Los Angeles daily herald., 1888-02-23
BORDER-LAND.
The Boundary Lines Of Two
Counties.
POMONA AND Ell CHINO.
A Prosperous City-A Great Town
in Embrye-Ranches, Rail-
roads, Hotels and Fac
tories.

train carried him out to Pomona on Tues
day. The road is a model of every excel
lence between this city and Cotton, and the
country is as pretty as picture. At Shorbs
the grade of the Monrovia rapid transit
crosses the 8. p. track, and the grade of the
s. P. ''straddle," to run via the Raymond to
Altodena, and thence along the foothills to
Monrovia, perhaps further east, is also
thrown up north of the main line at the
same point. At East San Gabriel the
new hotel shows up on the hill, north of the
line 1t is very picturesque and attractive
looking hostelry. A number of nice cot
tages have just been built in the immediate
vicinity, and the new railway station is
beauty At puente te,h there d i e every appear ear
stantial sort. The oil works at this point is
an encouraging sign of the times A boom
built on such solid foundations as our in
dustry is not a bubble to be burst by every
little wind of adversely that may blow on it.
POMONA.
In due time we reached Pomona. A few
months ago this was a scattered settlement
of fruit growers. The beauty of the land
scape, the fertility of the soil, the prosperity
OF the fruit growers, the Intelligent charac-
= ter of the people could not help but attract
good people to Pomona. AT the last census
taken for the purpose OF incorporating, and
ton of 1000 people in the rev city Of
Pomona. The place to-day has not
less than 5000 souls within the
municipaIity. The D. streets St. IT'S are broad,
and pretty shade trees. The style of the
residences tells with great emphasis of the
substantial condition of the community.
There are churches of all denominations,
fine schools, and all those humanizing and
refining influences which a prosperous, pro-
gressive and intelligent people always
gather around its homes. Pomona has
three banks, stores of all sorts, with large
and finely selected stocks of goods. The
business portion of the town is of
solid brick blocks, two and three stories
metropolis. The Southern Pacific trains all
stop in the heart of Pomona, and along the
north borders OF its limits the Atchison,
Topeka and Santa Fe runs. The grade is
several miles on a standard gauge road to
run to Elsinore. Yesterday noon Mr. Chas
Crocker, OF the Southern Pacific Company,
arrived at Pomona T. BY special train: He
San Francisco, and Mr.. Pearson. Mr.. Gird,
OF the Chino Ranch, took the party out over
his principality, and while the railroad
people ,Ss Were entirely noHe9mitat 1be}r
to Pomona, all signs seemed to
point to some intimate connection with
this Pomona and Elsinore scheme. Mr.
Crocker is known to have visited Southern
California for the purpose of giving his per-
sonal attention to the great work now being
begun at San Pedro. Our seaport is to be
BTcdtly 1 pTONcu dIu W DC pub Ou itfcl
with its importance, on account of the great
business done there now and the promise
OF SO much greater commercial interests in
( the immediate future.
y THE PALoMAREs.
Pomona has in the Palomares Hotel one
kept hostelries in California. The bust
ness of this resort has SO much increased Of
late that fine large hotel has been added
to the old one 1t is model of style and
IN, al ito arrop IN Pal.
Omares the people of Pomona have an in
stitution Of which they need not be
ashamed.
Yesterday the people of Pomona put up
$4,000 cold coin to secure fruit evapor
ating plant at that place. This will give
the fruit growers good market for their
products and large profit for their indus
try.
From Pomona the reporter visited
the townsite laid out Oh the Chino ranch
by its owner, Mr.. Richard Gird. The new
town is about five miles f.om Pomona. 1t
Chino ranch, at the Rancho Santa Ann del
Chino, as its full title runs in the original.
1t is indeed an opulent principally. The
ranch embraces $4,000 acres, and every
dozen rich srtesian wells. on the place.
Three range in depth at from $50 to 200
feet, and one of them flows IS miners
Inches OF yaeE MI GIRO mas or ten
surface and some artesian. For the
use of the upper end Of the ranch Mr.. Gird
hasssecured large slice of the Cienega
: from which Pomona acquires her water
supply He will develop a large stream here
and pipe it to his lands. The townsite Of
Chino has already local habitatiOn as well
well-constructed building, temporary ho::
tel printing Office, a real estate Office, and
one or two other buildings. More are going
upin rapid succession: Yes, Chino has a
we'll conducted, artistic little sheet.
Mr.. William Wasson is the accomplished
writer, and he is gentleman OF large ex-
Perience in many walks OF life, a,, and an able
out of the Champion as his town grows.
Chino has two railroads graded through the
townsite. One is the Elsinore & Pomona
line referred to above, 1t .is intended to
reach San Diego by way of Elsinore. The
grade is finished up for several miles be-
yord Chino. The other road is narrow
gauge It begins at Ontario and runs Sas to
graded and the ties and rails strung along all
the way to Chino. Some two or three miles
of iron is already laid south of Ontario. In
side of two weeks it will be in operation.
From Chino it is to run across the low
range of hills to the Olinda, or Shanklin
ranch. north of Anaheim, thence to the
last named point, and and SO through Anaheim ah elm
the Olinda ranch, and westward
iron has been strung along the ground.
This section will also be open for business
in a very short time. 1t will be of vast ad-
vantage to the new town OF Chino by giving
the new place direct connection with tide
water.
THE CHINO HORSES
Mr.. Gird has on=the Chino ranch 700
head of horses and as smany thousand head
of cattle. The horses are worthy of special
attention. Mr.. Gird is doing much towards
giving this section an ideal strain of horses
for road and general purposes. He
las as fine specimens OF the
equine race s.t as any ps,chnro In the unlGp 1s
crosses with thoroughbred stock are pro-
ducing fine animal. By inbreeding again
he gets horse with plenty of bone and sub
Cleveland bay, an imported horse Of great
strength and beauty. A thoroughbred Nor
folk is noble animal. Mr.. Gird
sis young He horse Is BY xhse senasSr CSs aan
rord's Electioneer out of a thoroughbred
St. Clair mare This strain has the best
two-year-old record (2:25) extant, and the
(. best four:year-old record, 2:16 M. Gird's
horse is the last of his race, and the future
animals OF this pedigree must come from
the Chino stables.
THE ROLLING MILLS
At Chino the big rolling mills are to be
located. Among Other. things to be made
there is steel rails. A model for new
railroad people. It is composite
rail, and OF tubular or arch con-
struction. The inside of the
rail is of iron. There are two fapges that
are screwed to the ties. A small hollow
Ranges separate. gives passage to air along
the ties. Two strong iron sides rise perpen-
d .cularly to the horizon with q hollow
space in the center. Then comes the steel
part which dts over this. The top of 1t is
the part on which the wheels run. The
sides fit down over the sides of the iron
rail inside. There is q fange which first
to the ties. The telegraph wires run in the
hollow within the rail- this doing away
with the use Of poles. The iron part lasts
aide may be turned around and used on the
other. It gives more strength and more