Los Angeles daily herald., 1888-12-22
REDLANDS.
lt Begins TO Take ON the Airs of a
CITY.

It Begins to Take ON the Airs of a
City.
The newly-formed city of Redlands
has during the past week elected It's
Board OF Trustees and commenced upon
the duties which the change necessitates
A general air of brushing up seems te
pervade the town, the streets are being
repaved and the waste places looked
after most thoroughly. The hotels are
well filled with strangers, and quite q
number of the new arrivals have, after q
short stay, either rented Furnished
houses or purchased improved property
to establish homes for themselves. Five
families came last week to make their
homes there.
Mr.. HILBERT, for many years connected
with the American consulate at Sheffield
England, is on his way hither to settle
for the remainder of his days.
Mr.. Newcomer, the architect, is build
ing 50 500 house on the residence tract.
Mr.. Malone, the builder, has also COM
menced one of about the same value on
a neighboring lot. A. H. Hart, of San
Bernardino, is to build a s., 900 house
on lot recently purchased in the Spoor
block. E. B. Cults, of Carson City,
New, has commenced a new house on
his ten-acre lot.
The Methodists have this week com.
menced building parsonage. The
Presbyterians, Congregationalists and
Baptists are all commencing to build
houses of worship. Seven hundred
shares of stock have already been taken
in the Building and Loan Association re-
Gently organized.
The Board of Trade has decided to
send an agentto Los Angeles to represent
this section there. X. Y. q.
Depot Jotsings.
Mr.. Clinton Jones. Pacific Coast agent
for the Rock Island is in town.
The new transcontinental tariffs were
distributed among the shippers yester.
day.
Mr.. S. F. Maltby, General Freight
Agent of the Denver and Rio Grande, is
in the city.
The Southern Pacific shipped 2,234
carloads of fruit out of the State durine
the past year.
Passenger Agent Harry Steere, OF the
Southern Pacific, has gone to Santa Bar
bara to look after business in that terri
tory.
Mr.. G. w. Bien has been appointed
Assistant General Freight Agent of ths
Southern Pacific with headquarters a
New Orleans.
The new hotel erected by the Southern
Pacific at Indio in place of the one de
stroyed by incendiary fire, will be opened
in a few days.
The net earnings of the Santa Fe fo
the month of October amounted tt
1908 ,055, decrease of $263, 3,025 over tn,
corresponding period last year.
The two new signal towers on tn,
Tustin branch and the one at Los Nieto
will be finished tonight. The expens,
of these operations is to be borne equal,
by the Southern Pacific and the SAINT,
Fe.
Mr.. VIM. Taylor has been appointed
shop clerk at the Southern Pacific es
tablishment on San Fernando street. il
place of R. Stross, resigned, who ha
gone to establish business at Aztec
A. T.
The second annual ball of the Mutua
Aid Association of Switchmen of Nortl
America will be given at Aruory Hal
this evening. The entertainment will
be in the hands of the Coast Rang,
Lodge No. 43.
The Central Pacific has made goot
preparations on its sierra divisions fol
the winter SHOWS. The sheds are all il
good repair, and new $l2 900 rotary
plow has been added to the stock.
Mr.. Keyes, who was appointed this
week as Chief Clerk in the passenger de-
partment Of the Santa Fe here, supplants
Mr.. +. B. Southard, who has accepted
an engagement with the Oregon Railway
and Navigation Company.
Tramp With Extravagant Tastes
A dilapidated specimen of the genue
tramp entered the Southern Police Sta.
tion in Baltimore the other night and
asked for lodging. He gave his name as
John Stone and his address as Havre
de Grace. He was turned over to Turn.
key Tom Knight. When shown his
quarters in cell, Stone stepped back az
if he had been shot, and said:
"Do you mean that am to sleep in
there ?" pointing to the cell,
"That's about the size of it," answered
the turnkey.
Have you no mattress, no covering al
all? Must sleep on the bare board anG
run the chance Of taking cold"
That's what you II to do, said knight
"You don't take this for hotel, dc
your"
"Well," answered Stone, II have beer
used to better accommodations thar
those you offer, and would never ALLOW
myself, under any circumstances, to rur
the risk of catching cold and permanent,