The herald., 1895-07-15
IN PROSPEROUS FULLERTON
A Prediction That Will Be Full
filled
THE CITY is NOW FAMOUS
The Opportunities Which 1t Offers to
Newcomers
The lien Who Have Made the Prosperou.
City What II Is-The Branches of
Trade Represented

"Within five years Fullerton will be one
OF tho largest towns in Orange county,
| Tor 1T enjoys the advantages which must
force it to the front" ."-Santa Ana Daily
| Blade, June /, 1893.
| But two years of the proverbial five
have. passed, yet the prophecy has
been filled even to the full ex.
tent If not greater than pre-
dlcted. The cause OF this is apparent to
the visitor who in his tours over the coun-
! ty finds beautiful homes, fine ranches
and abundant crops in every settled por-
tion. The cause of Fullertons prosperi.
ty is in its peple VINO are up and doing
the instant anything can be gained for
the advancement of the town so well spo-
ken of by all who visit it either on pusi-
ness or pleasure.
Situated twenty-five miles south of Los
Angeles OH the nam coast line of the
Southern California railway, at an eleva-
tion OF 200 .feat above sea level. is Fuller
ton, settlcmentuf few ranchmen few
short years ago, at present busting lit.
tie city OF 1900 people, with more new
buildings in course OF construction than
aver before. sh owing that the confidence
II the people has not lost shade since
the start few years ago. To have an or
ganized method of advancing the varied
interests OF Fullerton, cham ber of COM
merce was organized some time ago. COM
posed OF the following gentlemen, all we'll
to-do residents OF the city: A. McDsr-
mont. president; George Ruddock. vice
president; Edgar Johnson. secretary;
William Starbuck. treasurer; L. B. Bench
ley, Il. r. Amerige, NJ. ii. Dunn, J,
Stern and George B. Key. directors.
The water system or domestic purposes
is piped throughout tho city from large
artesian wells on the north, the flow for
helm Union Ditch company. A Metho-
dist church. presided over by the Rev.
W: G. Cowan, and the Baptist church,
with the Rev. Iler as pastor. constitute
the churches. o: the two high schools
IN Orange county Fullerton has one Of
lent brick building, two teachers having
1air pupilage in the higher grades. The
town school has three teachers, with ID
pupils in attendance. Twenty eight bus
eness firms. with large stocks of goods of
ollskinds find remunerative returns here.
Lumbe yard. planning mill, seven large
warehouses controlled by Messrs. Stern &
Goodman. are receptacles for grain arriv-
ing Tor shipment. while several large
packing houses are utilized during the sea-
son In packing oranges for shipment to
all points. Last year 800 cars of grain, thir-
ty-two carloads Of wool. twenty-eight car
loads OF walnuts and 180 carloads of or
anges. For 1895 up to date 21O carloads
OF oranges. thirty-five carloads of " ool and
at least one-third more grain will be
shipped this year than last The increase
in walnuts is large, owing to so many
new trees bearing their first crop this
year. Forty carloads or more is con-
sevative estimate and $50, 600 will be real.
lied this year from walnuts alone.
Fullerton, already conceded to be the
most extensive shipping point between
Los Angeles and San sDiego. has never
received proper credit for the grain fed
stock nor for the thousands Of pounds
used IN Conrad's brewery, which is de-
!lvered by wagon loads with no record
Kept OF the amount. Five miles north Of
Fullerton is the great Puente oil district.
from which point oil by pipe is already
in use at Chino aad q new line direct
from the wells TO Fullerton is being laid
to supply the railway company with the
new iuel. With this line is being laid
smaller pipe for the carrying of natural
gas TO Fullerton. which is already the
case near its flow. will supply all dema mands
for local fuel. A refinery Is being built
where the crude oil will be purified for
thrifty little, Fullerton. Four hundred
OF crude oil. enough in itself to make a
sihsiity city. Brick at IS per thousand isI
incentive enough for building several
blocks and other buildings in hva vsrioms
parts OF the city. To meet the REQUIRE
nepts OF the people a bank Was necessary