The herald., 1896-11-22
From Which to Reach Rands 3.
burg District
PASSENGERS AND SUPPLIES
Two Competing Railroads From All
Points
Every Line of Business Well Repre-
sented-Good Hotels-Freight-
ing Facilities.

For great many years Mojave has
been an important station on the South
ern Pacific railroad and for many years
the western terminus of the Atlantic
and Pacific division of the Santa Fe
railway system. 1t has also achieved
and deservedly So the reputation of be-
ing the best eating station on the South
ern Pacific system in California, and
its popularity in that respect is we'll
attested by the immense patronage It
receives from the best class Of the trav
cling public.
AS a business point it has been hand
icapped somewhat considering Its ex-
cellent railroad advantages) on account
of the immense area of undeveloped
country surrounding it. Notwithstand-
ing the fact that there is tributary to
Mojave a vast extent of unimproved
agricultural lands that will unques-
tionably be brought under cultivation
within the next few years, mining in
dustries WILL however, be the principal
source of wealth and business to Mo-
jave Discoveries of valuable minerals
have been made from time to time with
in radius of fifty miles from Mojave,
comprising quartz and placer gold, sill
Yer, nickel, copper. lead, iron, coal, pc
troleum and limestone.
The recent discoveries of immense
bodies of free milling gold bearing ore
in Randsburg district, referred to in de-
tail elsewhere on this page, mark a
new era in the history and business de-
velopment of Mojave, and its merchants
have recently been preparing for the in
evitable demand for supplies of every
description that will result therefrom,
believing that it is the natural distrib-
uting point for all that district and
also the point from which miners, pros
pectors and investors can best reach
the new Ell Dorado. Having two COM
petng lines of railroad. both of them
important overland systems, with
branches reaching every section of the
Pacific coast, Mojave is especially we'll
situated as an entrepot for both pas
sengers and supplies destined for Rands-
burg district, and it's merchants are en-
abled to sell goods at close margins of
profit on account of the competing lines
Of railroad and consequent low freights. |
NOTES.
A telephone system has been estab |
lished between Mojave and Randsburg
via Koehn Springs and Garlock, which
is a great convenience to the people
at the points named
Messrs. Rice & Shippee will COM
mence running stages over the short
day. November POD, reducing the dis
tance to So miles and the time to five
and a half hours; fare from Los Angeles
to Randsburg, 1915. They have recent
ly been awarded the contract to carry
the mail.
JA.Harralson, formerly we'll known
attorney of Bakersfield, and largely
interested in mining property, has re-
Gently opened offices at Mojave and
Randsburg, where he will make a spe
cialty of mining law and furnishing in
formation to prospective investors in
mining properties. Judge Haralson
needs no ton but the testi-
mony of his clients throughout Kern
and neighboring counties He has been
admitted to practice in the UnitedStates
supreme court, privilege enjoyed by
but few attorneys on this coast
PROMINENT BUSINESS FIRMS
]. II. Tolfree, proprietor of the Depot
hotel. Mojave, is an ideal boniface,
whom to know is to like. Besides the
eating house. which is known as the
best on the various lines of the South
ern Pacific system he has seventeen
sleeping rooms. which are elegantly fur
nished and equipped with all modern
improvements. He is also proprietor of
the eating house at Saugus.
The Mojave hotel, opposite the railroad
depot Mojave, is a good home like. mod
crate priced hotel. The proprietors,
Messrs. f. Petit and F. Verdier. have re-
Gently made many improvements. max
ing it a very desirable place for guests
who cannot afford to pay high prices.
Good meals are served for 20 cents and
rooms furnished for % and so cents. A
daily stage leaves the hotel for Rands-
burg and intermediate points. Walter
+. Gould and his amiable wife are man.
ayers of the hotel. Their little baby
boy is a universal pet in Mojave, his
oldfashioned prattle captivating even
griZZled old miners, who are transient
guests of the hotel.
|. q A. Asher. dealers in general mer-
chandise, Mojave. have an imme tse
stock of general merchandise: also two
commodious warehouse to accommodate
their hay and grain business Having
good capital. they are enabled to sell
goods at close margins of profit. and.
realizing the growing Importance of Mo-
jave as a distributing point for miners
supplies. they have purchased this sea-
son larger stock than ever before for
their various departments.
The business of w. C. Wilson, the pio-
neer merchant of Mojave, has steadily
grown up with Mojave, until his store
will compare with the largest of any
country store in Southern California.
His stock comprises general merchan-
disc, drugs and stationery; also general
supplies for mines and mills and pros
pectors. He has a lumber yard in con-
necton and makes speciality of fur
nishing mining timber in carload lots.
He also handles flour. potatoes, hay and
grain in carload lots.
]. n. Carrow has one of the largest
livery and feed stables in Mojave, and
has built up a good business by care
full attention and courteous treatment of
his patrons. He makes a speciality of
freighting business and has ample IA
cilities for hauling supplies of every de-
scription in large or small quantities to
all the mining camps in Kern or neigh
boring counties.
The Tehachepi Milling and Trading
company has large establishments in
Moiave and Kramer, where they are
wholesale dealers in lumber. building
material, -four. feed. hay and miners
supplies. They have lumber yards also
at Mojave and Randsburg. and request
all who need goods in their line to call on
their agents for prices and estimates for
supplies.
Ed Starkeys wine and liquor estab-
lishment. Mojave, is a popular resort of
the best class of people, including
! miners, ranchers and other residents of
Mojave and surrounding districts. He
makes a speciality of fine wines and
liquors; also the best brands of i'm
ported and domestic cigars
Van Briesen & Co. have an extensive
beer bottling establishment in Mojave.
which has a ready sale in the town and
inf cov of