Excerpt from The City and County of Los Angeles in Southern California: March, 1903 The population of Los Angeles county, by the census of 1890, was The population 'of the county by the census of 1900 was The present population is over The assessed valuation of property after equalization is The mar velons growth that has been made by this imperial county during the past few years may be seen from the statement that, by the census of 1880 the population was only while the assessed valuation, in 1882, was only Thus, within the short space of twenty years, the population of the county has increased more than six-fold, and the assessed valuation of property in pro portion. Great as this increase is, there are many conservative men who believe that the real growth of Los Angeles county has scarcely commenced; and the vast improvements that are provided for within the next few years warrant such a view of the future. The chief industry of Los Angeles county is horticulture, the entire list of products including everything that can be grown in the State, and almost everything that can be raised in semi-tropic coun tries. The area of land within the county devoted to horticultural purposes is being rapidly extended, as the large tracts are subdivided and improved. Los Angeles county is well provided with transportation facili ties. A dozen lines of steam railroad and as many electric roads cen ter in Los Angeles city, tapping almost every section of the county, while coast steamships call regularly at the leading seaports. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.