Los Angeles daily herald., 1888-03-01
OUR NEIGHBoRs.


postmaster.
G. f. White, Pomona pioneer, is
erecting new bank building in that
city, to cost $50, 900.
Fresno fruit is being shipped away
by carloads at the present time, and
Iost of the shipments .go to Colusa
and Kern counties.
Pasadena's real estate transfers for
last week reached the princely sum OF
more than half million dollars, and
there were only five business days in
the week.
The city trustees of Santa Ana have
been petitioned by 6S3 people, $50 of
whom were voters, to abolish the
saloons. Their wine must not be
drank at home, although the rest Of
the world may be deluged with it.
: A. large force of men have com
menced work on the Tia Juana extern
sion of the National City and Otay
Railroad, and it is confidently ex-
pected that the iron will be laid into
Tia Juana City within a period of
sixty days.
A $75 1000 terra Gotta plant has just
been completed at Lucerne, which
will turn out and ship four cars per
day of its wares, consisting Of terra
Gotta blocks, sewer and drain pipes,
building blocks, fine bricks and
various potteries.
The new Hotel Blount at FL Modena
is neatly finished hostelry of thirty
eight rooms. 1t is three stories high,
and has tower rising from the west
end to the height of fifty feet, from
whose look out the Santa Ana Valley
and the Pacific Ocean are in plain
view.
The ditch at Palm Springs is being
pushed ahead and the railroad to
Seven Palms is being graded. Sew
eral hundred acres of land have been
cleared of weeds and bushes and pre-
pared for planting orange orchards,
etc. Several of those who have pur.
chased land are busy improving their
places, and everything promises
busy and prosperous season there.
The prime mover in the matter of
the establishment of phospate works
for the purpose of manufacturing fer
tilizing material, at National City, is
p. Kingston, Riverside capitalist,
who is now at Fort Halleck for his
health. He states, in letter received
lately, that he is recovering, and will
soon be in National City personally to
superintend the establishing of the
enterprise mentioned.
The San Diego Bank of Commerce
opened the doors of its counting-room
on Monday morning and began busi-
sSnesss. The officers are as follows
President, J. l.. Horning; Vice-P Presi-
dent, T. P. Higgins; Cashier, j. G.
Long; Assistant Cashier, H. D. Cans
Teller, Charles Long; Head Book
keeper, Fred Hill. The bank is
organized under State laws, with
capital stock Of $500, 900.
Elsinore is getting ready to do her
share to supply the immense demand
: for lime. The first kiln, now burning
there, will be opened next week, aud
shipped regularly thereafter from
that kiln alone. Two more kilns are
to be constructe1 at once, and the ca
pacity of the Elsinore lime works
will, in fonr or six weeks, be 500
bushels per day.
It appears that the result of the
UniOn's offer to insert want advertise
ments to the extent Of one column
day free of charge to poor and de-
serving people out of employment,
shows that there are but few people
of the class mentioned out of en-
ployment in San Diego. The PROPOSE
ton has remained open for more than
week, and the Union states that
not more than twenty people have
availed themselves Of the offer.
George F. Eberhard, the Eastern
manufacturer who some time ago
visited National City with a view of
establishing branch of his factory
there, has been heard from. He
writes from Seattle, w. T., that he
has visited many places since he
left, and had prospected the coast
we'll, but has found no location pre-
ferable to National City anywhere.
Mr.. Eberhard will shortly return
there, and his big factory project will
then be carried out, unless sorne un-
forseen-hitch occurs.
The San Bernardino National Bank
opened its doors for business on
Thursday morning. The capital
stock of the bank is $200,00 and
following are the officers: j. G. Burt,
President; A. H. Hart, Vice.Presi-
dent; E. H. Morse, Cashier; w. S.
Hooper, Teller. Directors j. G..
Burt, A. H. Hart, +. III. Morse, w.
E. w. Lightfoot, I. R. Brunn, Rich
ard Stewart and Seth Marshal. This
bank is one Of the handsomest banks
in Southern California. 1t is elabo-
tlately frescoed, and the furniture is
all of natural cherry and mahogany,
with trimmings of brass and crystal
lized glass and settings of Tennessee
marble. The vault is very handsome,
and was furnished by the Diebold
Safe and Lock Company. 1t is of an
extra large size, 12x15 feet.
The Pacific Mining District is
situated Oh a mesa or bench over
looking Dry Wash Creek. Itdates it's
existence from last December, when
f. H. Hendsch, the discover and
principal owner in the district, sue
ceeded in interesting company of
San Diego and San Francisco capital
lists in development. The company
has put in milling outfit, consisting
of two Kendall mills and a twenty
horse power engine. Last week the
first load of ore from the Sunnyside
mine was dumped into the iron jaws
of the crusher, and though a regular
cleanup has not yet been made, it
shows abundant evidence that it is an
immense success. About a dozen
men have been engaged since January
1st, grading roads throughout the
district, preparatory to long seasons
run. Last week the largest part of
the force was transferred to the Sun