Los Angeles herald., 1892-03-30
POMONA.
Talk of Large Water Appropriation
News Notes.

NCWS ANOISos
1t is rumored that very valuable and
important location or appropriation of
water has been made high up in the San
Antonio cahon. If such be the fact,
some very knotty legal propositions will
arise, and the courts will be called upon
to settle the complications. We will
learn further about the matter and be
able to verify the rumor in few days.
On Sunday we had some refreshing
showers of rain and everybody was ex-
pecting continuance during Sunday
night, but stiff southwest breeze sprang
I'D about dark, diseipated the clouds,
and then lulled. Yesterday morning
quite frost covered the face of mother
earth, and little ice was visible. No
damage was done, however, to the ten
derest plants. All yesterday afternoon
a brisk west breeze blew, although the
sun shone brightly.
The Pomona Gas and Electric Light
company are new having estimates made
for dynamos dor furnishing electric
lights, both arc and incandescent. The
agreed rate for which the San Antonio
company furnish lights, so we hear, is
l cent per hour, but we are told the Po-
mona company proposes to do even bet
ter than that.
The Fortnightly club will meet to-
night at the residence of DR.. Nichols.
This club is literary and discusses vari.
GUS literary, historical and scientific
subjects. The subject for tonight is
Electricity, and an address will be made
by Clarence Thompson of the Birkshire
Electric company.
The Pomona Business college is
young institution, but it has good
number of students already.
Workmen are now dismantling the
plant of the National Hose Coupling
company, and the machinery is being
boxed ready for shipment to Los An
geies. When the factory starts up in
Los Angeles it will employ twenty. five
men.
An incipient fire was discovered
about noon yesterday in hay shed in
the rear of the American stables. An
alarm was rung, and in less than three
minutes the two hose companies and
the hook and ladder company were on
the ground, had their hose coupled and
the fire extinguished. Pomona has
cause to be proud of her fire depart
ment. We understand, and we are told
that the rumor will be verified in due
time, that the bylaws of the hose COM
panies and the hook and ladder COM
pany are to be amended, making the
maximum membership fifty, instead of
twenty-five as at present. Should this
be done no fire need apply in Pomona.
The Southern Pacific pay car passed
through Yesterday.
A. J. Alwens of the Philadelphia
brewery was in town yesterday. No
beer is sold in Pomona, and Mr.. Alwens
simply stopwed off to visit some old
friends.
]. G. Eccles, one of the prosperous
farmers of Covina, was in town yester-
day. He says his section of country
enjoys splendid outlook for all kinds
OF crops.
Miss Nettie Leonard is up from Ana
helm visiting her many Pomona friends.
Miss Irene Dudley is spending her
spring vacation at home. She will re-
next week.
James Harvey and Stoddard Jess
shipped a carload of fine oranges to Mil
waukee yesterday.
MIR. George Jess is slowly convalescine
from his serious illness.
II. S. Bassett, who has been for two OF
three weeks at San Jacinto hot springs
will return home in about a week. His
health does not seem to improve.
Miss Yost, who for the past year has
been the guest OF her sister, Mrs. Col
Rhorer, left for her old home yesterday
Frank Emerson, general agent of the
Missouri and Texas railway, was in towr
Yesterday.