The herald., 1897-04-18

and under the efficient management
OF Chas. H. Edwards is sending out San
Gabriel lemons to all the markets OF the
United States. He estimates 80 l-3 per
cent increase in shipments this season.
Among the industrial establishments OF
TIE city the Azusa Ice and Cold Storage
company may be considered as an I'M
portant one. This company was organ
lied and the factory established in 1891,
since which time it has been in constant
oreration. 1t is a forty-ton plant anu
turns out that amount of ice every
twenty-four hours. During the winter
months they stock up their storage
vaults with three thousand five hundred
tons. the full capacity of the vaults. AZ
usa ice is shipped to all parts of South
ern California, where it has the
reputation of being the best in the mar
ket, and why should ii not? The water
Is taken direct from the San Gabriel can
Won. where the stream comes dashlns
down from the snowclad peaks OF tht
Sierra Madre mountains, over powders
and rocky beds. uncontaminated by de-
caying plants or other deleterious SUD
stances. 1t is pure as crystal To guard
against possible impurities, 1t is run
through two settling tanks and two nj
ters, befoer it reaches the ice forms. Ihis
insures an article of ice of absolute puf-
ity and accounts for its high reputation
and large use at all points within ship
ping distance of the source of supply.
Azusa has one banking institution,
the Azusa Valley bank incorporated IN
1891. 1t has a high reputation in the
community, enjoying the patronage ana
confidence of the surrounding country
and the business men of the city. Ihe
officers are w. X. Powell, president, AL
fred Griffith, vice president; T. Z. Dan
iels. cashier; directors-John E. DAILY,
H. D. Briggs, w. c. Ormiston, Thomas
Lowell. Alfred Griffith, w. r. Powell and
p. c. Daniels.
The citizens of the town are progress
sive and enterprising and are ever on
the alert to work for the progress of the
city. They maintain fine free reading
room and library, well supplied with
periodicals and standard works; are
proud of their splendid public schools,
efficient teachers and numerous flourish
ing church organizations and well at
tended Sunday schools. To any one
having suffered the inconvenience of
bad roads in many parts of the state
Ing out through the surrounding coun-
try from Azusa are delight. drive
over these well-improved highways,
which traverse the valley in all direc-
tions. leading past elegant farm houses,
well-cultivated ranches aforementioned
orchards, orange, lemon and olive
groves, fiowery lawns and blossoming
gardens, where the air one breathes is
frI Tod wit he cxyprf fro waff-
y ed from millions of tropical blossoms on
every side, yields an enjoyment only to
be had in few favored spots in the
world.
There rs no doubt that Azusa will
have a large-sized boom in the very
near future. Aside from its steady
growth and advancement through the
operation and expansion of established
industries and commercial institutions,
there is about to be inaugurated here an
era of prosperity and rapid growth that
will attract the attention of the people
far and near. We refer to the operations
Of the San Gabriel Electric company,
about to begin work on a large scale in
completing what will be one of the larg-
est and most important electrical pow
er plants in the state. This company is
= developing the water power of the San
sabriel canyon, on which already a con-
siderable amount of capital has been ex-
bended by it. The company has bought
up all necessary water rights, ranches
along the course, and made surveys, al
an outlay of from $4,000 to $4,000, while
also having completed about 1900 feet OF
tunnel. 1t is now about to commence op-
erations on large scale and push the
work to completion as quickly as pos
sible.
4 The work will entail an outlay of about
1850. 900 for plant equipment and labor
and 1t is said they will soon put on a
sforce of some three hundred men to push
|<fhe work. In addition to the tunnels al
ready completed there are yet to be
Dver $4,000 feet of tunneling done and
Fxoyeral miles OF pipe to be laid. 1t is a