The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1907-09-21
4 VISIT TO CALIFORNIA


from Captain Webb. 81 the STANDARD
Lime COMPANY. Ken[r.ck who wiki
MS estimaD-e better half have recent
- returned from q 700 r.i!e TIP
across this great republic 4 ours.
They visited Yellowstone Park. in
which they spent SIX days and al
Tuire1 irs Wyuders. Proceeded T. Cal
ifDmia. whore they inspected san
Francisco. which Captain webb says
is not building W ~ rapidly a. il is
reported. that there j. really only ore
public building erected and occupied
IN the burned district ana thar b. th-
palatial building owned by the Floods
and occupied by ta- Pacific railroad.
That this retardins j. caused b- re
extreme union sentiment THAI now
prevails ia that stricken city e.3 con-
trolls all Us progress. II clerks are
seen riding ON The street cars d 1t
belong - The union. The ITyEIi-tyrs II
tire stores for waou they work gre
Motif and II not discharged their
stores viii b. IirE@tei and persons
entering are warned against j. A suit
is now On. brDVgh- bE saloon h--F,-r.
because be refused % LlsaGaE-- one
II his bartenlers who refused - toin
the union. when his place WAS picket
- and his customers deferred from
entering his place. He sues f3r dam
age 10 his trade and the result of TIE
trial is eagerly anticipated Captain
webb says almost a reign % terror
exists in san Francisco. because Of
this iryannical action II the unions.
ana "a CDnsegUence the city b. q great
sufferer Mr.. and Mrs. Webb were
delighted with LIS AnFeles-LeIieye !
u b. the finest city 81 is size n the
world. It's location. style and arcEi-
lecture. beautiful homes. lovely lawns,
fine streets. miles Of shrubery. trees. !
plants and flowers make il a thing %
beauty He said il was growing with
leaps and bounds IL was tunnelilng
mountains and bridging valleys to
bring an abundance IF water from a
river over two hundred miles from the
city al a cost of twenty-five millions
OF dollars Its elevated system Of rail- I
roads H. a wonder while its depo; in
the city j. indeed an object IF beauty
and interest. ills lines radiating 10 ev- 4
cry. Five years ago. plateau lying 1
Quite distance from the city was Sc /
cureI by capitalists who made Il a /
deiectal.le dwelling place for the opu- I
lent. Now that vast tract does not /
contain vacant lot and no house on :
il cost less than $50 1000. while several 4
cost over half a million. II seems al !
most incredible that i'm such a short I
time 50 much could be done To adorn I
and beautify the place
They spent several weeks with Mr. 1
Webb's broth"r-In-law at Fresno, the 1
garden spot Of the world for raising /
and curing grapes. The product has (
l. L. II. I
Spain that Fresno long ago wrestrd /
from those nations the markets IF the 4
world. During the season. Fresno ]
shipped 6o.00o boxes Of grapes. ana il /
was a common thing to buy punches (
weighing several rounds al the rate I
81 three pounds for ten cents They
SAW one Olive grove six miles long (
and nearly as wide Leading out from .
Fresno. they drove over a splendid .
road made Of sand AMI crude Cali
foruia OH bor,iercd on each side with .
ralm and eucalyptus trees aiternat-
ing regularly. and iEtersPerced in the !
same order with r-5 and white olaau-
Gars. Tho effect of this diversity If .
cplnrs is 50 pleasing L" the eye as L
u almost iaieScribabie. This prop
erty was created by TIE wealth and
enterprise Of one man. who when he
saw how we'll b. mad wrought was
- Pleased that hc wiile3 it to the
county.
captain Webb said the sand and
crude oil roads cant be exceilel. as
they yield t. the stroke Of hpof and
wheel and IL pass over them il a
source Il the greatest pleasure. He
thinks crude California oil and Flor
ida sand would be the very thing FOR
our public roads.
While at Los Angeles he Inspected
the soldiers home. containing seven
hundred inmates. whose every wan;
is provided Tor.
He never saw such energy and en-
terprise shown by people a. is dem
onnstratei daily Iy the inhabitants II
the Golden state. and they are not
slow 10 say hat all their wealth and
prosperity is the result of printers ID
ink.
Captain Webb while he enjoyed his
trip through California and was i'm
pressed with the greatness IF its de-
velo2meutS ami products. j. more than
satisfied that Florida is the equal ana
with the application Of money, energy
and brains in several decades. We
could show an equally successful pro-
fTeSS and wonderful deVelppmcnt