Los Angeles daily herald., 1886-10-17
Progress.

San Bernardino's booms are never
famed into fiiful corruscation. They are
steady, regular all the year round affairs.
Hence we are never depressed by unex-
pected reactions which lock up money
and freeze enterprise into dull lethargy.
As consequence OF steady. but rapid,
progression, this city, today, offers the
surest field for enterprise and investment
of capital open in California. The en-
hau cement in real estate during the past
year has been fully one hundred per cont.
And enhancement is only in its infancy
The advent of the C. S. r. r. was the
real commencement of the new era for
San Bernardino. This city is now di'
visional r. r. headquarters. The ma
chine shops are to be moved here from
National City with the least possible de.
Law. We are in direct railroad communi.
cation with the great markets OF the con.
tinent by two continental roads. The
city is, commercially speaking, already
railroad center, because our depot is the
central business point for the richest
semi.tropical valley in the state. All
around the horizon, the back country
commercially dependent upon the city OF
San Bernardino, is being brought under
sub. tropical cultivation. On the east the
Mes RS. Burt, Barton, Judson & Brown
and others are rapidly Transforming the
Redland foothills into series of River.
sides, rising up in terraced succession
like the gardens of the Hesperides. The
same gentlemen with Mr.. Jacobs and
others, have in their great artificial lake
in Bear Valley never failing body OF
water which in the early future will add
millions to the wealth Of this already
wealthy valley. In its future effect the
Bear Valley reservoir will probably be
the most potent factor in the progressive
problem Of San Bernardino development.
In Banning, in the San Gorgonio and the
surrounding sections the results achieved
during the past two years, would seem
in analytical detail almost incredible.
Even on the north, it is being demonstrat-
ed that the great Mojave desert only
needs the vivifying virtue OF water to
blossom into generous prodigality. The
Hesperia Colony have a tract Of 10000
acres of as fine fruit land as any in the
state, lying just north of Summit Station.
Work is going on to perfect system of
irrigation which will embrace the whole
tract. The northera slope of the San
Bernardino range is full Of water which
will be utilized to food the vast plains
at the base with the inevitable result OF
another populous colony gained to the
wealth Of the county and the business OF
the city. Still nearer home, in fact at
our northern door, the vast Muscuipia-
ba ranch would before this have been a
beehive of populous industry, wereit not
that development and settlement have
been arrested by the obstructive process
of litigation. This obstruction is, how.
ever, about ended. Just as soon as the
owners of this princely body of land are
relieved from vexatious incubus of litiga
tion, settlers by handreds Will swarm
over the northern plains, bringing 80
much more business to our city and
wealth to our county. On the south,
Cotton is steadily growing and the sur.
rounding country steadily settling up
Like San Bernardino of which she is,
broadly speaking, an integral part, Col.
ton must grow. Rivalry between the
two is from a wide business view, there.
fore impossible; jealousy contemplate.
They are sim oly as yet the partially di.
vided parts of future whole. The diyi.
sion is daily closing up, and the men who
do anything to retard the adhesion of the
parts are Of the stripe who would cut off
their noses to spite their faces. In Onta.
rio, Riverside. Cocumonga, Etiwands, in
fact all along the western line the county
is daily gaining in wealth and popula-
tion. The next census will astonish even
ourselves. San Bernardino has certainly
q prosperous present; she has surely q
prosperous future. = San Bernardino
Courier,