Los Angeles herald., 1890-09-24
POINTS ON POMONA.
She Upholds Her Name by Her
Fruits

Everybody about Pomona is fairly
iubilant over the prosperity of that de-
lightful city. Mr.. Palmer, of the Land
and Water company, said to the HERALD
tramp reporter yesterday, that while not
very much land is now selling, there is
great deal of earnest inquiry. A large
number of new people are coming into
town with the intention of settling. All
signs, Mr.. Palmer thinks, point to an
active business very soon.
Very little wine is being made this
year at the winery, as nearly all the
grapes are being dried for shipment to
New York. The driers are making pots
full of money out of the crop. They
paid the growers SO to $12 ton, or about
half a cent pound for the green grapes,
and sell them dried for $40 ton. Three
pounds of the green fruit will make rather
more than one of dried, so that profit
is good deal more than 100 per cent.
Last Monday five cars OF about seventy
five tons were sent east, and it is es
timated that in all there will be between
500 and 600 tons togo.
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tons of apricots, and $40 of prunes. The
same establishment will can $50 tons OF
peaches. These figures do not repre-
sent, probably, more than third of the
total crop of the place. The whole area
of territory contributing to this indus
try at Pomona is not more than four or
five miles square, yet the fruit
crop will run up to nearly 5000
tons, all prepared for market. The
grapes will bring into the place $35, 900
to S45, 900. The apricots paid the farmers
900 for those handled by one firm,
and perhaps as much more outside of
that The prunes paid the farmers $780,
900, and the peaches nearly as much.
That is for those reported by the one
firm. If, as is estimated, there were as
many more as that raised in the place,
these figures must be doubled. The
total receipts for fruits, including pears,
would not fall much short of $175,000,
and might run to $200,O00. Next winter
Pomona will sell oranges to the extent of
$50, 900 worth, swelling the value of her
fruit crop to a quarter OF million.
How is that for twenty to twenty-five
square miles in the hands of popula-
tion all told, merchants, mechanics,
farmers, bankers and laborers, of about
5000?
The orange crop is reported to be
good for seedlings and fair for. budded
varieties.
Add to this the proceeds of other in
dustries and one gets the idea of a very
prosperous place. The other day Mr..
Palmer, OF the Land and Water COM
pany. received letter from a former
resident of Pomona as follows:
POMONA LAND AND WATER COMPANY,
Pomona, Cal.
GENTLEMEN There is very little cab
bage raised east of the Rocky noun
tains this year. Potatoes are very
scarce. The consequence is the coming
season l shall want a good many cars
of cabbage and potatoes for my trade in
the east. If you can induce your land
holders there to prepare to put out
good lot of cabbage this coming season,
| know that [ can use 100 carloads. /
shall be glad to make some arrange
ments to handle from the parties who
grow it.
know you have received big prices
for your dried fruits this year, but there
is lots of vacant land lying around
Pomona that can be put to good profit
able use for this coming season.
shall be in California about the 1st
of February, and expect to ship a good
many cars of oranges from your state.
With regards, allow me to remain,
Yours tNly, H. X. PRATT.
MINNEApoLIs, Mimi, Sept. 13, 80.
Stoddard Jers, of the First National
bank, is now paying visit to his old
home in Wisconsin.
Browns hotel, kept so well by Geo. R.
Smith, is doing rushing business.
H. L. Tinsley, editor OF the Progress,
has been i'll, but is convalescing.
VIM. Dole, of the Peoples bank, was
away yesterday, with G. E. White, driv-
ing around Orange and Santa Ana, a
nice pass time these autumn days.
Mr.. ]. H. Todd, of the Pomona Pipe
company, reports things in his line to
be doing well. The pipe worksis fine
plant, and is well managed.
The people of Pomona were all on the
quivive yesterday, getting up the exhibit
for Chicago. The display from that
place will be fine.