The Arizona sentinel., 1873-05-31

The private residences are elegant and
ornate, most of them; such as those of
Capt. Wilcox and MIR. Nesmith; many of
them have choice gardens by means of irri-
cation, as for example, Mr.. Nesmlth or
Captain Wilcox The most beautiful
flowers grow wild here. if carefully tended;
for proof of this assertion you should see
the grounds of many citizens, say Captain
WilcOx's or Mr.. NesRith's, orwell, al
most aDybOdy's. The visitor sees fruit
trees of captivating beauty in every little
dooryard; if he thinks not. let him pass by
the house of Mr.. Northumberland
WilcOx's, who raised in the debris left on
his veranda by the last sandstorm. bepts
enough to feed band of mustang cattle for
week. 1t is common saying among old
settlers, "dig till you can get water and
you can raise anything" i do not doubt
it, indeed believe most of the people are
out Of sight in theirs. still digging.
am wandering again. 1t is habit ono
gets into here. / want to branch out
briefly on "our railroad ramifcations."
Several continental railroads converge to
this central focus. Among them are the
Texas Pacific, the Southern Utah, the
Eastern Nevada, and one from Peru for
which Harry Msiggs has the contract. It
lie in contemplation by Gatewo0d and Not
tage to run short line northward to tap
the Central at Colfax or thereabouts, thus
depriviDg San Francisco of it's Eastern
travel and traffic at one fell swoop. This
project is to be kept quiet till the trap is
about ready to be sprung, as it would meet
with fierce resistance from San Francisco.
Several local railways will soon be in run.
ming order, one of which extends to the
ChOllas to compete for the trade of the
truck.garden, the prOducu of which the
Chinese proprietor now brings in on his
shoulders. Every day also demonstrates
the necessity of railway to connect this
city with the Furnishing manufacturing
town of Roseville-on-the- Bay. I admit
that nothing has yet been manufactured
there except the house of the founder, Mr..
Rose, that was moved out from Oldtown.
but it is several miles nearer Asia than this
city, and may become powerful rival UNI
less cOnciliated.
In minerals bear willing testimony to
San Diego's wealth. Tin. copper and lead
are found in these hills. The city is built
over mine of iron that resembles boiler
plate, Bad for trees? OF course, but it
will make axle-trees. Coal is SAID to exist
in the suburbs and brass crops out on the
surface all over town. Large tanning inter-
ests will grow up here" as families increase.
On the subject of climate nothing need
be said further than to quote DIR. Beverly
Cole, and that is all any one here has done
since his visit. DR.. G.. is the leading physi.
clan of America if not the world, and has
peculiar facilities for the study OF lung dis.
ease, being professor of obstetrics in San
Francisco college. He has never visited
your town or Los Angeles but he declared
this grateful city to be Just the place for
consumptives. A physician of his emf
hence and circumference does not need to
see anything that is not visible through tho
bottom of champagne glass. No doubt
San Diego will build him monument. All
that is needed is irrigation"
The city has reason to be proud of its
educational facilities. Three good ladies'
teach the children for about eight months
in the year. Some improvements are con-
templared by the Superintendent, which
will put the schools on q par with those of
Boston. The city is more fortunate than
Gilead in having few physicians here OF
course they can have no practice, but they
seem quite prosperous and busy. / have
discovered something over dozen. Their
principal practice consists in allayiug the
fevers caused by the rapid approach of
SCOTS road and the Asian trade