Los Angeles herald., 1892-05-22
WATER IS KING,
South Riverside Has a New
Pipe Line.
A Gala Event Celebrated by q Big
Excursion.
Another Section of the Fertile Temescal
Valley to Be Developed A
Banquet and Enthusi-
astic Speeches.

Nine artesian wells way up the
Temescal valley yesterday began to send
lot OF water through new pipe line
of the South Riverside Land and Water
company to South Riverside. The
opening of the new district was cele-
brated at South Riverside on a large
scale. Excursion trains were run from
Los Angeles and from San Bernardino
by the Santa Fe over the kite-shaped
track, and South Riverside and the
Land and Water company entertained
the visitors.
A HERALD reporter boarded the train
which left Los Angeles at 8 80 O'Clock
yesterday morning via Orange, and
while large crowd did not Join the ex-
cursion, still the train was very we'll
filed by the time it reached South Riv-
erside. There it looked as If all the in
habitants Of the town and surrounding
country had turned out to celebrate the
occasion. A committee OF reception
took charge OF the people, and disposed
OF them in carriages, four and elk horse
teams, and they were soon whirling
along through the pictureequely situated
town towards the mesa above.
Two miles above South Riverside, on
Orange Heights, the company had
erected unique and mammoth cres-
cent-shaped booth, covered with ever
greens and fanked by two tall ever
green towers, which stood like sentinels
overlooking one of the fairest views the
sun ever shone upon. The booth was
400 feet long, and table stretched it's
entire length, which was spread with
edibles of various kinds. Flags flew
upon the towers, and no doubt might
have been seen at Riverside and Ontario
far below if the range of vision could
extend so far. An excursion train from
San Bernardino via Riverside brought a
train load of people, and by l O'Clock
about 1000 persons were gathered under
the shade of the booth looking down
over the valley and making enthusiastic
comments.
South Riverside is located fifteen
miles south from Riverside upon a mesa
which gradually ends in the Temescal
mountains, at an elevation of HOO feet
above the level of the sea. The pano-
rama spread out before the spectator
embraces the San Bernardino range of
the Sierra Madres, which rise like q
wall in the foreground many miles away.
The intervening country, including
Riverside, and further west Ontario,
Chino and other towns, are plainly
visible, and the whole range of
vision falls upon one of the
most exquisite and extensive views in
the whole southern country. The ia
NOUS Magnolia avenue OF Riverside, 1872
feet wide, has been extended clear
through South Riverside to the Temes-
cal mountains, and can be seen stretch
ing away in straight line for miles.
Another avenue, Ontario, has been pro-
jected to meet Euclid avenue at Ontario,
and runs down almost at right angles
from Magnolis avenue. Only few
years ago the extensive mesa was will
derness, but by the enterprise of indi-
viduals who risked large capital in con-
structing pipe line from Coldwater
cafion 2500 acres of land are now planted
with valuable fruit trees of all descrip-
tions. A flourishing town has sprung
up. and yesterday witnessed an addi-
tional stroke of enterprise.
The new pipe line into which the
water was turned yesterday brings
within the era of irrigation 1000 more
acres situated higher up the mesa, and
which could not be utilized before.
The company, of which George L.
Jay is president, R. V. Taylor, vice
president, N. G. Hudson, secretary, and
w. H. Jameson, superintendent, has, at
cost of $100, 900, developed a new sup
ply of water from arteeian wells far up
the Temescal valley. The pipe line con-
Meeting the wells with the land to be
irrigated is Al 1851 feet long or between
seven and eight miles. It includes
19,200 feet of cement 38 and % inch
pipe, 15, ,525 feet of steel "a inch pipe,
and 6S36 feet of vitrified % inch pipe.
The new line will supplement the first,
and furnish additional water for the
lower part of the mesa if necessary. The
best of workmanship has been put into
the execution of the design by the con-
tractors, Messrs. T. M. and M. H.
French.
Before the formal exercises the HER
AID reporter was driven over the line
of the pipe line, ascending clear up to
the artesian wells. It ia beautiful
drive, the road wi nding in and out of
the hills and cafions which form the
upper Temeecal valley. For a long dis.
tance the landscape, in the direction of
Riverside and Chino, is unrolled with
even more grandeur than down at South
Riverside. Finally, however, when the
road is reached which leads to the tin
mines, the hills close in around the Wis
itor and finally, after climbing a low
range Of hills, lovely valley is re-
vealed, stretching several miles to the
mountains. Here, at a much greater
elevation than South Riverside, in a
grove of trees, is the location of the wells,
some distance in front of Cold Water
cafion. The arteeian belt is peculiar
from the short distance at which flow
of water has been struck. The total
cepth of the wells ranges from 125 to 15C
feet, and they are accredited with flow
equal to an ample supply of water for
over $500 acres OF land.
The ladies of South Riverside were as
busy as bees until the banquet was
served, and by their efforts contributed
largely to the success of the occasion.
During the progress of the attack upon
the good things the Riverside band
played from pavilion erected in front
of the booth, varied selection of popu-
lar airs.
After lunch a somewhat informal
speech-making took place, in which the