The herald., 1893-10-10

in the construction of some OF them
there is great taste displayed.
We learned there were several firms
OF contractors and builders residing in
Whittier, but that the firm that had
erected the most of the buildings was
that OF Messrs. Noble & Lawhead. These
gentlemen have been partners in the
building business in Whittier for the
last five years, and they are always
prompt and satisfactory in fulfilling their
engagements. They now have tour
houses in course OF construction, and
evince the ability of architects as well as
the skill of mechanics. Each member
OF this firm owns his own comfortable
home and is surrounded by healthy,
happy family.
There arc two butcher shops in the
village and they, az we'll as the Whittier
state school, are supplied by A. j..
| Stevens & Co., who are wholesale butch
ers residing in Whittier, Everybody in
Los Nietos valley knows Al Stevens,
who has been the cause of more deaths
than anv man in that section, as the
horns and hides that lie around his
slaughterhouse will attest
There is beautiful and commodious
Methodist Episcopal church here, which
coneists of well.arranged auditorium, a
basement for socisls and church suppers,
and a comfortable parsonage. Rev.
Thomas Stalker is now serving his fifth
year as pastor.
There has also recently been dedicated
the st. Mary's Roman Catholic church,
which occupies @ commanding position
in the village. The officiating priest is
Rev. A. Montenarelli. who also has ad-
joining the church a very comfortable
parochial residence.
The members of what is known as the
Holiness band also have quite building
and quite an attendance,
Besides the gentlemen we have already
named there are residing in Whittier q
number of prominent people amongst
whom we would mention Hon. Wash
ington Hadley, who was for several
years the mayor of the historic town of
Lawrence, KanHss, and prominent
banker OF that place. MIR. Hadley is
prominent member of the Society
OF Friends and ia treasurer of the Pick
ering Land and Water company. He
has some time since passed the age OF
three score and ten, but is yet an
active, successful business man.
Whittier is also the home of Mr..
Hervey Lindley, who was recently de-
feated as a candidate for congress by
Marion Cannon OH the piea Of down
them railroads." Mr.. Lindley has an
extensive fruit and stock ranch here,
and while most OF his interests are in
the city of Los Angeles, yet he devotes
considerable time to Whittier.
There are also here Elias Jessup,
Willet Dorland, Cyrus Lindley, Thomas
Armstrong and Esther Hiatt, all we'll
known ministers of the Friends society.
There is no saloon in Whittier or
vicinity, and although the town is not
incorporated yet the influence of the
Friends society and principles are 80
predominating that saloon wonld die
simply from lack of patronage.
The post Office, whose business is
on the increase, is presided over by
Charles P. LiviDgaton, young native
Californian and popular Democrat. Be-
master Mr.. Livingston conducts an ex-
tensive grocery and shoe business.
Recently an active young man came
to. Whittier and cast his lot with the
people of that place, aB he believed
that mechanics were in demand where
there was so much thrift. His name ia
G. o. Reynolds and does the Thinning
and plumbing work, of which there is
considerable owing to the number of
Improvements that are continuously
going on. Mr.. Reynolds has made
himself popular and besides his me-
chanical work looks after his store, in
which he keeps very fine stock of
hardware, stoves, tinware and agricul-
tural implements.
Tho x,,oat avtonciya sptarocfc ~ bo
place, however, lie in the cannery,
which ie owned and conducted by the
large wholesale grocery firm, Howell &
Craig OF Los Angeles. and which is man.
aged by @. J. Vernon. This is one of
the few canneries in the world that runs
throughout the major portion of the
world, and it's product is known as the
Quaker Colony brand. They employ
white labor only, and from two hundred
to fouS hundred and fifty hands are
constantly employed.
The place is vsritable beehive. This
season two carloads of empty cans of
100000 each have been used daily, and
over 100 cars OF tomatoes alone have left
the works, besides carload after carload
of fruit of every kind and description.
The goods bring the best prices in the
market, as all poor fruits are thrown
aside and nothing but those fit for pie
and standard grades are used. A large
amount OF fruit is also dried, and as all
the best methods and appliances are
adopted in the drying, it has attained a
! reputation throughout the world second
to none. There is scarcely Wholesale
grocery firm in the country who have
used this firms fruits but what have
made them a leader. During the COM
ing winter the cannery will be taxed to
its capacity doing up peas and beans. of
which almost every farmer in the vicin-
ity OF Whittier raises crop for this pur-
pose.
Adjoining Whittier is the land of the
i East Whittier Land and Water COM
pany. OF which Simon J. Murphy of
Detroit, Michigan, is president; James
M. Sanborn, San Gabriel, vice -presi-
dent; A. L. Reed, Whittier, secretary,
treasurer and general manager, and E.
w. Bacon, Whittier, auditor. No more
fertile spot can be found anywhere un-
der the sun than the 2400 acres which
are controlled by this company. 1t is
largely devoted to raising all kinds of
vegetables and nursery purposes. The
water supply is from an 500, 0O0-gallon
reservoir of artesian water from the El-
monte basin, distance of IL miles,
through q covered ditch, the conetruc-
ton of which is cement on the sides and
bottom. practically making it perfect
pipe line. The minimum fow is 300
nainar'a inches while the svstem has a