Los Angeles herald., 1910-12-25
OFFICIAL FIGURES
GROWTH Of CITY.
Statistics Gathered by the Los
Angeles Chamber of
Commerce
INDUSTRIES AND THE BANKS
City and County Tax Rate-Bank
CIearings-Many Schools
and Colleges

Following is a condensation of infor-
nation about Los Angeles and Southern
California prepared by the Los Angeles
chamber of commerce, which mas
membership of nearly 3OOo:
Area-Souare miles, 1925; average
elevation. 270 feet; population, 3ls'l9S;
assessed valuation, city $313,SS6, 964.
Tax rate-City, SLAB; county $l.S5'
Building permits-For the year 1909
SSH; cost, $13,260,713. Year l9lo' VII
125,OOO.
Ranks-Commercial and savings. 81;
total capital and surplus $2o'ooo'ooo'
deposits, SIPS, 900, 900. Clearances for 'he
last eleven months, $736,919,159' an IN
orooso of 97 per cent over the same
period last year.
Assessed valuation of county, $5Sl'-
40o,b59; indebtedness. $1,061, 600.
Churches-All denominations, 20
schools-Public school buildings. in
cludins state normal. 113; teachers en-
ployed, 1913; school children. 1884; en-
rolled, $4,000; miscellaneous private
schools and colleges, 40. The polytech-
mic high school is equal to the best in
the United States.
Iibrary-Volumes in public library
1S7.184; home circulation, 773,b72; clrcu-
lation per volume, Sc (third in United
states, Besides there are twenty-three
other libraries in the city with lo3'o4S
volumes.
Manufacturing - Manufacturing es-
Establishments Of all kinds in the CITY,
1850: workmen employed, $4,000. The
value of manufactured products in Los
Angeles for 1900, according to the
United States census of that year, was
s21. .297, ,537; for 1910, estimated over $'7'-
OoC. 900. or an increase of about 26o per
cent. a.
Cost of living same as in middle west.
Car service-One of the best, II not
the best electric systems, urpah anu III
terurban, in the world.
street cars all electric, five systems
o75 miles of track, city lines; lnterur-
han lines, SSS miles; number of men en-
nIoved in and around the city, 3OO0 For
nayrolls and construction crews the
companies distribute in Los Angeles
s25O0O0 a month.
Southern
tenn San Pedro, Los Angeles IL salt
I,oke railroad. Number of men en-
nIoved residing in city and vicinity,
57o6 For pay rolls and construction
crews the steam railroads distribute IN
and around Los Angeles nearly S4'5'ooo
q month.
parks-Pubic parks, %; acreage
a7S01b: one of over 5000 acres, being the
largest municipal park in the world.
Light and power-Electric companies
sunplying light and power, 8; gas 3.
Electric power, SIT to $40 per horse
power per year. .,
Telephone companies, 2; subscribers,
10000. This is equivalent TO one tele-
nhone for every five men, women and
children in the city, or one for allhost 81
every family, placing Los Angeles, IN
this respect, far ahead of all other cities
in the world.
Theaters-Tneaters, 13; amusement
parks, 2; moving picture shows. "a.
Hotels-Best hotel accommodations
in the country. Family hotels and lodg-
ing houses in all quarters of the city.
Can take care of over 100000 people.
Fire protection-Steam engines, 26;
chemical engines, 2; hook and ladder,
3; hose wagon and combination chem
icals, %; tower wagon; hydrants, 27lO;
26- full paid firemen; l chief auto;
chief wagons.
Water-Abundant supply; owned Dy
the city; Sc per 1000 gallons.
Figures for 1909-10 showing some of
the products of the territory surround
ing Los Angeles-Citrus fruits, $4,000
carloads. Vegetables, carloads-Celery,
20O0; cabbage, 500; tomatoes, 125; pota-
toes, 500; onions, 150; caulifiower, 300;
nuts, 5000 tons; cantaloupes, 1000 car
loads raisins and dried fruits, 5000
tons: butter. 6,5O0,OO0 pounds; cheese,
100000 pounds; eggs, 100000 cases; flour,
$4,000 barrels; canned goods, 100000
cases; olives, pickleds, 100000 gallons;
olive oil, 100000 gallons; beet sugar.
1885, 100000 pounds; wine and brandy,
7.S00O00 gallons; beer, 100000 barrels;
petroleum, SO, 100000 barrels; beans, A.
900 tons. Total valuation, including
manufactured products, $175,o0OCOO.
Fuel-Petroleum, distillate, gas, coal,
wood.
Cost-Gas, so cents per 1000 feet. Elec-
tricity, 8 cents per kilowatt hour. Pc
troleum. 80 cents per barrel.
How we grow-Population, 1S93 3d.
900; 1900, 1O2, ,479; 1910, 319,19S; postoffice
stamp rales, 1909, $1,250,000, increase of
10 per cent in five years. Los Angeles
le ,ds all cities of the country in in
crease of postal business
Climate Is not eXcelled anywhere.