The pioneers of '49 A history of the excursion of the Society of California pioneers of New England . e owned by the district, costing an average of $500 anacre. The water from that sixty acres will, however, make between 3,000 and 4,000 acres ofland that is now practically valueless worth from $300 to $500 an acre. The cost of develop-ment and delivering the water on this land will be about $60 an acre. The incorporated limits cover fifty-six square miles; there is no city debt; the assessedvaluation is $4,588,890; the rate of city tax is 55 cents on the $100; there are eio-htschool buildings
The pioneers of '49 A history of the excursion of the Society of California pioneers of New England . e owned by the district, costing an average of $500 anacre. The water from that sixty acres will, however, make between 3,000 and 4,000 acres ofland that is now practically valueless worth from $300 to $500 an acre. The cost of develop-ment and delivering the water on this land will be about $60 an acre. The incorporated limits cover fifty-six square miles; there is no city debt; the assessedvaluation is $4,588,890; the rate of city tax is 55 cents on the $100; there are eio-htschool buildings, valued at $100,000, and attended by 1,200 pupils, with twenty-two teachers;there are twelve churches, valued at $150,000; the Young Mens Christian Association has itsown building, worth $20,000; there is a free public library, with 3,500 volumes; there are 46 PIOJ^EEBS OF 40. fifteen miles of street-car lines, five miles of cement sidewalks, 175 miles of streets, 175 miles ofirrigating canals, and forty miles of pipe-lines ; and all this where twenty years ago was a miser-ably poor sheep range!. Our train has advanced, meanwhile, to a more convenient station, and we reach it at M. Mrs. Ball, Mrs. Higbee and I wish to pay our kind driver, but Mr. Russell will not takea cent. No, said he, I have been here about nine years, and have driven thousands of AT THE BAYMOKD. 47 people through these streets, and never charged a cent; and I am not going to take pay nowfrom a 49er. The whistle blows, and, with regret, we bid adieu to another Eden. After a run of some fifty miles through the beautiful San Gabriel valley, teeming with tropi-cal fruits and flowers, with a light breeze wafting their perfume into our car windows until itseemed as if we were breathing naught but orange blossoms and roses, we reached Pasadenaabout half-past seven. I was much impressed by the earnestness of one of our party, whotold how he and others had hunted jack-rabbits here in 1S49, to eke out their s
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