Los Angeles daily herald., 1888-11-28
A DISTINGUISHED VISITOR.
The Earl of Ranfurley Looking
About the eNefghbOrhOOd.

The Earl OF Hun1urIey LOOAlnS
About the NefghbOrhO0d.
The Earl of Ranfurley, an Irish pee
whose estate lies in the County of Tyron,
in Ulster, spent part of the day yester
day in Los Angeles and was seen at the
Nadeau House by representative OF the
HERALD. He is the owner of consider
able tract of land in Victoria, Australia,
which he has put into semi-tropic fruits,
and the object of his visit to Southern
California is to see the methods of irri-
cation and cultivation in vogue here and
to purchase vines, and orange and lemon
trees to be shipped to his place in the
South Temperate Zone.
Lord Ranfurley is an affable pleasant
gentleman, but very thoroughly a man
some time in this country and to go from
here to Florida. but his trip is cut short
by news by cable from England, and he
will 60 from Southern California direct
to New York, whence he will sail to his
native country.
81 cannot say very much about your
country here" he said in answer to a
question on that subject, "because l
have seen very little of it as
yet. got into San Francisco
last Saturday after smooth but rather
tedious voyage. l shall remain a short
time in Riverside and Ontario and there
find, hope, the trees l am in search of.
From what have seen of the climate
here and from what I have read imag-
inc it is much the same that prevails in
Victoria, except that you have more rain.
Only two inches and fraction fell last
year from January to September, which
is the period during which all the rain
comes"
"That makes your land entirely de-
pendent upon irrigation ?"
Entirely; but we are we'll supplied
with water, and as yet there has been no
such complications over riparian rights
as have disturbed your people here. 1
do not think there ever will be difficult
ties of that sort. [ went to Australia in
the first place rather by accident, as had
started out for hunting expedition else
where. A friend of mine asked me to
look into the Chaffee Brothers. irrigation
colonies, which were located in Victoria,
to see whether it would be
good place for him to send
his son. The Chaffee Brothers are Can
adams and they have been mary elously
successful in their colonization efforts
elsewhere. You know the work they
have done in Southern California at
Riverside and Ontario? They have five
hundred thousand acres in Victoria in
two colonies. l became satisfied after
investigating the matter and listening to
all that was said against the scheme that
it was good thing and 1 decided to go
into it. can hardly say how much land
l have as my contracts on a good part of
it are not completed yet. In fruits l
have between one hundred and two hun
dred acres.
81 think that country is destined to be
a great rival to this in the markets of the
world for fruit products of the semi
tropic order. Its extent of territory is
vast, and the climate is precisely what is
needed. 1t is developed almost entirely
on the colony system, and as yet is not
very thickly settled. 1t is a country of
great PROMISE"
"Have you heard much of Los Angeles
in your wanderings about the world?"
"The fame of Los Angeles" said his
Lordship, with laugh, "has spread all
over the globe, and everywhere we hear
of the magnificent fortunes that have
been made here in land. If had been
sufficiently credulous, would have ex-
pected to find a city of millionaires.
However, shall be better able to Judge
of the merits of the country and of its
possibilities when / have seen more of
it."
Lord Ranfurley left yesterday after
noon for Riverside, where he will remain
several days and then come back to On
tario.