slon. beginning yesterday. A full del-egation is present from San Diego dis-trict, and interesting programs are be-ing rendered. Rev. Joseph F. Berry,

D.D.. editor ofthe Epworth League Her-ald, of Chicago, delivered an Interest-ing lecture last evening to a crowdedaudience. Tonight's program closes theconvention's work.

The concert given by local talent InSpurgeon's hall on Tuesday evening

last was a successful venture. The pro-gram, with one exception, was complete-ly filled out. Each number merited andreceived applause.

The success of this concert makes itprobable that the opera house, Whichwill soon be completed, will be chris-ten' el by a pro bono publico entertain-ment by home talent.

Prof. G. Abram Smith is now circu-lating a petition which Is being almostuniversally signed to the owner of thenew opera house for the managementof the same.

Blsby & Zerman have removed theircoal oil supplies from West Fourthstreet to the room formerly occupied byHouse's grocery store, corner of Fourthanel Spurgeon streets.

Another section of the pavement laidat the Intersection of Fourth and Birchstreets has been pronounced not chick-en proof, and is being torn up and re-laid.

T. McD. House and family will leavetomorrow for Mentone. The move Iscompulsory, Mr, House being a suf-ferer from asthma, for which he seeksclimatic benefit.

Died, at his residence on West Fifthstreet. Santa Ana, yesterday, A. P. Bai-ley, aged 74 years. Funeral services willbe conducted from the residence to-morrow at 11 a. m. by Dr. Mills.

Mr Bailey was a landmark on thePacific coast, having traversed the statefrom north to south, coming to SantaAna from Kern county about eight yearsago.

ORANGE

ORANGE, April 1? (Regular Corre-spondence.) The Orange county fruitr xchange has shipped all its navels andseedling oranges, which this yearamounted to eighty carloads. It hasbeen considered advisable to suspend.'or a few days the shipment of Medit-erranean sweets. It is hoped that in themeantime the market may become moresettled. The Mediterraneans are In;ood condition and can be held with safe-y tor seme time to come.A car containing 200 fancy chickens,

consigned to J. J. Woolsey, arrived at-range this morning. The shipment con-

sists of 3ixtecn varieties, among whichire white, black and partridge Cochins,lght Brahmas and white Leghorns. Thelew chicken ranch will be located on theLockwood place, Just half a mile eastof Orange. The birds came from jSlkCreek, Johnson county, Nebraska. Thisnew undertaking will be quite an add!-

tlon to the poultry Industry of Orange,

which Is now estimated to bring In aboutJ30.000 a year.

Arrangements are now being made fora Jack-rabbit chase, to be held on th.;Alamitos plains on Saturday, April 10th.

Two cups will be run for. Rabbit chasing

is one of the most exciting sports In-dulged in In this county and a numberof very fine dogs find a home in this sec-tion.

As the new music hall Is nearly com-pleted it is announced that the Orangecity band will formally open the build-ing on April 13th.

ORANGEORANGE, April I.?(Special Corre-

spondence.) The first April shower ofthe season got In Its work early thismorning, very much to the disgust ofthose who cared more for picking or-anges now than picking May flowers alittle later In the season.

Returning prosperity appears to bemaking itself felt in this valley. Thegrape vino blight had Its run and Isgone. The red scale did its work and Isno more. The orchards are lookinghealthy and are now giving very satis-factory returns. The orchards have notlooked as healthy for many years asthey do today. Prices are better thanformerly and the orchardists are gettingon a solid foundation, making needed Im-provements, keeping out of diSM, andare ready to welcome more prosperoustimes.

Orange county Is showing a good,htalthy growth, the Increase of popu-lation being greater during the past sixyears here than In any other county Inthe state, except Ventura. The popu-lation of this county in 1896 was nearly

60 per cent greater than It was In 1890.The mortgage debt of this county Is

also very light, only 3.38 per cent Of theassessed valuation, while the percentagein Southern California Is 11.75 percent,and In the state at large 16.25 percent.This shows a financial solidity of whichthe people here very Justly teel proud.

The city of Orange and the surround-ing country share In this prosperity. Itthe people here during such a financialdepression as the country has Just passedthrough could pay off their debts and in-crease In population In this manner,iwhat will be the result of a few years of!prosperity, to reach which we are JustInow passing over the threshold.I In Interviewing business men here we1find all feeling very sanguine of the fu-ture.i Orange supports two newspapers?the News, published by James Fullerton,and the Post, published by a talentedlady, Mrs. Armour, whose husband Is

| prominent In county and business at-Ifairs.

The Herald In extending its depart-ment of Southern California has securedthe service* ofJohn Eastwood, who willkeep the Interests of this section beforethe puftllc through this popular medium.

THE RANCH AND ITS PRODUCTS

(Address all communications of an agri-

cultural nature to the Agricultural Editor.)

A foothill farmer in Fresno county

thought he saw great wealth in hogs

and decided to sell cattle and buy a pig

Of proper pedigree as the head of a por-

cine family and go into the business-.He owned quite a tract or foothill land,

that was mostly steep and covered with

chapparal, wild rage and brush on thehillsides and live oaks) along the water

courses. The hogs found plenty of edi-

ble roots in the brush, plenty of acornein the open land, and plenty of pure wa-

ter in the canyons. They nestled at

night in the heavy beds of dry leaves in

oosv nooks, ate. drank and grew fat andmultiplied exceedingly. They learned to

love politude and spurn human society.

Whet, the boss rode tne range looking

for hogs, be had no difficulty in finding

where they had been, but they were soretiring that he could seldom t> 11 wherethey were when he was looking for

them if he ran onto them unawares in

the open they soorted iike horse* andran lllto <k IT, and within twenty min-ute-? the brush ceased to crackle in the

distance ai d the solitude of the hills wasbroken only by humming bees and call-ing quails-

Finally it dawned upon the ownerthat he must have a great many hogs

on that 640-aor-? tract, but that he tumid

not put his hand on them when hewanted them. They persistently retiredto the brush, ai d he reluctantly rettsedto his houfe. down at the mouth of thecanyon. He catches a hog occasionallywith hit- rifle and views- a herd acrossthe canyon with a spyglass- sometimes,

but otherwise is not on speaking termawith them. He svnt his dog into thebrush after them once, but it neveroameback. Horses small of th- pasture wherehogs have bee. and go and lean their

heads over the fencHis cows- dineprincipally on the brush, ami the hogs

have things' their own way. The ownersays hog-raising in his section Is not aprofitable Indus-try.

Valuable Dairy FiguresMiss M. D. Esl-.leman. who owns a rai-

sin vineyard a few miles eas-t of Fresno,

several years ago established a dairy andpursued the business so studiously andscientifically that she Is now an ac-knowledged authority on all matters-pertaining- to profitable dair>ing. Thefollowing excerpt of nil address recent-ly delivered before a farmers' conven-tion at Fresno we ronsider very valua-ble: .. 11 .

Our cows have always been well fed,having an abundance of bran, middlings

and good hay in the winter and a shelterfrom storms and during the frostynights. Up to this time no attention orthought hart been given to balanced ra-tions. In 1894 we began to practice thef. eding of balanced rations, and the In-crease of milk was steady until the cowsreached their full milk capacity. Thedecrease in cost of feed for each poundof butter produced was well marked Inthe year's reckoning. In 1895 we addedcorn ensilage to prevent the heavy win-ter shrinkage nf the milk flow. A newbarn was built and the cows given theadded comfort of Bidwell stalls. In 1896we added cocoar.ut cake to the otherfeeds. As an Illustration of the resultsof theee changes, we take three commoncows that were mature animals in 1594:The yellow and white cow No. 2 in 1894mane 2:!4 pounds of butter. In 1895 .shemade 321 pounds. In 1896. 402 pounds.

Cow No. 35. a common long-horn ret;

animal, in 1894 made 230 pounds of but-ter. In 1895, 351 pounds; in 1896. 480.29pounds. No 51 In 1894 marte 184 poundsof butter; in 1895, 330 pounds; in 1896.3*2 pounds. This cow was considered asa beef animal. Her appearance was sogrtatly against her when she first cameinto the herd that the milkers namedh»r the "Tulare steer,"

In 1895 we placed our standard at 300pounds of butter for mature cows thatwent through ihe year without any mis-fortune to cause shrinkage in their mill:flow. We culled nut seven and the r< stgave us an average of 325 poundf-of but-ter per cow.

The most profitable cows- in our herdare those producing a good averagequartlty of milk containing :'.'» to 5 pet-cent butti r fat. The persistent milker Isoften not accorded due credit. We havetwo cows Illustrative of this: The firstlargest weekly record was 12'j poundsof butter; the second made 15',i poundsIn a week. When at the close of th:-jear the ledger was balanced, their ac-counts were as follows: The first cowmade 488.25 pounds of butter; the sec-ond cow 485.05 pnunds?a fifth of a pounddifference, and that In favorof the seem-ingly poor: r cow.

In placing a herd on a 300 pounds ayear basis, one must be ruthless In send-ing to the butcher c ows lhat produce 260to 275 pounds of butter yearly, for it i*these cows that are nearly good enoughthat are the little foxes in the vineyardto cat up the profits.

Our greatest loss, nr. rather, lark ofgrain, has been that we did no: recog-Tnlze the importance of more full-Wooded rows. In 18HP we bought tworegistered Holstein heif-rs ami a hull.These heifers are our two most profita-ble cow*. Receiving the same care andfeed as the res;t of the herd, one producedJ0.350 pounds- of milk, malting 607.15pounds of butter. Th«- other gave 13,60:;

Sounds of milk, making 573.51 pounds ofutter In IS-jO.The Holstein < ay. on alfalfa Is In her

natural environment. Our grade Hol-steln herd reached In 1896 an averagebutter production of 339.26 pounds a cow.Of these thfrty-seven oows none arc-ever t! years oh! and nine ai-.- h-ifers. Tin-feeding, milking, -are of the cows amithe making of the butter cost us Jsl 06a cow during the past year, s ,

all th.-butter each cow produced over -jotpounds was profit; and in addition, th-selves and the skim milk for ihe pigshould be addfd. though we cam oi iarate the proportions correctly due tothese last two items. We believe thegrade herd cleared us a little over $6<]each. Our best cow, a registered Hol-stein, made 573.31 pounds, lhat soldfor 25 cents a psund, makinggross receipts; net product, $92.37 4 Thisanimal cost $150 as a yearling, so wenaturally regard the Holsleln breed to bea good Investment

The London Fruit MarketThel- Porterville Enterprise of recent

date contains am important letter froma London firm concerning the marketfor California fruit. Wo excerpt as 'ol-iowa:

COVENT GARDEN. LONDON March3. 1897.?Gerald R. Lumley, Esq.: DearBlr?We know that Information on allmatters concerning the welfare of Cali-fornia Is acceptable to you, and thereare several points- of Interest to whichwe desire to call your attention. TheCallOornfa orange business to English

I market has opened; and up lo the pres-ent time we-have received consignmentsfrom several of the largest and most Im-portant producers In Riverside. The re-sult from a pecuniary point of view hasbeen satisfactory; but what is more Im-portant Is that the fruit has taken thetaste of the British consumer, and'on allsides the oranges are acknowledged tobe the finest that ever came to GreatBritain. X'nder the circumstances, avery much larger consumption mustfollow; and. as we hear on reliable au-thority that the growth in Californiawill Increase in immense proportions,we think that this market may be safeiylooked upon as a good outlet. Of oour-e,ihc prices here will depend too great ex-tent on the quantities sent forward;and the primary object of the specula-tor In California will be to reduce hisexpense a* much as possible. We shallbe glad to keep you posted, ifyou thinkit is of ruffltlfnt Interest, by code as to

the prices, on the London market, andwe are quite agreeabie to do this at ourown expanse.

Anoth- r point of importance le the de-velopment to a much larger extent thanhitherto, of the export of pears, peaches,and plums during the months of July,August and September. We have al-ways been of the opinion that this busi-ness could be made » succes; and we areglad to hear thai stronger ifforts areto be better able te handle this partic-

ular ila si? of fruit than any other firm,and W« think exporters will before longb<> convinced cf this. We mention thatwe are not interested In the- French peartrade ?a very important busir.et*at thatperiod of the year?and thus shall be ableto d*vote all our er.ergle* to the Calli'or-nia Tru't.

Mveryor.p here is looking forward to avery satisfactory season, the DiamondJubilee of her majesty the queer, bring-ing people from all parts of the world;and it is only necessary for the Califor-nia fruit to arrive good for high pricesto be obtained

We shall be glad to hear from you. andremain Yours faithfully.

GARCIA, JACOBS & CO.

Cost of Cured PeachesOtto Rohde, of Recdley. Fresr.o coun-

ty, estimates that it costs to producepeaces about a? follows:

One acre of peach trtts five years oldwill have- cost, proportionate outlay forbuildings and' all other appurtenancesIncluded. $250. The crops of the fourihand fifth years will about cover runningexpenses, at best pay Interest also. Thepi aeh tree.s after that will give aboutten more crops, hence the irvvertmentought to be repaid within that time.From the sixth year there is. say, an av-erage annual yield of one and one-quarter tons of cured fruit, which, at Bcents per pound, are worth $125. Fromthiv deduct 10 per cent for Interest, $25;10 pj| centifotj sinking fund. $25; cost ofcuring the one and one-quarter tons at$40 per tor., $50; cost of pruning, spray-ing, cultivation and .fertilizing. $25?atotal of $125, and equaling the gross In-come. This- shows 5 cents per pound tobe the cost price of cured peaches, and Isnot stimulating to investment.

With a tariff on imported dried fruitof 3 cents a pound and an increased mar-ket east, by reason of a revival of busi-ness, there is no reason to expect a con-tinuance of the low prices prevailingduring the past three years. With ou.-luscious cured peaches at 7V4 to 9 cents,which is not extravagant, peach grow-ing will again be profitable.

MisnomersOne who Is acquainted with the meth-

ods so often pursued In large fruit can-neries Is surprised that the fruit sentout has won the consideration whichhas been accorded It. Nectarines arebranded white apricots. Strawberry

and currant Jelly is often made of rem-nants of peaches or apples, with a bodyof apple Jam. Only a few firms put upthe best and ripest fruit. Wine is as oftenmade of rotten grapes and cider ofspoiled apples. A pint of strawberriesis put in a quart can with a pint of waterand a suspicion of s-ugar, and labeled"Choice California Strawberries." Onthe other hand, a few cannert' have putup only first-class fruit and have prof-

ited by it.

Xiittle LandmarksEternal vigilance is the price of a clean

orchard.One always adds to the value of his

farm when he improves the road whichlead's to it.

The sugar beet has a wider nutritiveratio as a food for cows than any otherroot in common use.

If you understand the poultry businessand take good care of your fowls theywill take good care of you.

Grain cannot be kept constantly be-fore animals economically, Whetherhorses, cows, hogs or sheep.

A kit of carpenter's tools saves many adollar on the farm, andtools are even more important-

Sheep are seriously troubled spme-times by ticks. Kerosene emulsion as adip Is one of the best remedies.

The first shipment of pickled olives,consisting nf pounds, went for-ward from Santa Clara countyweek.

Whether It Is horse, cow or sheep, th-;order must be (list clean, then warm;then well fed, In order to insure a gainin flesh.

The Wyoming experiment stationfound) the Whit-.' Bermuda onion to bothe most prolific. It yielded' 4256 poundsper acre.

The ways and means committee haspresented an amendment to the tariffbill making a rate on Zante currantsof 2 cents per pound.

A company has* been formed' in Red-lands for the purpose of erecting a fruitcanning and preserving lfactory with acapacity of 25,000 cans per day.

One of the surest ways of securing kgood crop of honey is to lake the bees toa locality where they will be sure tohave plenty of water and, plenty of food.

Ants may be destroyed by pouringcarbon bisulphide into the holes, but«are should be exercised to avoid ap-proaching it with a lighted pipe 0 ra.'natch.

II rattle are properly fed they willnearly always dress more than so percent of the live weight. Nine cattle, soidby the lowa experiment station, aver-aged 64.9 per cent of the live Wright.

Many herbs and: medicinal plants, orat least the leaves, roots and barksthere) f, are imported from the east a'high ligures. when the y might be grov. nvery easily and profitably in California.

No horse with Its head fullof squirrelgrass: and its Jaws lull of oat or barleybeards can be in prime- condition forwork. No sheep that Is full of squirreln:as» or covered with wood tick* canaccumulate either fat or flesh.

Every farmer should keep a big scrap-book and In it paste, under appropriateheadings, good, practical articles con-cerning the various departments,of farmwork. Such n book within a few yeaisbe comes- quite valuable.

No individual orcha.rd.lgt can affoidto go to the expense of maintainingagents in the- various cities to keep himIf.formed of the condition of the fruitThus he is at n disadvantage when deal-ing With fr"uit buyers. But such Infor-

matlon can be secured very cheaply byco-operation, and Just here fruit ex-changes become of special value.

There Is an opportunity In Californiafor the cultivation of the wild black-berry. The wild berries always com-mand the highest price, and the vineswill grow very thriftily In peaty soil,

but will bear considerable pruning.As a result of experiments with sixty

varieties of wheat, the Missouri experi-

ment station found that the variety

known as Extra Early Oakley was themoFt prolific. It produced 39 bushelsper acre, while Coryell produced 28 andDemocrat 36.4 bushels.

There Is a great opportunity for thedevelopment of a market for Issslcatedvegetables for use on shipboard or ex-port to Alaska and other flections wherevegetables do not nourish. In the hand-ling of most varieties most any pattern

of fruit dryer may be used.The Louisiana experiment station fed

a lot of cattle, with a view of learning

whether shelter from wind and rainmade any difference In the amount of

flesh gained. The result was that dur-ing one week in rainy weather the ex-posed animals lost 25.4 pounds In weight

and ate 598 pounds of food, while thesheltered animals gained 26.6 poundsand ate 567 pounds of food.

Good barnyard manure worked intothe soil and a top dressing of woodash?? will furnish the soil with nitro-gen, potash, phosphoric acid and hu-mus, all necessary to vigorous plantgrowth. Cultivation will conservemoisture, and with these " conditionspresent, good crops will result. Do notmix the manure and ashee before ap-plying. If you do the nitrogen, themost valuable constituent, will escape.

According to the San Diego Union, vnew lemon pest is noted by HorticulturalCommlsloner Gunnis of San Diegocounty. Mr. Qunnle Pt::tes that It camefrom Florida and is very destructive, it

is microscopically small, measuring but1-100 of an Inch In length, and as manyas 70.000 have been under the glass onone leaf. Although wingless, It is verymigratory. The pest feeds- on the es-sential oil of the fruit and the plant,

and not on the epidermis, as the ledspider, but otherwise the action Is thesam*. One pound of whale oil soap tofive pounds of water Is a good destroyer

of ihis insect, and kerosene erauleton isalso fine. Sulphur Is of no use, on ac-count of the climate.

A COMMITTEE'S JAUNT

LOOKING UP THE BEST ROUTE

FOR A BOULEVARD

Opinion of the Engineers?Merits ofthe Various Routes to Pasa-

dena Investigated

The personnel of the Pasadena boule-vard party which yesterday made an

inspection trip over, the scenic route

advocated by a large number of citi-zens, consisted of Judge Charles Silent,

chairman of the boulevard committee;

O. T. Johnson. R. J. Waters, GeneralCharles Forman. J. S. Slauson. Dr. WmLe Moyne Wills, Secretnry William H.Knight and Engineer Fred Eaton of LosAngeles. Colin Stewart and EngineerW B.Clapp ofPasadena. How ard Long-

ley and Engineer T. D. Allin of SouthPasadena.

The party drove up Main to Macy andthen out that thoroughfare to the coun-ty hospital. Here they turned into aby-road at the left and from the brinkof the mesa, overlooking a beautifulsweep of pasture land, show ed how theboulevr.rd might be built across an al-most open country, by starting from theplaza, crossing the railroads on a viaductand making an almost straight linethrough green fields and unimprovedproperty to the East Side park.

There the engineers have the choiceof several routes They may proceed upGriffin avenue, which is to be widenedto 100 feet, or up Downey avenue alongthe present traveled roud between theMission hills, with rolling grassy slope?on either hand, or by taking an interme-diate route they can ascend by moderategrades to the ridge of the hills flankingArroyo Seco on the east.

The tallyho took the second rood andbowled along till tin- party reached apoint opposite the mouth of Estudillocanyon, where it was seen that a de-Iression nearly cuts the ridge In two.and a natural pass affords access to theothgr aide on an easy grade, emerging,as the e-ngineers remarked, at Lincolnpark. But the party continued along

the main road to Fair Oaks avenue, andthence around the northern e-nd of theridge Here the" members disembarkedfrom their tallyho and sent it alongdown the western flank of the hills toLincoln park, while they climbed thehills and meandered along the ridge

i and noteel the ever-c hanging and beau-i tiftil views which arrested the atten-: Hon and elicited cxc lamations of sur-

prise and pleasure- from the dullest andi least impressionable.

From the heights above Lincoln parkja general view of the various possible[ routes and approaches from one- end

of the Arroyo Sero depression at Pasa-dena on the north to Los Angeles onthe south enabled the englnfers to point

' out the features that favored ormllitat-ied against all the different propositions

that have been discussed.The party finally drove back to the

city by Pasadena avenue and RuenaVista street, and Indulged In some spec-ulation in regard to the cost anil effect

lof widening those avenues out of the-; city. The engineers will now take thesubject more directly under their pro-fessional supervision, and proceed tomake such formal examinations andsurveys as are expedient ami reportback to the committee.

Police Court Minor ItemsT Doody and George Bolden. the twoexpressmen who were arrested Wednes-

day for fast driving, were arraigned yes-te relay before-Judge Ow ens. They plead-ed guilty to the charge and each Watfined $1.j Pending further developments the case;of Joseph Carmona, charged with bat-: tery, was continued until today. Otherli.te resting phases of this c ase are cx-

ipected to develop.j James Laedell, arrested March 22d,

< barged with buttery, was lined $30, tobe paid April Huh at 12 oclock noon.

James Laidc-11, arrested March 22d,Charged with disturbing the pence, wasdischarged.

Cal Byrne, charge d with misdemeanorin Violating the health ordinance, men-

i tion of which has already been made,will have a bearing today at 1:30 p.m.

Admitted to BailAustin Pulllam, the colored youth

vbo assaulted William Hlnes with adeadly weapon, appeared before JusticeOwens yesterday. Ills ixamlnatlon ua:-set for April Bth at 2 p.m. Late In the-afterr.oon of yesterday three coloredmen appeared before- the justice, and theresult of the ir conference with the courtwas an order for the release on bond ofPulllam.

Small Shed BurnedAn alarm was turned In yesterday

afternoon about 1:30 oclock, oaused bythe burning of a small shed In the rearof the house of J. Wadlelgh, on Waterstreft. East Los Angeles. The loss was'only aout $25.

THE LINEIS OPENED

Main Street Electric CarsNow Running

HISTORY OF THE ROAD

Been in Operation for Twenty-

Three Years

AN EXPENSIVE IMPROVEMENT

MODERN ROLLING STOCK AND APERFECT ROAD BED

The Organizers of the Road and the

Present Officials?A Quarter of

a Million Spent in Im-

provements

Yesterday morning saw the Inaugur-

ation ofanother magnificent, progressivemovement In the Interest of Los Angeles

development. The new Main-street andAgricultural Park Electric Railway

company then opened regular serviceupon Its recently completed line, andthe first car under the new regime be-gan its Initial trip at 6:15 oclock. Th?opening up of this great system ofstreetrailway development has been hailedwith delight by thousands of our citi-zens. Those who reside along its routefind presented to them the means ofrapla communication between theirhomes and the business- center of thecity, the property owners along the linerecognize In Its establishment the strong-

est impetus to the Increase of real es-

tate values, and the people generallywelcome the change from the bob-tailcar, with its slow locomotion and Incon-venient accommodations, to the comfort-able and elegant surroundings of the

most Improved and beautifully con-structed electrical conveyance.

THE ORIGINAL LINKThe old horse car line, which the new-

organization supersedes, was organisedNovember 12. IST4, by T. D. Mott. E. H.Workman, Thomas Gates, I, W. Hell-man, John G. Downey, W. J. Broderick,

O. W. Childs and other prominent prop-erty owners eltTTer interested In prop-erty along Its route or livingin the Im-mediate vicinity. When these gentle-men projected the old line Its failureas a financial Investment was widely

predicted. To those to whom the great de-velopment of this city seemed to beamong the possibilities, the originating

of a scheme of transportalon so elab-orate as that was deemed to be, at thattime, created criticism upon the finan-cial judgment of Its projectors The gen-tlemen, however, who stood behind theproposition, had not only faith in it, butcomplete faith in the city of its origin.To their business Judgment the futurepromised substantial results, and theirforesight was clear and without mis-take.

REBUILDING THE ROADThe old system proved for many years

a paying investment, but with the lapsvof time it became apparent, not only tothe judgment of those originally Inter-ested, but to many others whose inter-

il became likewise affected, that therapid growth of Los Angeles demandeda more improved service, and out ofthat condition grew the Los Angelescable line system. The change from thecable system to electricity came later,and the Los Angeles Consolidated Rail-way company was eventually organized,acquiring the control of what today Isunquestionably one of the finest, mostsuccessful aril best equipped street rail-way systems in thie country. Not to bebehind the times, the Main-street andAgricultural Bark company decided toImprove their road and bring- it to thehighest standard condition. The open-ing of that line yesterday morningmarks the era of the successful culmina-tion of this enterprise. No expense hasbeen spared in the perfecting and equip-ping of this system. The best abilityIn this country in railway lines has beenenlisted, and if there be any failures Inthe enterprise it is not because moneyand talent have not been combined toproduce the desired result.

IT.W.Wood, the consulting engineer, hashad entire charge nf the rebuilding andelectrising of the road. Not only in theInception of the enterprise, but at everysuccessive stage of Its development Ithap been his determination to make theconstruction first-class In every feature,and every Idea looking to the most per-fect consideration and development hasbeen carefully canvassed, and out of suchcanvass the best ri suits adopted. Amongth>- many excellent features which havebeen suggested and upproved by themanagement Is a new 60-foot T rail, 'jInches In depth and 60 feet long. Th>standard length e,f rail is 30 feet, butthosi upon the new line being double thathngth. make less cut joints and over-come the usual jolting Incident to shortrails, and great,y enhance the comfortof those riding upon the conveyancespassing over these lines. Main streethas recently been paved from NinthStri t to JeSerson.and in that part of thework done by the company It has beencomple ted In the-must substantial man-ner and made solid and smooth.

NEW ROLLING STOCK.The rollingstock upon the new system

was made by special contract with theSt. Louis Car company, after designsfurnished by the management of th»road itself and with the requirementthat everything should be completelyup to date both in design and construc-tion. Climatic conditions cut a very im-portant figure in the construction of thestreet railway roiling stock, and this ele-ment was most carefully considered,eiiet the best Ideas upon It submittedafter long and thorough Investigatingand experimenting. Tin- new cars are al!equipped with double- trucks with close'!and c.pen compartments and furnishedthroughout with latest improvements.A trip upon these magnificent coachesKill convince the most skeptical thatcomfort and pleasure have been soughtand arc combined in the new company'sc quipment. Each car has a seating ca-pacity for sixty people, and the numbe:of them in operation afiords a complet'guarantee that the most rigid (Vamand:of the public will be at all times prompt-ly met.

IMPROVED APPLIANCES.Westlnghcuse electrical appllance-l-

-are upon them all. The railsfor the roadbed were made up-on the Pacific coast, and repre-sent the best workmanship of thePacifiic Rolling mills of San Francisco.

There have some marked changes inthe trucks upon the new cars, all to theadvantage and comfort of the-, passen-gers, but the general body of the cars issimilar to that of those upon the otherlines cfLos Angeles. The overheadicon-structlon Is of the latest improved stand-ard and. like the roadbed, was con-structed with the greatest care andiwithevery promise of substantial perma-nency.

Power for the new system will besupplied Indefinitely by the presentplant of the Los Angeles* Railway com-pany, located on Central avenue andWilder street. Should the new systemprove nil that Is anticipated for it in theway of operation and substantial finan-cial returns, It may safely be conjec-tured that at no future distant day thenew company will construct Its ownplant and then practically control itsentire source of power.

THE MEN AT THE HEAD.The officers of the new road are nil

capable men. In every detail connectedwith the various branches of the new-company's system over which they pre-side, it Is safe- to say from their experi-ence and ability that they wilfbe foundto be most painstaking and* enterpris-ing cfilcers. Mr. FredW. Wood, who hasbeen for many years a resident of thiscity, will be the consulting engineer ofthe new system. Mr. J. L. McLaln. ngentleman of large experience in elec-trical railway matters, will be the gen-eral superintendent. The up town officesof the company will be located at 217New High street, where will be foundthe secretary, that well-known and;gen-

ial gentleman. Edward Le/ebvre. TheFarmers and Merchants' bank is treas-urer. Mr. W. H. Hammaker will besuperintendent and secretary of theFifth street line, which Is a separate or-ganisation, and which has been recently

£ec-trlzed.NOT FULLY COMPLETED .

The shops- of the company will be atAgricultural park, the buildings therehaving been remodeled and speciallyfitted up for such use. For the present

the services will vary according to cir-cumstances. On account ofan unavoid-able accident in the rolling mills, therail delivery has been delayed and at thepresent time the company Is only op-erating the system from Temple andMain streets to the corner of Grandavenue anil Jefferson street, and <>nFifth street to the Arcade de-pot. Inthe course of two or three weeks It Isanticipated that the entire road willbecompleted, when the trip from one endto the other can be made in the briefspaoc of thirty minutes. In the mean-time the horse car meets the electric atJefCerpon street and Grand avenue andconveys passengers to Agrlcultuialpark.

This road also opens a new route tothe seashore and Is undoubtedly des-tined to become popular with the travel-ing public. Cars will communicate withSouthern Pacific trains at Jefferson andMain streets, and the aim of the com-pany will be to cater to thos? who areyeeklng a quick trip to the seashorefrom downtown, and who may desire tovary the ordinary trip by the electric

to Santa Monica. Los Angeles is to becongratulated upon the practical com-pletion of this new traveling enterprise,

as It is bound to be a convenient agent

for the traveling public generally.ENGINEER WOOD TALKS.

"Electrizing the Main-street and Ag-

ricultural Park railway," said Consult-ing Engineer Wood to a Herald reporteryesterday, "is what I predicted manyyears ago must certainly occur, and noone is more pleased to see this Improve-

ment carried out than myself. lamdeeply gratified to see that the road hasbeen constructed and equipped in assubstantial and complete a manner asany electric railway I know of. Itis thedesire of the management to giveprompt and reliable service to the pub-lic, and we hope to carry this purposeout to the letter. It is the program,from time to time, to make Improve-

ments whenever and wherever theirneed may appear, and our highest ambi-tion will be gratified so long as we re-ceive the commendation and good willof the traveling public we are seeking

to serve.??It seems strange." continued Mr.

Wood, leaning back in his chair, "tosee electric cars on these tracks wherefor twenty-three years the tinkling of

the little bells on the horee cars hasbeen the only signal of public transpor-tation, but the old gives place to thenew, and we live in a progressive ageand a rapidly progressive community.

As the new road is the oldest In point

of service In existence, its cars will havethe right of way over all cars on aUotlu r systems. By the way. I wonderIf It ever occurred to the public thatthis* new enterprise, which has been soquietly going on and has now cometo a head, required an outlay of some-thing like M60.000? Well, no matterw hat the public may thinkabout It. svehIs the fact, and I believe the money hasbeen well spent.

-Tie new line willgive transfers overthe Temple-street cable road and theTraction line."

A CONFIDENCE GAME

? STUD-HORSE POKER' PLAYERS

COME TO GRIEF

The Accused Arrested by DetectivesBut Subsequently Released on

UJ- Bond--The End Not Yet

Bunco and confidence. It is an old. old

story, but always new in its infinitevariations. The police department is

ever on the alert for such violations ofthe law, but the culprits are hard tocatch, and harder still to convict whe.iraußli'.. They are as fl?ettngas the will-o'-the-wisp, which must be so from thevery nature of the case.

That confidence games have beenworked in the city for a long time hasbeen known to the detectives for 10,these many days, but even ifarrests ar.-made the case* seldom amount to any-

thing because of the timidityof the vietims. who usually shrink from the nec-essary publicity. No man likes "towrite himself down an ass," and sothe enterprising bunco and' confidenceshark laughs and grows fat upon hisdiet of "tender feet," "soft snaps" and"suckers." But once in a while a man tifsense is caught in the net. and then theInsinuating man of confidence finds hehas caught a "tartar."

Yesterday seems to have been a sorryday for the men of suave, manners, forthey gathered a determined man In theirfleecy net. W. E. Todton Is saldi to be-

that determined man. even If he erascaught napping when Invited to a gameknown as "stud-horse poker." It Is sup-posed that at the instigation of Mr. Tod-son two men giving their names as J. C.Thomas ahd P. Newell were arrested onSpring street by Detective Hawley,charged with "dealing and playing stud-poker." It is claimed that these men,who are well known In Los Angeles,have been in th* habit of changing

their office frequently to avoid detection,

but the accused deny the soft impeach-ment.

About an hour after the arrest bothmen were released upon bail of $W> caihand $100 bond each.

Confederate Notes Are "N. Q."In the case of Ed Brow n, who wafc ar-

raigned in the police court for petty lar-ceny, a Jury was yesterday Impaneledar.d afterward dismissed, the case being

set for this morning at 9:30. It will beremembered that Brown is the one whohad in his possession imitation confed-erate notes, and who subsequently madea mistake In endeavoring to pass thebills. When arrested he was found tohave In his possession a kit of skeletonkeys and lock picks and Is awaiting

sentence on the edldtlonal charge of car-rying burglars' tools.

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TESTIMONIAL ~Januarys. 1897.

To the Public: I take thlsnieana of ea-preaslng my thanks to Dr. Wong Him or889 Upper Main street for having cured meof kidney and stomach trouble whichcaused me great prostration. I was unableto get a good night's sleep for about threeyears, and, acting under theadvlce of thebest doctors of Chicago, I came here to ga'well on the climate, but kept getting grj...-nally worse, Until I waa toil to try Dr.Wong Him. and by the aid of his wonder-ful life-giving herbs Ican say tnat In threemonths' time I am a new woman and feelstronger than Iever did. Anyperson wish-ing me to certify this can find me.

716 North Marengo avenue, Pasadena.MISS KLEMME.

To the Pubilc: I take pleasure in tes-tifying to my marvelous' recovery underthe treatment of Dr. Wong Him of 639Upper Main street. Lot Angeles, from alumber of .stubborn allmmnta, amongwhich were chronic slckhearteches, dys-

i.caala and kindred stomach troubles,heart affection and kldnoy disease.Hut what I consider this physlolan excelledin so far as my caae Is concerned, was Inthe restoration of my eye service. Astlgma-

iim coupled with other disorders, was myaffliction in this respect, and, although acumber of well-known skilled oculists Insome of the larger cltlea of this countryadvised me I should always have to de-uend upon glasses and receive bur poor ser-vice even then. Dr. Wong Hlm's remedieshave enabled me lo abandon totally the useof any artificialhelp to sight, and my eyescontinue to give such service, bothfor near work and distant, as Is trulywonderful. To the skill and remedies ofthe, physician named can alone be attrib-uted a revolution In my physical condlilonthroughout that puzzles those who knewof the "Incurable" character of my af-flictions. Respectfully,

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LANDOFFICE ATLOS ANGELES. CAT,.,March 25. 1897. Notice is hereby given

ihat the following-named settler has fffednotice of his Intention to make final proofIn support of his claim, and that said proofvlll be made before U. S. land'office at Losrgflcs. Cal., on April28, 1897, vis: James. Williams. Chatsworth. Cal., homestead,

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,wlng witnesses to prove his continuous>nee upon and cultivation of said land,

v ~. C. V. Boqulst, of Chatsworth. Cal.;S. K. Mannon, of Chatsworth. C*l.; W W.Johnson, of Chataworth, Cal., ChantsJohnson, of Chatsworth, Cal.

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