The herald., 1897-04-25

miles long. Through the center wer'
two rows of shade trees forty feet apart
and on each side was a drive
65 feet wide; then another row of shade
trees. and then a sidewalk Is feet wide
A street railroad was built up through
the centre of this drive. The grade
was a heavy one going from Ontario te
the mountains. The street cars were
hauled UP by mules, which were placed
on a platform car behind the street cal
to ride down the grade. Going up the
grade was a slow process, but coming
down the car would run as fast as any
one would care to ride. This line has
since been changed to an electric sys-
tenn.
Ontario now ships large quantities of
fruits, making speciality of lemons.
The town is incorporated, and the settle
ment supports two papers, the Record,
published by r. P. c. Smith and A. A.
Piddington, and the Observer, published
by r. E. Blackburn.
CHINO.
About fifteen years ago Richard Gird,
who had made a small fortune mining
at Tombstone, Ariz., purchased the
Cll1O TdUCu SOiiC iohN NSAAS'S ~o~
thereto for about $250,00 The entire
tract embraced about $4,000 acres. soon
after, being an expert chemist he began
to investigate the sugar beet industry
He raised his beets under all conceivable
conditions and analyzed them himself,
for several years, spending many thou-
sands of dollars in that work. He then
induced the Oxnards to build the Chino
beet sugar factory, which is the largest
beet sugar factory today in the United
States. Last year the output OF the
factory was 22,O00000 pounds of sugar
from beets raised on 10000 acres OF land.
IT would require 1875 such factories 10
supply the sugar now used by the peo-
ple of the United States. that is now i'm
ported from foreign countries at a cost
of S125, 5,OO0, 900 per annum. This would
require 1,25O, 900 acres of land on which
TO grow the beets. California can pro-
duce that sugar, and Southern Califor-
MIA can produce the most of it. as will be
shown by The Herald at little later
date.
Mr. Gird has recently sold his Chino
ranch interests, including his stock
horses and cattle--to an English COM
pany for s1,600000. and will have, 1t is
reliably reported, over one million left
after paying off all debts. Mr.. Grid has
been a good man for Southern California
and has earned good long rest in his
declining years.
The town of Chino has grown from
nothing to a very vigorous town since
the opening of the beet sugar factory in
1891. 1t has an able defender of its in
terests in the Chino Champion (prop-
erly named), which is published by Ed
win Rhodes.
RIALTO.
Rialto is one of the latest develop
ments in San Bernardino county, and 1t
has been one of the slowest also. The
old Semi Tropic company tried to spread
the waters OF Lytle creek out over too
much land, and there could be but one
result: The company went into the
hands of a receiver, the San Francisco
bank foreclosed a mortgage and took in
the lands and recently has sold the lands
TO an eastern company that proposes to
plant large tract of canaigre, estab'
lish a large tannery and develop new
industry on this coast. The people have
already begun active work. 1t will re-
quire time and money, and the company
has both.
Outside of this canaigre movement
the Rialto country has a large number
If orchards and vineyards which are
loing well.
OTHER PLACES
The Cotton Terrace was developed
soon after the establishment of Cotton.
It is one of the choice fruit sections of
Southern California.
On the building of the loop line by the
Santa Fe system the Highlands coun-
.ry began to develop its orchards, and it
produces as fine fruit-citrus and de-
is grown anywhere.
In 1891 the state established branch
insane asylum at Highland, which now
possesses one of the finest buildings in
he state.
ARROWHEAD RESERVOIR CO.
In the spring of 1891 the Arrowhead
Reservoir company was incorporated
lnder the lawsof Kentucky, with its prin-
,ipal office in Cincinnati, Ohio. The in
were mostly men of wealth.
They proceeded at once to secure water
rights and reservoir sites in the noun
.ains north of San Bernardino on the
of the Mojave river. They
llso commenced work on some long tur-
lels which were necessary to bring the
water through the mountains and dump
{ into the San Bernardino valley. These
tunnels are now mostly completed, and
he foundation for one of the dams is
llso finished. The company has spent
lbout $500, 900 thus far in its work, ana
t will probably require 81, 500, 900 more to
inish 1t. The company has kept a COM
,lete record of the rainfall in various
parts Of the ITS mountain watershed Cor
,ix years past. They are keeping their
,wn counsels-saying nothing, but saw
ng wood, and in the near future they
will be ready to talk, and will then tell
what they will do. In the meantime 1t
8 probably safe to say that they will be
'eady when their works are completed
% furnish about 1900 inches of water for
irrigation purposes, and as this water
will have drop of over three thousand
'eet, the power developed during the
summer time will be something i'm
nense. This water supply will irrigate
80, 900 acres of land on basis of one incn
10 eight acres. The probabilities are
that some of this water will be ready
!or delivery in the summer of 1899. Col.
Adolph Wood is business manager of
he enterprise, and as the company ara
paying for their work instead of borrow
ng money to prosecute it, they will own
he water rights and plant when the
works are completed, and the title to the
water rights will be good, and will not
have to be bought second time from