Los Angeles daily herald., 1889-08-25
FLORENCE.
Gossip About sewers and the Sea-
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met has his vest open from bottom tc
top and his collar unbuttoned, just as i
it was warm
The G. A. r. has been holding its
encampment at San Pedro, and although
there are very few veterans at Florence,
quite a number went to San Pedro to
enjoy the novelty of camp life, and came
back well pleased. This being the juno
tion of the branches, and where they
change cars, the depot all this week
has presented a metropolitan air, and
there has not been near seating capacity
in the waiting room to accommodate
those waiting for trains, and judging
from the number that have passed here
attendance. Credit is due the Southern
Pacific Company for the efforts they put
forth to give the G. A. r. people good
train service between Los Angeles and
San Pedro on this occasion.
The South Side Irrigation Company
has reached Florence with its pipe line,
and a number of men are at work
digging the ditch and putting in the
pipes. They are pushing the work, and
will have it to some of the ranches that
will take the water in a few days. In
conversation with some of the gentle
men who are to take the sew
age water from this company,
they expressed themselves as
glad to get it, and if
you will permit me to comment upon the
Los Angeles sewage question, can see
no reason why the thousands of acres of
land tributary to Florence and Loe An
geles, could not be made to grow vsst
fields of corn, potatoes, small grain and
fruit. The land is now useless, growing
only weeds. Anything that will either
tend to build up or retard the growth OF
Los Angeles and neighboring towns, has
the same effect on Florence, and the
people of our little burg ought to en-.
courage or oppose anything that will
have tendency to do either. BY the
proposed outfall sewer, Los Angeles will
ruin her most attractive watering places,
and entail upon the people of Santa
Monica irreparsble loss. Property will
depreciate in value, business fall
away from them and Santa Monica
will soon be q place Of the past,
if the outfall sewer is carried as
proposed. You will see people who
have bought property there, and make it
their home during the summer months,
move away. One in particular is Sena-
tor ]. P. Jones, who has large interests at
Santa Monica, and built residence at
cost of seventy-fve or one hundred thou
sand dollars, because of the superior
climate OF Santa Monica. The people of
Los Angeles know very well on the first
taint of the water these people will pack
their goods and decamp, never to return.
This is only one, and there are many
others. If the laboring class of Los An.
geles think of voting for the proposed
outfall sewer because it will give them
work for one year, would say, be not
deceived; when the pipes are in the
ground you are out of employment ;
you cannot hope to get another days
work from the sewer. Suppose you use
it on several thousand acres of land, in
stead of wasting it, as proposed. To
cultivate this land would give employ
ment to several hundred men the year
round. These products would 60 into
the hands of commission merchants, fruit
men, and over our railroads, causing in
the several branches more mon to be
employed continually than it will take to
build the sewer to the sea. Again, ship
ping our products east will bring money
into California, which all know is what
we need and what we all are working for.
The arguments l have used do not take
into account the million and half the
people will have to pay for this wasteful
system, and interest on bonds for ten and
twenty years. 1 think the HERALD has
taken wise stand on this question, and
dealt fair and fearlessly in giving opin-
ions and views Of the people.
Baldwin & Hastings are still thresh-
ing rye and delivering straw to the paper
mill at Lynwood. If the Los Angeles
Paper Company don't make as good pa
per as any mill in the United States, it
has only itself to blame, for Mr.. Baldwin
says the yield is good and the finest
straw he has ever seen. They received
this week potato digger, and are going
to work at once digging the one hundred
and twenty-five acres of potatoes planted
last spring. Any one desiring good seed
potatoes would do we'll to correspond with
Messrs. Baldwin & Hastings. They
sent East for most of their seed, and pro.
cured it at great expense, and judging
from sample, they are very fine pota-
toes.
Mr.. r.CharlieKohler, of the firm of Kohler
& Frohling, is down from San Francisco
to superintend the winery of the Nadeau
estate, which will start up soon. George
J. Nadeau has some very fine grapes
which he hassbeen marketing at Los An
geles at good prices. They are sweet and
very palatable. This is the same party
spoken of in the last about feeling 30
large one morning as to try and step over
six foot fence. In feeling he is little
smaller now and goes through the gate
He christened the new arrival Libbie,
and il she proves to be as fine woman
as the lady he named her after, he may
Justly feel proud of his new treasure.
The citizens who were camping at the
Beach at the last writing have returne
but go down occasionally to get breath
of sea air and take a plunge in the surf.
Mrs. Godbold, with her two daughters,
is at Long Beach camping. Master Sank
has situation in Los Angeles. Miss
Hughes, of Ventura, is visiting Miss Jes.
sic Clark.
Mrs. Major, of Santa Barbara, is visit
ing relatives and will stay .one or two
weeks.
Last Sunday Mr.. Major, of Los Angeles,
was down to see his sister, Mrs. Douglas.
Mr.. Eugene Robertson was also down
to see the Douglas family.
Mr.. Moore, the assistant agent, took a
weeks vacation and went to Santa
Monica.
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