Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1884-02-23
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CAV D,EGo, Cal, Feb. b, 'S4.

a .t San Berna Fiine, We "'fe so'n
ling our way due south for this
~. no miles. After tlis first ten OF
-. miles we passed through level
,...rt-,ookine country, S'ostiy used ~
sA.ep range for the vast herds OF
.h.ep noticed grazine here and there
~. As,ious were merely stopping
-. with occasionally postofiice
.s,Agraph Office in an old CT. The
..t,oo hsuses we're snch in name only,
..s tab,es were SET ~ canvas teri is,
-, which thu passengers crep. after
ta;ua the Hap that closed the entrance.
r.d;sn tepee fashion. After getting
-. tke mountain region. the soad
.uuadS along through CANYONS with
.;ob cliffs on each side. Dnig nov
- then did We see little patches of
,s,sl land. which WAS appropriated to
~. nae Of settlers who believed in
.,.sstsr sovereignty. QUITE number
~ ranches were passed aud | am
IA this ia a favored section for tue
..,oduetion Of honey of superior quai-
!,s Mr.. Harrison. formerly one of
tLe leading aparianists of the East,
49, a number Of ranches stocked with
haaa that work here all the year roond
ana he ships his honey by the car
Lad beside, selling many tons of II in
this State.
After getting to the coast. the Law Of
,hs land was more of nature suited
tor farming purposes, and new settlers
vs,s found scattered along the line Of
The road, their only supply IT water be-
inc the wind pumps. The ride aioi. <
tbs sea coast WAS most delightful oae.
IN .aany places tho road -Ded IL bnllf
vithin a few yards of tide mark: the
surf Of the waves beat near ua rs We
Az along. famed by the cool, refresh.
ins s4a breeze that blew into tin. open
windows of the car. The sunset was
glorious. the great orb of day seemed
ia 90 down into the lap Of the wiis
bIue ocean, across which We ceuld look
into the far distance, even 10 the hori-
xop. which WAS all agiow with that pc
caIisr reddish tint 50 common for some
months past iu the western sky long
after sunset. The lighthouse on the
promontOry overlooking the entr .nce to
San Diego Bay Was visible long before
We arrived at the city, which vas some
time after dark.
In the morning ! was mp bright and
sarly, and out to take a Glance at this
somewhat noted tswn and harbor. The
old tO1n il the most extreme southern
settlement in California;. fhe bay IL
Al E.. he. al h..
coast Indeed il is fine body OF water,
something like twenty miles long and
three wide; il il surrounded by land
With the exception OF u narrow, safe,
deep entrance. There IL anchorage here
for the largest seagoipg vessels, There
10 no reason why this point should not
be one of considerable importa ,ce. II
only trunk line OF railroad could be
bFought To n terminus here, aud trade
opened up to and from the ports Of the
world. 1t IL five hundred miles nearer
for oil vesseis co,uinc from South Amer
ics or around Ga o Hsrn than IL IL To
Ean francisco. so long ns the : Iutbern
Pacific Railroad, working in harmony
with san Francisco Q ,pitslists, la liowed
10 monopolizs trade and override tho
htst interests of the people at large. so
long will this port be virtually closed To
Reneral trade. IL il the hope of the
people in Southern California that this
nonster monopoly will get q setback,
md that the Atchlson, Topeka and San
hFs, Atlantic and California Southern
nav unite in one line to this coast.
Heretofore the Southern Paciiic road
has headed of every other road that has
tsied 10 get To the coast. and the mag
nates will do all in their power to play
Tie same game in the future; but &c is To
b hoped other corporations will have
~ backbone To push Oh their roads 10
" o6ast, in spite Of every opposition.
There Ia bat little stir and bustle here,
ostside of qnite number of tourists
eeming and going. and people VINO come
htSe Tor their health and te spend tue
winter. Some thirty or forty strangers
aRiys daily by railroad, aud tue o,mst
9eamers that arrive and depart every
I've days from AMI for San Francisco
uanAlly bring about the same Number
each trip. The city contains about 5000
mllAbttauts, has some good buildings
aud s0lse building going on. There is 4
Rovernm-nt post here with Il number of
Oldiets, also a custom-house. Tn peo
- uso mlAtufc u hiiAont al h'ttith-
hitles. and there are some here from
almost every State IN the Union. IL -
md 70 be thc finest clinrnff 10 be found
% the world; in summer the tempera
iuie seldom gets above 80 degrees, and
Y winter not often below ~. In 1872
1ofcssOr Agassiz, when here with "A
nuy Of scientists, IN speaking of the
climate, said:
ftshaps, M \ soieatiie mau, | may
ny more stress upon it than necessary,
oas hardly think it possible. have
80 meny parts Of the world, and have
aade some study of this subject. IL Is
lessliOn of climste--of Your lati
uoe-to which l refer. You are here
ne I'D parallel, beyond the reach
Ne severe winters of the northern
autndes. You have great capital la
, joef climate. 1t will be worth miliions
yoe. This is one Of the favored spots
1searth, and people viii come TO you
~. AL quarters t. i've ia your geni
sea healthful atmosphere"
DIT OF history will meuiion the
toss tie bay of San Diego VS. ds-
ceu by Spanish navigator named
slo IN September. 1872, hut no set
.SS:ss SSsnt was attempted until i602, when
~ y. of Spain attempted Ia coionizs
~ FsRson. but failed until 1863, when
ssion of San Diego was estab
-- and that was the FIRST suocesstui
eser made TO civiIizs California.
- ys"fs later the Indians made war
~ ssstiers and burned the mission.
remnant of the ruins Is ye, IL be
~ III new buildings were put
saey, tso, are partly in raits. II Is
= interesting visit to drive out To
h.as:Al mission. There is in the maia
s..nR, or what is left of il. floor
0xj0 feet that has not nail IN it.
as put down with wooden pits.
soms are In pieces Is feet long. Ia
es;.. quarc, and il is said they we're
r,..s "a thc backs of slaves from the
sa nss sixty miles distant. An
eoafd OF olive trees, one hundred
ysars old. exists in which the
sse sslll ia n thrifty condition, as
seMs large palm trees.
- ~ out eight miles intath coun-
0s.s ss Sweetwater River and Otay
8E4had an opportunity 10 see some
- aA.ms, o,cnards and citrous fruit
,Gsxs Aost all the irrigation il done
p0mps, a. tue creeks and rivera
-. 4. bottom side up--that Is, the
oeeeath the bed of the streams.
| - etton is practised to considera-
here. 1t is done by laying
n-S Etes beneath the surface of the
through the area ,o h.s ;,ri.a,.