, 1885-10-15
IN 1Hs SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY.
An over Heated -Co,respondent Plants an
Ideal city for Hot Weather.


An over- Heated c-osre.pondent Plant. an
Ideal CITY for Hot Weather.
fresno Caa (caI Cor \. y. Times
hut when the north wind lays itself
out to show what ii can do in the way
of heat, then you shall see "a holiness
that will give tho pavements Of new
York cause TO blush that they canno
warm up in the dog days. We're a city
OF far less size and density of population
than those OF New York, but made of
stone and brick like the sup%erstructure
Of Manhattan island, to be planted in
the valley here below, the people thereof
would during one of these hot spells
DO swept away like flies at the approach
Of winter.
But a city might be built here that
would surpass all other cities in the
comforts and delights of physical life,
No stone or any brick should enter the
composition OF its building unless
shielded by some material of less heat
r%etentiye and reflective qualities. %
building should exceed one story in
heigth. Large edifces should be with
inner courts, with fountains and semi
tropical plants and trees therein. The
streets should be broad, paved with
wood, and cleansed with mover ceasing
cleansing. Generous channels of pure
water should run between the roadway
and the walks for foot passengers, and
by the water on either side should be
broad strips Of green turf. Fig trees
and orange trees and the Tree of the
walnut should thickly line every high
way and byway, and there should be
no forbidden fruit.
The fruit should be so plenty that all
might eat and still there be a plenty.
The dwellings should DO surrounded
with hedges of pomegranate, and roses
and all sweet smelling flowers should
bloom in Astounding profusion. Great
arbors of %grapevines should grow every
whore, and no nan should let or hinder
him who sought to pluck the ponderous
clusters from the vine. Fountains
should throw up lofty spray at every
corner. Great ponds with cool birds
thereon and turf-clad banks should
form centers whence the streets would
radiate. soft strains of music woven
from stringed instruments should fill
the evening air. One great promen-
ade, luxuriant with ~overhanging shade
trees, should surround the city.
Open-air cafes there should be and I'M
roof ed theatres and concert gardens,
and all the loudness and Yulgarity
usually to be met with IN such places
rigidly tabooed.
And the persons from Mob Hill and
the rich Californian generally should
be held at bay. But the shop windows
should display the artistic wealth of the
world. There should be a mighty alue-
duct, bringing water underneath the
ground from far up in the mountains,
or many artesian wells should supply
every wan to a plethora. The city
officials from mayor to constable should
be men OF letters, artists, and the like,
with some rich individuals Of approved
taste and having experience in
affairs. Chesterfieldian manners
should reign supreme, and those
people who must be always
doing something should be excluded
like the pestilence. The long midday
should be made a siesta-the evening
and the morning should be dreams OF
pleasures pleasure toned down, modu-
lated, refined.
Then, in that city, with many other
things added 10 those which | have put
down would the climate of the san Joa-
quin be found glorious. And the peo-
PIE of the world-the rich, cultivated
world-would flock thereto to spend
their gold, and tho inhabitants thereof
would rake in the pie and chuckle at
their own wiles. Aud the scheme is not
a visionary me.