The herald., 1893-07-23
COLONEL MAYBERRY AS A JEHU.
How He Drove a Reporter Down
Mountain.
The San Gabriel Millionaire Does
Some Lively Travelling.
Visit to the Great Hemnt Dam
and the Newspapers Mans
Interesting Expe-
rionco.

duce you to Colonel Mayberry," said
Mr.. Stilson, the affable host OF the
Palma house at San Jacinto.
/ shook hands with tall, spare,
jolly-looking man sitting by the stove.
Hes newspaper man," said Still
son.
The colonel's face frightened, and 1t
was soon arranged that l should visit
the dam with him next day. stiison
smiled. but did not recognize Its sig
nidcance until returned. When we
started next morning 6tilson still
seemed to be enjoying himself, as
though anticipating some fun.
The colonel picked up the lines. and
tn INV aatonishment the horses started
off on dead run. thought he would
mil them down IN moment, but as he
did not, / said:
sYou muet have bought these horses
from a fire department"
mo, trained them that way myself"
and he whipped them up.
So we galloped on all over the Hemet
Ysnch. only slowing to trot upon the
10 mile, 10 per cent grade that leads to
/, the Strawberry and Hemet valleys. We
.ssseached the camp in the Helmet valley
About noon. The dam was not then
finished and there was but little water
ID Lake Hemet.
The Hemet dam is colossal mason
Try structure, built of five and lotion
kranite boulders. set In cement between
Ihe lofty, almost perpendicular granite
kalls of narrow cation. 1t is 100 feet
Ihick at the base, ITO feet high and 200
Seet long at the top. The work of con-
ltruction was then in progress. The
colonel took me high up the bluff to his
lookout house, where l could see the
operation of his s'rock snatcher," as he
termed 1t.
"That cable" the colonel pointed out,
I'running from the engine house to the
tower on the dam, then on and fastened
to that tree, has grooved wheel veloci-
Ipede carriage running on it, attached to
the under side OF which is wire rope
fall and tackle. It is going out for a
load now; watch it,"
The carriage ran out on the cable,
seemingly at the rate of about 10 miles
an hour, stopping over the quarry,
which was about 500 feet below the
ham, and the block and tackle was
,ropped l50 feet to the bottom of the
anon. Three immense boulders were
ben booked on to the lower block.
l"Take my stop watch and time that
Rd," said the colonel.
Asso startling. That mass OF rock,
kighiug at lease 10 tons, shot into the
iifsrig to ma FRO i,.e mighty weighs
hte the rocks ciashlng ~sugetner made
pcrt like the rattling Of battery of
tilery in action. In 40 seconds the
" 20 load was landed on the dam.
invented that hosting apparatus"
the colonel gleefully. "Isn't it
|etdy?'
tits very much like you, colonel 4
svered. "dow did you happen to
INK of building this damn"
Well, / will tell you. About three
rB ago bought the Hemet ranch.
pm examination found that dam
Meet high in this caflon would make
.ke three miles long and mile wide,
banding enough water to irrigate
300 acres of land. / knew it would
ci,000,0u0, and l did not feel like
Eng up all the money.
Whittier of San Francisco was in
lAngeles at the time, and / asked
n to join me. He said he knew
ming about irrigation, and wouldn't
III to it. A happy thought then
sfk me: Whittier had just returned
Ire fishing trip, and had such bad
iupat he was disgusted. Whittier
lo'ishing.
ike Hemet will make splendid
p!aAr you to go fishing in the sum-
me- said. He was interested at
ono 1 expatiated at length on the
peatA OF Lake Hemet as fish pond,
andhtinally said: GO ahead, Nav.
beri. ] asked him to come down |
ahdp\at the dam site, but he replied |
thatntas busy. have put him in
the Dt40o,000 for his share in that
nsn p1 He afterward persuaded |
otetsYiA come into our fish pond |
scneneHere Eve had to worry and
swea.. aplan and figure. had to
n Sut tna'sst down. cut roads through
tnose ehous boulders, blast lodges
lot my Ainery 100 feet above the
river oedthat bluff. haul thousands
OF IONS GENET up the grade, devise
appa,auf lift those massive rocks
suu ,D:.F puiiuF gigantic maeonary dam;
Snu ..iand Stetson will come up
reie III t1ummer-and fish. just
4 IninA =. The colonel seemed dis
gusteu as prospect.
Lho eAfning we started on the
AoIuin .Ips felt little nervous ae I
con.e pia.plng down the hill with
sucn Ieck driver, but hadn't the
slgntesI cottion of what was in
ssoi9 sS aoI neie climbed the Hill from
.io ~ Io.u" I::9 70 valley to the top of
sne uiVluo, up my astonishment and
noIlor "nen truck the down grade,
colonel started boress ~, az snS
N III SSun' Icy alatood 1t, and were off
u e lo9A1., Hg down that 10 per
Gen. aug iA11. The outer wheels,
am suiS, once touched the
klounu. lie crept down my
oaoA, any imad that my hat lifted
as my mar beeno rise. The colonel
Mens sn Oh talKll unconcernedly as
W ian"s iInodsn 40 "SIS |ng over beautiful, +
# a,se.al 49, ioau' thinning down long
my neck yokaxa once inst =.
al was about to MAXI ya~t JuaS %, 90
# shuddered at therobt s.TLa
III an Englishman inth,, o., ,,,;.t ue'o was
# rssrhag ,l,e ~ ,nakisg letty heavy, but
naayyx ;o., ~ss anu I'D the wheel. 1t
naturally might hal Ls. Ino qulso
.& panion to have Ho;;.sa Hte;.Sy 10y com
III that ID English nai'. sn.oaou, w
ia WI ousn'Sf you, Mayber-
1 tprn without iM tue ,.nspst right angle
81 i~oLad Si"cng our pace. I