The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1891-09-30


the deck of an American vessel, was
here for time, as WAS also the Mexi-
can gunboat Democratic. The Itata is
still anchored off the Santa Fee wharf,
awaiting the result of her trial in the
United States court ut Los Angeles.
This will do as to marine news, though
| might add that this port has been re-
Gently made q port of call by the Pana-
ma mail steamers, and also that the
Keewenaw, the first boat of the new
line between New York, San Diego and
San Francisco, Is expected daily in the
ofling.
The future of San Diego is looking
up. 1t has raised subsidy of 500, 600
for the establishment of an iron plant.
DR.. Eames, the protector, is here, the
machinery is ordered, and it is stated
that before Nov. plant will be in
operation here that will turn out 100
tons of iron daily. Other manufacture
ers are prospecting, with fair indica-
tons of their locating. Add to al! this
a prosperous fruit year, and the future
of San Diego looks brighter.
And why should it not? 1t has To-
cation in many respects far superior TO
San Francisco 1t has as good har-
Dor, and its entrance is less dangerous
than that of the Golden Gate. San
Diego being 300 miles east of San Fran
cisco not only has a great effect upon
the climate here, but also leaves far out
at sea the cold ocean current from the
north which makes San Francisco SO
cold and fcggy in summer. Those dense
fogs are what make the entrance to the
Golden Gait so dangerous. At this har
Dor they do not have this to contend
with, and, though the bay is 10 miles
long, the square-rigged British barque
Strathcoate, III days out from Liver
pool, came in with all sail set, not drop
ping a stitch of canvas until she reached
her anchorage at Spreckels' wharf, last
Friday. Then, to add to the perfection
of our climate, sixty miles east of San
Diego lies the great basin of the Color
ado desert, an immense reservoir of
dry, pure air, which, sent alOft by the
rising sun, flows in an upper current
westward, then, cooling and descend
ing, minges with the incoming sea-
breeze and makes the air. even at the
coast, much dryer than 1t is only 100
miles north According to the publish
ed reports of the San Diego signal sta
ton, the MONDAY temperature of win
ter is never below so degrees F., and
in summer rarely passes 80 though it
touched 49, this summer, but no cases
of sunstroke were reported.
San Diego has many and varied at
fractions. There is the ride along the
bay on the motor to the Coronado no.
tel, which covers - acres of ground;
then there is ride of 16 miles through
National City, beautiful Chula Vista,
with its grand residences surrounded
by fruits and flowers, to Tia Juana, pro
nounced Te Wanna, and there cross
the boundary into Old Mexico On the
return trip stop and visit Sweetwater
dam, which supplies National City with
water, and the construction of which
cost $500, 600 Its Dimensions are {:
Length at base, rs feet; length at top,
1896 feet; thickness at base, AS feet; at
top, II feet; height of dam from bed
rock, 80 feet The reservoir covers 700
acres, and its capacity is 5000, 600, 600
gallons. Then there is a trip 10y the
Cuyamaco railroad out to the FL Cajon
valley, where the raisin grapes are
raised in such abundance. This is con-
sidered one of the most fertile and
beautiful of all the valleys in San Diego
county. Then the cable car line eX-
tends five miles north to Mission Val
ley. At the Gable Pavilion, at the end
of the line, you can stand on its broad
veranda and look down sheer wall of
over one hundred feet upon the gar
dens. To the east Is seen the ruins of
the Old Mission where Ramona and
Allessandra, in Ramona" were mar
ried. TO the west you gaze far out on
the Pacific, dotted here and there with
sails.
Here within days ride, in one coun-
ty at that-San Diego, you can have
any climate you wish. Go east, near
Yuma, and you will find the thermom-
eter at 140 in the shade. Then, north
east from San Diego, and also east, be-
tween here and the Colorado desert,
you can climb 5000 feet of mountain
height and get winter nearly every
month in the year; while here in San
Diego you can get an almost perpetual
summer, devoid of the summer discom-
forts of the east.
Here | rest, having given YOU all the
information that | have been able to
acquire; but | have learned enough to
satisfy me to spend my remaining days
here; enough to be able to say that here
one can make home such as can he
seen nowhere else in the United States;
home surrounded by vegetation that
is lovely and rare, without the malaria
incident to living in Florida; where the
breeze is never ut rest except at night,
yet never too strong for comfort a
home upon which the sun will shine
nearly every day the rear round a
home, too, from which you can always
look out upon hundreds of square miles
of great mountains and as many more
of the great peaceful ocean.
One thing more | will speak of: The
last rain / have seen was in April. AS
a matter of fact it has ralned three
times since then, that is, they called it
rain, but neither time did it exceed
very slight sprinkle of very brief dura-
ton. Yet we do not suffer from want
of it, rs we are abundantly supplied by
irrigation.
Now, to conclude: II one must make
change on account of health, they
need not fear the consequences, but it
is hardly advisable for person of little
means to come here simply to better his
financial condition by cultivation of the
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