Identifier: lureofpastpresen00brya (find matches)
Title: The lure of the past, the present and future
Year: 1911 (1910s)
Authors: Bryan, George W., ca. 1844
Subjects: Bryan, William Evermont Women Urbanization Real estate development Agriculture
Publisher: Los Angeles, E.G. Newton company, printers
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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igh wages, high pricesfor everything bought and sold, and the cost of living hasbeen high; there must be something wrong or this citywould have been in the svam. Further, I said, thiscity of yours is surely endowed with many distinctivefeatures; you have the most equable climate in theworld, you have a fine harbor, a water supply unsurpassed,fertile valleys, the oldest mission on the coast. PointLoma, and from the looks of it one of the old-time ferryboats that has probably done duty as a transport on theMississippi River during the Civil War, but, like the oldgospel ship, it can carry many more over to beautifulCoronado, to my mind the most lovely place on thePacific Coast. With all these advantages, why has thiscity not come to the front in years past? This was hisanswer: A certain interest controlled and owned a vastamount of property. It also controlled the city officials;no business could be transacted without consulting theinterest and the city died, but now it is different, new
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THE PRrSENT AND FUTURE 97 officials are at the helm and the interest is not consulted,hence the change from bad to good. And I thought iffifty thousand people would allow an interest to run thecity for its own benefit that the city ought to die. Yes,San Diego has many attractions and the tourist will beglad to see and enjoy its many varied attractions. After staying here a few days and seeing what 1thought was worth while, I returned to Los Angeles, thehome of the tourist. My partner was ready to take a tripto Frisco by water, so we went to San Pedro and tookpassage on one of the steamships plying between thosetwo ports. To me it was a very pleasant trip, for I wasone of a few who were able to take the meals when theywere ready, but when we got to the dock at Frisco thepassengers were all able and very willing to disembark.This was our first experience on an ocean steamer, andwe will not soon forget it. After ten weeks in the baycities we stood on the docks at Frisco ready to take ast

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