L.T. Fisher, The Outlook, July 13th, 1887:
"Under his (1875 Tom Fitch) eloquence many were led to believe that Santa Monica would at once leap to the front as a full-fledged seaport and commercial center. In fact, so strong was the impression that not a few prominent men of Los Angeles, who had large possessions there, were actually afraid that the precedence of the "city of the Angels" would slip away from her and be transferred to the seacoast. And, if we may be allowed the suggestion, it would have been a good thing for the country if it had. Here would have sprung up the great commercial city of Southern California. It had all the advantages of climate, drainage and all of the best elements that should exist where a large population is concentrated." Quoted in Ingersoll Ingersoll's Century History Santa Monica Bay Cities (Being Book Number Two of Ingersoll's Century Series of California Local History Annals), 1908, 1908a, 1887, 1875