.
With kind regards,
Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. w. Pulfrey.