Los Angeles daily herald., 1886-03-18

wisteria, wigeliA, erica, smilax, verbens,
callas, Towering cactus, palms and .
hundred other Towering plants and
shrubs. The stranger within the gates
of Los Angeles county was duly inn
pressed, TO Judge by his remarks, with
this lovely display Of Flora's choicest
productions twined so affeetionately
around the rich gifts Of her sister god
dess, Pomona.
The bad weather Is sad drawback to
the success of the fair in the way OF
numbers, but the average granger looks
upon the wet weather with an equal
mind a. he co1templatss bursting barns
in the harvest time. Owing TO the fall
ing rain, the hall was hardly filled with
At2p. NJ. Mr.. Abbot Kinney came to
the front and opened the fair.
OPENING ADDRESS By ABBOT KINNEY.
MIR. CHAfRMAN, LADIES AND GEs-
rLRMEs:-This is the second citrus fair
held in Pasadena under the auspices OF
the Pasadena free library. To the CIT
rus display has been added fioral ex-
hibit. One gold and one silver medal
will be given to the finest oranges and
lemons here and one silver medal for
the finest exhibit OF flowers.
A year has passed since the last fair
"a year full Of change for the library.
for Pasadena, and for the citrus interest.
1t has added over 500 volum 90 to its
books and owns the land upon which II
stands. All the stockholders-and
every person in Pasadena should be
ope-can breathe easier and feel conf
dent that the future Of the library is as.
sured. An organized effort should be
made TO bring the library stock to the
notice Of the newcomers amongst us.
When that Is done l am sure they will
be ready to support an institution that
has done 80 much for Pasadena; that
has proved Of 80 much value to our
young people, and offered an attractive
resort TO the stranger within our gates.
No one thing in Pasadena has done so
much TO make the place what it Is. 1t
10 an institution of the people and for
the people, and all good oitizens should
aid in giving it long and prosperous
existence.
In the year just passed Pasadena has
grown almost beyond recognition. 1t IL
an important place. The population
has increased fully rs per cent. Houses
have gone up everywhere within its
bounds, and here in the center Of busi-
ness we find new and oommodious busi-
ness blocks by strong and enterprising
business men. The hum of commerce.
now penetrates where but few seasons
past the fields were spread with delicate
wild flowers and covered with cloth of
golden peoples. The sailors named the
mesa beyond us Los Flores, on account
of the brilliancy of the wild
flowers which formed land
mark for them. OF these but q
few patches are now left. The peren-
nial orange and the beautiful home have
taken their place, except here in the
city, where we have q rushing com.
merce and life. Where the flowers
bIoomed and the sheep peacefully grazed
are now hotels, stores and mills. To
them we are adding every day. The
Ward Bros. handsome building, that Of
Mr.. Alex. Mills and the solid and i'm
posing Exchange Block would do credi t
to any city, The finaneers seem to be
alive 10 the situation, and in addition to
the Ward Bros tasteful bank building
for the San Gabriel Valley Bank, the Pas
adena Bank will soon have a fine struc-
ture erectsd on Colorado and Fair Oaks.
and a combination Of los Angeles banks
have under contract bank building on
Colorado street.
Thus the world moves and the settler Of
year ago is to- day an eld-timer looking
with wonder at the new faces and rest
less hustle. The citrus interest has
taken lately new start in life. Six
years ago the orange and lemon market
was San Francisco. The outlet was too
small and had no power to consume our
products. Still, even after the compile
ton Of direct communication to the
East the rates were SO high and the
facilities Of transportation SO Indifferent
that the shipment OF oranges to Eastern
markets was in the hands of few
favored by the railroads, and the orange
grower was not in very comfortable
position. The policy of the Southern
Pacific, before competition knoc ked at
our door and received very warm well
come, was to charge all the traffic would
bear. 1t took all the profits in sight and
left the risks to the shippers. This Of
course discouraged enterprise and slack
ened the inevitable advance of the
country. Its effect on the citrus indus
try was to bring it to dead stand still.
Ny orchard was the last considerable
one planted in this section for five years.
There was SO little In the industry that
many orchards were neglected until they
became perfectly worthless. 1t only
takes about two years OF neglect to I'm
ish an orange orchard. Thus the policy
Of the railroad was injurious to the in
terest Of this section, to the people liv-
ing in it and to the interest Of the rail-
road as well.
The real interests of the people and
the railroads are doubtless identical. A
fair and reasonable profit must in the
long run insure the best maintained SER
vice. A railroad managers business
seems now to be almost anything but
legitimate railroading. Politics, obtain
ing, land grants, subsidies and gifts,
making combinations, watering stock,
floating bonds, paying 90 taxes. etc.
The railroad magnate gets his profiss out
of the water. The milkman gets his
profits out of the water. The whale that
swallowed Jonah got prophet out of
the water. II is wonderful country.
We sell the water and throw in the
land. The railroad man sells the water
and does not throw in the railroad. Only
slight difference. Railroad Commits
sioners. plastic Legislatures, even the
Courts cannot change this. But there is
little thing that does change it; it is a
plain, simple little thing, composition. !"
Long may it live and flourish. And in
this impetus everything is alive. The
citrus interests are again active, and
plantations are being made and good
prices realized all around. The orange
grove is to-day a safe and remunerative
business, not better than Others around
us, for it requires capital. patience and
yieilant hard work, but one that, under
the Protective Union, will give the pro-
ducer fair return for bis investment
and labor. The succsss of the citrus
fruit culture depends on our climate and
the continuance Of our springs and
streams. Both Of these are closely con
nected with the preservation OF our
forests and brush lands on our mount
aims.
Dsnuded and glaring rocks in place OF
the present trees and chaparral will
make our climate more severe in its ex.
tremes. The water will run off, as II
now does in denuded places, in torrents
Destructive 10 the valley lands and the
springs and streams, having no reser'
voirs from which to draw, will diminist
or dry up. At the Coyote ranch below
Los Angeles there was, near tho old
house, aspring and large boggy place
Recently forest Of willows, from which
the water supply Of this springy place
came, was cut down and destroyed
The spring is dry and where the bog was
a crust Of white shale stares at the sun.
Here is something at cur door to go and
think Of.
No man who has been here three year,
but has noticed the changed character
of the Arroyo Seco stream. Formerly Il
ran from wooded mountains through q
wooded canon. Wood cutting and fires
have changed part of its course, fortu
natsly only the lower part. But th,
stream which ran in q rocky channe