Los Angeles daily herald., 1874-05-30

Power In Pr0spect-""o A"0"
The County.
EDITOR HERALD: A recent trip to
the valley of the Santa Ana River In
this comfy has brought to the gaze
of your occasional correspondent one
of the richest agricultural views ever
beheld on this Coast or in any other
country. The beautiful rainfall has
developed
LARGE FIELDS OF GRAIN,
And has set in motion the hitherto
sleeping energies of that delightful
valley. TO the west northwest,
north and northeast of Anaheim
waving fields of grain meet the Wis.,
ion on every side. The barley crop
stands so thick and heavy that many
fields are partially lodged, and must
be cut for hay; while the rye crop
stands from eight to ten feet high, and
will yield in proportion. On the south
side of the Santa Ana, in the vicinity
of Santa Ana and Tustin City, are to
be found still more extensive fields OF
grain, which are first class in every
respect. 1t is estimated that the grain
crop of the south end Of Los Angeles
county will this year yield
$4,000 TONS,
Requiring nearly half million Of
sacks to enable the farmers to convey
the same to market Single farmers
require as high as 5000 sacks, and
there are no large farms in cultl-
walton.
The present enormous crops have
| forced anOtE0~ ~reStiOn of vital I'M
portance attention of the
people. = nnow under dis
cussion
CHOW 81 q PEOPLE GET THEIR
.Ai, TO MARKET ?''
This is u pertinent question. The
only outlet to this section of country
nowis the Anaheim Lighter Company,
at Anaheim Landing. The capacity
of this company at present is so linn
tied that it cannot handle One-half OF
the grain crop. If it could handle the
entire crop, the lighterage OF $4,000
tons of grain at So per ton would
amount to $75, 5000; and when we take
into consideration the other exports of
wine, wool, etc., and the imports
daily being received, you will see that
the lighter company will be compelled
to handle in a single year at least
$4,000 tons of freight, at an expense to
the people of $l5O,0O0 per annum. This
sum would build several wharves to
|. deep water, thus dispensing with the
burdensome lighterage tax. The ne
cessties of the case have set in motion
a movement for the building of a
J wharf to deep water at
BOI.so CHICA
Some three miles southeast of Ana
helm Landing. 1t is estimated that
the wharf will cost from $4,000 to
$4,000. 1t is also proposed to build in
connection with this wharf narrow
guage railroad from Boise Chica to
San Bernardino, thus making an out.
let for the people and products OF that
county. The Anaheim Lighter Com
pany find their business improbable
and hence desire to quit business ano
help to build the wharf. This wharf
being necessity, it will probably bt
commenced at an early day.
TIE GRANGE COOPERATIVE COM
PANY
Have decided to build a warehouse a.
. this wharf as soon as it is ready fol
business.
While on this subject l will refer t.
another port of entry about to bt
opened at
NEWPORT
For the benefit of the people living
. beyond the raging Santa Ana. 4
, meeting was held at Santa Ana las
, Saturday to see what steps should b.
: taken to develop landing at New
, port. The meeting was largely at
: tended and appeared to mean bust
| ness. 1 believe wharf is alread.
built at Newport which will accom-
modate vessels of light draught, blu
, schooners cannot come to the whar
| without the assistance of tug boat
1t is proposed to purchase steam tui
and have it in readiness to tow vessel
' in and out of this little bay. The PEG
+ pie here look to the future, wher, b,
q the assistance of Congressional aid
l they can dredge the bar, build
a wharf to deep. water, and thus admi
coast steamers to a safe little harbol
Your correspondent is not able t
Judge how far these hopes may be re
n allied, but it is quite evident tina
5 Newport may be opened to trade in
S small way with very little outlay
u and this movement will be of grea
s value to people living on the sout
side of the Santa Ana.
d The present favorable season is yer
/. encouraging to the people, but the
IS do not forget in their prosperity tn
IS future probabilities Of other dry sea
), sons; hence l find that the subject {
IRRIGATION
Is uppermost in the minds of the pee
I pie. On the south side of the Santa An
= the system of irrigation under what
d known as the Chapman Ditch has bee
IS extended as far south as Tustin Cit
1t and Santa Ana, and will now irrigal
lec nearly all the irrigable lands north
ID the San Joaquin Ranch. This la
named ranch, consisting of some 4O,0
a acres, can nearly all be brought undo
$, the ditch, and will before many yea
to be divided up for settlement. On IL
1t north side of the river the question
d. more complicated. When the