The herald., 1897-10-10

| in the reservoirs
Hunting and fishing is not auindustry
in the county of San Bernardino but is
a pasttime and pleasure, and as such
makes this county the banner section for
| that sport in Southern California. The
streams are annually filed with troui
from the state hatchery and the care
of game birds has prevented their deple-
| ton, and the sport is excellent on them
and also on deer and the larger game.
Having spoken of the county in gen.
eral diamond of the first water, at
tention is directed 10 San Berriar6,ino
City. the focus or central point where
all the rays of light from the various
industries meet ard from which ir, turn
they are reflected back again, supported
and supporting the imperial county
This city has been malgneG more than
| 1t deserved, perhaps, but there has been
much to cor,demr as we'll as to praise In
its past, but it has a much better pres
ent and a glorious future before it, II
has made mistakes in the past--some of
them very costly and disastrous oriss--
but i. is coming forward to the stool of
repentance with promptness that ar
sues we'll for its future. 1t lost the
Southern Pacific railroad, in olden times,
but it was an error OF judgment, similar
10 that of one of the most promin EN- /
citizers of Riverside when. the California
Southern wished to build q branch there
He said ii would ruin Riverside to have
a railroad come into 1t. II would scare
the horses and make travelling danger
Gus. 1t would drive away the invalid
tourist in whom there was more money
than in the railroad" He was overruled
and has changed his mind, in the last
GoZer years. So has Sar Berrardino, as
will be seen by the encoura cement given
the Santa Fe in locating and extending
their works here. They lacked water
and a water main from the city system
was run right to the yards anG' depot.
The company warts depot down town
So do the citizens for themselves and
their friends. and plans are under con-
siGssration to bring their full trains down
to the business center.
AS result of this liberal policy the
Santa Fe disburses over $4,000 morthly
i1 the city, with a probability Of goir.s
much above that figure soon. The COM
pany takes in hand all the unemployed,
laborers, who do not care to go to ths
mines, ard puts them a. work on their
tnproveme Three immense steei
bridges in this vicinity are a portion Of
the work being done here that scatters
mor,ey where it will do good Or.s
across the Santa Ana river. just beyond
Cotton, one across the Lytle creek on
the main line to Los Angeles, and one
further up, are nearly complet-
eo The changing of the grade
on the main line by means of the
,ly, l.,
depot to the elevated plains of Rialto
The further improvements are not given.
out to the public by those in command
but quie, tip now and then gives prom
Use Of still greater Improvements in the
near future. These point to the erectiori
of new buildings in the yards for ex-
tending the scope of the works made nee
essary by the purchase of the Atlantic
and Pacific railroad anG, making this the
central point for the construction and
repairing departments of the whole sys
tenn from Albuquerque west to the
coast. This will make San Bernardino
a railroad center and con tinually add TO
the amount of business done there, fur
nishing work for the laboring man and
mechanics and trads to the merchants.
San Bernardino is growing-in the
amount OF business done, especially cash
business; in the amount of dwellings
goirg up; in its schools and churches;
in dropping old lines and taking up with
new, and in general feeling of pros
perity that seems to permeate the air.
and shine in every face. 1t had an ele-
cnent of non-progress, apG it has it yet,
and occasionally this element shows
quite bold front, but in the main the
progressive class predoeninates San
Bernardino has the best system of street
electric lighting and domestic water sys-
tenn of amy city of its size in the state,
ard it has the best paved streets. 1t
has the finest court house but one in
Southern California, that will be COM
pleted and occupied this winter. This
is not on back street but in the very
business center of the city. San Ber-
nardino has school system that is
quoted as a pattern from Boston to the
Pacific -ocean, and there are very
few children in the city but what are
members of the schools. So great is
the increase that every year more room
is necessary and two more large new
school houses are imperatively demand-
ed While the schools increase the sa-
about 40 ten years ago. run ming night
and day, including Sundays, there are
now but 13, and they must close at mid
night and never open Sunday.
Within the past year there has been
opened here two dry goods houses, two
fine shoe stores ard numerous smaller
stores. In the past few weeks the four
story Touring mill of ]. V. Suman was
brought bodily from Cotton and placed
within the city limits and will open for
business within few days. The power
for this mill is a steel overshot wheel
35 feet in diameter, running on ball bear
ings, that will not only furnish power
for the mill but have surplus that can
be utilized for other purposes. AS a
mark of prosperity unexpected the ho-
tells have been running to an excellent
business through the entire summer just
passed, often being compelled to turn
away guests for lack of room
during what is usually the dull season
of the year. San Bernardino is veri-
table beehive, in which the workers col
lect honey from the entire stretch of the
Imperial county and give it out again
to assist in supporting the county.
The dark Shades were promised of the
picture, but then the brilliancy is so
great they can hardly be noticed. The
most prominent l,efect is the noise ard
hustle by the railroad trains, the hur-
ryiug to and fro of the business men
and the rush of customers, the rattle
of the country teams as they hustle