Los Angeles herald., 1891-01-18


market in 10-acre plots. 1t lies along
the famous Santa Anita avenue, 100 feet
wide, set with four rows OF trees. II. j.
Stephenson is now engaged surveying
the land. A well is being sunk on the
land to test the matter OF getting ar
tesian water. 1t is now down 250 feet.
AT sixty feet bed of water bearing
gravel was reached which continues 1870
feet OF uniform character, to the point
now reached Here bed OF hard clay,
the first hard-pan encountered, was
met. Below this it is hoped an artesian
stream may be found. The land will be
sold on long time, nothing down, at a
low rate OF interest, SO that buyer may
get couple Of crops of fruit before he
has to pay for his land. These crops
ought to pay the whole cost OF the land.
Mr.. Unruh is full OF great plan to
make a great lake up the San Gabriel
river. He claims to know of point
fifteen miles from the mouth OF the caiion
where such thing would be feasible.
He estimates that it would not cost
above $2,000,000 to build the dam and
pipe the water to Los Angeles city. All
the land between the mouth of the
cation and the city could be irrigated
and domestic water supplied for the
use of 100, 900 people. If the Bear valley
people can spend $4,000,000 for water
supplyy why cannot this city spend half
that sum? At the Hotel Oakwood at
Arcadia, where Mr.. Lawrence runs the
show, is gentleman from Manitoba.
He has written back to his friends about
the charms OF the winter weather, and
eight families are on their way out to
enjoy it. The idea is to have them all
settle here in this section. This avant
courier OF the crowd tells good story OF
his country. "A stranger came in there
from the east, and went out to take a
walk. A native net him on the street
and went up to him, picking up hand
full Of snow and plastering it all over the
face OF the tenderfoot. That person,
with much indignation, demanded
offender replied, "Easy enough,
stranger, your nose is friz!" The Hy-
perborean yesterday was picking violets
in front of the hotel, where they were
growing in the open air in the greatest
profusion. They were as sweet az the
breath Of heaven. Henry b. Goken, a
district Judge OF New Jersey, is also at
the hotel to settle.
Having driven through the Baldwin
orchards, that of A. B. Chapman was
passed. IL is nearly free from the white
scale, and the red is not so bad as it was.
1t is estimated that Mr.. Chapman has
10000 boxes OF oranges on his trees.
Last year he had hardly any.
THE l.. J. ROSE CO.
The next stop was made at the L. j.
Rose company plantation. Mr.. +. G.
Bichowsky, the manager, was found as
usual, at home and up to the eyes in
business. Joe Haislip, the old foreman
of the ranch under Mr.. Rose, was there
too, directing the Cinnamon what to
do. Mr.. Bichowsky said there are
about 10000 boxes OF oranges on
the trees and $500 boxes of
lemons. As against this very fair crop
of Il, 500 boxes there was total last
year OF just 700 boxes. That is a pretty
large increase for one year. If things
go on as they are doing now, in two
years the crop will reach the great fig
ures of Elk or eight years ago, when l..
!. Rose used to sell 10000 to 10000
boxes year. There are about 100000
good vines left on the place that have
survived the ravages of the disease.
From these 1900 tons of grapes were
crushed last year, and if they could have
been all picked in time there would
have been 200 tons more. These worked
up into about 1S0, 900 or 100000 gallons
OF wine, good deal of which was dis
titled into brandy. A new distillery
will be built this summer. brick build
ing, at cost Of $4,000. This is to save
insurance and to make the plant
more compact. Preparations are max
ing on the ranch to plant 100
acres of new vines this spring.
Mission, blau elben, berger. malvoisie
and zinfandel,wil be set out. There are
1000 citrus trees on the place, and Is, 900
deciduous trees, including pear, nee
tarine, prune, fig, olive and apricot. A
large orchard OF white Smyrna and
Adriatic figs have been planted. TO
irrigate the new vineyard great deal of
concrete pipe will be laid to carry water.
1t will be 8-inch pipe. A piece OF the
ranch is about to be placed on the mar
ket, for sale in small farms. To this
1O-inch pipe will be laid. A large num-
ber OF citrus trees, and also of deciduous
trees, will be planted this spring. All
this means that the vine disease is con-
sidered to be gone, and the scale pests
conquered. There is hope that the
future will be very prosperous, and
hence great deal OF capital is going
into improvements and betterments of
the estate. come shipments of wine
and brandy have been made to
England, which have had very
favorable reception at the hands
OF the connoisseurs of London.
The stocks of all the vintages on hand
are much reduced, and next fall the
L. J. Rose company will be in the mar
ket as a purchaser Of grapes. Ii the de-
partment at Washington and its repre-
sentatives here will construe the sweet
wine bill liberally, and not seek to take
advantage of every little technicality
and frighten all the enterprise out of
the wine men, a great deal of sweet wine
will be made in this part of the state.
Another improvement noted is series
OF reservoirs holding from half million
to million and half gallons each: At
the lowest point near the wineries is a
turbine wheel that supplies power for
all sorts OF uses about the place. 1t
saves great deal of money. 1t was
running at a great rate, grinding
up corn for feed for the
horses. In the winery was old
All Hop, Roses Chinese wine maker.
He has been there for II years and is
about as skillful in the business as any
man in the section. Mr.. Bichowsky is
doing great deal towards getting this
great plantation into thorough shape.
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