Year: 1875




In company with friend and be-
hind one of Billings & Co.'s fast trot-
ters we at six o'clock yesterday morn
ing set out for Santa Monica. 1t was
new thing for the editor of q MORN
| ing paper to see the sun rise, and al
| though the sunrises of Los Angeles
valley are the most beautiful in the
world, and albeit Joe said that OF yes
terday morning was superlatively gor-
geous, we feel bound to acknowledge
the emotions produced by the, to us,
rare and to all beautiful sight were not
of the rapturous character. The exhi-
bition occurs too early in the day to
insure its full appreciation by us.
However, we INDUCED in the stereo-
typed platitudes on the magnificent
gorgeousness of the scene and yawned
and thought, "blessed is the man who
invented sleep; it covers one all over
like q cloak;;n and how strongly in
clined we were to be covered over with
that same cloak until we reached the
San Vicente ranch and pulled up at
the reservoirs of the


SANTA MONICA WATER COMPANY.


These reservoirs are two in number,
and contain two million gallons of
water. They are fed by the several
strong springs which rise at the base
OF the low hills skirting the North
west boundary of the San Vicente
ranch. The water is soft and of excel
lent quality. A reservoir might be
constructed at small expense just be-
low these springs, capable of holding
one hundred or five hundred million
gallons of water. These springs are
just five miles from the sea beach, and
from the reservoirs already built the
company have laid down pipes to
Santa Monica, and are throwing con-
siderable stream of clear spring water
| over the bank into the briny flood of
old Neptune. We followed the line
of pipe from the reservoir to the town.
1t is a splendid job. The pipe is sheet
iron, ,asphaltum lined and lead jointed,
and though the greater portion of it
! has been down several weeks, uncov-
cred, and has been subjected to full
pressure, has not leaked at more than
two or three joints. The trench in
which the pipe is laid is being filled
up, and the pipe thus secured from all
danger. The pipe and reservoirs now
owned by the company are sufficient
to supply water for domestic purposes
for town OF


FIVE THOUSAND INHABITANTS,
Which is several hundred more than
Santa Monica will be able to count as
permanent residents for some years
to come. To largely increase this sup
ply, the company need only build
larger reservoirs and lay down larger
pipes. The town of Santa Monica is
growing. There are perhaps between
eighty and one hundred edifices great
and small - small predominates -
within the corporate limits, and others
are going up daily. The place has a
| primitive appearance, and If one could
| only see the miners coming home
with pans of gold dust the resemblance
to an early days mining camp would
| be complete. The HERALD has never
| subscribed largely to the proposition
| that Santa Monica would soon become
"the commercial city of Southern
California; and our visit yesterday
mr. N fn nj, in
| ion. 1t will become O nice little wa
tering place of nice little watering
place proportions-only this and moth
ing more.


THE WHARF AND RAILROAD


Are large sized plum for Los Ange-
les and Los Angeles valley. On our
downward trip we met the locomotive
going to the end of the track, which
is now within two miles and half OF
Agricultural Park, and will, it is ex-
pected, be completed to that point by
Saturday night. When the road is
finished to the city we can run down
to the water in twenty-five minutes


SHIP AND CAR


Are brought together at Santa Monica
and the result will be beneficial to this
city and valley in many ways. After
looking about town and watching the
"sad sea wavep upset party of 10.
dies who were learning the mysteries
| of surf bathing, until nine o'clock, Joe
| took us to place where he had or
dered splendid breakfast. We eat
the biggest half of that meal and Joe
paid the whole bill. Dropped in on
Fisher and found him as busy as bee
in a tar keg on the Outlook, the first
number of which was to look out on
the Pacific Ocean yesterday afternoon.
AT half-past ten o'clock Joe "pinted''
the fast trotter toward Los Angeles,
and though the locomotive did man
age to pass US on the way, we drew
rein In front of the HERALD office O
few moments past the hour of noon.