Redlands in 1895,
the Year of Fortnightly’s Beginning

Advertisements in the Daily Facts, Redlands, 1895

Architect

Daniel W. Willard, Graduate of MIT, McAbee Block, Phone 31

Attorneys

Charles F. Bailey, Union Bank Block

Charles Truesdell, Orange Street

Savery, McAbee Block

Banks

Jan 3 First National Bank of Redlands

Capital $100,000. Directors A.L. Park, George Cook, H. Drew, E.H. Spoor, A.G. Hubbard, N.S. McAbee, F.P. Morrison.

Jan 2 Savings Bank of Redlands

Capital of $100,000. President A.L. Park, V.Pres F.P. Morrison.

Jan 3 Union Bank of Redlands

Capital $50,000. President Curtis Wells, VP S.J. Hayes. Directors William Craig, Louis Jacobs, I.L. Lyon, F.P. Meserve, H.H. Garstin

Blind Tom

World-famous piano prodigy, at YMCA auditorium

Civil Engineers

Isaac Ford, San Mateo & Cypress Ave.

Howard White, McAbee Block

Contractors

Walter Bregg & J.W. Sutherland

Dentist

Bedford, Meserve-Sanborn block on Orange Street

Insurance & Real Estate

Blake & Prine, Truesdell Block

Medical remedies

Electric Bitters for liver, stomach, & kidneys; Dr. King’s New Life Pills; Arnica Salve (if it does not positively cure piles, no pay would be required),, all sold at Riggs & Spoor’s Drug Store.

Money lender

To borrow money, call on John P. Fisk, Jr.

Physician & surgeons

Hill, Surgeon & homeopathist, 4 Union Bank Bldg, Residence 14 Clifton Ave.

Lashlee, Dis. women & chr. rectal dis., Chittenden Bldg, Home Phinney Block

Painter, Throat, nose, & ears, YMCA Bldg,

Albert M. Jones, Physician & Surgeon, YMCA Bldg, Home E. Olive near Cajon

Y. Wynne, Physician & Surgeon, 10 McAbee Block. Home Hotel Windsor

Washburn, Physician & Surgeon, Corner State & Orange over Suess Grocery, Home 318 Cajon

Sanborn & Blythe, Physician & Surgeons, Meserve-Sanborn Block. Phones 7 & 49.

Societies

Redlands Council of the OUAM

Redlands Lodge of the IOOF

AOF of A

Undertaker

Alder Brothers, Citrus Avenue

Veterinary surgeon

Magor

Wholesaler

Gregory. Wholesaler orange, dried fruit, raisins. Warehousing. Electric feed mills. Wheat, barley, corn, hay, bran, rolled feed. Fertilizers.

Wilshire Brothers

Baled alfalfa, Oak wood.. Order at 7th & Vine

Buckingham’s dye

With a little care the beard and mustache can be kept a uniform black color by using Buckingham’s dye.

Let us talk Chicken

Feb 1 Howe. Chickens for sale at Grant near Fern

Arts in Redlands, 1895

Drama

The Payton Stock Company, a dramatic organization, were delayed by a landslide north of Prescott, Arizona for five days. They ran out of eatables the first days. some of the boys foraged and killed a pig. The ladies of the company acting as cooks, they had roast pig for supper, minus the dressing. The next day they killed a stray beef, which furnished porterhouse steaks for several days.

Music

Jan 3 Academy of music

A man-trap awaiting a panic to cause scores of deaths. Stairway is dangerous. Single hallway outlet.

Feb 2 Payton Stock

The Payton Stock Company arrived in the city last night from Needles, California. They will appear in the Academy of Music, presenting the American pastoral comedy, "Rose Garland". Every lady accompanied by an escort holding one 50 cent ticket will be admitted free.

Construction in Redlands, 1895

Cajon Street Sidewalk

Jan 7 Subject to the grader today to pleasure of pedestrians.

Moreno Road

Jan 8 Bad condition, needing $50 for repairs

Jan 15 To be put in good condition. Therefore money donated for this work is to be refunded.

The enterprising Redlands business men are considering developing a road to Moreno, allowing business to come to Redlands at the loss of Riverside.

Hotel & Electric Comm.

April 26 - The committee on Hotel and Electric, consisting of D.W. Stewart, S.C. Haver, and H.H. Sinclair, have appointed as additional members F.P. Morrison, H.H. Garstin, A.G. Hubbard, K.C. Wells, E.G. Judson, J.B. Breed, J.S. Crosley, C.C. Bennett, R.H. Garland, B.W. Cave, A.B. Ruggles, George B. Ellis.

New Hotel

Editorial endorsing the proposed hotel for Redlands because the Walter Raymond tours would likely fill it, and those visitors who see Redlands stand a good chance of staying. $30,000 is needed for the purpose.

The new hotel will front on Colton Avenue 216 feet and on Orange Street 140 feet. There will be about 100 rooms.

Oct 5 c Letter to the editor recommending building of a hotel at Colton and Orange. Another letter saying the only place to build it is on Prospect Hill.

Nov 16 c The people of Redlands are enterprising. when called upon to raise $20,000, the bonus required to secure the building of the $60,000 hotel, they raised $300 more than the required sum without difficulty. The hotel will be built.

Nov 23 c In the list of many subscribers to the fund for the new tourist hotel, the givers of the largest amounts were A.G. Hubbard $1,500, F.P. Morrison $1,000, Electric Light Company $1,000, D.W. Stewart $500, Charles Putnam $500, T.Y. England $500, First National Bank $500, and others.

Dec 21 c The new tourist hotel is assuming an imposing appearance. The roof at the southeast end has been shingled and the floor is now being laid. Electric light wires have been run and drain pipes laid. Fifty men are at work. The progress is truly remarkable. It is expected to be of the finest hotels on the coast, ready to receive guests on February 22, 1996, when there will be a grand opening. The tower, thirty feet square, will be a music room and library.

West State Street

June 1 - Halsey W. Allen, treasurer of the West State St. fund, is rounding up the $350 needed, in addition to the $400 in hand, to secure the completion of the road, which is West State.

Sewage & paving

Jan 26 c Ontario has sewage system; Riverside has paving; Redlands has both

Road to SB

Mar 23 c A good hard road to San Bernardino is needed. It would allow carriage driving and bicycle riding

Aug 31 There should be a good hard macadamized road connecting Redlands with San Bernardino and with Highland. If we can complete the circuit between Redlands and SB with roads extending throughout the whole valley on which one could drive without breaking wheels on boulders or choking with dust, the merchants would get the trade and the general public would save wear and tear on vehicles and tempers.

Curbs & gutters

Nov 23 c the work of putting in curbing and gutters on both sides of Orange Street from Water Street north of the Southern Pacific Railroad track was begun on Monday and is being rapidly pushed through by the contractors Bregg and Danielson. The original specifications were changed to provide that the interstices between the granite blocks should be filled with grout composed of one part sand and three parts cement instead of sand alone. The granite blocks were obtained from the Santa Ana wash. There are about the finest ever seen for this purpose being of remarkably uniform size.

Flag pole

Sept 7 c On September 2 the liberty flag pole was formally planted and the flag was hoisted. Scipio Craig tells how 26 years before he had attended the first flagpole installation in Redlands. Every inhabitant was present, six in number.

Saloon screens

June 8 c The appearance of the saloon has been much improved by placing curtains at the windows and a wire screen door at the entrance. The prohibitionists who object should remember that "cleanliness is next to Godliness." and they could not see through the fly-specked windows anyway.

Proposed Barton Line

Jan 7 Heavy wash doesn’t seem to stand in the line of its promoters

Griffith house

Oct 12 c Architect T.R. Griffith has completed plans for a handsome $4,000 residence for B.H. Jacobs to be erected on Cypress Avenue east of Cajon Street. It is to be a two story and basement house, nine rooms, lighted with electricity and heated by a hot air furnace. Three entertaining rooms. the hall and staircase are to be finished in quartered oak, and the windows of the parlor and hall are to be of plate and art glass.

Classic Redlands Houses & Public Buildings in Redlands, 1895

These three notebooks began as a collection of photocopies of houses and public buildings existing in Redlands in 1895.

In searching the many house photos and textual sources in the Heritage Room of the A.K. Smiley Library, I extended my quest to collecting pictures of all the houses that have received Heritage Awards, and assembling them accompanied by the award write-ups of the houses and owners.

I have included also certain other pictures of early houses that were of special interest to me. For example the spectacular Fisk house and the Charles Putnam house are pictured, even though they no longer exist.

The selections were made during a thorough review of the card catalogs and photo files of the Heritage Room over a period of months. I hope that the notebooks containing more then 550 houses and buildings will be an interesting and helpful Heritage Room source.

In summary, the notebooks contents are as follows:

· Early Redlands houses constructed in 1895 & before 1895.

· Heritage Award houses and buildings.

· Selected other houses

The pages of the notebooks are arranged according to street addresses. Just ahead of the photocopies and text, I have included two printouts of the list of houses, one sorted by address, and the other sorted alphabetically, mostly by the original owner’s surname.

Although the photocopies are for identification rather than beauty, they can lead to direct viewing with increased appreciation of the fine people of old Redlands who created these houses and buildings that we enjoy. I applaud the countless people, who over the years, have photographed or described the houses and to those who have gathered and preserved the records. The able and interested Heritage Room staff, with whom I have spent many weeks, Christie Hammond, Joanna McCrary, Don McCue, and Kellie Long, are a good team. My wife, Jean, as always, encouraged and supported the hours of computer sorting and printing of the data involved.

Education in Redlands, 1895

Schools

Apr 26 Redlands has four large and fine school-houses with 21 teachers. An additional school is to be build this year.

School Trustees

June 8 High School trustee, E.F. Howe, was elected, having defeated M.W. Hill. District Trustee, T.E.N. Eaton, was elected, having defeated C.L. Hayes.

Hill, Lockwood, Trustees

Oct. 12 c Dr. W.M. Hill has resigned as a Trustee of the Redlands School District. Doctor Hill has been on the school boards of Redlands for a number of years. No more capable man ever served in that capacity. Much of the credit for the high standing of our education system is due to his indefatigable and wise service. Dr. W.E. Lockwood has been appointed as his successor. A graduate of Yale, he has been one of the faculty of the high seat of learning, and one instructor of physiology, mathematics, and English at the New Haven High School. He is well-known and esteemed by the citizens of Redlands and his appointment gives universal satisfaction.

School Board Election

Sept 21 Redlands Schools. Louis B. Avery, principal. Charles B. Gleason, A.B., A.M. has been connected with the high school since its inception four years ago, when he was appointed assistant principal. He won high honors at Harvard, graduating in the class of 1985. He taught in Massachusetts before coming to California. He was especially recommended as a teacher of classics by the dean and professor of Latin at Harvard. His specialties are the classics, mathematics, and modern languages. Irving H. Fay and his sister came here from Boston last winter. Mr. Fay will teach music and calisthenics at the high school. Miss Lena Gertrude Fay is an instructor of drawing and physical culture.

School population

July 13 c Redlands 730, Lugonia 393, Crafton 108. Total 1231. Estimated population of Redlands 4.5*1231=5540

Fortnightly Club in Redlands, 1895

First news note of Fortnightly Club meeting

June 15 c Thursday afternoon at the residence of Willis Miller, Colton Avenue, Mr. Nason read a paper on the future of orange color in Redlands. Along with the discussion that followed, it was practically unanimous that the outlook is very promising for rich returns.

Fortnightly Club meeting

June 29 c The Fortnightly Club held its last meeting for the season Thursday, at the residence of Mr. Nason, Terracina. Unlike the usual literary society, this club discusses live topics of the day of general interest to the community rather than the antiquities of Greece, the occult sciences of the middle ages, the intellectual development of Europe, man’s evolution from monkeydom and kindred subjects. At Thursday’s meeting, Mr. Willis Miller read a valuable paper on the water supply of this vicinity which was followed by an intelligent and interesting general discussion. On Wednesday afternoon the club will meet at the residence of Mr. Putnam on Redlands Heights.

William Howard White’s death

Dec 14 c At a meeting of the Fortnightly Club, held on Thursday, December 12, the following resolutions were adopted with reference to the recent death of Mr. William Howard White, one of the charter members of the club: Whereas it has pleased God to remove from the scene of his earthly labors a friend and associate, Mr. William Howard White, Resolved that the members of the Fortnightly Club desire to place on record their appreciation of Mr. White’s character as a man and a citizen, and their sense of the great loss which the club has sustained by his decease. Resolved that this club tenders to the family of their late associate, the assurance of profound sympathy in their bereavement. Resolved that these resolutions be spread on the minutes of the club, and a copy sent to the family, and as a mark of respect that the club attend the funeral in a body.

Government in Redlands, 1895

Redlands people enumeration

Newton canvassed the city for "Chronological History". He finds 784 occupied houses and 19 tents. Estimating five people to the house would give a population of 4015, exclusive of hotels and lodging houses. Many houses have boarders which would bring up the average. Therefore Redlands population is 4,000 to 4,500.

Rock pile for vagrants

Jan 25 We’ve been called upon to urge the city to provide a rock pile, and issue meal tickets to all citizens. Whenever an application is then made for food by a tramp, he can be given a ticket which will be honored at a restaurant when a superintendent has certified that the bearer has done a certain amount of work on the rockpile. The town soon would be avoided by all who do not want work, and no-one would have to go hungry in the city.

Feb 23 c Smiley suggested to the City Council that a rock pile be established so that a hungry vagrant could receive a free meal in exchange for 3 hours work.

Nov 14 Rockpile is a success Not only as a mean of providing a big pile of broken rocks, it has been a success in decreasing vagrancy. Location between Riverside and Colton. (Times Index)

Nov 23 c The supervisors have ordered the sheriff to give tramps a clearance card on their discharge from the county rock pile. The card shill secure immunity from arrest for four days to allow them to get out of the county. The rock pile will prevent their ever coming back of their own free will.

Horse tie law

Kendall, City Marshal of Redlands. Section, 2, Ordnance 36, reads: "No person shall stake out or hitch or tie upon any street, avenue, or public place within the city of Redlands any horse, cow, or other animal by or with any halter or rope of any description of such length as to permit the same being stretched across any part of such street, avenue, or other public place

Horse race crime

Two well-known young men of our city last evening so far forgot the law as to run a hot race on horseback through the business streets. One of them returned soon afterward and was notified by Marshal Kendall and was notified to appear this morning before Judge Capp. The other offender, living beyond the city limits, was summoned by Constable Revera. The few minutes’ thoughtlessness cost the resident $5 and the non-resident $8.

Bicycles on sidewalk

July 20 c Trustee Garland brought up the question of bicyclists riding through the streets without belts, getting in the way of horses apparently with the intention of frightening them, and blocking the sidewalks with their wheels. The board recommended that the ordnance governing these matters be enforced and that an example should be made of one or two cyclists by arrest and fine.

Dog catcher

Kirkpatrick presented a bill of $4.50 for catching nine dogs and $1.20 for burying three. Noticing the discrepancy a member of the City Council asked for an explanation. The marshal replied that five dogs escaped or were turned loose. One belonged to a citizen who had paid the license but had neglected to tag the dog. One was "taken" by its owner. It was stated that Mr. Kirkpatrick’s efforts as dogcatcher have not been a howling success. He caught dogs only one day and quit in disgust. He said that citizens kicked too hard at having their pet removed. The marshal is confident that a sturdier dogcatcher in the field can enforce the ordinances.

Penal colony

Pasadena News advises a penal colony in the desert near Salton Sea for murderous rape fiends. This would be about ten degrees worse than hanging. Scipio Craig says we want no penal colony for that purpose. There is no adequate punishment but the one that comes nearest is emasculation. Let it follow surely and speedily after the crime and it would do more than the rope or the prison to prevent the fiendish deeds of these vile interlopers.

Journalism in Redlands, 1895

Daily Facts Masthead

Jan 2 Subscription, yearly, $2

Editor & proprietors J. P. Durbin & E. F. Howe

Jan 2 daily Facts circulation in Redlands, 296 outside of Redlandss.

Redlands Facts name

Jan 29 Name change from Daily Facts to Redlands Facts

Captain William G. Moore buys Facts

July 31 Howe, one of the editors and proprietors of this paper, having expressed a desire for dissolution of the partnership between himself and J.P. Durbin, have sold to Captain William B. Moore, who will conduct the Facts in connection with J.P. Durbin. The Facts will independent in all things and will always strive to promote the best interests of our city.

Captain William G. Moore, of Womelsdorff, Pa., near Reading, the former home of our jeweler, Runyon, has leased Mr. A.A. Underhill’s comfortable Smiley Heights cottage. His daughter, Miss May Moore, was a former schoolmate of Bordentown, N.Y. of Mrs. Anna Robinson of Fallbrook, sister of Mrs. J.P. Durbin. It is hoped that Redlands will be beneficial to Mr. Moore’s bronchial trouble. Being a member of the military order, Loyal Legion U.S. and of the G.A.R. He desires to make the acquaintance of members of these orders.

Aug 3 c Edgar F. Howe has for the second time retired from the ownership of the Daily Facts. Mr. Howe establish this paper as a weekly nearly five years ago. He afterwards issued it as a daily and subsequently sold it to A.G. Sheahan. The latter desired to retire from the paper about a year ago because of failing health. Mr. Howe again took an interest, associated with J.P. Durbin. Their interests are now sold to Captain W.G. Moore, who has bought the entire plant. Mr. Durbin will continue his relations with the management of the paper. Mr. Moore has been in Redlands for several weeks, having come here from Pennsylvania. He and his daughter have been living in the Underhill residence near Canyon Crest Park. He came to Redlands for his health. Having been benefited by the climate, he plans to have his permanent home here. Mr. Moore was a banker in the east and is said to be wealthy.

August 3 The new proprietor of this paper says that some wrong impressions have gone abroad. He is neither a banker nor does he claim to be a wealthy man. He is and has been for a number of years, a stockholder and member of the Board of Directors of the Farmers National Bank of Reading, Pa. He is also president of the Berks and Dauphin Turnpike Company, a macadamized toll road, forty-two miles long. He also is engaged in farming 300 acres of land, and is interested in several other lines of business. Anyone interested in obtaining his financial return is respectively referred to either Dunn or Bradstreet.

August 17 Captain William G. Moore, a Christian and abolitionist—About fifty years ago there lived a woman, an unostentatious Christian woman - continually doing deeds of mercy and charity. In her girlhood she had signed a Temperance Pledge, which she always lived up to. She would not even use sweet cider in her mince pies. His father, an eminent physician of large practice, the leader of all good works in his community, also lived a life of strict sobriety. He was the earliest abolitionist in the county and voted that ticket for years. The writer himself cast his first presidential vote for Abraham Lincoln, than whom no nobler man ever lived, while stationed as an officer in South Carolina, that hotbed of secession. Can there be any doubt of the writer's personal preferences in these regards, but the Facts, although independent, invites correspondence on all prominent subjects that will be of interest to readers, especially in matters of religion and morality.

Oct 5 c Moore, proprietor of the Facts, has leased and moved into the Streaver cottage at 147 East Citrus Avenue.

Sept 2 Facts Masthead. William G. Moore, Facts manager & proprietor. J.P. Durbin, assistant.-

Dec 14 c William G. Moore, proprietor of the Facts has purchased the Lott residence on Cajon Street

Citrograph Masthead

Jan 5 c Scipio Craig Editor and Manager

Citrograph Subscription One year, $2

Tax list printing

Feb 2 c The Citrograph has been the official newspaper of Redlands since its founding. At a recent City council meeting the vote was 3 to 2 to employ the Redlands Facts for printing the tax statements. The paper appears spasmodically and cannot be counted on. sometimes suspending until a few quires of paper can be secured on which to print it. With the certainty that a few people who are interested in the tax list will never see it, even if published by the party to whom the contract has been let, and the fear that the city will lose the whole amount of the list by not appearing on time, the Citrograph does its duty by the people who have so loyally stood by it during the past seven years by publishing it this week as a matter of news.

We are satisfied that our readers will appreciate this action on our part and make up the sum it has cost us by continuance of their advertising and job printing patronage at the same reasonable rates as have been asked heretofore for prompt service and first class work.

Feb 16 c The resuscitated hebdomadal down the street does work for less than cost. If the aforesaid r.h. paper would pay its honest debts, especially to those workmen who did honest work in its office, and would raise money enough to own its type and machinery, it would not be so ready to do public work at less than cost of such work in honest offices. People who pay their honest bills cannot afford to do work at less than cost. The council started to require the foolish bidder to put up a performance bond, but backed off when the bidder said he was unable to furnish the bond. The Redlands Board of Trustees does not know how to do business. Some resignations would be accepted by the people with alacrity if not hilarity.

Citrograph manager

Oct 5 c Addition of C.W. Craig (no relation to Scipio) as business manager of the Citrograph. For the past eight years he edited the Inyo Index.

LA Times report

Mar 9 c Two days ago the Los Angeles Times published a scurrilous report, etc.

Facts windows

Oct 12 c The Facts has punched a couple of windows in the east wall of the office, an improvement that will be appreciated by the compositors. We are genuinely pleased to see improvement be the order of the day since Captain Moore has taken charge.

Library & Parks in Redlands, 1895

Library

Putnam, library trustee

Nov 23 c Mr. Charles Putnam has been appointed to the library board to fill the unexpired term of F.P Meserve. Mr. Putnam is a gentleman of culture and worth. He came to Redlands several months ago from Boston, purchasing the elegant Walter E. Main property in Redlands Heights for a home.

Parks

FredAlba

April 10 We are informed that the Smiley brothers have made the owners of Highland Mills Company an offer for 85 acres of land. They propose the erection of a commodious and elegant hotel for summer entertainment for those who seek the mountains during the hot season. Highland Mills is a popular place for camping and many parties from the valley spend the summer there.

April 18 The Smiley brothers intend to build the hotel at Long Point on the City Creek mountain road. They plan to create elegant drives and walks, put up a number of cottages, and in time a hotel annex will be built to furnish food for those desire it. Those who wish to purchase lots in the new settlement can build their own cottages for individual tastes.

Our Three Parks

May 10 Redlands is destined to be the center of the greatest system of parks on the coast, each having its own identity. Every one sings the praise of Canyon Crest Park. Tremont is less widely known. From its summit 40 towns can be seen, and two million acres of our valleys and mountains can be viewed from its summit. Redlands is indebted to A.K. and A.H. Smiley for these parks. FredAlba Park, of 107 acres of woodland in the San Bernardino Mountains, directly north of Redlands. this land has been purchased from the Highland Mills company. Fifteen cottages and four miles of road will be built. The ground will be cleared of fallen trees and whatever tends to deface it. These three parks give our city a combination of scenic attractions not equaled by any other American town.

FredAlba Park

Nov 21 Alfred H. Smiley will purchase 150 acres of mountain land adjoining FredAlba Park, giving in all 261 acres. Ten men are making roads, etc. Water has been provided and 3 miles of roads have been created. Mr. Smiley purchased a lot of rare shrubbery in Philadelphia for FredAlba Park. 15 or more cottages will be built.

News of in Redlands, 1895

Hotel residents

The list of registered residents at the Windsor Hotel and at the Baker Hotel was published frequently in the Daily Facts in 1895, along with the names of their home cities. .

Runaway team

Jan 2 Terracina Hotel team ran away with the ‘bus from Santa Fe depot, ending at the Pioneer Market. No damage was done.

Terracina Hotel fire

April 6. c. Our Elegant Tourist Hotel is Destroyed by Fire. Not known how the fire started. Eighteen guests and eleven servants were there. The Hotel had opened on March 1st, 1889. It was build by a corporation whose principal stockholders were George B. Ellis, H.H. Sinclair, F.G. Feraud, George H. Crafts, Theodore Clarke, and G.E. Hotchkiss.

Earthquake

July 8 Campers in Mill Creek Canyon have experienced a lively earthquake. J.B. Glover said it was the most severe he had experienced. Rocks tumbled down the mountains, but no damage was done

Flood

Mrs. Dobbs house fell into the Zanja.

Jan 15 Kendall St house flooded

Feb 1 The Dobbs home fund is growing. Among those giving $5 are A.C. Chittenden, Dr. M.S. Langs, F.P. Morrison ($10), Curtis Wells, C.J. Curtis $2, A.H. Smiley $5, the Rev. Dr. Easter $3, F. P. Meserve $5, S. LeLean $3, A.K. Smiley $10, W. Lehr $3,, M.M. Finney $2, I. Lyon $5, Dr. Bedford $3, C.E. Truesdell $2. Total $84.

Feb 2 Dobbs House fund totals $140, with the Ladies of Lugonia adding $10 and the Sunday School of the ME Church South $10 and the guests of the Hotel Windsor $11.

Feb 11 donations have been completed. Two rooms of the house are out of the ditch. The wood from the remaining room will be salvaged to build a third room on the house.

Rain storm continues

Jan 16 Proposed opening of West State St. with assessment for drainage ditch was denied by owners.

Heavy water damage

Jan 19 Zanja almost filled to top of masonry. Need for construction of drainage to safe outlet to Santa Ana or San Timoteo Creek.

People in Redlands, 1895

Harold Hill back to Stanford

Jan 4 Noted that Harold Hill and the Misses Williams will return to Stanford University after a pleasant holiday with their parents in Redlands.

Lyon’s health improved

Feb 6 Lyon has so far recovered from his recent illness as to be once more on the streets.

Smiley wedding

Feb 11 The marriage of Miss Sue Smiley and Mr. Alfred Underhill occurred at the residence of the bride’s parents in Canyon Crest Park. The Reverend Fred Smiley has come up from Long Beach to be present at his sister’s wedding. The Reverend J.H. Williams pronounced the bond. Mr. & Mrs. A.K. Smiley, Miss R.H. Smiley, Rev. & Mrs. Fred Smiley, Miss Gertrude Paine, Dr. & Mrs. T.N. Eaton, Mrs. Herbert Patton, Mr. & Mrs. J.S. Edwards, Mr. & Mrs. J.B. Breed, Miss Foote, Miss Hayes, Mr. & Mrs. J.P Fiske, Mr. Leland Lyon, Miss Jenny Lyon, Miss Hoppock, Miss Mary Cornell.

Dr. A.W. Smith died

Mar 11 Moved to Redlands in April, 1894. He had been deputy health officer of the port of New York from 1884 to 1892, retiring because of illness.

Brown’s didn’t take Jules Trees’ clothes

Mar 11 Brown denies that he took the clothing of Jules Trees. "We publish it although we think it is unnecessary. Mr. Brown is not built that way, and people know it." "We are creditably informed that a certain charitably disposed lady of good church standing in this vicinity has circulated a statement to the effect that I stole the clothes of the late Jules Trees before the body was cold. I say with all due respect to the lady that her statement is a contemptuous and malicious falsehood, as can be easily proven upon investigation. I’m sorry that the kind lady could not find time among her various duties as scandal-monger to give some assistance to Mr. Trees while he was alive, and felt it was her duty to take the opportunity as soon as he was dead to traduce and vilify one of the very few friends who gave him sympathy and substantial aid during his last trouble.:

Dutch vagrant

April 10 A short time ago Constable Rivera had occasion to question a well-known citizen of foreign birth. Not versed in police court terms in regard to the character of an offender against the law. Joe Rivera inquired, "Was he a vagrant?’. The instant reply was, "No, he was a Dutchman."

Farquhar

April 10 Tomorrow morning Richard Farquhar, one of our prominent fruit growers, will leave for Coshocten County, Ohio, where his family has an extensive farm. His father, W.R. Farquhar, will come to Redlands this fall to reside, and in about a year the son expects to again make his home here. The brother remains to carry on the place during his absence. .

August 3 About 1000 residents of Redlands are vacationing in the mountains and coast and elsewhere, and yet there are few more favored spots even in summertime as far as desirable and healthful climate are concerned, than Redlands.

Bear Valley Trip

May 10 A party, consisting of Mrs. T.Y. England and others who left by the Highland Mills route for Bear Valley on Tuesday, encountered deep snow drifts so that they did not reach Bear Valley until Thursday morning, the entire 36 hours being given to cutting their way through the mass of snow.

King’s Jewelry

July 9 Fred B. King has opened a jewelry and repair shop at the new Cave and Reeves building at Orange Street.

Dr. Cofer

Oct 5 c Dr. L.E. Cofer of the U.S. Marine Hospital service with his wife and baby are guests of Dr. and Mrs. S.Y. Wynne. Dr. Wynne is now on extended vacation. He is charmed with Redlands and may make his future home here.

Cram child under water

Nov 23 c An eighteen months’ old child of Will Cram in Highland fell into an irrigating ditch Saturday morning and came near drowning. The ditch has a steep grade and the water was rushing so swiftly that the child was carried some forty rods when it lodged against debris and was rescued.

Wilshire death

Aug 18 c Henry H. Wilshire died at about forty years of age of sudden attack of stomach illness, leaving a widow and four children. Funeral services were conducted at the Methodist Church and internment at Hillside Cemetery.

William Howard White death

Dec 14 Death notice of William Howard White. Died in Redlands, December 11, 1895 at age 48 years. Native of Massachusetts.-He was a man of splendid intellectual force. He graduated from the Lawrence Scientific School of Harvard University in 1865 and completed his education as a civil and sanitary engineer in Europe. He engineered sewers in New York. He was elected to membership in the American Society of Civil Engineers in 1875, and for the past ten years was a director of that body. He helped engineer the harbor at San Pedro. A consumptive, he moved with his family to Redlands in 1892, purchasing the beautiful home, Casa Blanca Ranch, on Citrus Avenue, east of Dearborn. He at once became identified with the best interests of the city. He was an influential member of the Unitarian Church and of the Fortnightly Club. His wife, Margaret Howard White, has been secretary of the board of the library trustees since the organization of that body. He leaves his wife and three children. and a sister, Miss Amy White.

Smileys back

Nov 23 c Mr. and Mrs. A.K. Smiley returned Monday evening from Lake Mohonk, N.Y. and are again settled in their elegant Cañon Crest home.

Religion in Redlands, 1895

Trinity Church

Trinity Church vestry

Apr 26 The newly elected vestrymen of Trinity Church are Doctor Robert T. Allan, A.B. Ruggles, T. McCabe, H.W. Mason, George E. Otis, J.F. Richardson, Halsey W. Allen, and Willis Miller.

Trinity church moves

Aug 24 c A valuable property at the southeast corner of Olive Avenue and Cajon Street 160 x 165 feet was on Thursday conveyed to the wardens of Trinity Episcopal Church. The transfer was made through E.G. Judson. The present edifice on Center Street will be removed to the new location at an early date. The church was built in the early days when it was thought that the center of the town would be in that neighborhood.

Catholic church

July 27 c One of our enthusiastic American friends objected to the article in the Citrograph concerning the building of the Catholic church. He would not wish to read any news of that kind especially in the Citrograph. We are sorry to have disturbed our friend who is a good man and a worthy citizen, but the first mission of a newspaper is to give the news truthfully and ungarbled. this we strive to do whether the news is to our fancy or not.

Aug 3 c Letter from "A Protestant Minister" defending and endorsing the coming Catholic church in Redlands, saying every schoolboy knows that America was discovered by a Roman catholic under the patronage of a Roman Catholic sovereign. Also the first immigrants to this land were Roman Catholics who built the first Christian churches on both the east and west coasts. For one I bid the Catholic church welcome to Redlands. There is room for it and its work. If we Protestants have a superior form of religion, it will appear by our excelling the Catholics in love and good will, and cultivating the habit of looking at the best rather than the worst side of our Christian neighbors.

Aug 10 c Letter from "a Protestant layman" criticizing the Catholic church.

Sports in Redlands, 1895

YMCA Football team

Jan 3 Championship of Southern California, in their first season

Cycling

Jan 7 Cycling taking a boom in Redlands. Quarter mile track has been completed and is in use for training our riders for the race against Riverside.

Tandem bike to Baja—Aug 24 c Clyde King and Jack Mayer have started for Ensenada in Baja California by tandem bicycle, a distance of about 200 miles. They will have a harrowing tale to tell when they return.

Tennis Club

Mar 13 A new tennis club has been formed and is preparing a fine tennis court on Nordina Street, just above Olive Avenue.

Utilities in Redlands, 1895

Electric

H. Sinclair ad

Jan 2 Manager of Redlands Electric & Power Co. Incandescent and arc lighting. Power & heat. Now prepared to contract for power for manufacturing purposes at extremely low rates for large or small units.

Electricity to Highland Asylum

The Redlands Electric Light & Power Company will furnish the Highland Asylum with electric power at $375 per month. Three motors are to be put in, one to run the laundry, and two to run two huge ventilating fans. About 500 electric lights are to be distributed throughout the building. when lit up, the building is sure to attract the attention of the valley’s entire population. To furnish the power, the electric company will extend their lines northward from Texas Street, and thus will be able to furnish power for pumping wells for irrigation purposes.

Hydro-electric power

Dec 21 c Hubbard, through his agent, has filed on 7,000 inches of water to be diverted from the Santa Ana River to a point opposite the head of the North Fork ditch and Redlands Canal, at which point the water is to be carried in steel pipes to a power house and then back to the ditch and canal. Three days after this filing Fred E. Hotchkiss, secretary of E.H. Spoor, Mr. Hubbard’s partner, made a filing in riverside County on 7,000 inches of water in the Santa Ana River with the underflow to be diverted at a point where his sign is displayed on a Sycamore tree on the north bank of the Santa Ana River at a point opposite the mouth of Keller Creek, the intention to divert the water to a powerhouse and then return it in undiminished quantity to the canal. This indicates some gigantic electrical scheme is about to develop. What it is we will tell—as soon as we have permission.

Telephones

Telephones in Redlands

The instruments and apparatus to be used in the express system of the telephone company’s exchange in this city have been forwarded from San Francisco. They will be installed next week. The system does away with all the ringing and calling for central as the act of removing the receiver from its hook calls up central. There about sixty subscribers in Redlands. The cost of changing the system will be about $2,000. The charge for the improved service will be from $1.75 to $4 for each subscriber, depending on the number of persons using the same circuit.

Transportation in Redlands, 1895

East Highlands railway station

Feb 2 East Highlands has now a full-fledged railway station, Frank Z. Cram having been appointed agent. The packing house of the East Highlands Growers Association is to be used as a freight house. The Post Office was established two years ago and a public telephone will be put in this week. .

Redlands streetcars

Aug 17 c The Redlands Snailway about the streetcars within the city limits. One moves up from the center of town up Cajon Street down Cypress Avenue up Center and on to Perdition. The other leaves the mainline and skirts over by the remains of Terracina. The one going to Perdition is the parent line and the solitary car that madly whirls over its length is a sight that is more amusing, interesting, and inspiring than Smiley Heights or a spread eagle bun fight. The antiquated shell that has been dragged over that line by fourteen generations of mules and mulettes since the town’s start still does service by the descendants of the same mules running on the same uneven track, the same elliptical wheels, and driven by the same gentleman. The city has grown up around the car line. New buildings have flanked it on both sides. A stranger would naturally be enthusiastic about the city but let him once board that railway and his impressions are at variance with the Bible. Scipio Craig said that it was expected that the conversion to electric cars would have been made by now, but the usual hegira of our wealthier citizens to the seaside and the mountains and the urgent necessity for a new tourist hotel have combined to postpone the electric car line.

Sunset Ltd

Nov 23 c The east-bound Sunset Limited, the finest equipped train on the continent, passes Redlands Wednesdays and Sundays. Passengers will have to go to Colton to take this train, but tickets can be procured at the Motor Depot in Redlands.