Daily Los Angeles herald., 1878-11-21
Eos Sugeles Aerala.
Ths osjon Ditch Celebration.

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We CLEAN from the Anaheim Ga
xette the following report Of the
barbecue and celebration which
took place last Saturday in honor
Of the completion of the Csjon
ditch:
Eiume No. s, seven miles from
Anaheim, had been fixed upon as
the place for assembly, and at IL
o'clock A. NJ. there was great con-
gregation of people at that point.
BY l2 o'clock nearly If not quite a
thousand people had gathered-all
sorts of people, In all sorts Of con-
yeyances and from all sorts of places.
Every face bore that intense look OF
satisfaction born of a triumph over
difficulties and obstacles. The
good humor and sense of exulta-
tion were contagious, and II any
went there feeling morose or
"blue," that feeling was quickly
dispelled by the jollity of the sur
roundings.
The donations had been made
with that lavishness characteristic
Of our people, and, although the
strain on the refreshments was un.
ceasing throughout the day, there
was no apparent diminution in the
supply. The Anaheim brass band
discoursed most excellent music
throughout the day, and con-
tributed in no small degree to the
enjoyment of the occasion.
Beside the flume two long tables
had been made, and at noon these
tables had been covered by per-
feet avalanche of toothsome things.
For four and twenty hours previous
huge OK and several sheep and
hogs had been slowly cooking, bar
becue fashion, and now the chefs
pronounced them "done to a turn"
This was the signal for the guests
to commence the work OF destrue-
tion. But this veracious chronicler
will forever hold his peace as to the
gastronomic feats which he that
eventful day was witness to. He
will venture to say, however, that
there were many in that throng
who, on the following day, in the
words of Carlyle, "were made pain
fully aware that they were pos
sessed of stomach
A large platform, screened fro m
the rays of the sun by roof of will
lows, and furnished with an abund-
auce of seats, had been made d.
rectIy i'm front of the speakers
.ostand. After dinner the seats on
n <nis platform were occupied by the
multitude, who, having satiated
the cravings of their physical sys-
TEN, were prepared To receive the
mental repast which the Literary
Committee had in store for them.
Mr.. w. NJ. McFadden called the
audience to order, and i'm few
we'll chosen words bade them vel.
come. He then read a letter which
had been received from MIR. j. w,
Shanklin, the President of the
Cajon Irrigating Company, whe
was unable to be present
After reading this letter Mr.. Me.
Fadden said that 1t had been sug.
gested that it would be proper fol
him to give brief history of the
Cajon ditch. He said:
"Three years ago the Superin-
tendent of Irrigation petitioned
the Board of Supervisors to order
an election, under the Bush Trri-
CATION Law, at which the question
of building ditch should he sub
mitted to the people of this dis
trict. The petition was granted;
ha al hold md 1. ,
was that a large majority-wo!ed In
favof'-of ibeeil1iHHgg IA ditch. The
work was commenced in March,
1875, but, owing TO the failure OF
many TO make their payments, the
work was abandoned after eight
miles of ditch had been con-
structed. For two years nothing
was done, but in June, 1877, the
Cajon Irrigation Company sprang
into existence. Seven men inaug-
urated this grand enterprise aud,
through good and evil reports, they
have adhered together and worked
with vim TO achieve the success
which We are here to day to cele
brate.
"Fifty thousand dollars have
been expended on the ditch. 1t i.
Is miles in length, s feet in width
at the bottom, has n carrying ca
pacity Of 1000 inches of water, with
q fall of 80 Inches to the mile, and
will irrigate over 10000 acres o.
land. Four miles of the ditch had
to be excavated through solid rock,
and fumes aggregating one mile
in length had 10 he constructed. II
building these fumes 500, ,00O feel
Of lumber were used. If you will
take the trouble to walk but u short
distance you will SEQ a fiume loo
feet longer and ten feet higher thai
the one beside US. You will also
3psee cut of 500 feet, which required
sraG expenditure of $1,000. This
give faint idea of the mag.
\" 10 zee of the work and the OBJ.
- factor which its builders had to
here Is Iih Ell
hIch this sech,e of Mr.. McFadden's
IN, ''duced Stephen M.
~ os Angeles, as the
MIR. White is
The Peoples ticket resonant. and
1r advertising columns. "le of elo
link any dispassionate m. u pleas
ok it over, compare 1t with sa,,
SCALED Workingmeu's ticketaL r,
II to concede the fact that it en-,
aces elements which will COM a.
end themselves to the average ~
tier in preference to ticket
hich is not what it assumes TO be. oil
le Workingmen's ticket, with
'orkingmen ignored for Mayor Va