Los Angeles herald., 1910-12-25

Within the short span Of a quarter
Of a century how many wonderful
changes may mark the history of hu-
man life or work marvellous develop
ments in any section of the country
which is especially favored with eli
matte and other desirable conditions by
. Mother Nature2
There is a charm and lure in the
name california" 1T is the region of
perpetual sunshine and flowers, the
Land of the Hearts Desire" the habi-
taton of a prosperous and contented
people and a section of wonderful
energy in every line Of endeaVor.
Southern California, comprising nine
/ large counties south of the Tehachapl,
represents tremendous interests in the
substantial development Of the Pacific
coast region. The people who dwell in
| Southern California are not migratory.
| They are permanent residents, and the
/ longer they linger and cling to their
! holdings, the richer they grow in
wealth and the more boastful they are
| of the wonders Of the favored lana.
Gold mining, horticulture, agriculture,
dairy industry, fishery interests, oil
production, manufacturing, etc, are Il
few of the sources of the wealth of the
| southland, and with the further de-
! velopment of the irrigable lands in the
various counties, milliOnaires multiply.
Nesting close to the verdure-clad
, foothills of the Sierra Nevada, and
twenty miles from the Pacific coast,
/ is Los Angeles, widely famed as the
! city of the Angels" famed by the
| balmy breezeS of the sea, night and
/ day. Twenty-Five years ago Los An
! geles had population of about 2O,OJO.
! 1t was in 1885 that Los Angeles woke
| up and sprang to the tront as CITY
! of sensational and substantial epochs,
/ The first epoch was the awakening
of the sleepy Worshppers of the San
/ Gabriel valley, in 1855, which year
! marked the completion of the first
transcontnental railroad, now part
of the Southern Pacific system. That
line brought the southland and Los
Angeles into direct communication by
rail with the Atlantic seaboard and
was the advance agent of three other |
lines which now span the desert, climb
the mountain peaks and gently de-
scend to the great metropolis or the
most favored section in the sunset
land. From a struggling Cosmopolitan
coast town of 10000 inhabitants Los
Angeles has bounded forward with |
amazing rapdity to a great city of
more than 100000, while optimlstS |
boastfully and justly claim that Wlthln |
comparatively short time there VIII |
be nearly 100000 people listed as res
idents of this progressive and history
making city.
Following the completion OF the trst
and subsequent steam railroad lines !
came another important epoch Whlch |
proved of Immediate beneht. 1t was
the purchase and improvement of the |
street railway system by that great
captain of industry. Henry E. HUNT /
ineton. who had disposed of his in /
terests in San Francisco and elected TO |
dwell i'm Los Angeles, bringing with /
him more than $20O00,C0O which sum |
to a large extent was used in produc- |
ing one of the best city and SUBURBAN !
electric railway systems IN the couh- !
try. That was in 1897, and l. known |
as the electric or Huntington epoch' /
Mr. Huntington was not only sue |
cessfuI builder of surface railways, but |
he was an investor with unlimited /
faith in the great possibilities of Los |
Angeles as n city of homes ana COM !
mercial center He did not wait for |
the people to point the way He built /
for the future and as he built his /
lines the people followed, until today !
no other city in the world can boast
of larger number Of beautiful /
-Nurban towns and country homes !
than Los Angeles Sea coast and foot /
Hill towns in every direction are with
in easy reach of the southern metrop-
oils, and as they grow IN business ana
nopulation, Los Angeles also expands |
until It seems there is no limit to pos
sibilities not only I'm residential pop
ulaton but also in every line of ,
b. sneSS.
Another important event in the his
tory of Los Angeles was the voting of
bonds in the sum of S23000000 for the |
bringing Of puro mountain water in !
unlimited supply from the top Of the
mountains, a distance Of $50 miles to
the very center of The city, the water
to be used for domestic and commercial
purposes. The completion Of the great
aouoduct. under the direction of rep
resentatives of the city council will be
made the occasion Of general rejoicing,
for with the mountain water flowing to
the city by gravity and the power avail
able harnessed for commercial use, the
question of adequate water supply will
be forever settled and all property vail
ues will soar as never before. Assur-
ances are given that the gigantic un-
dertaklng will be finishsed within two
years.
Further evidence OF tho unbounded
faith of the AnEelc1o in the worth and
growth Of his city is demonstrated i'm
the action OF the taxpayers in another
direction. 1t was the voting of bonds