Los Angeles

los an'je-les, the second city of California. The name is Spanish for the angels. The city is situated on a river and in a county of the same name. It is about fifteen miles from the Pacific Ocean and is about 300 feet above sea level. It has several railroads. The county is in direct steamship communication with San Francisco. Its harbor, San Pedro, has been improved by the government at a cost of $3,000,000. Los Angeles is the metropolis of sub-tropical or southern California and does an enormous business in fruits. The shipments of fruits and manufactured products from the country immediately tributary to the city aggregate over $80,000,000 a year. A dozen public parks, extensive boulevards, flowers in bloom the year around, shade trees, 200 miles of paved streets, 160 miles of sewers, electric lights, 200 miles of electric street railways, a dozen suburban lines, and beautiful surrounding scenery make Los Angeles one of the most delightful cities in the world. The immediate vicinity has been brought under a high state of cultivation by means of irrigation. A farm of five or ten acres is ample. Country and city life are here combined perhaps more delightfully than in any other region of the West. The present population is not far from 250,000 people. See California