Los Angeles daily herald., 1888-03-25
OUR NEIGHBORS.

OUR NEIGHBOkS. ut
The town of Orange holds its first
city election April 9th.
The San Bernardino and Redlands
motor road is within two miles OF
town and coming right along, says the
Citrograph.
A rabbit hunt is to take place the
last two days of this month in Ante
lope valley, starting out in the vicinity
of Esparanza, nine miles west of Lam
caster.
Boston girl, sitting on porch at the
Glenwood-"Have you read the new
book, The Modern Paradise p" New
York girl, languidly-"Oh, dear, no
l have read SO much about Riverside
that an entire book about that place
would weary me-"
Ground has been broken for the
new fruit cannery at Pomona. A part
of the brick is already upon the
ground, and the active work Of build
ing will be commenced in about ten
days. The manager OF the cannery,
D. W.. EdluOuib, Will iChONO W "
mona from Los Angeles with his lam
lily in week or two.
1t is the intention of the Southern
California Motor Road Company to
construct its road and have it IN run
ming order within four months. The
company has ordered two motor en-.
gines from a st. Louis car company.
'rln Of fhn 1aN1ct
ment and practically noiseless and
smokeless. Each will be OF sufficient
power 10 pull four cars. 1t is the in
tention OF the company to run trains
between Riverdale and Cotton every
hour, and if the traffic demands it, the
trips will be reduced to half-hourly.
The motor road system is shortly 10
be extended to Arrow Head Hot
Springs.
81 suppose you are used to hearing
people in Pomona express their sur
prise at the many changes in your
city," said Daniel P. Gordon, of Day
ton, o., who came to Pomona last
Monday after an absence OF one year,
'but | want to tell you Pomona
people that l have Travelled in nearly
every State in the Union and there
are not five towns that know of any
where that have had SO vigorous,
healthy and, at the same time, so rapid
growth during the past two years
as Pomona. Pasadena, to be sure,
has grown at a truly wonderful rate,
but that town had big start on its
growth before Pomona was heard Of.
am confident you are going to have
fine town here in the near future. |
have invested 81 800 in land here this
very afternoon, as a little token of my
confidence in Pomona. expect to
be here again in two weeks onlmy way
South from San Francisco. - Pomona
Progress.
A great deal of improvement is now
being done in Redlands, and the sales
of real estate recently have been many
in number and for fairl. large am MOUNTS.
Redlands seems to be more than hold.
ing it's own in this respect as compared
with the rest of the county. Many
dwellings and several business blocks
are under contract, the rails and ties
for the street railway are being dis
tributed along the line, and Cajon
street, and portions Of Citrus and
Highland avenues are being graded.
The Valley Road runs four trains
each way between Redlands and San
Bernardino and the motor line has
been completed as far as the Barton
tract in Old San Bernardino. On the
high hills to the south tunnels are
being constructed and pipe lines dug.
preparatory to conveying the water to
the Crescent avenue and Redlands
Heights subdivision. Work on the
new school building is now progress
ing, the Sloan House is open and the
Windsor will be in another week.
The Santa Monica Outlook says re-
garding the Soldiers Home that a
beginning is about to be made. upon
building operations. The first step in
this direction is to be a handsome
nine-room house, one story and a half,
to be called "Junipero Cottage, -
named after Junipero Sierra, one Of
the old Catholic fathers who admins
tered to the spiritual comfort of the
people in this part of the country in
early days. The site Of this first
building is on the front slope Of the
grounds about midway, and will be
occupied by the Governor of the
Home, for a time, until his permanent
residence shall have been completed,
Messrs. Peters Il Burns, the archi-
tects, are now at work on the plans
for the barracks and main buildings,
but they will not be ready for the
carpenters before the middle of May.
By that time everything will be in
perfect readiness for building opera
tions, and Colonel Brown, the Inspec-
tor-General who is in charge, informs
us that he proposes to push every
thing forward with all possible dis
patch. In the meantime work OF
various kinds of minor character
will be kept up, so that there will be
n strapplinp anvwharo IN the line