Morning journal and courier., 1891-05-23
BACK FROM CALIFORNIA.

To Which He Returns shortly With | His. Family-Mr. Peter R. Carllss Important New Enterprises in His New Field of Activity. =.
 New Haven,s old and esteemed citizen, Peter R., Carll, has returned from his stay in California to his Temple street residence and presents picture of almost perfect robust health. His sojourn in the Gelden state has been successful aside from ro- newed health. In business there Mr. Carn displayed his characteristic pluck and en- erey, commendable exhibition of which was presented to his fellow townspeople of New Haven when he planned and carried out the building of the Hyperion theater. He has bought the Sierra Madre Villa 1 hotel, which is one of. the most admirably located pieces of hotel property in all Cal ifornia and situatedin the midst of g semi tropical paradise It is located on the | south side of the Sierra Madre mountains, l overlooking the San Gabriel valley, and has an elevation of 1,4O0 feet above the | sea level. It is about twenty miles from l the ocean, fourteen miles from Los An peles and only five miles from Pasadena. The railroad communications are most excellent Pasadena is on the California | and Santa Fe railroad, which passes with l in a mile and half of the villa, and here | stages meet all trains. The region round about iss wonderful, with it's orange groves, which are among the largest in the state, the world renowned lucky Baldwin's be- | ing one of them. Connected with the ho- i tei is seventy-fye acres of land which is so | utilized that it seems like glimpse at fairy land. It is laid out in velvety lawns, here and there fountains playing in the sunlight, shrubbery and flowers planted with the skill and tastesof g landscape gar dener, besides g large orange grove. Other trees abound, included being the lemon, lime, walnut, peach and fig trees. Grapes as well are growing and bearing their fruit in every variety.
 All this MT. Car1l has acquired and even more. The view is one hard to describe, enough to say it is beautiful indeed. On the one side huge mountain chain l of the rugged and grand; on the other side a more dazzling effect is presented from San Gabriel valley, teeming with it's wreath of semi tropical 1uxuriousness. One view | in particular is that from the hotels front | porch, looking to the west, down long, broad avenue, groves of orange and other trees being on either side, reminding one of certain poetic descriptions of the en- trance to paradise.
 l Comfort as well as luxury reigns at the villa. The air is pure and produces an ex- hilarating effect almost immediately upon the new conner. It seems to contain an ozone peculiar to itself. Mountain springs furnish water which is unrivaled for it's clear, sparkling coolness.
 The hotel has already become famous, and it's hospitality has been shared by famous men by the score, not only of this country, but of Europe and Canada. Sen ator Don Cameron of Pennsylvania is one of It's most enthusiastic patrons.
 It was only, with the view of adding even to the beauty and size of the hotel and it's surroundings that prompted MT. Carl to advertise for the leasing of the same, So that he might give his personal attention to that work alone. He intends to make it one of the largest hotels in the state of California, put up Chinese pagodat on the grounds in appropriate hooks and corners, make new driYeways and walks and in fact do little short of reaching per lection.
 l He will stay here about two weeks be- fore returning.
 MT. Carll shipped from his orange groves and other groves this season twenty car loads of oranges, 300 boxes te l 8 cal, Deslde JUL DO1es or umes and many hundred boxes of lemons, to say nothing of peaches, apricots, figs, etc.
 Recently MT. Caru received most fiat tering offer from syndicate of wealthy California capitalists which he has now under consideration. It was namely
 When these gentlemen have formulated plans now in the works, that he should have the supervision of starting severa new towns and villages and the control o 8 number of important mining interests as well. The salary to be $50,000 { year.
 MT. Carll has already become one of thu most popular men in Southern California and has become already warmly attached
 to the people and the surroundings. w
 join with the host of friends of the ex marshal in wishing him unbounded pros perity in his new home.
 State Dental Association.
 The Connecticut Dental association has elected: President, E, s. Gaylord, New Haven; vice. president, Dr. O. c. Barker Meriden; secretary, G. L. Parmelee, Hart ford; treasurer, Dr. Joseph H. Smith, ,NeV Haven; executive committee, Dr. Jame