Los Angeles herald., 1892-03-26
SIERRA VISTA RESERVOIR.
ENGINEER AND CONSTRUCTOR,
J. L. SCOFIELD.
1890.

Mr.. A. Scott is also building a res
ervoir of concrete on his quarter-section
for the better irrigation of his orchards
and vineyards. It is one hundred feet
by forty feet, with depth of seven feet,
and will hold, when completed, several
hundred thousands of gallons.
1t is the intention of D. G. Scofeld to
colonize his lands in small tracts by
actual settlers who will improve their
purchases, and to such. liberal terms will
be given. The reservoir will at all times
insure storage of water for irrigating
purposes, and at the same time furnish
a pressure for the delivery of water in
pipe lines for domestic purposes. Inde-
pendent of the district Mr.. Scofeld
owns a stream of water in Willow gulch,
the natural flow having been materially
increased by the running of a tunnel
2S7 feet in depth into the mountain.
This water is now piped down to the
reservoir, a distance OF two miles.
Other owners of unimproved lands
will also sell a portion of their holdings
to actual settlers on like liberal terms.
and while unimproved lands in the
older settlements OF Riverside, Ontario,
Pomona and Etiwanda are bringing
from $3.50 to $500 per acre, it would seem
that the lands of Grapeland, in no
respect inferior, should be very cheap at
500 to $3.50 per acre, and that owing to
the extensive improvements going on in
the vicinity, they must materially ad-
vance in value. As Grapeland enjoyed
no boom, it has experienced no reaction.
Its lands not having been held by specu-
lators on margins, there were no mort
cages to be foreclosed. and it's progress
has been steadily onward and upward.
The owners of it's lands having full faith
in their value, and realizing that the
test of that value lay in developing and
showing the capabilities of the soil and
climate and not in land speculation,
have gone forward in planting orchards
and vineyards, developing their water
resources, and not only making room for
new corners, but setting fitting exam
pie for them to follow.
The view from any part of Grapeland
is simply superb. To the north rises
the Sierra Madre range, eliminating in
Telegraph peak, 5000 feet high; to the
east the San Bernardino mountains.
with Old Gray back, II, 900 feet high, and
opposite stands Mt. San Jacinto, rising
10000 feet in the clouds; Cotton, Red
lands and the Arrowhead springs being
all within the range of the naked eye
to the south all OF Riverside, Alessan-
dro and Perris are plainly seen, backed
by the Temescal range and Santa Ana
mountains, while westward the vision
takes in Cucamonga, Ontario and Eli
wanda. Nowhere in the world can this
grand panorama of beautiful valleys,
framed by snowy mountain peaks, be
excelled, and it is doubtful if it can be
equaled.
Adjoining the Scofield reservoir is an
orange grove of eighty acres, all planted
at one time, under the supervision OF J i.
A. Scott, for himself and other owners,
and although only four years old, Mr..
Scott expects few oranges next year,
although the orchard is not expected to
produce much until the eighth or ninth
year.
Mr.. L. N. Breed of Los Angeles is now
making extensive improvements with a
large force of men, has just planted
forty acres in olives, and is going to put
out his entire quarter section to differ
ent fruits and vines.
The old Perdew orchards and vine.
yards are producing the finest kind ol
crops, and among the newer vineyards
the last raisin crop Of Mr.. Myers was q