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THRIVING  TOWNS

LOS      ANGELES  —  A      FLOURISHING      CITY  HILLS       AND

HOMES REDLANDS      AND      THE      SMILEYS THE      BOY

WHO    WANTED    TO    BE    A    CIVIL    ENGINEER

Los  Angeles  is  the  principal  city  in  Southern
California.  It  is  a  great  business  centre,  and  has
been  named  as  a  possible  capital  of  the  state,  if  the
seat  of  government  should  be  removed  from  Sacra-
mento. It  has  a  population  of  sixty  thousand,  which
is  constantly  increasing.  It  is  substantially  built
upon  a  hilly  region  of  country  between  the  moun-
tains and  the  sea,  and  about  fifteen  miles  from  each.
