The herald., 1894-01-01
A PLEASANT PLACE.
Why Many People Are Settling at
Azuaa.
by GEORGE BENTLEY


Why Many People Are Settling at
Azusa.
BY GEORGE BENTLEY.
Azusa is one of the ,p!easGntest places
to live in in Southern California, taking
everything into consideration. The
elevation is such az to command an ele-
CANT view, either in the direction OF the
&! :ast Get bitten m..seen.sins m or seaward with
q wealth of orange groves reaching out
to all sides, the soilof which is possessed
of wonderful productivaness. The ele-
walton is but GIG feet above the Pacific
ocean, yet the view is superb, while we
are only 26 miles from the county ssat
,-Lps .Angeles-the county .also being
blessed with the same angelic name,
we are delighted nearly every day Of
the year with a gentle zephyr, tinged
with ozone from the ibriny deep that
shines so sleek in the rays OF the west
ern fading sunlight.
We are provided with q railroad
through our town and valley that
stretches its iron bands across the conti-
nent from San Diego to Chicago without
change, and the great Santa Fe manage
ment never paeaes our station without
stopping to regiHter.
The place is second to the City Of the
Angels Tor business, thrift and industry,
and will wager drink OF sour milk
that no other town in Southern Califor-
MIA, sizs considered, has made record
oi over go new buildings in the past
year, valued at from $1,000 to $4,000 each, !,
for residences and business enterprises.
Gigantic enterprises have cropped out
in the cafion for the purpose OF manipu-
lating the water power, develop electric
power and light plants and conduct the
the water to the valley for irrigation
purposes. Two or three electric organ
izations have been developed and con-
siderable work accomplished in the San
Gabriel canon, our pride resort for hunt
ers, pleasure and health seekers.
I The Azusa Development and Water
company and the Azusa Irrigation COM
pany have finished miles after miles Of
cement bitches and pipe lines, which
represent the outlay Of thousands OF
dollars and aid in the continuous de-
velopment of our valley. The Ice
and Cold Storage company has
added a large storage house to its
already roomy plant, while f. W. Kind,
the expert wine maker, has provided
himself with Q commodious winery and
a neat cottage near the depot, thus ere
a.tipg home market for our grapes.
The A. G. G. association, formed of all
Of the growers, has just completed q
second packing house at the head OF
Alameda street, where G. w. Taylor,
manager of the association, will pack
this seasons output of oranges and
lemons, and will continue to do go for
years TO Come is the earnest prayer of
the writer. We must also note tine new
lemon curing house put up by the Azusa
l.. @. company, which has already
started in with the crop of 1881.
manager, d. A.. Bentley, is doing wise
job, we are pleased to note. The enter
terpriss Ia being seconded by H. d.
Megge of the valley, who has just COM
pleted the walls Of a curing house.
From the more pretentious buildings
We come down to those Of merchants.
w. J. Wade has made neat little store,
HI. Zerell has constructed two store
rooms out of Azusa boulders, then 0.
Ii. Huber fell in line with the boulder
industry and will now be the possessor
Of neat storeroom when completed /;
and besides score of others, names Of
whom we cannot recall at this writing.
have erected palatial residences and
cottages in our midst, viz: VIM. Ak
man, e. T. Lane, Mrs. l.. @. Pollard. w.
J. Wade, 1. S. Carter, J. Elliott. A.
Kerckhoff. Howes Bros. (3) and Evan
Davis. o. H. Huber and ). Crawford,
both contractors and builders. for con
structing. good sized workshops early
in tina season, are responsible
for the boom, Notwithstanding
the late panic and the money
stringency Azusa did not lack for build
ing activity. Our town was located by
its projectors with an eye to business AS
well as for health, and the bantling is
now prosperous to cay the least, with q
bank and close communication with the
outside world. The natural slope Sc
cures for as a good storm drainage,
while the splendid water and sewerage
systems will aid in making it a healthy
place.
Our hotel accommodations are good.
and the schools and churches cannot be
beaten, while the society is all that can
be wished for.
We do not wish to boast over our
neighbors, but with fair knowledge oil
the country, from New York city
through Canada and the western states,
the writer never saw more diversified.
productive strip OF country than that
lying between 4 he sparkling waters OF
the San Gabriel river and San Dimas on
one hand and the Hnow-capped Sierra
Madre range and the oil-producing hills
Of Puente on the other.
There is not month in the year but
our growers are shipping fruit, vegeta-
bles or products to the home or foreign
markets.
Our good and enterprising merchants
are now putting in their best licks in
grading the approaching streets to town.
Strangers welcome.