The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1878-09-05
FROM CALIFORNIA.

private letter Written py lOIultr MIL
itowoc teacher. Being descriptive of q
portion of state regarding which every
deemed it an item of more than ordinary
interest to our readers.
You who gasp for breath in e
temperature of 1902 during these summer
months in Wis, may well envy me the
Ill wind" that brought me here; for,
here,-yes, this is the very place, for all
the people here admit it,-here is the
Finest climate in the world" Imagine,
if you can, a place in which the tempera-
ture never rises above go Fair. and never
falls below So, seldom above So or be-
low 45'. What a glorious period of rest
e Wisconsin thermometer could have
here! The only drawback to the climate
is that for six months in the sum
mer, from May to November, not drop
OF rain falls. AS consequence, i'll mid
summer, just now. all grass, all yegeta-
ton in fact, excepting shrubs and trees,
is dry and withered; and to one just
arrived from the ''east," the hillsides
present barren and dusty aspect that is
Anything but pleasant. A very few days,
however, serve to SO enamor one with
the climate, the deliciously cool and
pleasant air so seldom enjoyed in the
least" in midsummer, that he quickly
becomes accustomed to the absence of
green grass and ceases to notice the dust
or long for showers. Every morning a
fog bank rises from the sea, passes over
head, rarely settling to the earth here, as
it always does in San Francisco, and
leaves the skies almost perfectly
clear after nine o'clock in the morning.
About noon the sea breeze rises and pre-
vents the immense" temperatures of
inland regions. Nights are always cool.
San Diego is very quiet city of about
300 inhabitants, situated on the second
best harbor on the Pacific Coast. The
Old Town, a few miles from here, is the
Oldest town III the state; but New San
Diego is now ten years old. The people
have done much towards neglecting to
improve the natural advantages of the
place, living in hopes that the Texas Pa
citic L. r., which is to have its western
terminus here, would be built Real es-
tate has fuctuated through an extremely
wide range as the interests of the Texas
Pacific have been fiourishing or depress-
ed in the steast." 1t is only lately that
there has been much of an attempt made
to have this point to which railroads
would be compelled to come The eli
mate is eminently adapted to fruit-rais-
ing. Oranges, lemons, figs, peaches,
apples, pears, grapes, everything SUBJ
tropical will grow here with very little
care and ma ture ali abundance of fruit
that surprises one. One man who has
peach orchard here which he planted
eighteen months ago, has sold 81, % worth
of fruit from each tree this summer.
There are few fruit trees here now more
than five years old; but thousands of
orange and peach trees are being planted
every year. In fact, the present prospect
is that San Diego will be one of the best
fruit-growing regions n the state.
Groves are non est along the
coast but inland they have oak, cotton
wood and pines in abundance, SO I am
told, but [ have not seen them yet. A
great many Blue-gums, or Eucalypti, and
Pepper trees have been planted for orna-
ment IN the yards and along the streets;
and as the Eucalyptus is a very rapid
grower, growing 30 fit. high and nine
inches in diameter in five years, the town
has quite fresh appearance.
Winter consists in short season
Of frequent rains and a profusion of the
most beautiful of wild flowers. Snow is
unknown though it can occasionally
be seen lying on a mountain top about
fifty miles distant.
Just at present there is considerable
depression in business owing to
the failure in the attempt IT, rush the
Texas Pac. bill through last winter; real
estate is taxable but not salable, and
he who has most of it is most to be pit
led. unless he has energy enough to go
into fruit culture. The people are
cosmopolitan in nationality, but are prin-
clpally from the ''east." AS a whole
they are above the average of Wisconsin
towns in respect to education and Gull
ture. There is small ''China- town" in
the suburbs; and ''greasers" and Indians
help to give complexion to our streets.
The commercial facilities of San Diego
are rather limited; boat from San Fran
cisco every five days, and daily stage
from Anabim, the nearest railroad point
| For the present, this is all that would
pay, as the population is too sparse, and
the products too limited to make a rail-
road to this point self-supporting.
Please excuse this long letter; but, after
getting started I thought I would let you
know all. no not all, but some about my
present location. School teaching here
is very much as it is anywhere else, so
[ need say little about it. Perhaps l
may be INDUCED, however, to the extent
of saying that this Is a Paradise for poor
/ school-teachers, male or female poor in
pocket, poor in health or poor in ability
as teachers. In most of the schools hera
ladies' get the same pay as men, 70 10 100
! dollars per month.
WE sell our paints, oil and brushes
| cheap. t. &. J. ROBINSON.
HE following persons were chosen at
the Senatorial and Assembly District
| Conventions to represent the respective
| districts at the Congressional Convention