Los Angeles herald., 1890-06-14

are 10, 900 acres in all. These lands are
valued at $400 an acre in their raw state.
The company has bought 100000 of
orange stock, all in the county, and will
plant 800 acres of oranges next year.
This syndicate will expend at least $780,
600 next year in improving their lands.
The system of canals already stretches
twenty-five miles.
An Endless Story.
But newspaper article must come to
an end. One might write of Riverside
fifty of these columns and then have
something left to say. Riverside sprin-
kles daily twenty-one miles of streets
and has no dust in all her borders. She
has Magnolia avenue, eight miles long,
at least 200 feet wide, aligned all its dis
tance with palms, grevelias, pepper
and eucalyptus trees. A street
car system extends its entire length, the
cars running all the way under the
thick foliage of the pepper trees.
Riverside has gas works, electric
lights, fine level streets, cement side
walks, and all the marked features of a
city.
All the churches are represented in
Riverside. The Congregational edifice
cost $25, 900. The Methodists, Baptists,
Presbyterians, Episcopalians, Catholics,
New Church, Universalists and others
have organizations and buildings. The
secret societies are also well represented.
Riverside has one of the finest opera
houses in the state. 1t is the new Cali
fornia i'll miniature-and not so very
small either. 1t seats 800 people. 1t is
a gem. The Irving block, in which it is,
would rank with the best blocks in San
Francisco.
Riverside has several fine hotels, the
Glenwood, kept for years by Frank A.
Miller, being one of the cosiest, most
romantic and best kept houses in Cali
fornia. 1t is surrounded by large
grounds, beautifully adorned with fine
trees, shrubs and flowers. Its wide
verandas are the incest in the world to
lounge on and enjoy the climate of the
semi-tropics.
Riverside has the finest school build
ing in the state. 1t is of solid brick,
and rivals in its substantial and artistic
features the piles erected in the east by
the great universities of the country.
Riverside has a board of trade gov
erned by the following officers and direc-
tors: ID. L. Wilbur, president; Joseph
Jarvis, vice-president; w. H. Morrell,
secretary; Thomas Bakewell & Sons,
treasurer; D. L. Wilbur, Joseph Jarvis,
M. d., A. S. White, T. II. B. Chamblin,
w. NJ. Collier, Thomas Bakewell, j. L.
Koethen, H. A. Pulls, E. P. Sargent,
Bradford Morse, d. w. Mcleod.
Riverside has council as follows,
being city of the sixth class Aber-
deem Keith, president; NJ Hoover, A. S.
White, H. E. Allatt.
Ad. S. Alkire Is city clerk Bradford
Morse, marshal; J. M. Drake, treasurer;
w. J. McIntire, attorney Nv. B. Sawyer,
health officer; w. w. Noland, recorder;
j. W. johnson, superintendent of
streets and city engineer; j. N. Keith,
chief of the fire department.
The board OF health is composed of A.
Keith, W. B. Sawyer, w. j. McIntire,
Bradford Morse, j. w. johnson.
The library trustees are: Rev. DR..
Geo. H. Deere, Prof N. G. Timing. E.
w. Holmes, A. S. White and c. j. Gill.
The library is well-selected one, and
contains large list of books.
Riverside has daily paper, the Press.
now conducted by E. W. Holmes and R.
}. Pierson. 1t is published every even
ing excepting Sunday.
The Ph@nir is lively weekly paper