Show I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 V 1 0 M I 1 11 k I 1 SAN DIEGO V its fino harbor secona t 0 nolle oil I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 THE I 1 1 k tile fertility of ill I 1 lower california I 1 1 I 1 I 1 THE CAUSE OF I 1 ka interest izz IJ u E A with major it littlefield anz STANDARD I 1 abing learned that r major E A littlefield of tills city returned front a four vilt i lied to de ca 1 ri V ad a reporter to interview the 1 gentlemen for ilia purpose of ascer ills vie regarding see I 1 eions of country said ilia god G morning major representative 91 lad to sea you lw L mell after your euid ith t ing 80 tell tile alaria ml aria will YOU not kindly TILE ersol k rel southern california and i about san diego here I 1 badr specially Ally stand aou anade your headquarters durina your absence ab walk great pleasure responded lite all I 1 vell air h t Is our candid opinion iou in regard to tile future of san D lego city alad county and upon what d 0 aou licato lie opinion a which I 1 learn you little i 11 t ile r t lat san diego smi com alerci at t he V C idt h ta raw at alters e 1 tier mho bits the bills will tho I 1 thrones upon aden gata not difficult certainly tire I 1 qu tion s to ansa er in tile first place all city of san inego a wait site antho re I 1 of the bwy of the bame name it has a harbor second to none on the ole pacific col co L iphy remarked our reprise nta 1 taye in was not aware that ant claim WAs set UP that tho bay of san diego as in any respect aquai to tile day of an francisco 1 40 not want you y word for it can be no betto 1 for my statement than I 1 professor lgeorge davidson of the states survey whose report to the government as about as I 1 to lows no harbor on tile 1 pacific coast of tb a united states ap 1 in excellence tile bay 1 I ba di The bottom is 6 1 cod ino rocks have been i in P tile bay or approaches the position I 1 of the with relation to point I 1 loma is such that there is rarely much swell on I 1 ile bar as a rule there is much les swell on this bar than on ana other bar oil he pacific coast there is less min fog t a nd thick hate and more clear whether ia tills I 1 1 divinity vivin ity than at all points 1 north ard and ilia entrance Is 1 lea difficult to inala and enter on 1 f that account ac coAnt large vessels can go about seven miles s up the bay with an average width of I 1 channel of eight hundred yards be tween the four fathom pries at to tills indicates sufficient C 11 lacity to accorn dodato R large coin ineice commodore C P batterson rAt terson superintendent states coast I 1 I 1 survey at washington in a report to a congressional committee said that about 1 I 1 material would give a chati jel of feet deep over tile bar at mean low water Stean of 1000 tons burden cross if js bar at a I 1 beason 9 without any de m hit ever it there b I 1 no safer harbor on the pacific coast for entering or leaving or for bessea lying off it is the only land icken harbor south of san francisco I 1 tt and korthof san quentin lower cal ifor tita a stretch of GOO miles of coast and from a national point of low its I 1 importance is w great atit its breser ovation demands liati onal pro lection d national expenditure YOU way remember 11 continued the bior nhen the steamer G reat eastern tile largest ever built L entered shellay of san francisco she 4 drew severi feet of u ater A I 1 few afore I 1 left san diego the mammoth Nom egian still I 1 br on puget sound witla a cl Li othen go of umber fuenty at x walterp sailed over the bar and entered the bay and harbor of san diego with ut experiencing any 1 I 1 that the I 1 e ml nent authorities quoted and atie 11 illusto rations given ill be sufficient 0 I 1 convince you that lily opinion about sat D e 0 o bay and harbor is ell I 1 founded and bot ilia of poeju dive or buea work 11 al boults on that score are re I 1 moved by your dear explanation but I 1 a harbor alone is not sufficient to ships b and steam ra tuy tu y come ait go but they vi ill not come and go merely r I 1 bulc they aitay t ne in loaded it 4 out fit ballast aadra the is no profit I 1 fo I 1 you are certainly correct in that I 1 paid the 41 tier there must be in I 1 1 A coming anti outgoing cam merce to in tiare tbt building up and of a I 1 I 1 trunk lines of railroad ati brought to deep water these alethe essentials of accomplishing there stilt short lines of inter communication or feeders of the trunk lines to convey the of t h a soil and the manu fact 1 country rv and ablord cheap and ample for getting ma board san diego his one trunk line ilia great atchison tope L ka santa fe and a number of short feeders to it and will goon 1121 0 another tru ik line ilia southern IIA effic witha any branches extending I 1 in every d action the southern pa Is an entrap ce from the direction of los angeles by ilia shortest i route between the two cities sad k ork on the san diego Cuy amaca 4 is already being from I 1 1 1 S in diego to ilia southern pacific at I 1 dos a it on that rond ix tacon colton and yuma from dos palms the road eidl run in a direct line to theNe edlest on tile I 1 atlantic and pacific railroad thus in I 1 reality forming a trunk line to tile ewt in its course to doe P 19 1 the san diego and Coy amaca road will 01 traverse and open up one of the most fertile and fruitful sections of country on the face of the globe further than ahlo the santa fe whose western ter minus is now at national city four I 1 alea south of san diego will soon be extended rd to yuma and a junction I 1 with the southern pacific thus in reality forming still another trunk line connection fill tile great east 6 and lite f laboard and gulfon I 1 mexico but these are not all the t railroad enterprises contemplated or in progress the govern anent has granted a concession char ter and subsidy of a mile for the building of a railroad yail road front ilia lower peninsula pen of lower california to humaj or at least tos connet tion with the proposed road between san diego I 1 I 1 end yuma tito peninsula road has already been located betseen E nse 1 nada and the boundary line at or rear juana and three eb of surveyor yom ire on tile ITS 0 sired or finishing up 41 heir 4 work I 1 major you be il that the san diebo Cuy amaco roa vi ill traverse tra verve a fine I 1 sad country the public havo I 1 I 1 xa I 1 I 1 r I 1 1 ai av I 1 11 I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 led to believe that sa n diego wa s little mord ahlo a narrow I 1 I 1 id land ho ta uncultivated u llop h bi ted it it d un in b 1 table there never was a more erroneous impression on the contrary there is no county in southern r that contains a larger area of fro a fruit and grazing land than san diego county this no doubt strikes you Or Angely but it is nevertheless absolutely true and the stated lent can be verified by coin 11 1 the area of the county Is larl 1 2 fauaro or more than acres wn 9 greater than either of the states of adassa vermont new Z ile new jersey or maryland nearly As great as that of ta cousette chu sette connecticut combined excle mi a ot the section embraced in ilia colorado desert and tile mountain country lying adjacent on the cost there are ver acres of valley and mountain land adjacent to a dt versifier versified versi fied and grazing that certainly Is a fine allowing do not consider it impertinent in me but do ou know of your personal that alint alavo said is true that the land is fertile of and decad ous fruits and cereals it lies always been understood that there wp 4 g eat lack of water in tile streams and a scant rainfall and without water t wro can be n successful agriculture or well pleasantly the Sf Jr atlo ing in upon me thick all fast I 1 i I 1 iry to answer them to 3 our entire sat tills can bet be done by 1121 DO of tile products of tile soil formerly lite leading products of tile country were wheat wool and honey in the order named the yield of the cattar in 1885 ilia ear illen the boom was just start dinv inv being over pounds of which over 2 pounds wits exported since that year the large ranches old oll grant ahme ien titles quieted all I 1 much d aba land occupied the government land lite 11 been entered and fruit and groa ng is rapidly becoming ilia chief interest af pf tile county as nature desil ned it to be stock rai sing e ra years ago the exclusive interest of I 1 county 18 still carried on but has long since ceased to be a leading interest the following fruits are produced in san diego county and as great if not greater perfection than any bere elso inthe state of california oranges lemons berries grapes glavas guavas olives apples phars plums cherries tito I 1 e are as fine firm and viell flaitz a any in the m ald wheat potatoes sheet potatoes 0 niona buckl leat a also pr j lead in considerable quantities and of fine quality these facts all skepticism regarding tile adaptability of I 1 he soil an d c litria to to fruit culture must cease san diego county began late but site is advancing ra pidy yes but about tile water you have said nothing about that all right DO ad I 1 will careful hinves I 1 ignation b v competent engineers 11 as shown that the supply furnished by the rain in the mountains forty to sixty miles back from tho perly hus banded is ample for at properly fro probable tie emicles emit les tito rala fiji I 1 a never lesi that wenty five inches and often deac ales sixty inches the waste water flo ing to tile sea in the driest years is a to i brigate half a maion 11 acres of land contain large and conspicuous sites for reservoirs their conversion into ar akes Is 1 a meret question of cost FILM this isnow bein don a on a rule of great cence as as etabel by me in a former communication he covering 00 to 1200 acres are to be constructed to store the inter rains and furnish a summer duay SU lien tile streams fail a great flume of abich I 1 have 1 spoken Is projected to carry in n ers inches of vi ater cubic feet per belond se lond A miners inch in southern california is con adequate to ton acres 1 chardor other mat irrigation ts are already in contemplation temp lation and soon tile question of an adequate water supply will have been satisfactorily solved at least ant convinced said T E man and I 1 ata sure that tile public ill be as on averted have been your exposi tion is very interesting indeed an d tile readers of the popular paper which I 1 will ba sure to ap preci ate it what fijor is the ra phy of tile country Is it level or low or high fhe coast belt that between the and the sea varies from twenty five to fort miles in is about seventy five miles in ten t comprising a series of low ro fi D C hills or as they are termed plains and valleys dle division of tile coti lies mainly be beleen teen the to mountain r u il I 1 and nuat rous bro a d and ft artile vala I 1 eye arid plains furnishing tha tines at ep and eattie the cereals and all the fruits of the temperate zone gro sere luguri antly and I 1 was folrn by captain douglas grinn a ili 1 as teemed friend of mine for elgi n years ad aitor of ilia aan diego I 1 i that or chadds are rapidly mul section mr gunns ther alone ilia 2000 apple trees ju aull bearin 9 and this spring set it 2003 mo to tit thad or desert d lies a ast 0 I 1 I 1 a nd on the san jacinto ran this u is rich rc n the precious metals and successful mining operations have been carried oil for several years 11 1 I lime heard that there artesian belt running through sao diego count do you kaow anything about it not much but it Is true I 1 know that in one valley san jacinto there ire ever forty flowing artesian 4 ells and have no doubt but plenty of arte I 1 ain water will W develop oa in other sections SAn Jacinto an altitude of I 1 believe abou lit 1400 feet above the east leel 11 you once told tile readers of it that you and othe r utah met lied become interested fa lower me something about that country well sir you are turning your re altizer pretty lively and have in re pate ix I 1 evet in tit lie e tiie iiAn I 1 could te ay iy ou it great deal ab out low er california but not nw I 1 I 1 to any that the character of ilia and climate Is similar to that of the Pout bern section of alta california not in any respect inferior and irl many reacts superior when lines of railroad I 1 are opened up this entire territory will come to kin diego to seek a market for its and to hip theta away by bleamer and ing v a am lt tills time you will ex eulle al if I 1 do not say more about lower california one more question major what sod the greAt rush of ald to southern california and it resulting which that see tion ills cla enjoying for several years 0 u extensive and persis tent v e r I 1 ag what ere abed the boom without such after southern california Calif orpia would have retrained the same stock ranch that it was up to within a few years ad Is the touchstone touch stone to success in any business as ell ais in build I 1 g up the barren wastes and creat I 1 ig towns and cities bear tilts fact I 1 n mind young man and dont for go it thanking ilia major fertile von and exacting from bilm a promise tatt at somo time lie auli future tell us what he knows I 1 1 7 I 1 1111 1 T I 1 I 1 t boat ilia ultimate benefits of A boom Tum STANDARD put UP 11 I 1 A all bor and retired |