The San Francisco call., 1898-02-27

all through trains through the city. Sev- eral trains a day run between the city and San Bernardno, Cotton, Redlands, Los Angeles, San Diego and Santa Ana. in fact, one can find train for almost any of the places named every hour " the day. The city has about twenty miles of street car lines, which at the present are operated by mule power, but arrange mentS are under way to utilize selectrlclty-
 The busy season in the city is from be cember l to July, when the fruit crop IS being moved east to market. During tne months in the time named several hun- dred men find employment in the packiiiS houses and orange groves, ana at stne present time this line of industry IS quits lively for it takes a large number oi hands to pick, pack and prepare TOT mar ket thirty-five carloads of oranges day The wages paid in this work varies con- siderably according to the expertness or the operator. Pickers are paid mostly Dy the box and good hands make from si 'o to & 50 a day. Packing is all done py lne who are mostly women, is B 90 day. Box making is another big branch ol lne business. The makers arc paid Sc cents per hundred boxes and experts make go9o wages at that figure. Ordinary nan9s around the packing houses, men who oo the leading, are paid about S2 a day.
 Among the more important manufactur- ing establishments in the city are a dry, machine works, fertilizer works blaming mill. tannery and grist mill. Be- sides these, all kinds of trade are repre- scented by large establishments.
 An active Chamber of Commerce Is one of the institutions of the city and since its reorganization some months ago 1t has done great deal of good work in pre-, sentng the advantages of the city and county to those who sought such informa- tion. The chamber has we'll appointed rooms devoted to exhibits of the products oranges, lemons, pomelos Cor grape fruit. as generally called), great variety of deciduous fruits, all the different kinds of dried fruits, grapes, honey and many grown in the county. This exhibit gives the visitor fine idea of the magnificent resources of the county, showing how di- Versihed are its products and the excel lence of them.
 Every reader of this article will be in terested in knowing something about the cost of land and property in this . city Unimproved lands sell for from s75 to $500 an acre, according to location and water right, for be it remembered that water Is everything here. Land without is fine level piece of land with ample water supply the buyer will have to put up close to the highest figure above named. Lower lands, which are not so suitable for citrus crops, range far lower in price, but the best Is the cheapest. IT one contemplates growing oranges or lemons. Growing orchards sell from $500 to s3OOO an acre. The choicest come highr  unbearing orchards can be bought quite reasonable, but there is loss Of time before they bear, which means that in- terest costs bring up the price in the end A good bearing grove in a good frostless locality can be bought for $l5OO an acre, and 1t is cheap at that price, when 1t is remembered that such or chards produce valuable crops each year. The visitor to this city is not met at every turn with unsightly kept places or streets. Every one, including the authori- ties, vies with each other in Keeping ms premises in the neatest condition possible and this Is one of the conditions which has brought many settler here The streets are hand swept every day, ana all gardens and orchard lands are kept free of objectionable weeds, so that the resident as well as the visitor, can- not help but admire the surroundings.
 Riverside has two banks, which take care of the funds of the people. .odd dhese en0 have paid-up capital of over $20O 900. and deposits amount to over Sl 900, ,oOO we'll equipped fire department keeps the insurance rates at low standard, ana of a City Marshal. looks after the peace:
 The city is one of the sixth class and is governed by a board of five Trustees City Clerk, Marshal Treasarer' @ssae' Re Re Trustees are p. F. Kingman (Rresident), J. A. Simms, Bradford Morse, s. La Rue and H. W. Bordwell. The other officers Phelps, Recorder J. c. Chambers, Attor- ney w. A. Burlington. Treasurer M. s. Bowman and Health Officer Dr. w. s. Ruby. There are no saloons in the city and none are allowed to do business, az a prohibition ordinance governs.
 Arlington Heights, which is the prins cipal suburb of the city, contains 5000 acres of watered lands. which lie between the upper canal of the Riverside Water Company and the foothills. Of this area about half has been planted to oranges and lemons. The water for this tract Is obtained from the Gage canal system mentioned above. This water supply is obtained partly from the Santa Ana River and partly from 3 remarkable system of artesian wells. Through the center of Arlington Heights for a distance of six miles runs Victoria avenue. that beauti- frI drive which for long distance paral- lels Magnolia avenue. What the. latter is to Riverside city proper Victoria ave- nue is to Arlington Heights. The groves on this tract are all young. but no finer can be found anywhere, and the English company which improved the tract has sold a considerable amount of 1t, and the purchasers have built fine residences, which dotted here and there among the vast field of trees, give the tract a beau tiful appearance.