Show OGDEN TO SAN DIE G 0 major littlefield I 1 an 11 astle of rare interest sin DIEGO 1118 GROWN I 1 the Far pose of ahls visit to lower callior nia the land investment Iny estment company special Sp ectal to SAN dizeo cal jan 1 1838 before leaving oden O den city for a visit of inspection to su eherd and lower california I 1 agrait many fri Linds in utah that they should hear from the either by letter or throng the public press which is my excuse for this particular coin in wi to STANDARD at thoe As your readers N ill know souther n california or that portion of it contiguous to los angeles has for so varal years been enjoying a season if great and unexampled prosperity bosau losau geles from a place of a few thousand people has become a city of largo proportions and although only about one sixth tile size ofsan francisco the volume at business transacted by ber citizens li equal to about half that of the metropolis of the pacific coast beores of towns and vitlem of lesser note have cau ht on and been lit the acim and conservative californians and old bogies fogies and ans all over the country predicted that the boom would not laba there are As yet no visible evidences of huy setback set back tha ople from the north east and son t rl are till in large holdings are wing and placed on the market much building is going on largo areas of land ar 6 being brought under cul tiva tion and it real estate sales area little slow it musi be attributed to the un deniable fact that it is because t le i lands in most cases are held at a figure far above their intrinsic value for any legitimate uses to which they can be put this applies more particularly ticul arly to the counties north of san dielo although tile statement will ap pl here hut in i r degree uen ith your fellow citizens L it ilaug and S S I 1 reached san die 0 over the california southern Hat troad it was my first visit for over ti euly tWo years my recollections of my former visit coupled with and more recent reports given by friends and acquaintance sp bad not mygind for the a grenable gre cable surprise which confronted me upon my arrival instead of sand wastes and barren hills my vision rested upon n la I 1 and beautiful city where hi ent y ud years ago and in fact up to I 1 a 0 years ago there avero only a few a liou es and a sparse population of rip van winkles of course our many readers will not expect that in two weeks time correspondent will IL I 1 avo papare lour himself about san iego and its phenomenal and wonderful growth and I 1 certainly shall not attempt to do so at least not in the present later I 1 shall aim to give facts and my own only leaving the reader to draw ilia own conclusions there froin I 1 san diego the new town is built a n a gentle rise of red sandy soil which extends eastward from the bay to a low ridge of hills in the car ato limits it has acres clr length of twenty one miles its present population iswald t be about people with enough cabins and houses to shelter rr 1 I 1 uro predominate and there are ver few substantial buildings in the many of them are thinly ve leered wl th brick or corrugated iron and the rate of insurance 14 very say five to six per cent in my opinion the city will continue to grow and the structures will evently ally be replaced with more ilesi rable ones in a city population is increasing at tile rate of say 2600 per month it is difficult to vide suitable and comfortable accommodations in a short time and people filst needs dothe best thing w on der the circumstances course there will come a hill in tile rush and then a better class OL buildings mill be constructed but improvement here neither creecj nor malks it 14 drawn steam and pro aled by electricity there are r a dozen banks two of which hold on deposit the birr t national with all authorized capital of has deposits dep obits amounting tc as the cash jer informed me a few days ago there are four daily immers all making money the cost of livin I 1 13 comparatively high but wages are correspondingly so and no man need be idle who wants to work chis 81 plies equally skilled and unskilled laborer and artisan but arub bl arill not fit the case of tile clerk man 00 closely tile marine commerce of the city is second on I 1 t to that of san francisco it I 1 S dig tault to get in supplies its Y As needed and the consequence is that there is now a coal timing lime or brick are obtainable and many building operations havo been temporarily suspended intents are high and it is next to impossible to lese a good house or furnish wl roams of any description bores of hotels and lodging houses am now bea built to supply the increasing demand but it is my opinion that very many nore will be needed before the rush is over the papers this morning cc etain e la borate reviews of the year that died at 12 last night and from them I 1 condense some of the remarkable results achieved by tile enter prise courage and energy of san di the growth of the city I 1 astonishing shing the total arrivals af passengers by mil and sea during 1837 18 37 were ag or tile previus year the arrivals during the last six months were an excess of over the entire num bergor the number of tons of freight received per steamer was only tons were received in 1886 tile total tons of freight from sotir ces for 1886 was for 1887 oyer the average monthly arrivals during IW were 2730 in 1887 they were in iam there were received feet of lumber in 1986 the receipts rose to a nd I 1 n 1 89 7 to 1 5 0 feet feet of able h came in during tile last six months the total tons of freight received from foreign points in was 1 i I 1887 the custom house re for tile year ending june 1866 were for the year end ing june SO 1887 they were 0 and for the single month of avem vem ber 1887 they he lowest estimate of the t I 1 c alons in I 1 th total value of buildings of all classes erected in the city and its su burba la tG the great corporations expanded in improvements machine expends expendi ry etc and was for new wharves luiere were started during thogal inder pendent of incorporated n eions 1004 business concerns of su magnitude to be rated vy tile e am ag whose aggregate capital in business is other enterprises filed their charters with the county clerk during I 1 lie year the number being with an aagre bar of school children increased from to 2000 the city is now constructing ting a sewer eystein at a cost of and since may last twenty miles of streets have been graded anit miles of streets are in I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 0 eit e it I 1 1 churbe courbe of construction there were alve miles of borge car lines in operation in january ari the roaro now thirty six and one half miles consisting of hordo car electric ana steam tile estimated valuation of the chey property is in mardi last it was A alaine company will pipe water into tile city from the mountains seventy miles distant and lite work of bringing it in I 1 tile bearch at a cost 7 san diego will then be tako beat city in california after contemplating the above fig tires and understanding something about future projected improvements one must ono hears it asserted that the backbone of the boom ha broken I 1 firmly believe that san diego is to be tile future great city of the pacific coast becannon it I 1 irks tile only good babor habor in california beside san francisco los angeles can never hope to rival san diego it has a good safe commodious harbor and no of money call mike ono for it an ge le and if 10 coun try be tween it and this city will constitute san diegas back country and so will tile country to ilia donth sonth of it for a distance at fifty miles thirty five miles ile below the oun dary no lower C ail fornia of course you will something about tile city well let me ty ai arst that there 1 no plea banter or healthier climate than that of ogden and tile salt lako valley but tile climate of san diego is good labile ulm 6 biting this on in table b an open window january 1 a y of sunshine urs into the racial and the fragrance or fruits and recent rains and added sunshine have brought out the grass and foliage andl cin lookout of the window open a pleto to of sur passing be auty and remember that we are now in the midst of a rigorous reg orous winter the climate close to the coast is not as good as that a fair miles back it is much like that of san frandisco though not so harsh bently every one catches cold here and in an assemblage of people there is kept up a co barking it is necessary for ono coming here oven from a cold country to become ar eli mated before being able to any advantages of climate which this warm region inay I 1 have worn as lie cloth since being here as when abt left ogden and have suffered no discomfort from beat some of my friends who read ane STANDARD will be curious to know what I 1 am doing and intend azg to do many of them know I 1 at my purpose before rearing my home in the J unction city i as togo to lower california where L expected to make a home eventually provided I 1 was satisfied with the 11 well I 1 blank Sch ramin ex govern or mr M r y and several other gentlemen inand ng the undersigner undersigned under signed made the trip by stage from san diego to ell senada the new town on todos santos all saints day seventy miles down the coast passing through the valle de Us palmas valley of ilie nd spending two days there I 1 11 19 an examina ilon of its st traction s and advantages this is tile valley recently purchased y general almurray from the international company of mexico and it WAS what v a As one result of our visit awill state that upon returning to san diego ire held a meeting ant organ eted and incorporated tile southern and lower california land investment commil and have bought UP th oValley of t J palms and ws soon as practicable will subdivide tile land nd W to colonize it I 1 IT blank Is president of tile coin pany and like ircle and all the 0 there interested is convinced hat there is a fortune in the invest amm m ny this villey commences about thirty mil ej efow san diego and extends a dista ace of 15 mues soai li baying an average width of about three miles and contzius conta ius probably acres of choice fruit carmi and gm 4 land I 1 will 0 a fu of las palmas lora future communication it oil should desire to be informed wishing you and your readers all a I 1 11 appy and prosperous no w year I 1 an thuly yours E A |