Arizona weekly citizen., 1886-07-03

Another very pretty town is San BeI 6 nardino which at last after making n liberal donation to the s. F. R k. is (
 nave railroad depot for winch it ha contended in animated rivalry witt @ Coiton for long time. Real estate n Dan Bernardino IS becoming ye.y val l nable; you will be asked as much a. sZUO Tor foot m the business part o r the clty. which contains some fine sub stsStaI structures. Speaking Of these l would mention that almost every town
 m California contains 8 splt udid hall oi tue l. O. O. F. and s'sO Of ihe |. M. C. ] A. Dodses Of the A. O. [. ". also exi-,
 everywhere and are well patronized aud
 attended.
 From Col,on to San Diego the Cali.
 fornia SOu;heiu railroad takes you in
 about ten hours. There is q steady rise
 to TemeculR whence the dOEnsraie be-
 sins until you reach Ocean side
 from which point the rosd-h
 contieues about level along the
 coast. The Riverside valley is one
 immense orchard, vineyard and garden
 combined. One very pretty feature of
 horticulture Is prssenied Co the eye here
 in the varIons fanciful shapes gwen to
 the cypr' ss tree and hush; here 1t forms
 an imperetrabls hedge ot yIvii green
 resembling a wall ss neat aud straight
 cut Rs any masonry; there it 's cut IH to
 upright pillars wi;h perfectly rouud
 balls on their tops; then again l. forms
 beautiful arches over the entrance to
 ;he lawns and gardens. Nowhere have
 ever seen So many shades of green as
 in Southern California. What a variety
 Ot this beEuti'u 'ul color every where from
 the blu'sh-green tint of the eucalyptus to
 the glossy and rich dark green ot the orange tree.
 San Diego Is the .'bo0ming city" par excellence A moderate lot on Fifth St, lthe princlpsl business streetl is readily sold for S30 O0O to Sf0,0O0. SSan Diego does not sell yOu property alone, you pay for climate and harbor when You bug real esta,e there. Everybody is in high spirits and predicts aD immense" future for the toSb; buildings land sub s,sntisl ones st thaD are going up by the dozen apd the streets and stores present a very lively appear ance. Our former tOwr's- fellow, Doctor Witfeld, who hos owned prop erty m the town for years, IS dlsposIng of It with immense profit: be has more than doubly made up his losses sustained m QnIjOtos and a certain Tucson bank. Mir. John Capron Is blooming" alsl after having had several ups and downs since he left this city.
 Js this grand boom" to las.? By far the majority oi the San Diego people fully believe so. also u.quy strangers who arrive there and do not hesitate 10 invest their capital in town property. 1 Still there are not H few who shake their ! heads ominou-ly and point io n former boom which lasted but Q short time. "It ] is true" they say, "thut we have lar. Dor; let us even suppose, Rs you all suy. l it is the finest harbor on the coast; will | that bring uS shipping? What h.ve we | to export? Look at the country behind | us and tell ns what can We raise tbere? | Where IS the water to come from for | irrigatIng purposes. for the raising of !, cattle? Where is the pasture for the !. lstter?"
 It is useless to say that these people | are considered as iIcorriglble pessi- 1 mists and ac rd.ngly sat doWDiuIon 10 l short order.
 The undeniabie fact remfias that San l Diego has gro~n immensely ID He last I few years, that her hotels are cCntiu- ually overcrnwded and ,bst ]. x still |! growing 6t v-ts rapId rate
 SInta Monica IS destined Co ba the | bathing place Of the coast, Hll Is husi'e and motion here to build. to bcsutify 1 and to extend the town although it is very probable that the little towns re- cently sprung up ou the San DIego railroad like Oceansiie, Del Mar. etc. wil not long remain in their incipieut state, but fall III the ranks of ra;hing places with all necessary accOmmoda- tions. and If they do not Imi.st" the axorbitant iprices oi Santa MonIca, they are sure tO be well pat ronized by people of moderate means who win sO thsrs for their health aud do not care for hotel hIgh-life.
 A very paradise ia Santa Barbara, sIt- uRted as it IS m m immense park of beautiful trees interspersed with lovely gardens and surrounded by cottage clsd hills. It "boomeih" not but keeps stead fly on improving little from year tO year. Its lovely situation m a nBrrow but mostly fertile valley together with its unsurpassed climate cause meny visitors to extend their stay here much longer than at first intended. a circum- stance which accounts for the many SD en id and n every way fret class hO'ei- And churches of all The mission c! Ssn Gabriel with its small hut elegantly decorated church Is reached in about twenty minutes by csb whose fare IS only 2J cents. It j. inc cidtst mission on the coast but owing 70 the well filled treasury Of tue Franciscan fathers the mission buildings are constantly kept in |. ground you can overlook from here the whole town and this view te- comes a magnificent panorama if yCu mount into the church tower which is an exact counterpart of the bell-tOver of nnr Snn Navier chnrch