The herald., 1894-01-01
CHINO'S brilliant RECORD.
An Admirable Sketch of Its
Remarkable Progress.
1t Has Become nIndustrial Center
of Magnitude.
Ten Thousand Acres In Cultivstion-Two
Railroads-The Chino Beet Sugar
Factory Output Was 15,-
100000 Pounds.
[BY EDWIN RHODES. EDITo RoF CHINO VAL


[BY EDWIN RHODES. EDITo RoF CHINO VAL
LEY CHAMPION.
Among the industrisl centers OF South
ern California, Chino figures as one OF
the most prominent, possessing as it
does, in marked degree, the elements
of production--the latent wealth of ma
ture, to which hae been brought the
vitalzing potency OF organized capital
in great industry.
Chino has taken the initiative in
Southern California in the beet sugar
industry, and has demonstrated its great
utility and value to such an extent that
many other localities are taking steps
to secure similar establishments. just
three years ago, when the sugar industry
WIS established here, the town OF CHINO
was but mere hamlet OF q dozen
houses, surrounded by 10000 acres OF
mostly unbroken soil of the most fertile
character, The transformation in
the country during these three years
has been marvel. About 10000 acres
of land have been brought under culti-
vRtion OF the most thorough character,
and homes have sprung up on every
hand. The town has grown from the
cluster OF houses to thriving business
center. with all the adiuncts and COM
forts of modern life. Unlike that OF
many Southern California towns, it has
been an exogenous rather than an endo-,
genous growth, the town building up
only as the conditions consequent
on the settlement OF the sur
80. Il
two railroads, the Southern Pacific and
the Chino Valley, and third is pro-
jected to run from Pomona TO hiyeTdia5.
The Western Union and Postal tele-
graph, and the Sunset telephone lines
have offices here. Church orgsniza-
tions and fraternal societies are we'll
represented, and society in general is
we'll developed. There are. five public
by Mrs. N. G. Twinning, principal,
Miss May Hancock, Miss Mary g.
O'Neil, Miss Georgia Hartt, and Miss
Beatrice Beckett.
A large and elegant central school
building ia to be erected this winter
through the generosity of Richard Gird
pany, free of cost to the district.
OuluU ~ ts5cnblhly ~ COh-
munitv. with no elements of boom
growth in it, but the products OF the soil
are themselves building up prosperity
that no boom fluctuations can affect.
During the past year there were
here with very satisfactory
results to the farmers, about ITO Of
whom were engaged in the work. A
l.. - ho~ q al leo
ployed on the crop, Richard Gird alone
having paid $l3,S85 for labor during
months of the harvesting season. There
were harvested and delivered to the fac
tory from these fields, a, ,684 tons of
beets, which we're paid for at the rate OF
IS so per ton for IL per cent beets, and
40 cents additional per ton for each per
cent of sugar above IL. This amounted
in the aggregate to $173,812.94. which
was distributed among the farmers OF
the community. The figures OF farm
ers, individual crops show an increase
of from $50 to $l2O per acre gross
from the crop. Many farmers have
bought land and paid for it from the
proceeds of%beets raised, and many
who came here with no capital and
heavily in debt are now in comfortable
circumstances.
The manufacturing campaign in the
sugar factory commenced this year on
July 3lst, and from that time to Novem-
ber 4th, when the last sugar was ehipped,
steam was never shut off. Grinding of
beets was kept up constantly, until
81, 900 tons, the product of the Chino
and Anaheim fields, was worked up.
The factory reached a capacity of over
nf 10 NJ q datl lu
output OF nearly 250,000 pounds of raw
sugar. The entire output of the factory
for the season was over 10, 100000
pounds, or 7,540 tons. This product, if
loaded on cars standing in line would
make 750 standard carloads-a solid
train about i've miles in length.
This year barrel factory has
been established in connec-
tion with the sugar factory,
and has capacity OF 1000 barrels a day.
This season there were used 200 tons of
straw board in this factory. There were
also used in the mair factory 1000 tons
of lime rock, and 10, 600 gallons OF crude
petroleum per day fed the huge
furnaces. About 100 men were EN-.
ployed through the campaign, and the
monthly pay roll amounted to $4,000.
The railroad business transacted at
this station the past season was inn
mense. The freight handled by the
Southern Pacific company for August
was 1921. .945 pounds; for September
1911. .l59 pounds, and for October, 49,
Asa, ,9l3 pounds. This makes Chino the
most important shipping point between
Los Angeles and El Paso.
The fruit interests, although they are,
and have been, of minor interest to the
sugar industry. have been augmented to
considerable extent this year. There
have been about ITO acres of orchard
trees planted on the northern and west
ern part OF the tract, and the present
acreage is about ss follows.
oranges. 1O5
PruneB. ........-.-. .....-........ III
Peaches. "a
ApricOts .-........--- ....-.......-.......... I'd
olives. .......'.,............. 81
Walnut9. ..-..-...-...--........... 81
1gS--............... ......--.--.....-..-.,.. 35
Pears s...............-......." 10
Mlxeu.... .'..'.'.''.'.-....-.. 11O
IOlal,..-.,.......'...s ..'s.s.'.......... 12Z
Apples and pears have done excep-
tionally we'll on the lower and heavier
soils. The United States Experiment
station, located here, has made good
progress during the year. A consider