Los Angeles herald., 1909-07-19
ORANGE SHIPMENTS
BECOMING HEAVIER
EXPECTED TOTAL WILL REACH
LAST YEARS MARK
Redlands Capitalists Subscribe $780,
600 to Mile High Railway Project.
News of the Citrus Belt
Town

REDLANDS, July 1S.-Orange ship
ments for the week from Redlands TO-
tailed thirty-three cars, against tour-
teen for the corresponding week OF last
season. The total now is 4loO cars,
against 4212 last season. 1t is expected
that $50 cars will be shipped yet, ali
of them Valencias, and the total ship
ment will be about the same as last
sason, this being a surprise locally, be-
cause the crop appeared short ana
few months ago the shipments were
more than 700 cars behind.
The July drop appears to have
stopped and the loss from it is not as
heavy as usual, due to the heavy drop
in June. The new fruit now is as
large as walnuts and can easily be
seen against the foliage of the trees
and as a result the growers are re-
versing their estimates as to the next
crop, admitting it will be better than
they figured after the June drop.
Redlands capitalists have subscribed
100000 to the Hile High electric rail-
way project, this amount having been
allotted to the city by President J. M.
Neeland and NJ. n. NeWmark OF Los
Angeles, the principal builders OF the
road 1t is expected that work Will
be started soon after August l, the
company having now secured control
of land in the Yucaipa and the sub
scription demanded in Redlands. The
line already is built over city streets
for about one mile.
Plans have been made for company
G to leave on an early train Tuesday
morning for Long Beach to go into
camp at Bay City for ten days with
the other companies of the Seventh
Several of the soldiers are having diff
ficulty in being excused from their
work in order to go to the encamp-
ment and the company probably VIII
be smaller than usually sent from
Redlands.
The electric plant of the Home Gas
and Electric company in Redlands will
be started this week by the Edison
Electric company, which secured con-
troll of it in the merger two months
ago and closed it down May 10, using
only the supply from the Edison plant.
Recently the demand has been greater
than the Edison plant could supply
and it has been decided necessary to
operate both plants. The Home COM
pany plant has a capacity of 900 horse
power. The affairs of the company in
this city, the home Of the corporation,
and in the local mountains were dis
cussed yesterday in a meeting held
here by the directors of the company
and plans were made for the improve
ments.
Workmen were rushed in automobiles
today to the Moreno pipe line that car
ries water over the hills south of Red
| lands from Mill Creek canyon to the
Moreno and Alessandro valleys, a
break in the line yesterday making it
necessary to turn the water from it,
and as a result the valleys are with
out irrigation water and greatly in
convenienced. 1t is expected to re-
quire at least three days before water
can again be turned into the line.
| The city trustees after several rides
in automobiles at different speeds on
the city streets for tests have decided
to establish only two speed zones in
| Redlands, one in the business district
with a speed of twelve miles an hour
and the second in the residence section
to the city limits with a speed of
! twenty miles an hour. The new ordi-
nance will be adopted as soon as the
! proper signs are in place on the city
| streets.
! In the party of Toronto excursion
! lists in Redlands yesterday and Los
Angeles today William Medland found
William Quick, schoolboy chum in
! Port Hope, Ont. Canada, twenty-four
years ago. They had not met in that
time and their meeting here was an
accident and surprise.
The engagement of Miss Georgia
Brookings, one of the most popular of
Redlands' society girls, and George L.
Henry of Denver, Colo, has been an
nounced by Mr.. and Mrs. J. E. Brook
ings. The marriage will be solemnized
in the fall and the young couple will
reside in Denver.
Building permits in Redlands for the
past week Stotaled S7525. The best was
to j. F. Kavanaugh for the erection
of a handsome two-story residence on
Alvarado street for $500.