Daily Los Angeles herald., 1884-06-22
Santa Ana Items.

The Santa Ana Herald has the follow
ing items concerning the progress and
news in that great valley:
The corn crop of the valley is gencr.
ally looking in splendid condition, and
the promise is good for very large
yield, Notwithstanding the Swamp re-
gion will not turn out its usual abundant
crop.
In Santa Ana all our new buildings
are in forward state. and will soon
be finished. Take it all in all, though
our valley has no boom, aud does not
want any, it is progressing very satisfao-
torily.
Work is now going ahead rapidly
upon the frame work of the elegant little
Presbyterian church in Tusiin. When
completed. Tustin will have three
church buildngs-Ep Episcopal, Pfesbyte-
rian and Adventist.
In the ilourishing Orange settlement
new houses are going up in all direc.
tions. Mr.. Ed. Parker has Just completed
a neat cottage, and MIR. Boring and Mr..
Lefald have now under way two hand
some residences. O.her improvements are
continually being made in this settle
ment, by the old residents and by new
eomers, who are constantly com ng in to
make homes. We are Gra;ifed to know
that the settlement is making solid, per-
manent progress.
The bridge across the Santa Ana river,
two miles this side of Newport, has been
finished, and the roadways on the oppo-
site side of the bridge will be completed
in two weeks. This will afford an or
portunity to drive upon the finest ocean
beach in the world for q distance Of
eight mil S. There is an abundance f
fresh water upon the beach, and we pre-
dict that it will be noted resort during
the summer months. Mr. Robert Me-
Fadden has put out buoy and has u
lighter ready to receive cargo Of lum-
Der which is daily expected.
The exports of the Santa Ana valley.
by the way OF our seaport Of Newport,
last year, were as follows: Corn, S72S
sacks, l., l24. $40 pounds; wool, G33 bales,
227, $50 pounds; raisins, 5.745 boxes,
Ia, 700 pounds; seed, 233 sacks, lS,Gi0
pounds; nuts, 23i sacks, 1000 pounds;
tall4w, ! barrels, $500 pounds; pelts, 70
bales, $3.50 pounds; honey, % cases,
2SG0 pounds; turkeys, 2 coops; oil, 20
cases; apples, 20 boxes; oranges, 80
boxes; dried fruit, 4 boxes and liz
sacks beeswaX, II boxes; merchandise,
l40 packages; coffee, s sacks; fowls, IA
coops; eggs, 96 cases. The total of
these exports will not. we think, fall
short OF two millions of pounds.
The grape growers of Santa Ana va
ley should come together and organize
with a view of establishing here "A wine
manufactory upon large scale, to util-
ize the abundant grape crop OF this sec
tion, and which is every year growing
much larger. Unless mandatory OF
this kind is established it will become
very serious question what to do with
the immense and rapidly increasing
grape crop Of this prolific valley.
The Anaheim wine makers
have formerly taken portion of the
crop, and may take small portion this
year, but the grape grower who sell thus
is obliged to take whatever price is Of
fered for his crop. whether remunera-
tive or not, and haul the same seven
miles, over sandy road to Anaheim,
Ii mandatory, upon a large scale,
were established here market would be
afforded at home for the main portion of
the crop, at a rate which would be sat
isfactory alike to the grower and the
manufacturer.