Los Angeles herald., 1908-03-29
UNLIMITED
WATER FOR
BEAUMONT
TEST WELL DISCL0SES VAST
SPRING AREA
Pressure So Great That When Cap
Is Removed Water Spouts
Thirty Feet in Every
Direction


this week, has proved to the satlstac-
tion of the best water experts IN the
state that sufficient water Will be de-
veloped to make Beaumont one OF the
best irrigated sections in Southern CAL
ifornia.
1, is ten inches in diameter and is situ-
ated in Edgar canyon, about three
miles due north of the Beaumont depot.
1t was drilled by a Los Angeles man
and the test was made under the dlrec-
ton of Water Expert Carpenter OF TINS
city. The test showed forty-t1Ve inches
strong flowing over the weir, so great
was the pressure that when the cap
was removed from the casing the water
shouted for over thirty feet in the air,
scattering the attendants in all direc-
fions No sooner had the testing pump
stopped than the water rose seventy
five feet in one minute thereafter, CIV
ing ample indication of the intense
saturation of the underground torlha-
ton.
Added to the great Importance of the
fest itself is the fact that the well mas
been drilled in an area of great extent,
wherein test pits for 800 feet TO the
sides and for a quarter OF mile horlu
and south have revealed the fact that
water is standing within seven feet of
the surface. This area presents a FER
tile field for the sinking of other wells,
and ii is the intention of the company
to Immediately install another drllllng
rig and sink a series of wells, TO De
pumDed by a central pumping station,
thus affording economical operation ana
maximum production. The area in
question, in which these wells VIII De
sunk. has a back of over fifteen miles,
extending up into the foothills OF
Mount San Gorgonio and Grayback,
where SHOWS for seven months III the
md n Cn
for the extensive and trustworthy con-
servation of moisture
Great Watershed
This great watershed insures the fact
that the saturated area, between th9
mountains and the line of the Beau
mont Land and Water company's prop
ertv. is of inexhaustible extent and the
high elevation from which the water
arises accounts for the strong pressure
existing in the wells, further proof OF
the said pressure being evidenced by
the continual surface flow from cienegas
of great extent that exist at various
noints in the bed of Edgar canyon on
the property of the Beaumont Land
and Water company.
All Beaumont is rejoicing over the
news of the well test. The spirit OF
optimism reigns as never before, land
values are rising and everybody pre-
diets that from now on the grown OF
the town and the valley will be even
more rapid that the phenomenal
growth that has taken place during the
past six months.
Every day sees more settlers coming
into Beaumont, with their household
goods. farming implements and stock,
ready to start the cultivation of lands
and the erection of homes. The town
site presents a scene of uneXampled
activity, with houses rising over an
area of over 1900 acres, plow teams
busily at work and everywhere the well
come sound of the carpenters hammer,
driving new structures up into tangible
form.
Besieqed with Orders
The lumber yards are busy, the local
nursery company finds itself besieged
with orders for vines and trees ana
the hotels and boarding houses are
crowded. 1t is said that more men are
employed than in any town of the size
in the state, two large crews alone
being steadily at work on the exten-
sions of the irrigation system OF the
Beaumont Land and Water company.
Building has taken an upward trend
that shows no abatement Contractor
Little has begun the erection of a busi-
ness block on the north side of Fifth
street, block 101. for Miss Ida j. Burk
of Ruffalo. N Y, who recently visited
Beaumont and became convinced that
the town has a brilliant future. The
structure win be 22X60 feet. S. M.
Green, Southern Pacific engineer, is
erecting a handsome bungalow in block
ia. and 3. H. F. Mason is building a
pretty cottage on the adjoining lot.
Charles Reihhart, for twenty years an
employe of the Southern Pacific in Los
Angeles, is building at California and
Maple. avenue. Dr. Smiley, formerly OF
Pasadena, is having an office and home
built on Euclid avenue and Fifth
street, while the San Gorgonio Mercan-
tile company is reftting the old post
office building as quarters for new
drug store to be conducted by j, w.
Stivers of Los Angeles.
f. f. Shaver has come to Beaumont
and entered the paper hanging busi-
ness and will make it his permanent
residence. c. e. Shaver of Rhyolite,
owner of five acres, is on the ground
preparing to build his home and bring
the land into a high state of cultiva-
tion.
Harry Mckenzie and sister, Miss May
Mckenzie, have opened new res
taurant in a refitted building on Fifth
street, opposite the depot and S. r.
Pryor of IngleWood has left that place
and bought a lot in Beaumont, upon
which he will commence the erection
of a residence this week. He sought
Beaumont on account OF MS wife S
health and the necessity of being away
from the sea fogs.
Honey Industry
Great interest has been given to the
honey industry on account of G. o.
Grigsbys experience. After taking A.
900 pounds of honey from 112 hives last
fall and selling it at cents a pound
Grigsby left 20O0 pounds in the hives
and is now forced to remove the re-
mainder of the sweets to make room
for the new deposit of the busy bees,
who find good material in the luXuriant
blossoms of the scrub oaks.
Among the recent buyers have been
the following: w. r. Followed, lots s.
10. 10 and IA, block 1872 $3.50; William
Doughty, lot %, block 115, $225; Hugh
Cassidy, lots and 4, block 5S $235; ]
B. Peelle, lot 3, block 122, $240; Mrs
Anna Bridges e. A. lot 6, block 13S
$50: ]. Phillips, lot 3, block 112, $225; F.
p. Spaulding, block 146, $475; Frank
Sealey, lots and 6, block 94 5000;
George Kalt, all south of railroad track
block 127, $321.60; Johanna Meyer, lot
5. block 81, $100; A. J. Allen and S
G.. Goudey, lots l and 2 block a. sec
H. S$113445; Miss l.. May Rose, lot @
block 123, $254.40; Miss Carrie 9. Miller
lots and 4, block 12S, $50S.S0; Johanna
Meyer, lot z, block 94 500; George A
Taylor. lot /, block IS, sec. II, $741.SS;
S. IT. Pryor, lots and 5, block 81, $500;
Elizabeth and Amelia Bellman, lots l.
3 and 5, block 81; Nick Tyson and B.
Norton, lot 2, block 1872; e. p. Buren,
lot z. block lis, 5000; Joseph ID. Still
man, lots % and 2S, block 81, $3.50;
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