The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1897-12-18
SAN BERNARDINO

SAN BERNARD1NO, Dec. II.-(Regu-
lar Correspondence There is pros
pect that the city will take hold of the
present sewer plant and by ordic2nce
make some use of it. The system, which
was built in 1888, includes thirteen
streets, which cost in all S12300.23, COM
prising nine miles Of sewer made with
vitrified pipe. Upon this there has beer.
paid probably one-third the entire
amount to the contractors. While there
were many claims that the contract was
not carried out according to the speci-
fications, and that pipe was put in which
had been condemned by the inspector,
yet these points did not come up for the
courts to pass upon, and as Tar as the
legal tribunal is concerned 1t is the best
system in the world, although the city
trustees refused to accept 1t on those
grounds and 1t never has been accepted.
The grounds brought up before the
courts for non-fulfillment of the con-
tract by the citizens were the illegality
of the assessments to the property hold
ers. The city attorney has prepared an
elaborate opinion on the legal status of
the case for presentation to the board
next Tuesday night bearing upon the
question, whether or not the city would
be responsible for the unpaid assess
ments, with interest, in case the system
was accepted at this time and ordinance
passed compelling property holders on
all the streets to connect with it. 1t is
understood that in his opinion the city
has the right to do so and not render
itself liable for the debts due on the
plant. The need of more sewer connec-
| tons was shown when the Santa Fe
| company, after making connections,
| was cut loose from it, on account of legal
complications, and a tract Of land Sc
| cured where the company could pipe
| their sewage. This has become so sat
urated that it is complained Of as null
sance that must be abated, and the only
| way to abate it is to again connect with
the sewer main.
An object lesson in fumigating for
orange scale and other fruit pests was
shown recently at Ontario. The orch
ard of Col. ]. T. Paul was very badly
! infested with the scale and when the
horticultural commission began its sea-
| sons work this was one of the first at
tended to. After several weeks, to give
animal life opportunity to show itself,
| if there was any left under the tent at
the close Of the fumigating process, Col.
Paul collected samples Of orange leaves
from all over the orchard, from the tops,
middle and bottom of the foliage, seek
ing those also from the most protected
hooks and crannies, and had them ex-
amined under the strongest compound
microscopes in use at the Claremont
college. The strictest examination failed
to find solitary trace of animal life in
any form on the samples. The gas not
only kills every form of insect life, from
scale to bugs and beetles, but birds
caught under the tent when 1t Is thrown
over a tree have been killed instantly
This is an excellent showing for the
horticultural commission and shows il
deserves the commentator given it by
the grand jury, which said 1--WE regard
this office as entitled to special consid-
Grafton, having in charge, as it does, the
protection Of the industry paying nearly
quarters of the taxes Of the coun
ty."
Mrs. T. w. Gore died very suddenly
Thursday evening from neuralgia of thu
heart, only surviving the attack ffteer
minutes. There was no one present OK.
cept the children the oldest being /;