The herald., 1893-10-29
LONG BRcAH.
Activity in Fruit Growing Circles.
Local Affairs.

Activity in Fruit Growing Circles.
Local Affairs.
LONG BEACH, Oct. 28.-The rain
caught some OF the raisin makers around
Long Beach mapping and did consider
able damage to the crop. Hay and
grain as general thing are nearly all
under cover, go the damage done those
crops has been merely nominal. The
crop of grain in the Long Beach country
has been the largest this year in its his
tory, reaching into the hundreds of
thousands of bushels, while there has
been hay cut until you can't rest, and
the corn which is now being harvested
will be, as to quantity and quality, the
greatest and best yield ever had in
that matchless region. Speaking about
the crops around Long Beach, person
would be astonished at the great variety
of the products found there, for it is
comparatively but a short time ago
when the idea of raising oranges and
lemons 30 near the coast was secuted.
Kelsey plums grow to perfection, and
the plums grown on Mr.. J. Andrews
adjoining Long Beach, took the premium
at the fruit exhibit, worlds fair, Chi
cago, and the oranges grown on Mr.. H.
O. Dillon's Colorado orchards, in the
immediate neighborhood, took prize
at the same place.
About all the fruit that is grown in
Southern California ia successfully
raised there, and a drive through the
colonies surrounding Long Beach is an
object Lesson in pomology.
Parties have been around spying out
the land for sugar beet culture, and we
will not be surprised to hear of several
Thousand acres of the Cerritos or Ala
mitos ranches being gobbled up by a
syndicate for that very purpose. Here
is where the promoters of the Long
Beach wharf built wiser than they
knew, for since the building OF that
structure there have been built several
grain warehouses, and enterprises are
being broached, with the prospect Of
immediate fruition, that were hardly
dreamed of before.
The rains have started the vegetation
and in another week our beautiful mess
will take on it's lovely carpet of green
furnishing an emerald setting to the
fairest gem that graces the crown of the
sunset sea.
Captains Peterson and Hamilton o
the steam schooners Rival and Pasadens
were here this week making arrange
ments to bring their vessels to our wharf
and load for the north with grain and
baled hay.
The board OF trustees are seriously
considering the advisability of laying
sidewalks in the business part and the
most thickly populated portion of our
city, Circulars have been sent to the
property holders affected to the number
of several hundred, and the replies
thereto are favorable to the proposition
by large majority. Some thirty-three
blocks are affected in the streets nearest
the beach.
Rev. R. M. Webster of the Congrega-
tional church, this place, breaches his
farewell sermon today. Sunday. He
will either 60 to Fresno or Los Angeles
probably the latter place but which
ever place secures him can congratulate
themselves as being fortunate.
Mr.. FAC Decker has moved his barber
shop into Walkers new block, it being
more roomy. He will add to his busi-
ness hot and cold salt water baths.
There will be an apparatus for gen.
Grating electricity known or called the
Wave motor in operation close to our
wharf to test it's power and capability.
The patentee is sanguine that he can
utilize the force of the old Pacific to
generate enough power to run all the
machinery in Los Angeles, besides
furnishing it with all the electricity
needed to light up.
City Trustees John Roberts and w.
P. Wilson went to San Pedro Friday and
made the necessary arrangements with
the former captain of the yacht Dawn
to bring over couple of anchor buoys
lately purchased by the city for moor
ing alongside of the wharf. They will
be put in place for immediate use.
Three frame buildings on Pine street
between First and Second streets have
been moved to lots across the street to
make place for large brick block to be
built by Mr.. Fraley of Pasadena.
E. @. Denio, city trustee, left Wednes
day for New York, to be gIne three
weeks, on business that is liable to be
most advantageous for our city.