The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1890-05-07
California Letter.
ST. HELENA, CAL, April 80, 100

OF. HELENA, Cal., april oU, w.
EDITOR ESTERPRIsE:-As my last let
ter was read with some interest l presume
on your space TO write another. In this
will try and give something 6 that will be
new 10 your readers, knowing that you
cannot afford space In your valuable paper
to print what is floating around In almost
every paper In the country.
The first item is that manufacturing
city is rapidly growing up in the south
west corner Of the United Sta,es on the
bay Of San Diego. Also that another Is
growing up thirty miles below at Ensrna-
do In Mexico. Heie steam wollen mill
Is In full blast, making blankets and flannel
for miners shirts from the wool produced
In the surrounding country. These
goods, which are frst-class, find a ready
market IN the same country where the
wool is produced aud part is shipped to
San Diego and thence 10 bond TO FL Paso
and back again into Mexico. Before this
mill was started the Mexicans manulact.
ured by hand. with grslt labor, their ser
apas which they wear over their should
ers, giving them picturesque appear
ance. Now they wear ready.nade suits
manufactured in Chicago.
On the bay Of San Diego a company
with ample capital and machinery has
just started factory for the making OF
parlor matches. Some people suppose
that matches are all made In heaven OF
Philadelphia. This Is mistake as the
sulphurous smell will show. This compa.
ny intend TO supply the entire Poetic
coast and the Sandwich Islands with su.
perior article that will DEFY competition
At 0tay, a suburb Of San Diego, a watch
factory is In full operation. fully equipped
with the best modern machinery and a
corps Of experienced workmen. The
owners know enough about manufacturing
TO realize that they must put upon this
market superior article at "a price that
cannot be undersold. Then, there are ma
chine shops and fouudries which supply
the local trade and all orders from Ia
coma and other rapidly growing cities at
the north. There are many other manu-
factories in operation and projected which
I will not describe In detail.
You may ask, how can they compete
with eastern manufacturers For various
reasons. First they have the advantage
oi 1000 miles Of transportation by rail.
Second, they have the most comfortable
climate In this world to live In and peo-
pie are willing 10 make some sacrifice for
this enjoyment. Third, It is the healthiest
city In the United States. BY acurate sta
tistlcs the death rate is large Per cent.
less than In any other city. The reasons
for this ore plain; the drainage is super
ior, being on gentle slope from the
mesa. or high plateau Several years ago
the city issued bonds and put In system
OF sewers under the supervision Of Colonel
Waring, one Of the best sanitary engineers
Of this country. The climate is equible.
Every day life giving sea breeze comes
In from the ocean, temperlng the heat 80
It is seldom above S5 deg, in the summer,
In winter there is seldom frost so thar
tomato vines grow perenially.. The reac-
tlon Of the boom Of 1885 has passed away
without The failure Of bank or a busi-
ness house, and healthy thrift has set in.
Streets ATE being paved with bitumlous
rock laid in straight bars Of eight inches
and cable road four miles In length has
been started. A free market has just been
started where FISH, fruits and meats are
sold al reasonable prices by the producers
as far as possible V the consumers with
out paying . tribute 70 the middle men.
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