St. Landry democrat., 1892-07-02
Through California.

meeting or the NatlODai Editorial as
/ sociatiOu, while on their way to Sal
7 Francisco, spent the 10th of May at th
great Coronado Hotel, Oh Coronado
Beach, near San Diego, in the cxtrem,
, southern portion of the State. Ihi
monster aud magniliceDtly furnished es
tablisLIlDeDt is surrounded on three side:
by extensive flower gardens. the mos
lovelytllat the imagination Can conceive
where soug birds of varied plumage
merrily chirp the whole year round
while from its broad verandas an unob
structed view is had of the Pacific't
bOundess expause aud the gentle mur.
mur of "old Oceans" waves has a
soothing, almost drowsy, effect upon the
ear. 1t is said to be the largest resort
hotel in the world, containing 750 rooms;
a breakfast room with floor area of 4,
800 feet; dining room G5x1GO feet,
with ceiling SO feet high, seating capac-
ity 1000; a ball room $50 feet in circum-
ference, with floor area of 1000 feet;
30 billiard tables, four of them for la
dies, &c. Some idea of it's immensity
may be formed when it is added that
! the total floor area is equal to y acres
and that $500 electric lights are requir-
ed in the building.
A short railroad excursion to National
City and to the Mexican boundary line
just beyond was made by portion of
the delegates, many of whom invested
in Mexican pottery and trinkets to carry
home as mementoes of their visit to I" a
foreign land" while others took sail
on "the briny deep" Con the beautiful
bay of San Diego), dispoIted themselves
among the whte-capped breakers-in
the surf-or plunged into the tepid salt
water in the bath-house where with
charming nairett and abandon, and in
the presence of numerous spectators,
men and women, boys and girls, in reg
ulation bathing suits, swan around in-
Discriminatory.
A grand ball closed our sojourn at
this delightful place, and entering our
sleepers we were whirled away to Riv-
erside, reaching there at o'clock the
following morning. We have already
described our visit to this lovely place,
to not less lovely Redlands, back to Los
then to beautiful Pasadena, to
Fresno and to Stockton, where our re.
ception was none the less cordial than
at the other places.
The Riverside valley is the greatest |
orange growing district in the world |
and has done more to bring into promi- |
Dence the fruit industry Of Southern
California than all other settlements |
combined. Yet q description of the
beautiful city which is the gem Of the
valley is to Il great extent faithful por-
.rait of the other places mentioned.
This city comprises sc square miles of
erritory with an assessed valuation, in
S91, of IS, ,O00, ,0O0-about as much as the
whole parish of st. Landry. 1t is in
San Bernardino county, which has al
lrea of $4,000 square miles, with an as
essed valuation Of over $24 ,0O0, ,00O-al-
most as much as the whole of South
vest Louisiana. 1t is about forty miles
rom the coast and separated from it
" the Coast Range of mountains, which
eeps back the fogs and damp air of the
ceaD, and gives it the dry and health
ul climate which is its distinguishing
eature. 1t is about 1870 miles from San
)iego and 60 miles from Los Angeles,
,ith both of which places it is connect
d by rail.
Riverside has mile after mile of sIlad-
q drives and beautiful walks, and along
s 80 miles of sprinkled streets rows of
aims, eucalyptus, pepper and orange
ees cast their grateful shade. Here 5
re splendid public school houses and
lurclles built and supported by a peo-
le who know how to value them cleo
'ic lights and street railways; one of
,e finest theatres in California-cost
100000; fine public library, support
by the city, with it's well stocked {
,ading room, free to all; magnificent 6
Dtels; wide, well-kept streets and ave- '
ues; elegant business blocks of press
| brick, stone and iron which would be
credit to any city; and here are beau .
full residences and tasteful homes sur
'unded by lawns and flower gardens
hich are veritable things of bea uty i
I'd dreams of loyeliness. +
Riverside boasts of the only tree in
llifornia that, in one year, has borne
Tty-tire boxes of oranges, and it has e
any trees that yield from five to ten d
'xes each. The gentleman who, in bis t.
vn elegant turnout, drove Col. Jones t
I'd ourself through the famous Magno- :
! Avenue, told us that he had ten acres v
oranges, five of which were nearly in Il
II bearing, and that the product of Q
csc five acres amounted last year to !"
ght carloads, which sold for $42OO-he
alizing $4035 net, the expenses for t,
thering aud shipping being only $175. Il
wo thousand carloads Of this fruit are =
ipped annually from this enchanted 5,
!lley, from which an income of one 0
illion and half is realized-and the u
dustry is yet in its infancy! f,
Poor john S. Young! None SO poor n
to do him reverence now How faith o
he was to his friends, and with what g
gratitude his fidelity has been repaid ! = =
) had hoped to put on the judicial err @
me but he has been spewed up by .
J friends like an unclean thing and