Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1886-11-21

trees. 400. 600 aCreaS of vintage and yet but
one-seyeuth of its area IS cultivated. Here
are all kinds of mineral wa
ter. both hot and cold, while gold,
silver, copper, coal. ssphaltum, graph
ite, iron. tin, limestone, building stone, clay,
mineral paint. gypsum. chlOrate Of lime,
kaOline. petroleum, boraX, EPSON salts, nj
trate OF soda. and salt are abundant within
its limits, while natural gas has lately been
discovered in its damp lands. More than
1. 900. 600 pounds of honey are annually pro-
dUced here.
There are in the county 900 school
children, with property devoted to their HSe
valued at S545, 900. Its banks hold over 81,
OOO. 900 of the peoples money on deposit.
while the bank commissioners of this state
report a gain Of Sl2. .0O0, 900 deposits in the
bauks in California during the past year,
and that Los Angeles gained over one
fourth this sum.
Santa Ana is the second town in size in
the county, and it is located in the most
fertile part OF the county. Los Angeles
city, Pasadena, Pomona and other towns Ill
the county owe much of their growth and
wealth to eastern capital, while Santa Ana is
the result of the fertile soil in and around it.
Its most substantial citizens came here from
ten to fifteen years ago with nothing bu'
muscle and enterprise, and with these dug
out of the ground the wealth and prosperity
which are here apparent. Until within the
past couple of years very little eastern cap
/ ital was invested here or in the surrounding
| country. and yet we have town supplied
with two banks. two firSt-ClaSS hotels anC
several inferior ones, seven churches. sub
stantiaI school buildings, a goOdly number
/ of large, brick business blocks, an Operf
house with a seating capacity Of one thou
sand, three newspapers, tre department {
| fine poStoffice building, several large winer
/ les, agricultural implement manufactorv
nine large Store-rOOmS in process of erec
/ ton. a $50. 600 hotel to be completed b!
spring, a $40. 900 school building will b,
erected during the year, gas and water
works. three miles of street railroad com
pIeted with as much more to be ready fO
| the cars by spring. The San Diego brancl
Of the Southern Pacific railroad. extending
! from Los Angeles 10 San Diego. is com
pleted from Los Angeles to this point anC
/ will. ere long. be extended to its southern
/ terminus. The Los Angeles and Riverside
| branch of the Southern California railroad
the Santa Fe'S entrance TO Los Angeles, i
being graded short distance from here anC
will he completed within year. This viii
give Santa Ara a direct eastern outlet t
| Kansas City, New Orleans and other east
ern points. The articles of incorporation
have been filed at Sacramento for the con
structiOn of a railroad from here TO the har
| Dor. Newport bay, ten miles distant and par
tial arrangements made for the erection of {
large hotel at Rocky Point, the mouth o
Newport bay. This will soon become on
of the most attractive watering places Ol
! the coast.
Tustin. the Brooklyn of Santa Ana, is
delightful village OF pleasant residences
/ located two miles east and connected witt
/ Santa Ana by street railroad, Orange Is
suburban village situated three miles north
east of Santa Ana, and McPherSons, TIN
! largest raisin packing establishment il
! southern California, is located two mile
/ east of Orange.
| The majority of tine inhabitants of thi
! valley are eastern people, many of whom
/ formerly lived in Ohio. The larger numbe
are from the northern tier of states, extend
| ing as far west As Montana, and one IS sur
prised to find here so many from Canad;
| and the British possessions. DIR. Baily, for
merIy of Springfield, is pleasantly domicilet
/ at Orange, and Rev. J. c. Webs.er's wife
of this place, formerly Miss Collins. iron
near Xena. has been living here for fOu
years.
/ This place is having building boom AM
vet eastern folks who come here for tn
I purpose of locating are daily compelled Il
! 20 elsewhere on account Of not being abb
/ to rent houses in which to live until they sc
/ Iect their homes. At least fifty dwelling
/ houses have been erected here within th,
past three months. and so great is the de
mand for houses that a rev one is usually
rented when the foundation is laid. 4
| larger immigration to Southern CalifOrni;
! is promised this winter than ever before
| Forty thousand names are booked for thi'
state by the immigration agents and tn
great majority of these come to this par
of the state.