The Newtown bee., 1898-03-18

pecially ducks. They did not seem to be
afraid of the train but sat quietly while
nodding a welcome with their pretty
heads. For a long distance there are no
stations but at last we reached Ocean
side, where branch road runs inlandsto
Escondido. The names of some of the
stations
REMINDED US OF THE SPANISH OCCU-
FANCY,
especially when the brakeman called out
''El Toro'' (the .bull) After 8 ride of
four and one quarter hours we arrived at
San Diego, a much prettier city than
was prepared to see. There seems to be
some rivalry between Los Angeles and
San Diego and mad been told that the
latter was only dirty seaport town and
not worth visiting. Imagine my surprise
at finding a city with all its principal
streets paved from curb to curb with as
phalt, and swept every evening with
horse sweepers drawn by three horses
abreast. The natives call it 'our Italy"
1t is the naval station for the United
States North Pacific squadron and when
we arrived we found the Monadnock, the
Monterey and the Albatross, in the har-
Dor. The bay is almost completely land
locked, is - miles long and sufficiently
deep to float any warship at low tide.
Opposite the city is Coronado, reached
by ferryboat, or by cars running several
miles around the south end of the bsy
and up the narrow beach with the ocean
on one side and the bay on the other. AS
our time was limited we took the two
story traction car to the ferry and the
same on the other side to the hotel Coro'
nado. How one is deceived on looking
at maps. had supposed the bit Of land
ON which the hotel stands comprised only
few acres. 1t is one mile fr ON the fer
ry to the hotel. The view from the sec.
ond story of these traction cars is very
fiue. Northwest of Coronado is another
peninsular almost as large and between
this and Point Lorna is the entrance tc
the harbor. Point Iona is the southern
terminus of high ridge of land
ENCIRCLING THE BAY
on the northwest. From the dome Of the
hotel one has fine view of the city, the
bay and the villages to the south, Point
Iona and the ocean. From Mission
Ridge, north of the city, just at sunset
we had fine view of the islands of SAINTS
Catalina and San CIemente, 125 miles
away. They appeared to be only q few
miles distant and the conductor remark.
ed that he had never before seen them sc
plainly.
On the high land east of the city is 8
small tower. From this point one has q
grand view of the city, the harbor, and
the ocean. South of the city is National
City and still further south is Chula Wis.
ia, on an elevated mesa at the lower end
of the bay. We had an invitation to
visit the home of Mr. Harris, an old time
resident. Chula Vista is the home of the
lemon and the orange, the guava, the
camphor tree, etc. Mr. Harris has 10
acres in lemons. The lemon differs from
the orange in this respect: they are gath
cred every month during the entire year,
while the orange crop Is harvested nesr-
ly all at once. The lemon trees are
blooming, have small green fruit and ripe
fruit on them all the time. We saw as
many as six wagon loads which had been
dumped In q ravine. They were good
lemons, but had been rejected by the
packing house. If too large or too small,
they are rejected. All the fruit is graded
to certain size. put my arm around
a branch OF an orange tree about the size
OF broom handle, and asked the COM
pany TO count the oranges. They count
ed So large navel oranges on that single
branch, and 1t was only one among thou
sands OF similar branches.
South of Chula Vista ia Otay, a town
waiting for the development OF water
system. They are constructing reser-