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 opy 1 : Lake City, utaK 
 
 Illustrated. 
 Points of Interest In and Around. 
 
 THE KNUTSFORD. 
 
 Compliments of tKe TU, ^ MX ^ - ,*^t^—A 
 
 Famovjs New Hotel 1 t\e KlWltSlOra. 
 
 G. S. HOLMES, 
 
 Proprietor. 
 
 Also Proprietor TKe Arvgelvis^ 
 Los Angeles, Cal. 
 
Drawing Room, " The Knutsford," Salt T.ake City, Utah. 
 
 Main Office " The Knutsford," Salt Lake City, Utah 
 
 IN KXCHANOK 
 
POINTS of Interest 
 in and about :: 
 SALT LAKE CITY 
 :: :: UTAH :: :: 
 :: :: Illustrated :: :: 
 Compliments of the 
 Famous New Hotel 
 THE KNUTSFORD 
 
 v» 
 G. S. HOLMES, Prop. 
 
 :: Also Proprietor of :: 
 :: The Angelus :: 
 Los Angeles, California 
 

 Parlor Floor, "The Angeliis," Los Angeles, Cal. 
 
 One Corridor in "The Anyeiiis," Los Angeles, Cal 
 
SALT LAKE CITY 
 
 Utah 
 
 with the compliments o, 
 
 " THE KNUTSFORD " 
 
 Salt Lake City's famous new Hotel. 
 
 The New State '^^^ ^^^^^ °^ ^^^^ '^ °"^ 
 
 f TT^ u grand garden, teeming with 
 
 Of Utatl. fruits and flowers. It has an 
 
 area of 87,750 square miles, of which 3,000 square 
 miles are water. It is larger than Great Britain ; 
 and there is no region of equal area on the globe 
 that overflows with more abundant riches of re- 
 source and possibility. But hearken to a visitor's 
 glowing description : 
 
 "Utah was first settled by a detachment of 
 Mormons, under the leadership of Brigham 
 Young, in July, 1847; and there is no stronger 
 argument in favor of the Mormon claim to divine 
 revelation and inspiration than the fact that they 
 should have been led through nearly 3,000 miles 
 of unexplored wilderness, infested at every step 
 by hostile savages, to such a ' Land of Promise,' 
 where every promise finds a glorious fulfillment. 
 
 " Lift all New England and New York bodily a 
 mile above the level of the sea. Add 5,000 feet to 
 the height of Mount Washington and 7,000 feet to 
 that of Mount Mitchell. Throw in dozens of their 
 peaks fully as high, all punching holes in the sky 
 with their snowy crowns. Pile up, everywhere, 
 hundreds on hundreds of mountains from 10,000 to 
 14,000 feet high. Exaggerate fifty fold all the 
 wild notches and gorges and glens of Eastern 
 
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America, and multiply them by scores. Send 
 cataracts and cascades leaping and foaming down 
 a thousand dizzy precipice channels. Toss in 
 promiscuously, parks larger than whole States in 
 the tame, small-notioned East, and gardens of 
 
 The Mormon Temple and Grounds, Salt Lake City. 
 
 giant statuary— statues of gods and genii, and 
 gnomes. Titans, Centaurs, and unnamed mons- 
 ters, thousands of feet high— hewn by ages of 
 wind and waves and whirling water. Cap all the 
 mountain tops with everlasting ice and snow, and 
 clothe their shaggy sides with waving forests of 
 valuable timber. Fill all the valleys to the moun- 
 tains' feet with orchards and gardens, vineyards 
 and grain fields, bending beneath the burdens of 
 their own magnificent fruitage, and dot the hori- 
 zon-bounded pasture-lands with flocks and herds, 
 waist deep in the very wantonness of plenty. Un- 
 derlay the whole vast area with gold and silver, 
 zinc, copper, lead and iron ores: marble of a 
 hundred hues ; anthracite, bituminous and channel 
 coal; salt, sulphur, soda, lime and gypsum; and 
 nearly every other metal and mineral in human 
 use. Through countless wondrous canyons pour 
 
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mighty rivers with water-power enough to run the 
 whole world's machinery. Smite the rock-ribbed 
 laboratories of omnipotence and let unnumbered 
 healing floods gush forth, rush in miracle-working 
 virtues for the alleviation of many of the sorest 
 ' ills that flesh is heir to.' As the dazzling 
 bosom jewel of the whole transcendent scene are 
 the 2,500 square miles of that majestic and mys- 
 terious lake. And over all throw the glory of a 
 climate unsurpassed under heaven since sin and 
 death climbed into Eden, and the translucent 
 splendor of skies more radiantly sapphirean than 
 ever bent their crystal arches above the far-famed 
 beggar-hemmed and flea-girt Bay of Naples or the 
 Lake of Como, on whose enchanted shores lay the 
 bogus ranch of that glib-tongued bunco-steerer, 
 Claude Melnotte— and you have a poor, faint, 
 puny approximation to an idea of Utah! 
 
 Interior of Tabernacle, Salt Lake City. 
 
 "At Salt Lake City, the beautiful metropolis of 
 Utah, near the Great Salt Lake, and at the foot of 
 Wasatch range of mountains, is the magnificent 
 
 ' Knutsford ' Hotel. 
 
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" ' The Knutsford ' is one of the finest hotels be- 
 tween Chicago and San Francisco, and its exist- 
 ence is doing much for Salt Lake City. Previous 
 to its opening, the city suffered considerably on 
 account of lack of hotel accommodations, but, now 
 that it has ' The Knutsford,' tourists find it a very 
 pleasant stopping place, while business men 
 and commercial travelers are much more 
 numerous than ever before, and stay a much 
 longer time. 
 
 ' ' ■ The Knutsford ' is a very handsome structure. 
 It is built of gray granite, is seven stories high, 
 and has street frontage of 400 feet. The number 
 of rooms for guests is 300, and they have been 
 furnished in a very handsome and costly manner. 
 From the opening day ' The Knutsford ' has done a 
 large business, and its success is deservedly con- 
 tinually on the increase." — Prince Buonaparte in 
 " Paris Journal." 
 
 Visitors should not miss seeing "The Knutsford," 
 to say the least, when in Salt Lake City, as it is 
 the Pride of the West. 
 
 Salt Lake City, t' "l' tf " °"'" "fT 
 
 ^^ ^, ^ by the Mormon, is of the 
 
 or ZlOn, j^Q3t beautiful and pleas- 
 
 antly located of cities. It is situated at the foot of 
 a spur of the Wasatch mountains, the northern 
 limits extending on to the bench or uplands which 
 unite the plain with the mountain. 
 
 Tfie streets ^V^^^T' '^'t' }'T^f"V''^X 
 
 walk, 20 feet wide), bordered with 
 shade trees and laid out at right angles. Along 
 each side of the street is a clear, cold stream of 
 water from the mountain canyons, which, with the 
 numerous shade trees, fruit orchards and gardens 
 
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surrounding every residence, give the city an 
 indescribable air of coolness, comfort and repose. 
 ^. is the seat of Salt Lake 
 Salt Lake City ^ou^ty and the capital of the 
 State and is fifteen square miles in extent. It has 
 twenty-one wards within its limits and is the 
 terminus of six railroads. It contains some fine 
 
 ■\Vasatcli Range, from Libert 
 
 k, Salt Lake City. 
 
 business blocks, the beautiful '• Knutsford " Hotel 
 and many handsome private residences. 
 
 is of white granite. 
 
 The Temple Building ^^^^ y^^^^^ cotton- 
 wood canyon ; was commenced February 14. 1853: 
 completed in 1893, and the cost has been not less 
 than $4,500,000. 
 
 is usually about the first object 
 The lemple ^^ .^^^^^^^ ^^^^ a traveler looks 
 
 for on arriving in Salt Lake City. The dimensions 
 of the foundations are 187^ x 99 feet. The site of 
 
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 Salt Air Pavilion, Sail Lake City. 
 
 the Temple is in the centre of the city, on the 
 bench land, and the eastern half of what is known 
 as ' ' Temple Block, ' ' the Tabernacle and Assembly 
 Building being on the western half. Close and 
 convenient to "The Knutsford "' Hotel. 
 
 The Tabernacle I ^" ™'^.""=" '•"""'."^T 
 
 the first object one beholds 
 on approaching the city. The building is oblong 
 in shape, having a length of 250 feet from east to 
 west by 150 feet in width. The roof is supported 
 by forty-six columns of cut sandstone, which, with 
 the space between used for doors, windows, etc., 
 constitute the wall. From these pillars, or walls, 
 the roof springs in one unbroken arch, forming 
 the largest self-sustaining roof on the continent, 
 with one exception, the Grand Central Depot, New 
 York. The ceiling of the roof is sixty-three feet 
 above the floor. In one end of this egg-shaped 
 building is the organ, the second in size in America. 
 The Tabernacle is used for church purposes as well 
 
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Jordan River. 
 
 as other large gatherings of the people and will 
 seat 13,000 people. 
 
 This stream, which borders 
 Salt Lake City on the west, is 
 the outlet of Utah Lake, which lies about forty 
 miles south. It empties into the Great Salt Lake 
 about twelve miles northwest of the city. 
 ^ . , ^, . • ^ ieave the door of 
 
 Special Electric Cars ^^^^^ Knutsford " 
 
 for the Great Salt Lake. 
 
 Eagle Gate, Salt T.akc City. 
 
 cAn Open Letter Have you heard that Salt 
 ^ 7 TTZ /^ Lake City is the centre of a 
 
 to the World. ^Y^rW.^g country one thou- 
 sand miles in diameter ? A country that produces 
 everything necessary to your prosperity? That 
 
Salt Lake City. 
 
 from all portions of that vast empire the tribute of 
 trade is daily paid to her? 
 
 Have you heard about the climate — how the 
 breezes from the snow-clad peaks imprint upon 
 the cheeks of the maidens the tint of beauty and 
 health? How clear are the skies and genial the 
 season ? 
 
 Have you heard that thousands come here every 
 year to drink at the fountain of youth? That the 
 salt air will drive away your diseases that " points 
 you for the tomb? " 
 
 Do you know that you can have a sea breeze 
 four thousand feet above the tide ? 
 
 Have you heard of our Great Salt Lake ? What ! 
 Never heard of that? Never heard that one of 
 nature's wonders, a sea, 2,500 square miles in area, 
 with salt enough in it to pickle the dead of a 
 thousand forgotten ages, is right here at our 
 doors? 
 
^an you bathe in it? Of course you can, if yoi 
 will just take passage to Saltair or Garfield in the 
 palatial cars that hourly run to these resorts. And 
 the bath itself? Why, the memory of it will linger 
 with you while life lasts. 
 
 Have you heard that within the city limits the 
 waters of the Hot and Warm Springs are boiling 
 over nature's furnaces, and that a square or two 
 from the principal hotel " The Knutsford " you can 
 bathe at the Sanitarium in their healing waters? 
 
 Have you heard that Salt Lake City has a hundred 
 miles of brook-lined streets, 132 feet wide? 
 
 Have you heard of the beauty of the Salt Lake 
 Valley — a valley flowing away in waves of green 
 between the broken ranges of the Wasatch and 
 Oquirrh ? 
 
 That " The Knutsford " is the first modern hotel 
 of any size constructed between Denver and Cali- 
 fornia, and is the newest in Salt Lake City. The 
 largest, the finest, the best, and fire-proof. 
 
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 The T.ion IFoiise, Salt I 
 
i; ulK-ld Reach, Great Salt Lake. 
 
 That our new buildings liave cost fifteen million 
 dollars. 
 
 That our clearances are one hundred and fifty 
 million dollars per annum. 
 
 That we have expended $700,000 for school 
 houses in two years. 
 
 A city and county building that cost .$1,000,000 
 (one million), finished with Utah onyx. 
 
 If all this is true, then do you think you can find 
 Salt Lake's equal elsewhere in the world? Come 
 and see it for yourself ; your verdict will agree 
 with mine, and you will say that the half has not 
 been told. 
 
 The comforts of "The Knutsford " v/ill add to 
 the pleasure of a stay in " Zion." 
 
The mo^ t imporianl Hotel in ttie 
 Inter -mountain country is 
 
 THE KNUTSFORD 
 
 Salt Lake City. 
 
 Salt Lake City possesses a twofold interest. It 
 was the home of a peculiar faith and is the capital 
 and commercial metropolis of a new State. In 
 addition to this the surrounding country is most 
 attractive and picturesque. The builders and lessees 
 of the hotel " Knutsford "' realized the importance 
 of providing adequate and inviting hotel accommo- 
 dations for many of the visitors to this city ; and as a 
 result of their energy and enterprise, this hotel was 
 constructed and equipped in the best manner. As 
 to the structure itself, it is built of gray granite 
 with a frontage of 165 x 250 feet; and is seven 
 stories in height above the basement. The building 
 was erected at a cost of $750,000, the cost of 
 furnishing being $150,000. The hotel is generally 
 conceded to be the finest that can be found between 
 Chicago and San Francisco. It is owned by and 
 under the experienced and able management of 
 Mr. G. S. Holmes, who is well known as a success- 
 ful hotel man, and who also is the owner of "The 
 Angelus," the leading hotel of Los Angeles and 
 one of the finest in the world. 
 
 " The Knutsford " hotel possesses every accom- 
 modation for the convenience and pleasure of its 
 guests that is to be found in the best hotels. A 
 brief description of some of the salient features 
 may prove of interest. One might mention the 
 
office constructed in the form of a court with its 
 white and terra cotta colorings and handsome 
 mosaic floor. The grand marble staircase is worthy 
 of note, being one of the handsomest in the West. 
 The effect is heightened by the fine mirror at the 
 middle landing, the effect of the mirror being 
 increased by the arrangement of five electric 
 lights in front of it, diffusing their light through 
 opalescent glass. On the office floor are also 
 situated the bar and billiard rooms which rank 
 
 Drawing Room, " The Knutsford." 
 
 among the best in the country. The effect of the 
 fine counters constructed of the best woods and set 
 with beveled mirrors, the ornate carpets, leather 
 chairs, the brilliancy of the electric lights reflected 
 from mirrors and silver — all combine to create a 
 pleasing and imposing effect. Before passing to 
 the more strictly ornamental rooms, reference may 
 also be made to the reading and writing-rooms, 
 the object of which is utility. They, however, 
 combine an element of beauty. The dimensions 
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of the rooms are 50 x 20 feet. The comfortable 
 Hollander upholstered chairs, the sixteenth century- 
 oak furnishings, the terra cotta and olive-green « ■ 
 colorings, and the finely polished and ample tables, ■ 
 are all features which render the rooms most 
 thoroughly adapted to the comfort and convenience 
 of their occupants. 
 
 Among the more imposing rooms of the hotel 
 must be mentioned the grand dining-room at the 
 head of the grand stairway and adjacent to the 
 parlor promenade. One cannot fail to notice the 
 mosaic floor similar to that in the office and the 
 ceiling 30 feet high studded with lights, while the 
 windows admit the light through cathedral glass ; 
 and the white walls with English trimmings give a 
 bright and cheerful effect. The English oak fur- 
 niture and general furnishings all conform to the 
 standards of good taste. The banquet rooms 
 25 X 40 feet in size are situated at the south end of 
 the dining-room and similarly furnished. The 
 ladies' ordinaries 30 x 50 feet are most attractive 
 and inviting with their choice carpetings, side- 
 boards, mantels, French beveled plate mirrors and 
 other features. The four reception parlors on the 
 promenade are also worthy of mention, particularly 
 on account of the oil paintings, some of which are 
 famous. Mention might be made of the '" Spanish 
 Lovers," by Villamel, exhibited in London in 1790. 
 The general coloring of these rooms is elegant and 
 harmonious. The guests' chambers which are 
 three hundred in number, have Oriental furnishings, 
 outside windows, best ventilation and light, finest : 
 carpetings in gobelin blue, and they are equipped 
 in the best manner. They are single or en suite 
 as desired, and the corner rooms have fine bay 
 
windows commanding a superb view of valley, lake 
 and mountain. The bridal chambers are particu- 
 larly esthetic and dainty in their equipment and 
 coloring, their furniture being upholstered in satin 
 of ivory and old pink tints. 
 
 As to the general appointments of the house a 
 word may be added. Two rapid and safe elevators 
 run to the seventh story with stations at each 
 landing. The lavatory and other accommodations 
 are of the best character. The location of the 
 hotel is central ; being adjacent to all the places o( 
 interest and business importance. The many 
 tourists visiting this interesting and historic city 
 cannot do better than to make "The Knutsford " 
 their abode. 
 
 Clift Dwelk-is. 
 
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T^e most beauiifullY equipped 
 Hotel in America is 
 
 THE ANGEL US 
 
 Los Angeles, Cat. 
 
 The best modern hotels require the highest art 
 and the utmost ingenuity in their construction and 
 equipment. That "The Angelus " is one of the 
 finest hotels in the world will be apparent from the 
 following paragraphs. Centrally located in the 
 charming city of Los Angeles, this hotel has cost 
 eight hundred thousand dollars, all of which has 
 been carefully and judiciously expended in such a 
 way as to be most advantageous to the guests. 
 The furniture and equipments alone cost over two 
 hundred thousand dollars. There are eight stories 
 and basement, furnished throughout in the finest 
 manner. 
 
 Some explanation as to the interior arrange- 
 ments of the hotel may interest the reader. On the 
 basement floor are the gentlemen's and ladies' 
 billiard room, card rooms, bowling alleys, etc. 
 The grand drawing-rooms and Oriental rooms are 
 on the ground floor cornering on the streets. On 
 this same floor also are situated the dining-room 
 which is eighty by fifty feet in dimensions, and the 
 grill room which is fifty by fifty feet. On the 
 second floor are the grand parlor, six private 
 dining-rooms, and a large banquet and music room 
 fifty-five by thirty feet. The upper floors contains 
 all outside rooms. There are three hundred rooms. 
 The windows are large, and the corridors are 
 
spacious and handsome. The view from the roof 
 is extremely fine. 
 
 But no mere enumeration of the rooms and 
 apartments can give any idea of the artistic beauty 
 of their decorations and furnishing. The electric 
 fixtures in the drawing-rooms and Oriental rooms 
 alone cost three thousand dollars. It is worthy of 
 mention that the electric fixtures throughout the 
 entire hotel are remarkable for the artistic beauty 
 of their Etruscan brass trimmings as well as for the 
 brilliancy of their effect. The fine marble mantels 
 in the drawing and Oriental rooms have been 
 much admired ; and the floors are adorned with 
 imported Berlin rugs made to order. The adjacent 
 corridors are spacious and handsomely furnished. 
 The prevailing colors of the dining-room are white 
 and gold. The imported French chairs are finished 
 in rolled gold, the scats being of v/hite rep hand 
 painted. The grill room is finished in mahogany, 
 wainscoted, and the chairs are made specially to 
 conform to the general design. They are of 
 mahogany with satin seats. The grand parlor is 
 worthy of the name. The Louis XV electric 
 fixtures in this room are very brilliant in their effect. 
 The rugs are all genuine Turkish, of finest make 
 and pattern. The palm garden off the parlor in an 
 open court is delightful and refreshing. The six 
 private dining-rooms as well as the banquet and 
 music room, are all handsomely furnished, the 
 carpets, woodwork and furniture all conforming to 
 the general design. The bed-rooms are equipped 
 in the best manner, including the richest and latest 
 patterns in the most elegant furniture. Among the 
 types of beds are the best examples of Colonial, 
 Belgian, canopy, mahogany, maple and brass twin 
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bedsteads and other handsome beds. All curtains 
 are imported and hand-made throughout. The 
 baths are finished in white tile and enamel and in 
 short a thousand little details too numerous to 
 mention in this article have all been attended to 
 and provided in the best manner and with the 
 utmost taste and care. 
 
 There are three excellent elevators with stations 
 at every floor. The refrigeration is by a special 
 plant. An art glass screen connects cigar stands 
 and bar. The buffet and bar are fifty by forty feet 
 in dimensions, with a handsome mahogany wains- 
 coting seven feet in height. The central mirror 
 back of the bar is seventy-two by one hundred and 
 sixty inches in size with four large side mirrors 
 and columns supporting elaborate entablature. 
 The top of counter is a solid piece of mahogany 
 thirty feet long, and the graceful octagonal mahog- 
 any columns at both ends are surmounted with 
 twelve-inch electric light fixtures of Etruscan 
 brass. The furniture is upholstered in apple-green 
 leather. There are also eight open booths six feet 
 six inches high, with art glass doors, spring seats 
 and tufted backs. The general architecture of the 
 buffet and bar is a fine example of the best 
 Mexican type. 
 
 Without entering further into details which are 
 so numerous and which the traveller must see to 
 appreciate, let us conclude by saying that under 
 such auspices travel ceases to be a burden when 
 luxuries such as are here afforded await the traveller 
 at his journey's end. Absence from home likewise 
 loses many of its discomforts. And thesojourne*' 
 will find himself well provided for at this hotel, 
 whether his mission be one of business, pleasure, 
 or health. All classes of good trade are catered 
 for. European and American plan at usual rates. 
 
LOS cANGELES 
 
 California 
 
 with the compliments of 
 
 " THE ANGELUS" 
 
 Los Angeles' famous new Hotel. 
 
 ^j. t The geography of Southern California 
 
 Climate. . ,,,,,, ,.,. , 
 
 IS such that the conditions for an 
 equable and mild climate are extremely favorable. 
 The coast, at Point Conception, trends sharply 
 eastward, bringing the southern counties of the 
 state within the influence of much softer winds, 
 than the northwest trades, which sweep the more 
 northerly shores of the Pacific with some harsh- 
 ness, during portions of the year. The charm of 
 the climate can never be described in words and 
 statistical tables, but volumes have been written in 
 its praise, and the thousands who annually resort 
 hither for health and pleasure, furnish the best 
 testimony in proof of its virtues. Its reputation as 
 a health resort, annually brings many people here 
 from colder climates. Southern California weather 
 is synonymous with a superlative article. It is easy 
 first, with no second, standing head and shoulders 
 over all other rivals. Summer is a misnomer for 
 our warmer months, for it is a period of delightfully 
 cool nights, cloudless skies, days rarely uncomfort- 
 ably warm, never muggy, and always blessed with 
 a balmy sea zephyr. Almost every disease is 
 benefitted by a sojourn here, and many " hopeless " 
 cases are now vigorous, able bodied men and 
 women. Sometimes the winter season begins in 
 Southern California with a warm rain in November, 
 
following a light shower or two in October ; but the 
 four or five winter months, beginning with Novem- 
 ber, and ending with March, bring the moisture 
 that wakens the land into new life. The rains fall 
 through these months, at irregular intervals, with 
 long stretches of bright, warm sunshine between. 
 
 Vnyelu^ 
 
 The total precipitation in Los Angeles County 
 varies considerably year by year, but it is never 
 great enough to make outdoor life unpleasant for 
 a lengthened period. Our summer months are 
 usually clear. 
 
 Places of 
 
 First, "The Angelus," M^-a; the City 
 
 Hall, Chamber of Commerce. Federal 
 Interest. Building, Church of Our Lady, The 
 Queen of the Angels, Chinatown, San Pedro Bay, 
 San Gabriel Mission, South Pasadena Ostrich 
 Farm, Soldiers' Home, San Fernando Mission, 
 San Juan Capistrano, Mount Lowe, and a number 
 of very handsome parks, among which are Elysian, 
 
Griffith, Westlal<:e, Eastlake, Hollenbeck, Cen- 
 tral, Echo, and Plaza Parks. From the time the 
 Franciscan friars located in the San Gabriel 
 Mission, in the valley of this name, and made it, in 
 time, the richest mission in California, up to the 
 present, a romantic interest has attached to this 
 region. The beauty of the scenery, and the climate 
 are, as has been said elsewhere, the perennial 
 attraction to visitors to Southern California, but 
 not a little of their interest centres in the historic 
 
 strano, California. 
 
 spots that may be reached by short drives or walks, 
 and all are accessible from the new hotel, "The 
 Angelas," corner Fourth and Spring Streets, the 
 very centre of the city. The mountains are full of 
 delightful gorges, or canyons, where an outdoor 
 life may be spent amidst scenery of rare beauty. 
 Good wagon roads or trails for horses, lead to 
 beautiful waterfalls in the Arroyo Seco Canyon, 
 Milard Canyon, Los Flores Canyon, Rubio Canyon, 
 
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and Eaton Canyon where people resort for picnics, 
 under umbrageous trees, and have the opportunity 
 of enjoying Nature in her attractive aspects. 
 
 Los Angeles is one of California's most famous 
 as well as oldest cities. Its Mission, San Gabriel, 
 was third in order of founding, and in 1781, thirteen 
 years after the first arrival of the Spaniards, was 
 established its attendant military post, which, with 
 its church, etc., was dedicated to " Our Lady 
 of the Angels." At this time, twelve adult 
 males, with their families, composed the white 
 population. 
 
 Many Indians lived near, however. After the 
 segregation of the Missions a motley population of 
 all races gathered here, including many Americans, 
 so that the pueblo held quite a number of these when 
 the war with Mexico broke out. After the gold 
 discovery they soon preponderated in numbers, and 
 Los Angeles became the leading point in Southern 
 California — the great outfitting depot whence goods 
 were transported by team to the entire Southwest. 
 Growth was steady but slow, until railroad com- 
 munication was opened, first with San Francisco 
 and points in the south, then with the East by two 
 transcontinental lines. From its first decided 
 impulse in 1875-76, the growth has been rapid, 
 especially in the last six years, which have 
 metamorphosed the place into a really great 
 modern city. Its public buildings, schools, 
 mercantile establishments, cable and electric 
 roads, and other institutions, are up to the 
 highest standard of development ; and new 
 enterprises for the section's benefit are constantly 
 forming. The people are most progressive and 
 entertaining. 
 
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_, , ^ .In the year of 1901, about 
 
 Facts Concerning ^^^ ^^^^^ ^^p^^.^^ ^^ ^^^_ 
 
 Los Angeles. i^ in the banks of Los 
 
 Angeles, amounted to $40,006,000. The bank clear- 
 ances in the same year were about $200,000,000 ; 
 in 1899, $86,341,616.68. Building permits issued 
 in Los Angeles in 1901 were about five thousand 
 five hundred in number, representing a value of 
 $5,697,966. 
 
 Ml. Lowe Railway (■ 
 
 Due 1 1. .Ill- fn.m " I'hc Ai 
 
U. S. Census Population : 1890, Southern Cali- 
 fornia, 64,371; Los Angeles City, 11,300. 1900, 
 Southern California, 304,000; Los Angeles City, 
 102,457. Estinnate for 1902, 145,000. 
 
 The area of Southern California (which includes 
 the seven southern counties), 44,901 square miles, 
 or 29 per cent, of the area of the state. The lead- 
 ing products of Southern California, in 1901, had 
 an estimated value of $79,266,000. 
 
 In the circumjacent country lie the beautiful 
 towns of Pasadena, "The Crown of the Valley," 
 Riverside, of promological pre-eminence, San 
 Bernardino, Cucamonga, Pomona, and half a 
 hundred smaller, but not less interesting settle- 
 ments, all of which can be reached easily, com- 
 fortably and quickly from the big, new fireproof 
 hotel, "The Angelus." 
 California ^^^^^^^^^ up and down the Pacific 
 
 Missions *"°^^^' ^^°"^ ^^" ^^^^° ^° Sonoma, 
 
 are the quaint ruins — in many 
 places almost obliterated— of the California Mis- 
 sions. These were founded by a band of Fran- 
 ciscan missionaries, who established between the 
 years of 1769 and 1820, twenty-one Missions in 
 the present State, for the Christianization of the 
 native Indians. 
 
 Ttie Popularly known as " Lowe's Moun- 
 
 Pasadena ^^'" Railway," is an electric trolley 
 Mountain ^"^ ^^^^® railway connecting the city 
 Railway °^ Pasadena with the summit of the 
 i-' Sierra Madre Mountains, whose ele- 
 vation is six thousand feet. A ride of an hour 
 or so on this road, from orange groves to snow 
 fields, reveals some marvelous scenes along 
 the way; and at the summit is a panorama 
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of mountain, valley and sea altogether startling 
 and magnificent. Cars pass the doors, for this 
 interesting point, of the big, new, fireproof hotel, 
 "The Angelus." 
 ^ ,j rt J This farm is on the north 
 
 South Pasadena ^.^^ ^^ ^^^ ^^^^^^^ ^^d it is 
 
 Ostrich Farm. ^^ object of especial interest 
 to visitors. In 1885 Mr. Edwin Cawston brought 
 fifty-two ostriches in a sailing vessel from 
 South Africa. Ten of the birds perished in transit, 
 and now only one of the forty-two survivors is 
 still alive. But the offspring of these now num- 
 ber upwards of three hundred birds, about one 
 hundred and fifty of which are now domiciled 
 at this farm. The California climate is favor- 
 able to their early maturity, and several hens 
 have hatched broods of chicks before they were 
 three years old. The hatching out of the chicks 
 and the plucking of the feathers of the mature birds 
 are most interesting events, of which due notice is 
 given in the daily Los Angeles papers. A charge 
 of twenty-five cents is made for entrance to the 
 farm, and opportunity is afforded to see a large 
 selection of finest feather goods, which are on sale 
 at reasonable rates. 
 
 Electric cars pass the door of the big, new 
 j^Qtgl^ .-The Angelus," for this interesting 
 
 place. 
 
 . , this world-famed home of orange 
 RwerSlde, ^^j^ure in California, on Southern 
 Pacific Company's main Sunset Line. In all 
 things excellent, Riverside intends to lead the 
 marvels of beauty. It is essentially umbrageous, 
 each attraction half concealed and half revealed by 
 the omnipresent orange. 
 
Redlarids ^"°*^®'' attractive and beautiful place 
 ' to visit, is also accessible from "The 
 Angelus." 
 
 Mt Lowe °"^ °^ ^^^ "^°^^ delightful scenic 
 ' trips in the world. The cars reach 
 an altitude of 3,500 feet. The Echo Mountain 
 House and Alpine Tavern are reached by the 
 Pasadena and Los Angeles Electric and Salt 
 
 Mt. Lowe from Monk's Hill, I'asadiiia. 
 
 Lake Railways, which make direct connections 
 with Mt. Lowe Railway : also Southern Pacific 
 and Santa Fe Railways. 
 
 San Gabriel, '^'^^^^"^^^ ^'^^ Pasadena. 
 San Gabriel Mission, founded 
 1771; Mexican town; ElMolino; mission grave- 
 yard. Reached by Pasadena and Los Angeles 
 Electric and Southern Pacific Railways. 
 
 Baldwin' S^^^^ "'^'^^ Angelus" Tally-ho or 
 carriage drive to this famous ranch. 
 Parties made up daily by the hotel. 
 
 %3nch. 
 
A most picturesque drive that is always enjoyed by 
 the tourist. 
 
 „ J is twelve miles from " The Angelus." 
 
 Fasadena ^^ .^ ^ ^.^^ ^^ exceeding beauty, and 
 
 has an atmosphere of refinement. 
 
 The most fashionable and picturesque suburban 
 town out of Los Angeles. Beautiful drives, palatial 
 homes, reached by Pasadena and Los Angeles 
 Electric Railway. Southern Pacific, Santa Fe and 
 Los Angeles and Salt Lake Railways. 
 mi Ty u Surf-bathing at all times of the 
 Ihe Beaclies. ^^^^ .^ ^ pleasure, and fishing 
 and sailing are uninterrupted sources of delight. 
 Excepting certain of these places, however, as for 
 instance, Santa Monica, Long Beach and Redonda. 
 in the vicinity of Los Angeles, and for which cars 
 pass the door of the big new fire-proof hotel, " The 
 Angelus," they are mostly winter resorts for those 
 who wish to escape the rigors of the Eastern climate. 
 This does not mean to say that their lack of a large 
 summer business means a hot and disagreeable 
 summer climate. On the contrary, the summers 
 are far cooler and pleasanter than those at New- 
 port and other popular Atlantic resorts. Wherever 
 there is a large resident population contiguous there 
 is a corresponding generous summer business, 
 supported by the inhabitants ; and that is why 
 Santa Monica, Long Beach. Redonda, Del Rey and 
 
 others are both summer and winter resorts. 
 
 jp, . r-i 1 T Hardly three hours and a 
 
 Santa Catalma. ^^^^ ,_,^^ ^os Angeles, 
 
 Southern California, is Santa Catalina, an island 
 twenty-two miles long, a park in the Pacific, a 
 mountain range at sea. The winter is the season 
 of verdure. The summers are equally remarkable. 
 
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 A really hot period as it is understood in the East, 
 is here unknown, and from May until November 
 there is a succession of beautiful days without a 
 suspicion of squall or storm of any kind. A short 
 stay at Catalina, returning the same day can be 
 made from "The Angelus," Fourth and Spring 
 Streets, Los Angeles. 
 rr> . T on the Salt Lake Route, twenty-seven 
 
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 miles from Los Angeles, is the favorite 
 ISlQna rendezvous of Los Angeles people 
 
 and a fashionable seaside resort, with elegant 
 hotels and seaside homes, and opposite San Pedro 
 Harbor. It is famed for its elegant pleasure wharf 
 and long promenade walk on the ocean beach, 
 lighted by electricity ; its superb surf and still water 
 sea bathing, fishing and yachting. It is particularly 
 favored by having the ocean on one side and the 
 still water of the bay on the other, making the 
 facilities for open sea bathing the finest on the 
 Pacific Coast. It has the only beach with an east 
 
front thus escaping the glare of the afternoon sun, 
 and is the only place where choice shell can be 
 found. Close by is solitary and picturesque Dead 
 Man's Island, of which Dana writes in his famous 
 book, "Two Years Before the Mast." Sail and 
 row boats and steam and power yachts can always 
 be secured here for a sail on the bay or ocean. 
 
 Tickets good for ten days, 50 cents for the round 
 trip including stop-over privilege at Long Beach on 
 both the going and return trips. 
 
 n 1 The attractions of this- seaside re- 
 Long Beach, s^.t are manifold. Beach driving, 
 bicycling, surf bathing, fishing, yachting, are 
 the ocean delights. June never ends — it is 
 equally as comfortable in January as in June. 
 Here you find well-shaded streets, public buildings 
 of attractive architecture, elegant residences and 
 cozy cottages with innumerable lawns of shaven 
 grass ornamented with shrubs and flowers, and a 
 well kept park on the ocean front. Long Beach is 
 particularly noted for its large pleasure wharf, fine 
 surf pavillion and its famous ocean Beach, extend- 
 
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 ing for fourteen miles along the seashore, said to 
 be without a peer in all North America. 
 
 D _7 J is also a favorite seaside resort, with 
 all the pleasures of the sea at hand. 
 
 IjCCICiI During the summer months it is 
 
 crowded with people, who come here to enjoy the 
 bracing sea breezes and the plunge in the surf or 
 stroll upon the beach. 
 
 ><-x Ocean Park is one of the beaches on 
 
 _^ the Pacific Coast with a superb 
 
 jTuin. and safe sewer, gas for cooking and 
 
 lighting, electricity, telephones, post office and 
 electric and steam railroads. With all of these 
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Santa Catalina Island, California. 
 
 modern improvements Ocean Park is a most home- 
 like, orderly and unconventional beach. 
 
 The popular seaside resort of 
 Santa Monica. Santa Monico is seventeen 
 miles by rail from "The Angelus," with frequent 
 electric trains. The ocean bathing is safe. 
 
 Santa Monica is a pleasant little town by the sea, 
 with every facility for surf bathing, boating and 
 fishing. The shore line makes a graceful sweep 
 at this point, with a sandy beach backed by cliffs 
 of sandstone sculptured by the rain and surmounted 
 by groves of trees. Farther up the beach to the 
 northwest the mountains rise abruptly from the sea 
 in a graceful and imposing line. One of the 
 national soldiers' homes is situated near Santa 
 Monica, and the town itself extends over a large 
 tract of land, with a busy commercial street and 
 many attractive homes. In addition to the rail- 
 road lines connecting it with Los Angeles, there is 
 an electric car system. 
 
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 reaching wharf, is an adjunct to 
 Los Angeles Santa Monica and will readily 
 reward any angling for ocean fish at its outer 
 terminus. 
 
 Soldiers' Home is subject to inspection on the 
 trip, and half way between "The Angelus " and 
 Santa Monica. 
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 ban Pedro . ,,;.,. ,u , ■ a ^^ 
 
 Angelus, with three trams daily 
 each way, and is one of its ocean ports. 
 
 One can stay and enjoy the comfort of the new 
 hotel, "The Angelus," and visit all of the above 
 points. 
 
 y-jT the newest beach resort, within a few 
 
 months, when completed, will be the 
 L/el rCey, fmest resort in the world. Address, 
 the Plaza Del Rio Co., Mr. Barbour, Pres., care 
 of The Angelus Hotel, for information. 
 
 Moqui Indian Girl. 
 
Drawing Room, " The Angelus," Los Angeles, Cal. 
 
 I urKish Kooin, •• i ne An^'clus," l.os Angeles, Cal. 
 
One of the Dining Rooms, "The Angelus," Los Angeles, Cal 
 
 Chamber Suite, " The Angelus," Los Angeles, Cal. 
 
One of the Banquet Rooms, "The Angehis," Los Angeles, Cal. 
 
 I'he Bar, "The Anfieliis," I,os Angeles, Cal. 
 
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