The herald., 1898-01-02
RIVERSIDE
SOUTHERN PACIFIC DEPOT

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The past year has been one which has
seen much substantial Improvement IN
many ways in this city. The era OF bet
ter times and more plentiful money,
which has to q greater or lesser extent
pervaded the whole country the past
wear. has been felt here as well as else
where. and the transformation from
very quiet city into quite lively one,
with the advent Of the new year, was
marked.
For the three previous years to the
present one there was little done In the
building line, although the year 1896
was a busy one in the matter of public
street Improvement. When the year
1897 dawned the housing capacity of
this city did not equal the demand upon
It and the result was that an era OF
building was inaugurated with the new
year, which has never been surpassed
since the memorable boom period of sew
eral years ago.
While the building improvement in the
matter of dwellings, has composed the
bulk of such work, yet there has been
number of business houses and packing
houses put up during the. year, which
have done much to swell the aggregate
money expended along this line.
In the matter of public improvements.
consisting of street grading, sidewalk
building. curbing and sewering, great
deal has been done and the work has
done much to improve and beautify the
streets and city.
The building Of new packing houses
has been phenomenal, as many as eight
of these structures having been added.
vet the supply is not more than equal to
the demand.
There is another line of improvements
which, while not as active as in some
| former years. has been considerable, and
reference is made to the acreage planted
to trees. The great bulk of the improve
ment in this respect has been in the or
ange tree line; yet lemons, and many va
rieties of deciduous trees, have not been
neglected. In fact, there has been an
increase in acreage devoted to the decid-
uous class of fruits, which many men
have discovered pay well. and do well
on land not exactly suited to the produc-
ton of citrus products.
Small berries are receiving much more
attention here now, and there were sew
eral new acres devoted to this branch of
industry during the year.
An iron foundry, well equipped for all
the lighter kinds of work, has been put
in operation since the year began, and
so has a grist mill, which thus far has
found all it could do to supply the de-
mand for rolled and ground barley and
corn.
To enumerate: Three fine five-room
schoolhouses have been built and equip
ped, at a cost of about $4,000. Two of
these are now in use and the other one
will be ready for occupancy January 1st
PACKING HOUSES
OF the eight new packing houses COM
pleted during the year, the Southern
Pacific company built three, at cost
of 10000 The company also completed
new freight depot, at cost of $4,000
and a new and handsome passenger de-
pot, at cost of $4,000. More are now un-
der way.
The Santa Fe company has built one
new packing house, costing $4,000. and
other improvements made by this com.
pany to it's freight and passenger depots
and grounds and side tracks have aggre-
gated several thousand dollars addition
al cost probably $4,000.
The California Fruit company bull
a packing house, at cost of $4,000, ant
the same company also built large
warehouse, at a cost Of $500.
couple Of other smaller packins
houses, at an aggregate cost of $1,000
round out the list, which brings the to.
tai outlay for such structures up K
about $4,000
DWELLING HOUSES
When it comes to giving the cost Of
number of dwellings which have beer
put up during the year, it is a Difficult
matter. There are five principal con
tractors in the city, being A. w. Boggs
l.. c. Waldman, Joe Masters, j. w. Car
roll and S. l.. Pillar, and all of these hav,
worked large force of men for man,
months past and are still busy with con
tracts.
Mr.. Boggs states that his work for tn,
year will aggregate at least $40, 900; I.
c. Waldman, $4,000; J. c. Masters, SIS,
600; j. w. Carroll, $4,000; S. L. Pillar
$4,000.
Besides the above, Mr. Carroll bull
the Southern Pacific packing. houses
which cost $4,000, independent Of tn
figures above given.