Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1892-10-09
The PACIFIC COAST.
A COUNTRY THAT CAPITAL HAS
DONE MUCH FOR.
An Interesting Talk with a Returned uToriss
He Thinks Texas has Better
Natural Advantages.

onem queried the scribe.
"Yes, we travelled over six thousand
miles by rail, via he oauta Fo TO Caliior-
mia. the southern Pacific 10 Oregon, the
Northern PaclIc TO ST 'aul, aud homa via
Kansas Civ. We enjoyed the entire hoti-
day ADD feel greatly benefited by the TIP, "
W first stop was at Denver. We re-
II 81 here during the conclnvc week. IL
I wLs he gr, aiest 81 cial event In the history
/ OF the city and the most successful CON
/ clave ever held by the knights Tcmpiar
The com mIuucries simply oututd them
selves In entertaining, and the city, includ-
Ing businu houses residences ana
churches, hau the appearance OF one great
open house. The street Examinations alone
/ cost over 10000 and surpassed anything
I heretofore attempted am proud to say
4 tina, Texas was wei resented.
Our next stop wns At the MontezuIna
hotel, Las Vegas and Santa te, " NJ,
places Of historic interest and well worth
visiting, The country is rugged, and the
hills and mounuins quite barren, but the
valleys uO beautiful and inviting. They
are doing wonders In developing the irrig-
able lands in some parts Of the territory.
New Mexico claims TO have the nuust elm
alto for cOnsumptives IN the world, and II
was certainly very charming while we
| were there.
"A ride OF two days and nights from
| Santa Fo brought Us to san Diego, our old
home, which we eft eight years ago for
| Texas. WONDERFUL changes had taken
! place. From little village OF 5000 souls
| IL had grown 10 5000 and since the boom
had dropped back ~ about half that num-
Der. Several Texans have , s their lot In
San Diego, Col, Brewster "a Fort Worth,
Congressman WullOorn Of Dallas, Mt.
Julian EoI.d and others. IL is certainly Il
very delightful summer and winter climate,
the Thermometer stand iug at about 10 de-
grees the year round. The Hotel del Coro-
nado is said 10 be the .a.gest sea siie re-
sort In the world. A number of Texans
spending the week we we're there.
san Diego 60 is mostly desert ana
mountain, the cling &c mparatiyely little
arabic and. Inc irrigation companies are
developing large tracts, however, that were
considered absolutely worthless INTO beau
tifu groves ana vineyards, showing what
can be done WI Il an abundance OF water
II all comes high lhough-huEdr, ds per
acrc-so very high that IL at hrst asJOuuds
the investor or homes er who compares
the land with Texas lriles, More people
We're probably ruined in the Southern Cal
itornla boom than ever located in the
county. san Diego at present ispraCtl-
cally n standstill but has great xrecta-
tlons from her bay and climate, bay nell.
II at >, as the natives sd
We visited the celebrated orange and
lemon groves in M1ntecitO valley tue old
ENGLISH walnut orchards in Carpenterla,
aid . W o Cooper's, the largest olive
PLANTATION in the world recently sold to an
English syndicate + s.JO, UUi
santa Clara valley ia Ven ara 90 luty,
about thirty miles south, Is tue larges. cody
Of arabic land on the coast. 1t is one vast
succe' sion OF bean iields but Il p ~ giving
va 10 ,emon, walnut, olive Il. -, pear
aul ioa, h orchards. The raw ia ,gOrth
only ub ue : o. per mere price ...,U would
simply pa aAz he average iGK farmer,
anu Whcu IN earring & rs tuls land is
rated ~ 500 TO $1,000 per acre,
we arrived IA San raucisco in time 10
attend I he American bankers annual con-
vention, with representatives from every
state In the Union. he sessions were
very interesting and profitable but they
did not succeed in settling the vexed silver
question ana others which puzzled hual-
ciers. An excursion around the bay was
one OF the features Of the we The uay
aiter Communicating Ia the various
towns, Islands, navy yard, etl. Outside
the business center lie city is most
entirely built OF redwood Mics OF frame
buildings, school hul SIS, churches and
other public Institutions, / do not uo.ieve
there Is auO het city ike II IN the world,
and yet there are lew fires / recognized
the same old lows Of thres to tve story
frame Buildings, nearly all with bay win
uoWs, that stood on the streets twelve 10
hfieen ears a-o. / was there IN august
Ter, so cold auu biting were he winds
Tue trip from san Francisco 10 Oregon
IS over what il known "a, The Shasta rnu e.
The northern portion Of tho state is nearly
all mountains with the e cGptiuu OF a few
small Valleys and the redwood I. rests on
the Noast The southern ACHE i4i.road
company hhEta delgh wi resort uel. the
foot OF Mount Shaslu called a,tlu Graz,
ms Is lhulr INST SEA. On, aud he ufenf
numbers turned away has Induced the
management 10 qud4ruple the nc Ommolu-
lluLs auu build drives aud trails uu "a .5ugh
the rugged mountains The Grass ate yast
lodges Of Oatreu rOcd rising u height of
hUJO 10 $40 icei, while the surrounding
NUS a.o g veted with pine rets. Mount
ShahlA looms u a. .snluco 1913 10 the dis.
tll co win her suow-cappei head over ii.
OUJ feet high.
Passing over the divide near the Ore.
gou line the DeAt mJruiug huds US in the
celebrated willamette valley. Portland g
Ilst becoming great Commercial center
pictures lue additions arc being rauidly
Duist on The surrouI ding hills. easiiy
loaeue Dy cable ears and everything has
an air Of push and energy.
"brom hers we Went 10 Tacoma the
magic city OF the sound, about the sige nod
w tue pluck aud energy OF our own FprT
Worth We We're much Interested In Inc
state exposition IN progress at this point.
Spokane In Eastern Washington wus n
% IVY Nhllb III Twelve ~.
WIN gu Ia vunt0ges Of town AZ cen
u'u' mas q water power equal 10 Nm.
neapUlis, brick business blocks four 10 siY
STORES NH, electric lights, cars and eleva,
tors all run by e,e tricity generated bv
uNhamls driven with wntor powar fo1,,
Tune lines Of railroad and vast mineral and
AGRICULTURAL iields tributary Ionev Il H.
cent - Per
butle, Mon, the richest mining can,r
IN lhe world was my last stop Hoistin,,
works, mills and smeltors in everv IL
5 dl,n ihelr output is something lilSo Su.
y14IuNp yer Annum, and there Is over o1 dbl
distributed In wages every month
We mac novel experience il,
coming over the divide east Of Rutte
~, ~ REGULAR sno wstorm on September ID
ne season was about over at Yellowstona
aIA, on account Of approaching ,yintsr
forgot 70 tell you thai We took In Tho
80 s.'.i' s LICK observatory, side trim from
A., ,sI IAn.lsco aud ga1ed at Mars tIroprh
! ,no AItest telescope In the world Nfars
looheu as large as the moon 10 mo pai@aS
~ anu thought could see the clntinsnts
Ah1 oceans on us surface The t,,ar,.
itIn V NV, stage ride up Mount Hamilton
~ iuet nigh, is extremely interestins
", w . as PASSED day at Palo Alto. wharf,
~, ~ saN .ne famous trotters and Stanford
w l,lveitsilty' said TO be the best endoTs5
a9nu9l IN the country, und nuothsr AZ =.
,sotsa ueI Monte and Pacific Gtovn 80 ~
.atonllerey, Tue historic town and Ara, c,r,,ai
" SAltornia The grounds anon fhs it,,e,