The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1892-11-05
RIVERSIDE, CAL.

In the October issue OF the
Southern Workman, of Hampton,
Va, we find the following para
graphs relating to a former resi-
dent of Honolulu, which will in
terest our readers
Riverside is charming fruit rails
ing village, eight miles from Cotton,
lovely ride on the "steam MOTOR"
through glistening orange groves
and all the way in view of the snow
covered San Bernardino range. Laid
out only in 1870, it has now forty
miles of main irrigating canals, fed
by unfailing artesian wells, and has
population of over 1000. Many
beautiful shaded avenues wind about
its suburbs. Most beautiful of all,
and excelling any other that I have
ever seen is Magnolia avenue, $50
feet wide and sixteen miles long,
stretching from the village to the
foot of the Temescal mountains, in
which are the famous tin mines. For
nine miles the avenue is EMPOWERED
in beautiful trees and lined by orange
groves, fruit ranches, and lovely
suburban villas. In the centre runs
the street car road, hidden by
double row of stately pepper trees"
with their graceful, acacia-like foliage
and shining, dropping clusters of red
berries. Each side of the car track
is broad carriage drive, shaded with
tall eucalyptus, Monterey cypress,
| the fern leaved Grevilla robusta,"
| fan palms, neutrality-suspicious., and
century plants, one of which had a
flower stalk 80 feet high. Then come
graveled walks bordered with hedge
rows, giving glimpses of the pleasant
homes beyond.
Just at the entrance of Magnolia
avenue, we stopped to call on some
Hawaiian friends of General Arm
strong's, one of whom [ met in the
Islands fifteen years ago, Mr.. and
Mrs. George Dole, who have lived
for the last few years in Riverside,
on their "orange ranch" Their
brother, Hon. Sanford Dole, is still a
resident in the Hawaiian kingdom,
of which he is Assistant Supreme
Judge. Mr.. Dole's own grove being
under irrigation at the time, he
walked out with us after our call, to
show us through fine one yielding
net profit of $1,000 year after year,
which is now offered for sale for
S55, 1000 on account of illness in the
owners family.
An English or Canadian gentleman
on the street car told US that the irri-
eating water is paid for by the
"miner's inch; that is, as much as
will run through an inch diameter
pipe with pressure Of water stand
ing four inches above it lit used to
be six)-$3 per "a hours. For his
grove of twenty acres he let's it run
As hours once month. Young
trees take half as much twice as
often. The water lies a day or two
to soak in, then the cultivator is run
between the rows to break up the
soil and keep it soft and mellow. He
said a fair average annual yield is
seven boxes to tree of ten years
old; some have yielded thirty five
boxes. He pointed out to us tract
of two and q half acres, sheltered
basin formed apparently by an old
washout, which yielded $4,000 worth
of raisin grapes last year Mr.. Dole
said that the orange crop was ruined
last year by an unusually severe and
long frost, the mercury standing at
% degrees all one night. Unfortu-
pately some over sharp dealers sent
their crop East all the same-fair
outside, but blackened at heart, and
this has just injured the market for
Riverside oranges far more than the
frost itself. This will, of course, be
but brief check to Riverside's pros
perity. Let Us hope so.
II. ". L.