Los Angeles daily herald., 1888-02-02
Letter froru Antelope.
Ros sAMoND, KERN COUNTY, CAL,
January %. 1888. [

kOSAMoND, hERN OOuNTY, CAL.,i
January %, 1888.
EDITORS HERALD: The people OF
your growing city need not console
themselves they are monopolizing the
boom that is working such wonders in
the way OF values Of homes. Within
the last six months there have been
more bone fde settlers and land loca.
tions made here than for three years
before.
The principal town on the south or
Los Angeles county side of this great
valley, within the last six months has
been something phenomenal when
the country adjacent is considered.
The development OF the rich farming
lands Immediately east and west OF
this sprightly 'own is the key to the
whole business. The S. T. r. r.
Co. are putting in coaling station
here and increasing their facili-
ties for siding, freight and pas
senger trains, pushers, and the
accommodation Of the growing
freight, warehouse and shipping trade
of this growing section. The extern
sive operations of Maynards. Esper-
anza, and the works OF the Pasadena
colony, west Of Lancaster, has given a
wonderful impetus to business at this
growing burg. Further north, on the
S.P. road, eleven miles north is Rosa
mond, where the company have put
in an extra siding to accommodate the
mammoth freight trains meeting the
passenger trains. 1t has erected
capacious platform, and is now about
to put in a telegraph office. Great
activity is displayed on every hand.
Here the company has force of forty
men in addition to a double section
gang, which is engaged in putting in
steel rails between Lancaster and
Mojave and additional siding to ac-
commodate the shipment of fire clay
and the products of the country. Here
the development of the country is as
1great or greater than west of Ian
Master. Within five miles of this place
over eight hundred acres of land has
been cleared, plowed and seeded to
wheat, vines, trees, and agricultural
products. AT Eschol, some twelve
miles west of this place, great activity
has been displayed in clearing and
plowing lands for this years plant,
and if we mistake not, gratifying re-
suits will follow. The late rains have
wet the ground to depth of three to
five feet and bountiful harvest of
crops and pasturage is guaranteed.
At Mojave, gentleman has bought
twenty sections of railroad land and
has ten six-mule teams at work turn
ing up the soil, and is preparing to
duplicate his mammoth operations at
Fresno that has made comfortable
homes for half million of people and
built up city that will be monu-
ment to his memory and enterprise
while time shall last.
Along the extension of the Santa Fe
road between Rodgers station, stu
ated twenty-five miles east of Moiave,
and San Francisco, which crosses the
Southern Pacific road at right angles
some four miles north OF this place,
and keeps an almost due west course
until it crosses the Tehachepi range |
at the Lejon Pass, the most energetic
efforts are being made to get choice
locations of farm lands and in the i'm
3 pl wements of homes. The introduce
EGEs of the Santa Fe road has given
activity to this section that makes the
Oldest settlers think an invasion of
: Yankees is imminent and that revo-
luton of the old stock-raising racket is
more than a probability. Yours,
PATsEY.