The herald., 1895-02-25
THE LARGEST POPULATION
A Town That Stands First With
Its NeighbOrs.
VERY PROSPEROUS POMONA
Its Advantages, Facilities and Progress
Reviewed
Short but Comprehensive History of a
City Which Is Without Rival
for Its Size
VERY PROSPEROUS POMONA

| OF all the towns and villages between
Los Angeles and San Bernardino, Po-
mona has the largest population and the
greatest volume of business. The little
city of Pomona is above all things essen.
| tally city of the present. That is, it
| does not rely for its importance upon
advantages of situation or any peculiar
richness of soil or equahility of climate
that will some time in the hazy future
make it a great metropolis. Indeea, it
is very doubtful if the more substantial
| citizens of this enterprising, thrifty town
expect it to become a great city even
within the coming generation, and yet
there is more actual building and i'm
provement going on at Pomona today
than in any other locality south of the
Tehachepi and north of San Diego, OUT
side of Los Angeles. Pomona history
dates back little over twelve years to
October, 1889, when the Pomona land
and Water Company, made, their trst
location which covered all the territory
of the now prosperous city of the same
name. The city proper today contains
5000 inhabitants and is rapidly growing
both in population and wealth. There
are an unusually large number of fine
business blocks including several brick
blocks of three stories. The streets are
well graded and there are several miles of
cement sidewalks and more in process of
construction. AT the next meeting of the
City Council the contract for paving
Second street, with asphalt, will be let.
This will call for an expenditure estimated
in the neighborhood of $25, 900. The
school and church facilities OF Pomona
are unsurpassed for a town of its size.
There are six fine school buildings and
fifteen churches. One mile beyond the
city limits is the Pomona College. the
Congregational school for Southern Cali
fornia. This institution is in very pros
porous state, and is at present giving in
struction to over 200 students. In busi-
ness way Pomona stands first amongst its
neigh bors. There are three banks with
a combined capital of 5000, 600, and
large number of business houses that
would do credit to city of twice the size
OF Pomona. Three live newspapers, the
Beacon, Times, and Progress, give the
local news and advertise the valley; Is
artesian wells give a magnificent water
supply street carline connects the busi-
ness portion with the suburbs, and three
tirst-class hotels, the Palomares, Kellar's
and Pacific, administer to the needs of
the travelling public.
Pomona is all right as far as railroad
facilities go. The Southern Pacific main
line traverses the center of the town, and
the Santa Fe taps the north side of the
tract with a motor line three miles in
length, connecting it with the business
center. The building boom which struck
Pomona few months ago is still on in
full blast.
The new residences and business houses
erected within the past year are esti-
mated to have cost $100, 600, Among the
new blocks nearing completion may be
mentioned the Hansler- Rutan two-story
brick, built at a cost of $40, 900, and the
Lorbeer & Carter building, costing 5000.
Mr.. Phil Stein is about to erect an $4,000
brick block, and arrangements are COM
pete for the building of a magnificent
three story opera house block to cost $50,
900. The project is backed up Mayor
J. A. GALLUP, K. f. House, George Heath
and Charles Wright.
Last, but by no means least, must be
mentioned the crop output for 1894 The
tillable land tributary to Pomona is est
mated at 200, 900 acres. The olive crop of
1S94-95 will be 10000, gallons; the apricot
crop, 250O tons; peaches, 1000 tons; grapes,
1000 tons, and sugar beets, 110, 600 tons.
Of course, there are about 500 car loads of
oranges raised annually and vast amount
of other products to enumerate, among
which might be mentioned vast amount
of nursery stock. Pomonas prosperity is
the result of hard and painstaking work
on the part of her citizens, coupled with
liberal and judicious advertising. In
the language of the Arab May her
shadow never grow less:
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ments.
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Of city
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