Los Angeles daily herald., 1888-12-16

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OF water-works are nearly completed ant
pipes, etc. will be laid at once. Tht
Company propose to go on with the i'm
provement of the place regardless o
what may be done in the way of sales o
property, believing that this as we'll al
other interests in Southern Californif
are certain of ultimate success.
The presence of such men as thu
Messrs. Ainsworth and Thompson, the
one resident of Oakland and the Other
of San Francisco, shows in what esteem
this section is held. They are intimately
acquainted with the resources of The
whole Coast, and when they, the othel
day, put their money into this property
they acted with eyes wide open, and die
SO because they feel we'll assured thai
there is great future before Los Ange
les, and before all this southern country
Those who buy a small farm near Re
dondo or Inglewood, or who select their
homes in either of these towns, will share
in the prosperity incident to the great de-
velopment which these far-seeing sno
practical men know lies in their future
HEsPERIA.
The Hesperia Syndicate owns Town.
ship 5, N. R. W., S. B. M. Also Sec
tions 2, A, 6. s, II, IA, 16, IS, 20, %. %,
30, 32 and "a, Township 5, N. r. w,
s. B. M, less about 1000 acres, hereto
fore sold. The syndicate owns, by prior
appropriation, and by riparian rights,
five thousand inches of water from the
Hesparia river, formerly called the East
Fork of the Mojave river, or Deep creek.
This water is taken out in ditch, con-
structed in the granite mountain side for
nearly four miles. The ditch is granite,
plastered with Portland cement, and
will last for thousands of years. 1t is
except as against me-
force. The ditch ends high up
on the mountain side, overlooking Hes
ter steel and iron pipe extends for over
six miles to the lands of the Company,
large supply of pure noun
tain water for domestic use, and for irri-
eating purposes.
The source Of water supply is the high
mountain watershed, covered with a
heavy growth OF fine pine timber, in the
shadows of which the winter SHOWS
slowly melt until late in the season. In
this way large and permanent supply
Of water is assured. In times of rain the
stream of water is one and two hundred
feet wide, and several feet deep. There
is abundance of winter water to irrigate
a hundred thousand acres, and summer
water for all the lands Of the syndicate.
This water supply is fully men
toned from the fact that land
Or colony enterprises in Southern
California are somewhat dependent on
the water supply. If the water will
sustain one thousand people, that is the
limit of the colony if it will sup
ply fifty thousand, that is the limit.
The Hesperia supply is considered
one of the best in Southern Cal
ifornia. Parties contemplating in.
vestment should examine the water
supply, and conduits, and see for them
selves the extent and certainty of the
supply.
The lands.-The lands lie principally
IN a mesa, or a table on the northern
slope of the Sierra Madre mountains.
The A. T. & S. F. r. R. runs through
The middle of the Township, from north
10 south. About the center OF T. 4 N.
R. 4 W., Hesperia City is laid out.
It is beautiful townsite, or a
wide spreading dome of land
overlooking the lands of the Mojave
plains, encircled in the distance from
the east to the south and southwest, by
the snow-capped mountains. The air is
dry and pure, free from fogs and mois-
ture, magnificent region for sun-curing
all fruits. The soil is rich, yellowish-
red Ioam, deep and rich, underlaid with
a clay formation. 1t is of such charac-
ter that moisture will be long retained.
A large part of the soil is covered with
heavy growth of mountain cedar or jupi-
ter. The balance is covered with a
growth of shrubs, yucca and bunch grass.
S.,les-The sales of town lots and farm
lands have reached the sum of $l87 900,
over one-fourth of which has been paid
in cash. The farm lands are now selling
at from 500 to $3.50 per acre, with wa
ter. Town lots at from $3.50 to $3.50 each.
Summary The $4,000 acres of unsold
land, with water, may be safely calcu-
lated to net 500 per acre or $3, 900 900.
The water system, when the lands are
sold, will be the property of the COM
pany and may be estimated at future
value of 100000.
THE PoTRERo GRANDE, ETC.
Richard Garvev offers for sale, adjoin-
ing the Alhambra and San Gabriel,
about ten miles east of Los Angeles, in
the far-famed San Gabriel valley, several
large tracts of land lying in the ranches
known as the Potrero Grande, Filepe
Lugo and others. There are $500 acres
of these lands in one body, the best in
the county for all kinds of fruits, with
plenty of wa'er with the land. Some of
the land lies il, the bottoms of the San
Gabriel river and is known as damp
land. 1t will produce six to eight
crops of alfalfa year without any
irrigation. 1t will produce in the spring
a crop of potatoes, later on one of corn,
and then one of potatoes. Hops, beans
and peas flourish here. There is no
better land for the English walnut, one
of the best paying fruits we grow. These
lands are only ten miles from this grea.
city. They lie close to railroads, and are
within sight of all kinds of churches and
of the best schools in the country. No
better educational facilities are to be
found in New England than OBJ
tain here. The farmer can here find
land for any purpose he desires. Citrus
fruit, deciduous fruit, vegetables, dairy
farming, hay growing, hops, corn, in
fact all the manifold branches of horti-
culture and agriculture, including stock
raising, all flourish on these lands.
Right adjoining them are the stables Of
l.. J. Rose, where the breed of Sultan
and Alcazar. the most famous horses in
the world are found. Mr.. Garvey's
fine band of cattle which roam
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