The herald., 1897-01-03
FERTILE AND VEu.VAERD VENTURA COUNTY

uary 1, 1897: Beans. 2,477,o27 pounds;
corn, 302, ,408 pounds, and had on hand
December 26, beans, 24,S53 sacks, 1892
126 pounds; dried apricots 1880
pounds; barley 900 sacks. $1,000
pounds; corn, 1893 sacks, 215,s90 pounds
HUENEME.
This Is the most important shipping
point Tin tonnage) in Ventura county.
Barley, wheat, corn beans and wool arc
shipped from here by water in immense
quantities Railway communication is
obtained by stage eight miles to Mon
talvo, first station vast of Ventura The
Hueneme Wharf and Lighter company
have a warehouse capacity of 325, 900
sacks. The town is compactly and we'll
built, and is the business center for
large district. 1t has a four-room schoo;
building, cost $1,000; attendance, 11O;
Methodist church, cost $3500 Bap-
tist church, cost $1,000: Presbyterian
church. cost $500, and an Episcopal So
ciety. NO building
Following is q report furnished by the
Hueneme Wharf company: Our grain
season begins June / of each year. The
receipts for the season ending June 1,
1895, were: Barley, S02 035 sacks; wheat,
14,7S6 sacks; corn, 1908 sacks; beans,
1888 sacks; wool, 1882 bales
Shipments during the same season:
Barley, 231 SOP sacks; wheat, 13, 461 sacks:
corn, 17,051 sacks; beans, 12S,02S sacks;
wool, 1893 bales
MoNTALvO.
Following is kindly report furnished
by j. l.. Churchmax, superintendent of
the Southern Pacific Milling company's
warehouse at Montalvo: Shipments.
January 1 to July /, 1896; beans, IS, 750
bags; barley, 314s sacks; wheat, 400
sacks; dried fruit, 314,716 pounds Stock
nfI Iao Tel. onr
From July /. 1895, to December 25, 1896,
there were shipped 1875 tons of beans,
600 tons of sugar beets and 1000 tons of
! potatoes.
Their warehouse at this station is 50
feet wide by 420 feet long.
Owing to the large stock carried over
from last season and the prospect of al
good half crop of beams this season, the
company is now building an addition of
90 feet in length and an addition on the
side of 10 feet in width and 500 feet in
length.
This station Is located in the very
heart of the best bean and fruit growing
district in Southern California, and
makes the largest annual shipments of
farm products Of any station on the
Santa Barbara branch of the Southern
Pacific railroad.
Montalvo is delightfully."- situated, in
full view Of the ocean and yet far enough
80 that the ocean breeZes and the fogs
are not unpleasant. 1t is six miles east
of Ventura.
Ell RIO.
This town and settlement was former
ly called New Jerusalem 1t is about
one and one-half miles from Montalvo,
on the south side of the Santa Clara
river 1t has pleasant farming and
fruit growing country in its immediate
vicinity; also many large ranches. and
among the latter those of l.. J. Rose and
H. X. Snow. There are number of
good business houses. also churches and
schoolhouse that cost $4,000.
Half a mile from Ell Rio Is the H. K
Snow ranch of 10 acres. 1875 of which is
in walnuts. 20 in lemons, and the balance
in apples and olives. Large quantities
of beans are grown between the young
orchard trees. Mr.. Snow has nursery
also of 25,000 orange and lemon trees.
His nursery stock is well known
throughout Southern California
NORDHOFF AND OJAI VALLEY.
Fourteen miles from Ventura is sit
uated the prosperous town of Nordhoff,
which is now reached by several lines
of stages in about two hours and a half.
Work on the long projected Ojai valley
standard gauge railroad will probably
be commenced, however, in January,
which will be a thoroughly appointed
steam railroad, with cars locomotives,
etc, of the latest improved kind. The
present terminus will be at Nordhoff,
but eventually the road will be extend
ed to the foot of the grade, three miles
beyond This will materially increase
travel to the far-famed DIAL valley and
be boon to it's farmers and fruit grow
ers.
OTHER TOWNS.
Saticoy, West Saticoy, Fillmore,
Bardsdale, Piru and other thriving
towns deserve mention, but lack of
space renders it impossible.
j. MILLS DAVIES.