The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1898-05-25
A SUBSTANTIAL GAIN
RIVERSIDE COUNTY HAS S48
MORE CHILDREN THAN IN 'e7
The Population Of the City Shows q
Very Healthy Increase
Over Last Year

RIVERSIDE, May 2.-The school CEN
sus of this county recently completed
shows the number OF children in the county
to be 4534 as against 1886 last year, a sub
stantial ga. The census aiss shows that
while the districts In the non-irrigaLed
portions have fallen of in many instances,
In all the districts in which irrigation is
practIced there has been an increase, thus
showing that the population of the latter
districts are on the increase wnEe in the
former case residents have moved away.
Another fact the census proves Is that the
population of the county has increased
during the past year at healthy rate. In
this city the number of census children Is
1872 as againrt 164O last year. This ind.-
Gates a population Of 8199 for the city, TAX
ing four and half as a multiplicr, the
accepted number.
Since the sharp advance in the price of
hay and other kinds of feed there has been
a whole lot of old and worthless horses SCI
loose upon the city and environs and the
marshaPs office has an average of one at
least Of these animals to kill each day.
Star Encampment, l. o. .. F.. will elect
officers at the next regular meeting Fri
day evening, and Riverside lodge elected
officers last evening.
Contrary to general expectations the city
trustees voted today three to two not to
grant the franchise asked for by the South
ern Pacific company for an extension on
Market street. Just what steps the rail-
road company will now take can only be
conjectured.
Superintendent Of lines, Mr. Corcoran of
the Sunset Telephone and Telegraph COM
pany was in the city today from Los Ange-
les for the purpose Of consulting with the
city superintendent of streets relative to
the Improvement Of certain lines of the
company which citizens ask shall be re-
placed with better ones, the principal re-
quest being the replacing of me small and
short poles in use.
Owing to lack of working material on
the handsome new passenger depot has
been delayed for a couple of days, but an
| increased force of men were put at the
work today as soon as the delayed material
arrived from the north
This city is to have another fine business
block. 1t is to be built by Deputy Sheriff
Dickson on the site of his present block on
Main street. The old building will be de-
molished and work on the new one will he
inaugurated about July L. The structure
in size.
The building Of this block and the ono
which Mr.. Simms is to build on Seventh
street, near the Southern Pacific depot
will give mechanics work here this sum-
mer.
Burglars paid the residence of Captain
Lawler on Fourteenth street visist last
night and several articles of small value
were taken. The burglars gained entrance
by prying open the window in the dining
room While the people were out calling
early in the evening.
The executive committee Of the McKin-
ley and Hobart club has elected the fol-
lowing as delegates to the state copyen-
ton of the Republican clubs in San Iran
cisco: w. A. burlington, c. F. Huse. G. D.
Cunningham, rs. White, w.B. johnson
p. P. Clarke, j. A. Simms, Geo. Frost. H.
I. Hays and g. E. Blttnger