The San Francisco call., 1898-03-06
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Redlands is we'll supplied with trans portation lines. Although not directly on a transcontinental railway line, two pass
 near the city. and the Santa te ana
 Southern Pacific have trains to and rom
 Redlands to meet all overland trains, oe-
 sides running many local trains to ana
 from Los Angeles. Redands is near the
 eastern bend of the famous "Kite-shaped
 Track" the scenic route of the Santa Fe, and also at the eastern terminus of the
 newly organized inside track or the Southern Pacific. There is in addition a
 motor line running to the county seat. Although the newspapers of Los An- geles both morning and evening, are lalo
 down in Redlands within a few hours from the time they leave the press, ana the San Francisco papers reach here put one day late, the city is well supplied with newspapers The Record is good morn ing paper, the Facts, an evening paper and the Citrograph, one of the best known
 of the weekies in the State HeolahuS
 is a moral community. There are no
 saloons. There are several billiard halls, but no gambling houses, and what gamb- ling there is must be done in secret. And
 1t is an intellectual center, as sldteu above: besides the reading cluos, hlerdry
 clubs, etc., there Is a good puphc hpraIy containing 45O0 volumes of the best books
 published, and in spite of the fact that
 
 rtes the public library Is highly esteemed. During the month of January. 1898, there
 were over 25O0 volumes withdrawn rom the library for homo reading. inc huIh-
 her of books taken in this way IS m creasfng all the time. In connection Wltn the library there Is reading-room' "nere
 nearly all the good magazines ana
 number of the newspapers are kept on
 file During last January there were over 2OOO visitors to the reading-room. 1ne
 library is now located in the !. M- C' A'
 huildine and is much crowded TOT rooIn.
 But it will soon be moved to better quar- ters, for there is nearing co1npleIloh Ino Sr,Iiev memorial library building by AL bert K. Smiley, to De presehleu '0 sA'
 city on completion.
 This Is the only exclusive public library 1 building in Southern California. It IS | huilt on the old mission style or arcnl- | tecture and is in the midst of me park | also to be presented to the clty Dy lhe | Messrs. Smiley The library building ana
 surroundings will have cost upward of | s1O0 oOO when completed. The city IS sup | nortIne the library by light tax, put | tbere are liberal contributions from prl- i vate individuals which help make 1t the l useful institution that 1t is.
 There was witnessed in Redlands last January a sight obtainable here only | about once in five years It was a snow | fau of about two inches all over the orange-growing district. Orange, pepper,
 palm trees, etc., were bending under the weight of snow, which lasted put aDouI tbree hours and melted without freezing
 the fruits Golden globes upon the of trees t6s children made picture long to be re-
 membered. z,a. kinds of RedlandS fruits may be had are
 as follows; Oranges, all the he year lemons, mons
 fruits. December to August; olives, No
 vember to January Pomegranate6s; 4i at 6ecs sep her: persimmons, November to March;
 guayas nearly all the year; loggats, necta May rines. August to September: peaches,
 June to December; plums, June to De August to February; apples. all the year;
 quinces, October to February; grapes. nearly all the year; strawberries, nearly all the year; raspberries, June to Decem- Der; blackberries, June to November;
 dewberries, June to November; entrants, May to June.
 WILLIAM STOWE DEVOIA