Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1913-11-08
A TRIP TO THE COAST
ACROSS THE CONTINENT
Graphic Description Of Travels by
Student Of Architecture.
SEES BEAUTIES OF OWN COUNTRY.
Vivid Portrayal and Pen Picture Of
Scenic Grandeur in The United
States.
u Henry nopains. AnnApolis 20 ,


tBy Henry p Hopkins. Annapolis Md
PATTI.
The City Of Albuquerque is one Of
the most interesting towns Of New
Mexico. Its railroad station, full of
Indian eurios, built OF the Spanish
mission type, has always crowd of
Navajo add Moki Indians lounging
about its entrance. ready to sell all
they have, provided you pay the
price
Arizona came next, with its cow
-Doys and many moving picture camps.
The greatest thing of interest being
the Grand Canyon and to describe it,
and do so Justly, is g difficult matter.
FIFTY feet from the FL Tovar Hotel,
which stands 1000 feet above the
sea, the Canyon begins. Leaning
over the retaining wall, / Looked
straight down for 1900 feet, gazed
across to thu other side, distance
of thirteen miles, and to the bottc m
of the Canyon, a distance of 5000
feet in a straight line, but five miles
must be traversed before the depth
of the Canyon is reached.
The color, the scale and the monu
mental size is greater than anything
have ever seen or will see. Red,
of a soft rich tone, was the strongest
and most predominating color to be
found. This, covered by a purple
haze. growing stronger as the dis
lance increased, was rich enough to
satisfy the widest dreams of any
artist. One must see the brand
Canyon and feel the penetration OF
its vastness and color to appreciate
it. None can read of the Grand Can
yon and get d true significance of its
meaning.
Leaving the Grand Canyon and
the State of Arizona in our rear, the
train took us 20 CALIFORNIA;, right
through the heart of the Sierra,
mountains barren of vegetation, rich
in color a I'd vast in their proportions.
Cur train carried us through orange
and apricot ranches, lemon and wal
nut farms, bringing US to Los An
geles at midday.
Los Angeles, in its early growth, in
comparison with the cities of the
East, is full of picturesque archi-
lecture upon a small scale. The few
public bulldogs are mostly of terra
Gotta, glazed white or concrete, very
plain, somewhat monotonous in their
severe simplicity and lack of detail,
bearing strong resemblance and
showing a strong influence of the
Spanish Mission. The architecture
for which southern California is
noted, outside of the old Spanish
Mission, are the acres of bungalows
all of varied types as to detail, but In
the main showing pleasant minging
of the Swiss cottage with the Span
ish Mission, and having long over
hanging caves and low-pitched roofs.
They are seldom of more than one
story, built Of California redwood and
Oregon pine. both woods being soft
and containing beautiful grain, when
stained aud polished, and few flow
ers, planted around the exterior give
an atmosphere typically California. 1
The residences of the wealthy east
ern men, numerous in Pasadena, rival
those of Newport, so famous for
their beauty. The climate is cool,
seldom very warm and always cold
enough to sleep under blankets. There
is sunshine, always sunshine, great
country for the athletic and rich alike.
Catalina Island, eighteen miles
from the coast, stands in the Pacific,
a beautiful spot. The water is clear
enough to see bottom to depth OF
thirty and forty feet. One Of the
greatest features was the glass-bot-
toned boats, through which can be
seen the submarine gardens, full of
fish of all eolors gold, blue and yell
low, shells and plant life of every
description can be viewed upon the
floor of che ocean at any time. Fish
| ing is of the finest, bass and albacort
being among the largest catches, the
| former being from two to five pounds,
the latter from twenty to forty
pounds. Now and then shark will
make mistake aud is caught, all OF
which adds to the sport and excite
ment. 1t was my pleasure to land an
albacore weighing forty pounds. u
was great sport.
North of Los Angeles lies the sugar
beet country. where the largest fac
ory of that industry in the United
States stands, producing 290. Zoo
pounds of sugar daily. There are
two fiy-wheels connected with the
factory, which contrib all mschin
cry, one at one end, the other al
the cher. The belts which pass ovel
them are si1 feet in width and esct
of such length as to cause the
hides of one hundred cattle fol
| their manufacture.