The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1877-04-12
Letter From Capt. TOpp.


Capt T. NJ Topp has been handed
TO Us for publication:
CoLroS, CAL, March %, IS77.-I
promised to write you q letter after
becoming somewhat established
here in my new home For fear
you may think am forgetful l will .
now report
I an located at a small depot I.
town on the Southern Pacific rail- f
road Ia the county Of san Berna- I
dino From this place it Is about 4
40 miles west 10 the Pacific Ocean,
and I25 south TO the north bOun I
dairy of Mexico. l came by the
wav of St Louis, Omaha Ogden, I
Sacramento, Lathrop and Los An
gels To this place The distance Is
some 1900 miles-railroad AL the
~av- The expense Of one ticket .
from Nashville TO this place L a.
follows: EIrst-cIass ticket, time, 5
DAYS. railroad fare $I52; second /
class ticket, time, 8 days, railroad
fare, SII4; thIrd-class (emigrantl, |
tine, u days, railroad fare, sos +
Incidental expenses vary according
10 the fancy Of individuals, but one
can get along comfortably at an out
lay not exceeding $50 If one pro-
yides lunch at startingit will save
considerably ! would not advise
any one to start here vita barely
enough money TO pay his passage,
because he might not get into bust .
ness right away, and consequently
might have 4 hard time of IT. 1t Is
quite important for q stranger II /
= strange land to look around some
before locating, and It costs money
TO take Obse- vations, because hotels {
and livery stables are expensive IN
stitutIOus-
This is 8 better country, accord /
ing TO all the evidence l can get, /
than Florida or Texas. It is free
from chiIIs and fever to q great ex-
tent, and pulmonary diseases The
climate is pleasant all the time, with .
q great abundance Of sunshine and .
seabreeZe.
The soil is quite productive, and
everything can be raised here that
will grow elsewhere IL the United
States, and generally with more
profit
The resources Of the country are
quite diversified, while the white
population are intelligent, energetic .
aud progressive We have no ne
groes, bus lots OF Mexicans, In
dams and Cinnamon. The future .
of this region Is most prOmls- /
ing, and now Is the best time 10 I
take start he-e. Iassune that we
Will have a Southern trans-couti-
mental railroad il about three years,
and a vast emigration from the
Southern States will flock 10 the /.
Pacifc-coast- A country increases I
in prosperity and material advance
ment somewhat in proportion to the /
increase of population
This valley of San Beruadino has !
SO many attractions that our popu- 7
lation must increase Is rapidly, if /
not more so, than any other part Of Z
California, because, if for no other I
reason, we have better water sup
ply for irrigation than any other +
locality.
Heretofore. and even now, this is /
the most remote region that any /
one from Giles county can come to /
"a perfect rams horn route We
have to come By way Of Omaha, /
around the north side OF the great /
Salt Lake, around @Cape Horn 1
through Northern California, and .
then an easterIy turn towards our
old homes OF several hundred miles .
This will all be changed in q few
wears, and then We viii be the first
10 welcome our friends 10 this 4
charming country. This Is not
only as good . county as can be
found in California CT elsewhere,
bat It will be the first desirable re
gion that the overland traveller will .
see after leaving western Texas
Hides are very abundant and
cheap, while leather Is dear. Fresh 4
meat IS generally used here, and
great many animals are slaughtered
to supply the demand. There is 10
lanyard anywhere IN this whole
Southern California. The hides are
bought up and shipped to some
place near San Francisco, about SEQ
miles of. l am told that in the
mountains, say st an average of
twenty miles of, there is an abun-
dance OF oak timber good for tan
ming purposes. There seems 10 be
every facility for making money by /
a lanyard, and . mandatory Of
leather into shoes, &c, &c, but as
yet no one has undertaken it.
There il . splendid chance for
great development in the mountain
regions aside from the aII-absorb-
ing one of mining.
If sny Of your friends desire par
ticulaI Information IN regard 70 this
country viii take pleasure in try
ing to crafty them
This is 4 country of great specu- !
Iations, add money can be readily
lent at L per cent. per month :
With kind regards snd good :