Los Angeles herald., 1892-08-06
REDLANDs.

Personal and News Notes-A Building
Boom.
REDLANDs, Aug. 5.-Mr. Campbell T.
Hedge, proprietor of the Windsor hotel,
has rented cottage at Long Beach, and
his family will occupy it within few
days.
The Bear Valley Irrigation company
has had its telephone poles throughout
the city Strengthened, and they are now
being painted in good shape. The i'm
provement is q good one, and will be
appreciated by the people of the city.
Mr.. @. M, Baxter has bought 'front.'
age of eighty feet on the west side OF
Cajon street, between Fern and Cypress
avenues, and will build a residence
thereon some time during the ensuing
autumn.
DR.. and Mrs. B. F. Watrous have not
returned from their northern trip, as
previously reported; also, no one seems
to know when they are coming.
The buildings now being remodeled
here are The First National bank
building, on Orange and State streets;
the residence OF Colonel Cooper, on
Cotton terrace; OF Mr.. Garston, on Cit
rus aveune, East Redlands, and of E. G.
Judson, on Highland avenue, on the
corner of Center street.
The business buildings to be built in
the immediate future are The McAOee
building, on Orange street, west side,
and north from State street, and the
depot of the Motor company, also on
Orange street, west side, between Water
street and the Santa Fe track.
The residences either building or soon
to be built are for Mr.. Garston, on Git
rus avenue; for Mr.. Wallace, on Myrtle
street; for Mr.. Isaac Jones, on Highland
avenue; for Messrs. Bishop and Baxter,
on Cajon street Zone each); four for Mr..
Hord, in the Watrous addition. east from
Cajon street; one for Mr.. Folger, on
Orange street, and one for Mr.. Auchin-
Close, on Redlsnds Heights.
George H. Crafts will remove two
wooden houses from Fourth street to
Chinatown and will rent them to the
Chinese. When these 60 but very
few wooden buildings will remain within
the fire limits.
The sewer work will proceed more
vigorously next week, all preliminaries
having been finished.
Work on the zanja section of the
storm water ditch is progressing. The
hume to carry the waters of Mill creek
is nearly done and the force of men and
teams has been increased.
superintendent of Streets Stone has
been collecting men and teams to clean
out and straighten the Morey arroyo.
The force employed will be small at
first and gradually increased. He has
been ordered also to do small amount
of work at the head Of Cajon street.
The electric light people are hard at
work securing estimates, running lines
ETC., preparatory to active operations in
the near future. Their plans are being
laid very carefully and on a sound and
substantial basis. X s,s.-t
The commissioners appointed to ex-
tend Water street are at work, the city
engineer having furnished them the
necessary maps and data.
Mrs. Jennie L. Phillips, of Galesburg,
ILL.,, is at the Windsor.
Mr.. E. 7. McNeill, OF Indio, CAL, is
at the Windsor.
Mr.. Carson Van Leuven, of Yucaipa,
was in town yesterday.
j. @. Marshall, of Kansas City, is
guest at the Windsor.
Mr.. FL. M. DeBruler, of Riverside, reg
istered at the Windsor this morning.
The registration of voters here by W.
@. Phillips numbers 200. This is
larger proportion of voters than has
been registered at San Bernardino or
Riverside.
Flashing of lightning, one sonorous
peal of thunder, few drops of rain, last
night, made easterners feel at home and
made old-timers here wonder whether
the foods of the 9th and 9th of August
in the two years past, were to be re-
peated this season. A food now might
do some damage, but in month or two
storm drains, sewers and pavements
will take away the terrors of the storm
king.