The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1895-10-17
BUSINESS At LANCASTER
Important Business Meetings
Held There Yesterday
A NEW RAILWAY PROJECT
Every Indication Of an Unusually Large
Grain Crop
Several New Business Housewife Town
Is Making Fine Progress-den-
eral News Notes

LANCASTER, Oct. 16.-October 18th
was big day for Antelope valley. The
Antelope Valley association held its first
annual meeting in Lancaster on that
day, and people from all points of the
compass were ON hand to listen to the
speeches and join in the festivities. The
town celebrated the occasion with a real
old-fashiuned barbecue. A roast OK, two
roast sheep, coffee and bread and butter
we're served about midday.
The afternoon and the early part of the
evening were devoted to association bust
ness and interesting discussions and pa
pers. About O'Clock music and dane
ing were in order on the programme and
all entered into the enjoyment with
spirit. ALI the colonies were we'll repre-
sented, and as the association includes
all the leading people of the valley the
assem- bly, could compare most favorably
with such celebrations in large cities
The hospitality of Lancaster W ill be long
remembered by those present.
The meeting on Tuesday of the Com
monwealth Trust company, also of the An
telope Valley improvement ASSOCIATION,
brought such crowd as has not blessed
Lancaster for years, and their delibera.
tons arc confidently expected to cause
an era OF pr >sperity and cement in good
will and fellowship every part of the
valley.
The Comm on wealth Trust company
will form ways and means for the build
ing of railway from Hesperia. on the
Atlantic and Pacific railway, to pass
hull
and on to Bakersfield
The Antelope Valley improvement as
suciation will have three delegates from
each of fifteen school districts and will
endeavor to cause harmony throughout
the valley and thereby unite shoulder
to shoulder in working for the veal of
all. Settlers are coming from all d rec
tions aud will join in feast of reason
and a flow of soul. and so forth, while the
younger pioneers will march and dance
to music sweet. Lancaster is in a beau
tiful expanse of valley surrounded by
circllng hills and mountains. Two years
ago Lancaster shipped 1000 tons of
wheat and barley and little over eight
years ago homesteaders made their pio-
neer appearance. Not far from Lancaster
there are vineyards worthy of Vineland,
and in few years Lancaster will be
shipping cars and cars of almonds APP
pies ana other fruit do splenddly and
garden growth gives rich returns in pota-
toes, tomatoes, cabbage and all that
makes boiled dinner perfect.
In Lancaster water is flowing and
water is had at fifteen feet and as near or
deep as you want it. 1t commands trade
west for seventy miles and that the coun-
try is being developed is shown in Richey
IL Alexander, who came here from Los
Angeles three years ago, having sold in
one year $50, 900 worth of building mate
rial.
G. H. Martin, manager of the Lancas-
ter grain warehouse, says $500 tens of
grain will be forwarded therefrom, and
this like all countries mas its good har
vests, but 1895 is not equal to some pre-
vIous years. Today. Monday, new firm
W. B. Broadwell & Co., opened in tho
Scherer brick building and are putting
goods in place. Their general stock will
approximate $4,000 in value.
W. b. Broadwell and family of Loo
Angeles will locate here in few days.
In the meantime W. B. Anderson,
mem Der of the firm. is rushed generally.
Mr.. Anderson has but lately come to Cal
lfornia and was formerly business man
in Corpus Christi, Tex, and therefore
well-known commercial traveller north and
south.
Bsckwith & Son commenced general
mercantile business here on the first of
the month and have made Lancaster their
home.
Richey e. Alexander, besides selling
carload lots and by catalogue. carry $4,000
worth of lumber and supply from the cell
lar to the cupola of any manner of struc-
ture. Judge Richey was for over eleven
years with the Southern California Lum-
Der com pany before coming here. He is
squire, school trustee, director in the
Commonwealth Trust company and In
the front in all that develops Lancaster
and the valley.
Lancaster has two hotels, the Antelope
Valley and the Lancaster. 1t las two
general stores. two confectionery stores,
one livery, one blacksmith shop, one
lum Der yard and hardware and implement
house; the Roman Catholic church. d
good brick school house, broad streets,
plenty of water and a good country for
good people, grain, fruit and cattle. The
Lancaster Gazette is spicy paper. with
w. S. Melick editor and founder. Il. Y.
Cammer is deputy sheriff, constable,
typo and gentleman.