{"1": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2881", "width": "2112", "jp2-path": "handbooktomonter00mont_0001.jp2"}, "2": {"fulltext": "4 O\\n7\\n,0\\nV\\no\\nV.\\n.0^\\n:Mm^ ^%v\\nV\\nr^\\n.0^0,\\nu ,-c-\u00c2\u00ab:s:\\n0^\\n4 r\\n0^ -y^%^^*\\n0^ 0\u00c2\u00b0\\n.0\\nA o.\\no", "height": "2526", "width": "1982", "jp2-path": "handbooktomonter00mont_0002.jp2"}, "3": {"fulltext": "y/ J^\\n^ymW\\n.^1,.-^.%\\nc\\n0^\\nO\\nV\\nfes-\\no V\\n^O\\nv\\nO M\\n9 T\\nV\\nA\\niM.\\n^s\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0,^N\\n^v\\n^0 s*\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a03\\nK\\nV\\n0\\nV Q\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2,1.\\nA\\nn\\nC\\n.V\\nO N r\\nJv\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0C.\\nt.\\no\\ni^\\ny", "height": "2526", "width": "1982", "jp2-path": "handbooktomonter00mont_0003.jp2"}, "4": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2526", "width": "1982", "jp2-path": "handbooktomonter00mont_0004.jp2"}, "5": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2526", "width": "1982", "jp2-path": "handbooktomonter00mont_0005.jp2"}, "6": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2672", "width": "2128", "jp2-path": "handbooktomonter00mont_0006.jp2"}, "7": {"fulltext": "THE H:A.ISrD BOOK 44\\nTO\\nMOHTEREY MD YICIHITY:\\nCO NTAINING\\nA BRIEF RESUME OF THE HISTORY OF MONTEREY SINCE ITS DISCOVERY\\nA GENERAL REVIEW OF THE RESOURCES AND PRODUCTS OF MONTEREY\\nAND THE COUNTY DESCRIPTIVE SKETCHES OF THE TOWN,\\nAND THE POINTS OF INTEREST IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD:\\nCARMEL MISSION AND VALLEY PACIFIC GROVE\\nRETREAT; POINT CYPRESS, POINT PINOS\\nAND THE LIGHT HOUSE SALINAS,\\nCASTROVILLE, SAN JUAN,\\nSAN ANTONIO MISSION,\\nAND OTHEE PLACES OP INTEEEST IH THE OOTOTY,\\nA COMPLETE GUIDE BOOK,\\nFor Tourists, Campers and Visitors.\\nMONTEREY, 1875* Hm^^\\nEntered-according to Act of Congress, in the year 1875, by Walton Curtis, in the Office of\\nthe Librarian of Congress at Washington.\\nPRICE FIFTY CENTS.\\n1", "height": "2672", "width": "2128", "jp2-path": "handbooktomonter00mont_0007.jp2"}, "8": {"fulltext": "AUTHOKITIES QUOTED.\\nRecords of Mission of San Carlos. Junipera Serra, Juan Crespi,\\nand others.\\nUnited States Coast Survey.\\nThree Years in California. Walter Colton.\\nNatural Wealth of California. Cronise.\\nU. S. Agricultural Reports.\\nSmithsonian Institute Reports.\\nUnpublished Memoranda. Dr. C. A. Canfield.\\nCaUfornia Scrap Book.\\nResources of Monterey County.\\nResources of San Benito County.\\nOverland Monthly. i\\nThe Califjrnian. I v5\\nMonterey Republican.\\nMonterey Herald.\\nSanta Cruz Sentinel.\\nSalinas City Index.\\nSalinas City Town Talk.\\nCastroville Ar^us.\\nSan Francisco Alta, Call, Chronicle, and Examiner.\\n41", "height": "2672", "width": "2128", "jp2-path": "handbooktomonter00mont_0008.jp2"}, "9": {"fulltext": "CONTENTS.\\ny\\nPage.\\nMonterey, Poem, by E. E. Curtis 5\\nHistorical Sketch 6\\n^ortala s Cross, by Bret Harte 17\\nAlonterpy and Vicinity 19\\nCarmel Valley and Mission 25\\n^oiiit Cypress 3G\\nMonterey, Poem, by D. O Connell 42\\nThe Whale Fishery 44\\nChinese Colony 49\\nPacific Grove Retreat 50\\nLight House 54\\nMonterey, Poem, by Mrs. Annie E. Merritt 55\\nMonterey as a Port 57\\nThe M. S. V. R. R. 60\\nHealth and Climate, with Tables 63\\nIncrease of Business 71\\nTown Ofi5cers, etc 72\\nObjects of Historical Interest 74\\nOur Pioneer Residents 82\\nDisinterested Opinions 83\\nSea Bathing 85\\nIron Springs 87", "height": "2531", "width": "2096", "jp2-path": "handbooktomonter00mont_0009.jp2"}, "10": {"fulltext": "4 CONTENTS.\\nPage.\\nCoal Mines 89\\nOur Wild Flowers 89\\nTrades Directory 91\\nThe County 97\\nSalinas City Ill\\nCastroville 116\\nMoss Landing 5* 120\\nSanta Rita 120\\nSoledad 120\\nChualar 121\\nGonzales 121\\nNatividad 121\\nSoledad Mission 122\\nSan Antonio Mission 123\\nSan Juan Mission 124\\nHollister 125\\nSan Juan Township 126\\nAdvertisements 128", "height": "2682", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "handbooktomonter00mont_0010.jp2"}, "11": {"fulltext": "Like a maiden musing sadly o er her suitors turned away,\\nLong she sat in lonely beauty close beside her crescent bay.\\nHeeding not the world of action that beyond her portals lay\\nCareless of the strife of nations, living only for to-day.\\nDreaming of a golden future, while the present drifted by,\\nAs a ship becalmed may linger neath the storm-cloud in the sky.\\nAll her passions wrapped in slumber slowly through her languid veins\\nFlowed her blood, as in midsummer creeps the stream across the plains.\\nNever lover came to woo her, never woke she from her trance,\\nLike the mystic Sleepihg Beauty in the pages of romance.\\nTill the fairy Prince of Progress smiled upon her hidden charms,\\nOn her ripe lips quickly kissed her, reached and drew her to his arms.\\nAt his touch she slowly started Indolence her limbs had bound\\nWhile she lingered, idly dreaming, where the tasseled tree-tops sound\\nAnd though heart and soul were eager to accept the proffered love,\\nNeath the tyrant s chain they struggled, as the wings of prisoned dove.\\nNot in vain she strives to free them for, behold the chain is burst\\nAided by the a\u00c2\u00bbm of Progress soon the last shall be the first.\\nSoon a queen among the cities that adorn our golden coast\\nShall she stand, and in her glory, of her noble lover boast.\\nEdwin Emmet Curtis.\\nMonterey, July, 1875.", "height": "2531", "width": "2096", "jp2-path": "handbooktomonter00mont_0011.jp2"}, "12": {"fulltext": "EM@fml BMUb 0/\\nSo intimately is the history of Monterey connected and inter-\\nwoven with that of Cahfornia, and in a lesser degree, with that of\\nMexico and Spain, that to detail it faithfully and accurately would\\nrequire more space than we have at our command. We propose,\\ntherefore, to sketch as briefly as possible some of the leading events\\nof its history, from the period of its discovery until the present day.\\nEarly in the spring of 1602, the Viceroy of Mexico, acting under\\ninstructions from Phihp III of Spain, who was anxious to obtain\\npossession of Cahfornia, dispatched Don Sebastian Viscaino, in com-\\nmand of three small vessels, on a voyage of discovery up the coast.\\nTheir passage was rendered extremely slow by prevailing head\\nwinds, and the exploration of the peninsula, now known as Lower\\nCalifornia, was not completed until the beginning of November.\\nOn the 10th of that month they arrived at the harbor of San Diego,\\nwhere they remained ten days, and departed highly pleased with\\nthe climate, soil, and peaceful disposition of. the Indians. After\\nlanding on Santa Catalina Island, and at other places, for the pur-\\npose of celebrating Mass, they rounded the Point of Pines, and\\ncast anchor in the storm-sheltered waters of our beautiful bay on\\nthe 10th day of December, 1602.\\nV iscaino, who was probably the first white man to place foot upon\\nhe soil of this town, took possession 0^ the country in the name", "height": "2682", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "handbooktomonter00mont_0012.jp2"}, "13": {"fulltext": "HAND BOOK OF MONTEREY. 7\\nof the King of Spain. The holy sacrament was then partaken of\\nunder the spreading branches of an oak tree, at fhe mouth of a\\nsmall ravine, and the spot named Monterey, in honor of Gaspar de\\nZuniga, Count de Monterey, the Viceroy of Mexico, who had fitted\\nout the expedition.\\nViscaiilo was unprepared to establish a Mission so, after a stay\\nof eighteen days, he continued on his voyage first however taking\\na full description of the country, its productions, and the character\\nof the natives. He described the country as being clad in the\\ndeepest verdure, the soil most productive, the natives extremely\\ndocile, and, therefore easily converted. Although Viscaino hoped\\nsoon to return with material for the founding of a Mission, his hopes\\nwere never realized, and Monterey still remained a wilderness.\\nOver 16jp years elapsed ere Monterey was again visited by the\\nwhite man. On July 14, 1769, Gaspar de Portala, Governor of\\nLower California, at the head of a party of sixty-five persons, set\\nout from San Diego to rediscover Monterey. He arrived at Mon-\\nterey, but failing to identify the place, merely erected a cross and\\nproceeded on his way north.\\nThe third attempt to establish a settlement at Monterey, however,\\nproved more successful. The following extract from a letter of\\nthe leader of the expedition to Father Francisco Palou, gives a\\ngraphic account of the ceremonies attending the formal founding of\\nthe Mission of San Carlos de Monterey, by Padre Junipero Serra,\\non that memorable day, June 3rd, 1770,\\nOn the 31st of May, 1770, by favor of God, after rather a\\npainful voyage of a month and a half, the packet San Antonio,", "height": "2609", "width": "2137", "jp2-path": "handbooktomonter00mont_0013.jp2"}, "14": {"fulltext": "8 HAND BOOK OF MONTEREY.\\ncommanded by Don Juan Perez, arrived and anchored in this\\nbeautiful port of Monterey, which is unadulterated in any degree\\nfrom what it was when visited by the expedition of Don Sebastian\\nViscaino, in 1602. It gave me great consolation to find that the\\nland expedition had arrived eight days before us, and that Father\\nCrespi and all others were in good health. On the third of June,\\nbeing the holy day of Pentecost, the whole of the officers of sea and\\nland, and all the people, assembled on a bank at the foot of an oak,\\nwhere we caused an altar to be erected, and the bells rang we\\nthen chanted the Vent Creator, blessed the water, erected and\\nblessed a grand cross, hoisted the royal standard, and chanted the first\\nmass that was ever performed in this place we afterwards sung the\\nSalve to Our Lady before an image of the illustrious Virgin, which\\noccupied the altar and at the same time preached a sermon, con-\\ncluding the whole with a le Deum. After this the officers took\\npossession of the country in the name of the King, (Charles III)\\nour Lord, whom God preserve. We then all dined together in a\\nshady place on the beach the whole ceremony being accompanied\\nby many volUes and salutes by the troops and vessels.\\nLater, on the same day, was solemnized the first funeral, being\\nthat of a caulker named Alejo Nino, who died on board the San\\nAntonio a few days previous. He was buried with the honors of\\nthe Church at the foot of the cross they had erected.\\nThe San Antonio soon sailed for Mexico, leaving behind Father\\nJunipero, five priests. Lieutenant Pedro Fages and thirty soldiers.\\nThe Indians, as Viscaino had predicted, were ready converts,\\nand seated under those dark Monterey pines, told ghostly stories", "height": "2682", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "handbooktomonter00mont_0014.jp2"}, "15": {"fulltext": "HAND BOOK OF MONTEREY. 9\\nof how brightly the crosses shone that each white man wore on his\\nbreast the first time they had passed through there, not knowing\\nthe place and of the great cross that was planted by Portala be-\\nfore he knew he was at the spot he coveted how it would grow at\\nnight till its point rested among the stars, glistening the while with\\na splendor that outshone the sun that when their superstitious\\ndread wore off they had approached, planted arrows and feathers\\nin the earth around it, and hung strings of sardines, as their\\nchoicest offering, upon its arms.\\nMonterey was at once selected as the capital of Alta California,\\nand Portala appointed as its first governor. Owing to the small\\namount of available agricultural land within the semicircle of hills\\nsurrounding Monterey, the Mission was soon removed to the neigh-\\nboring valley of Carmelo.f The presidio or military establishment,\\nhowever, still remained at Monterey. This consisted of an enclos-\\nure about 300 yards square, containing a chapel, storehouses,\\noffices, residences and barracks for the soldiers. It was located\\nwhere the Catholic church now stands. A rude fort was built on\\nthe hill overlooking the bay, and armed with a few small cannon.\\nThese constituted the nucleus of the future town.\\nCalmly the years drifted away, scarcely causing a ripple upon\\nthe slowly swelling tide of progress. Governor succeeded governor,\\nand each was content to render tribute to the Viceroy of Mexico\\nwhile the fruitful land over which he ruled maintained him in lux-\\nurious idleness. In 1822, Mexico, becoming tired of Spanish rule,\\nTuthill s History of California.\\nf A more complete account of the ifission is given in another chapter.\\n2", "height": "2609", "width": "2137", "jp2-path": "handbooktomonter00mont_0015.jp2"}, "16": {"fulltext": "10 HAND BOOK OF MONTEREY.\\nestablished herself as a separate empire. Upon receiving intelli-\\ngence of this important event, Governor Pablo Vicente de Sola\\nsummoned a council of the principal military officials and church\\ndignitaries at Monterey, and formally announced the action of their\\nmother country. The council unanimously decided that henceforth\\nCalifornia was subject to Mexico alone. The oaths were changed\\nand Sola became the first Mexican governor, or more correctly,\\nPoHtical Chief of the Territory. The apathetic inhabitants\\noffered no resistance, and the change was effected without a\\nstruggle.\\nIn 1828 the Mexican Congress adopted a plan of colonization,\\nwhich authorized the Governors of dependent territories to grant\\nunoccupied lands to all persons who properly petitioned for them,\\nand agreed to cultivate and reside upon them a certain portion of\\nthe time. These grants were subject to the approval of the terri-\\ntorial legislature. Many of the old settlers availed themselves of the\\nprivilege thus accorded them and obtained a title to vast ranches,\\nthen of little value, but destined in after years to render those who\\nwere fortunate enough to hold them immensely wealthy.\\nThe harbor of Monterey was visited about this time by numerous\\nvessels, which realized an enormous profit by trading their assorted\\ncargoes for hides.\\nOn the 25th of September, 1834, Hijar, Director of Colonization,\\narrived at Monterey on the brig Natalia^ for the purpose of\\nsecularizing the Missions. The Natalia^ which was the same ves-\\nsel in which Napoleon the Great made his memorable escape from\\nElba, was thrown upon the beach by a storm and totally wrecked.", "height": "2682", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "handbooktomonter00mont_0016.jp2"}, "17": {"fulltext": "HAND BOOK OF MONTEREY. 11\\nThe remaining timbers of this historical vessel may yet be seen at\\nlow tide, a few yards east of the railroad wharf. The seculariza-\\ntion scheme was successfully accomplished, and the missions placed\\nunder the charge of Governor Figueroa.\\nFigueroa, who was the best ruler California had yet seen, died on\\nthe 29th of September, 1835. Then ensued a series of insurrections\\nwhich were only terminated by the American conquest. A dissen-\\nsion first arose between Nicholas Gutierrez, who was Governor\\nafter Figueroa s death, and Juan Bautista Alvarado, Secretary of\\nthe Territorial Deputation, concerning a question of Custom House\\ndiscipline. Alvarado, who was a native Californian of talent and\\neducation, insisted so strongly upon his positibn that Gutierrez\\nordered his arrest. Before the warrant could be served Alvarado\\nhad escaped, and found refuge in the cabin of Isaac Graham, a\\npioneer of Santa Cruz. Here a plan was laid to seize Monterey\\nand declare the independence of California. They organized a\\ncompany of one hundred natives under Jose Castro, and fifty rifle-\\nmen led by Graham entered Monterey at night imprisoned the\\nGovernor and his soldiers in the presidio and after firing one shot\\nfrom a four-pounder, obtained possession of the town. Alvarado\\nwas declared Governor, and Guadalupe Vallejo placed at the head\\nof the military.\\nEarly in 1840, Governor Alvarado, who had become exceedingly\\njealous of all foreigners, especially of his former friend Graham, pre-\\ntended to have received information of a deep-laid plot to overturn\\nthe government. Castro was ordered to arrest all connected with\\nthe conspiracy, and by a strategic movement succeeded in surpris-", "height": "2609", "width": "2137", "jp2-path": "handbooktomonter00mont_0017.jp2"}, "18": {"fulltext": "12 HAND BOOK OF MONTEREY.\\ning and arresting nearly a hundred persons, principallv Americans.\\nAfterward, about twenty of the supposed ringleaders were trans-\\nported in chains to San Bias. In July of the same year, the\\nAmerican man-of-war St. Louis and a French ship arrived at\\nMonterey for the purpose of demanding satisfaction. Alvarado was\\n80 badly frightened at their arrival that he fled to the interior, on\\na pretext of business, and did not return to the Capital until the\\ncoast was again clear. For two years everything remained quiet.\\nIn July, 1842, the foreigners, so summarily banished, unexpect-\\nedly returned on board a vessel furnished them by the Mexican\\nGovernment, which had not approved of Alvarado s uncalled-for\\naction. They brought the startling news that General Michel-\\ntorena had been appointed to both the civil and military command\\nof California. He arrived at San Diego in August, and was travel-\\ning northward in grand style, when intelligence reached him that\\ncaused him to suddenly halt at Los Angeles. This was that Com-\\nmander Jones, in command of the frigate United States and sloop-\\nof-war Cyane, had taken possession of the country, and hoisted\\nthe Stars and Stripes at Monterey. Alvarado surrendered on the\\n20th of October, and California was, apparently, a portion of the\\nAmerican Union. The next day, however, Jones discovered that\\nhe had made a blunder that Mexico was not yet at war with the\\nUnited States and therefore he gracefully hauled down the flag\\nand apologized. Micheltorena now Came to Monterey and assumed\\nthe duties of his office. He ruled until February 1st, 1845, when\\nhe was ousted by Vallejo, Alvarado and Castro, and Don Pio Pico\\nplaced in his stead.", "height": "2682", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "handbooktomonter00mont_0018.jp2"}, "19": {"fulltext": "HAND BOOK OF MONTEREY. 13\\nThe year 1846 was a notable one in the annals of Monterey.\\nOn July 7th, of that year, Commodore Sloat, who had arrived in\\nthe U. S. frigate Savannah a few days previously, dispatched\\nCaptain Mervine, at the head of 250 men, on shore, with instruc-\\ntions to hoist the American flag over Monterey. Amid the firing\\nof cannon from the shipping in the harbor and the cheers of the\\nassembled citizens, the glorious .Stars and Stripes were raised,\\nand a proclamation read, declaring California henceforth a portion\\nof the United States. The people accepted the change with\\ncharacteristic resignation, and Walter Colton was appointed the\\nfirst Alcalde under the new regime.\\nColton, who had previously been Chaplain of the frigate Con.\\ngress, held the ofiice of alcalde for three years, during which time\\nhe figured prominently in the affairs of the town. In connection\\nwith Semple, a pioneer from Kentucky, he established the first\\nnewspaper ever published in California. It was called the Calif or-\\nnian, and made its first appearance on Saturday, August 15th,\\n1846. It was printed on paper originally intended for the manu-\\nfacture of cigaritos, and was a little larger than a sheet of foolscap.\\nThe office was resurrected from the remains of a small concern\\nformerly used for printing Roman Catholic tracts in Spanish.\\nThere being no W in the Spanish alphabet, they were compelled to\\nuse two V s (thus, VV) whenever a W occurred. The Califor-\\nnian, it is needless to say, was eagerly welcomed, and soon attained\\nquite a circulation. It was finally merged into the Alta California\\nwhen the latter paper was established at San Francisco.\\nThe first jury summoned in California was empannelled by Col-\\n2*", "height": "2609", "width": "2137", "jp2-path": "handbooktomonter00mont_0019.jp2"}, "20": {"fulltext": "14 HAND BOOK OF MONTEREY.\\nton, on September 4th, 1846. It was composed of one-third Mexi-\\ncans, one-third CaUfornians, and the other third Americans. This\\nnew system of trial proved eminently satisfactory, as it always must\\nwhen properly administrated. To Colton also belongs the honor of\\nhaving erected the building, intended for a Town Hall and School\\nHouse, which bears his name.\\nOn the 29th of May, 1848, intelligence of the discovery of gold\\non the American Fork first reached Monterey. The report was\\nscarcely credited, yet it produced so much excitement that the\\nAlcalde was induced to dispatch a special messenger to investigate\\nits truth. On the 12th of June he returned, bringing specimens of\\ngold, and a story of its lavish abundance more marvelous than an\\nArabian Night s tale. Then commenced the grand rush to the\\nmines, which almost depopulated the town, and from which it has\\nnever fully recovered.\\nOn the 3d of June, 1849, (the 79th anniversary of the settle-\\nment of Monterey) Governor Riley issued a Proclamation recom-\\nmending the formation of a State Constitution, or plan of a Terri-\\ntorial Government. In pursuance of this proclamation, the Con-\\nvention for forming a State Constitution met in Colton Hall (now\\nused as a school house) on the first of the following September.\\nMonterey was represented by the following delegates H. W. Hal-\\nleck,T. 0. Larkin, C T. Botts, P. Ord and L. Dent.\\nThe labors of the Convention were successful beyond its most\\nsanguine expectations. A Constitution, remarkable for the wisdom\\nand liberality of its provisions, was adopted, and shortly afterward\\nratified by the people. Upon adjournment, a salute of thirty-one", "height": "2682", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "handbooktomonter00mont_0020.jp2"}, "21": {"fulltext": "HAND BOOK OF MONTEREY. 15\\nguns was fired, which echoed grandly back from the pine-wreathed\\nhills, proclaiming that soon a queen would step forth among the\\nsisterhood of States.\\nAlthough the convention accomplished such great results, it\\neffectually blighted the fair prospects of Monterey by the passage\\nof a resolution removing the state capital to San Jose.\\nBy an Act of the Legislature, passed April 30th, 1851, the\\ntown was duly incorporated. Philip A. Roach, who was then\\nAlcalde, was elected the first Mayor. His administration was un-\\nmarked by any events worthy of special mention. He was suc-\\nceeded by Gilbert Murdock, of the firm of Curtis Murdock,\\nmerchants, who was followed by W. H. McDowell.\\nMonterey did not long remain a city, for by an Act approved\\nMay 11th, 1853, her charter was amended and the control of mu-\\nnicipal affairs vested in a board of three trustees.\\nIn 1859 the town found herself so much in debt that it became\\nnecessary, in order to meet her obligations, to sell the greater por-\\ntion of the Pueblo grant. Such extravagance brought the trustees\\ninto disrepute, and at the next session of the Legislature the char-\\nter was again amended in such a manner as to render their powers,\\neither for good or for evil, exceedingly limited.\\nDuring the legislative session of 1869-70 an attempt at reincor-\\nporation was made the bill passed the Assembly, but was defeated\\nin the Senate. Another attempt was then made, but in some man-\\nner the bill again miscarried. A third effort to obtain the desired\\nresult proved somewhat more successful. In 1^73-74 the Act\\nto Re-incorporate the City of Monterey was carried through both", "height": "2609", "width": "2137", "jp2-path": "handbooktomonter00mont_0021.jp2"}, "22": {"fulltext": "16 HAND BOOK OF MONTEREY.\\nHouses and reached the Governor, who, it is alleged, failed to re-\\nturn it within the specified time. Be this as it may, nothing more\\nwas heard of the bill, and Monterey still remained under the nomin-\\nal control of its trustees. The board at present consists of S. B.\\nGordon, President; H. Escolle, Treasurer and W. H. Bryan\\nClerk.\\nSimultaneously with the growth of Salinas City, which was\\nbecoming the Hveliest town in the county, arose the question of\\ncounty seat removal. Monterey had held this honor ever since the\\norganization of the county, and the attempt of her younger rival to\\nwrest it from her was bitterly opposed. In spite of her efforts,\\nhowever, a petition signed by the requisite number of voters was\\npresented to the Board of Supervisors, who, as in duty bound,\\nordered an election this was held on the 6th of November, 1872,\\nthe day of the presidential election. The result was a victory for\\nSalinas City, and on the following February the county seat was re-\\nmoved to its present location.\\nFrom that time until the commencement of the narrow gauge\\nrailroad in April, 1874, the fortunes of Monterey were at their\\nlowest ebb. Business of every description was almost stagnant\\nenterprise and improvement seemed to have no foothold within her\\nquiet precincts, and aptly was she called The sleepy hollow of\\nCalifornia. Like Atri in Abbruzo, described by Longfellow as\\nOne of those little places that have run\\nHalf up the hill beneath a blazing sun,\\nAnd then sat down to rest, as if to say,\\nI climb no farther upward, come what may,", "height": "2682", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "handbooktomonter00mont_0022.jp2"}, "23": {"fulltext": "HAND BOOK OP MONTEREY. 17\\nShe rested in peaceful somnolence a veritable land of lotus\\neaters where the struggles of the outside world found no abiding\\nplace.\\nThe completion of the railroad marked a new era in the history\\nof Monterey. Connected with the fertile Salinas Valley, having\\na safe and commodious harbor, together with ample shipping facili-\\nties, there is no fear of a relapse into her former state of lethargy.\\nAlthough no great improvements have as yet been accomplished,\\nevery day brings increased prosperity, and slowly but surely Mon-\\nterey is advancing to take her destined place among the cities of\\nthe coast.\\nPORTALA S CROSS.\\nBY BRET HARTE.\\nPious Portala, journeying by land.\\nReared high a cross upon the heathen strand,\\nThen far away\\nDragged his slow caravan to Monterey.\\nThe mountains whispered to the valleys, good\\nThe sun, slow sinking in the western flood,\\nBaptized in blood\\nThe holy standard of the Brotherhood.\\n*J8ec Historical Sketch for the incident referred to in this poem.", "height": "2609", "width": "2137", "jp2-path": "handbooktomonter00mont_0023.jp2"}, "24": {"fulltext": "18 HAND BOOK OF MONTEREY.\\nThe timid fog crept in across the sea,\\nDrew near, embraced it, and streamed far and free,\\nSaying ye\\nGentiles and Heathen, this is truly He.\\nAll this the Heathen saw and when once more\\nThe holy Fathers touched the lonely shore\\nThen covered o er\\nWith shells and gifts the cross their witness bore.", "height": "2682", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "handbooktomonter00mont_0024.jp2"}, "25": {"fulltext": "M\u00c2\u00a7STSMSf AMD fWIWiff.\\nMonterey has undoubtedly all the natural advantages for be-\\ncoming one of the leading watering places and summer resorts of\\nthe State. Her natural beauty of scenery, the crescent-shaped,\\npine-fringed hills, sloping down through park-like groves and\\nflowery swards on to the quaint old Spanish town nestling at their\\nfeet, and on again to the silvery sands and creamy ripple of the\\nsurf of the broad, beautiful, blue waters of the bay the eye at\\nlength resting on the bold outlines of the lofty Santa Cruz mount-\\nains, towering to the sky. On the right we have Fremont s Peak\\nand the Gabilan Range, breaking the long view over the rolling\\nplains. The light and shadows create a perpetual change, and the\\nvariety of scenes is such that the eye never tires of gazing at na-\\nture s handiwork. Our sands are without rival one long, bold\\nsweep of wide, gently sloping, clean white sands the perfection of\\na bathing beach. Around from the old wharf to the light-house\\nthere are nooks and alcoves such as the poets love to sing as\\nthe haunts of the mermaids. The great desideratum of a sea-\\nside resort is a beach upon which children can with safety play and\\nbathe, and such we certainly have. Sea mosses, shells, and pebbles\\nwe have in great variety, while for the amateur naturalist, geolo-\\ngist, mineralogist, and several scientists, there are unrivaled oppor-\\n[19]", "height": "2609", "width": "2137", "jp2-path": "handbooktomonter00mont_0025.jp2"}, "26": {"fulltext": "20 HAND BOOK OF MONTEREY.\\ntunities for augmenting their information and collections. Tire of\\nthe town, and jou can have a trip to Carmel or Pescadero Bays,\\nbeautiful in the extreme the old Mission of Carmel, full of histori-\\ncal interest and beauty Point Cypress, or the light-house on Point\\nPinos the Hot Springs at Tassajara, or go fishing either in the\\nbay or the rivers of the neighbouring mountains as they flow\\nthrough the rocky canons if of a nautical turn of mind you can\\nhave sailing or rowing in safe waters. The salubrity of the climate\\nis almost proverbial. Let a worn-out invalid, or a man whose\\nbrains have been racked with toil, come to us the magnetic in-\\nfluence of the atmosphere grants him sleep and restful health.\\nFrom our point of view, also, Monterey has great industrial re-\\nsources in addition to her claims as a pleasant location and fine\\nclimate, but these resources are in embryo, and await the hand of\\nenergy and capital to bring them to the birth. Communication\\nwith the outside world was the first great desideratum, and that,\\nwithin the past twelve months, has been to a great extent accom-\\nplished the narrow-gauge railroad to Salinas connects us by land\\nwith San Francisco, the Salinas Valley, and indirectly with all\\npoints of the State. By sea we have regular and frequent inter-\\ncourse with the city and the ports of the coast. The proposed ex-\\ntension of the railroad to Hollister and a loop-line to Castroville\\nwill be the means of bringing to Monterey for direct shipment to\\nforeign ports the greater portion of the grain and other pro-\\nducts of the fertile counties of Monterey and San Benito. It\\nis also pi*oposed, we believe, to connect the M. S. V. K.\\nK., via Soledad, with Santa Barbara in one direction and in the\\nother with the Watsonville and Santa Cruz Railroad.", "height": "2682", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "handbooktomonter00mont_0026.jp2"}, "27": {"fulltext": "HAND BOOK OF MONTEREY. 21\\nThese communications not only offer a means of carrying away\\nthe products when made, but indirectly create a demand for them\\nby assisting in the subdivision of large ranches into small farms,\\nand the consequent settling-up of the country and the increased\\nwealth of its inhabitants, the production of the raw article and the\\ndemand for its manufacture. The industrial contributions to this\\ndemand which Monterey could make had she the men of enterprise\\nand capital to carry them out, are the following, amongst others\\nTanneries the stock-raisers of the county can supply the hides,\\nand the materials for tanning we have at hand cheaper than in\\nmost parts of the State the same remarks apply to wool and\\ncloth mills, and shoe factories. San Francisco has had to send to\\nthe East for bricks, while we have the clay capable of making\\nbricks of very good quality, as is shown by those already turned\\nout the pottery clay is good, and ware is already manufactured\\nin small quantities. Our sand is considered the best in the State\\nfor glass-making, and is exported in large quantities to San Fran-\\ncisco for that purpose. San Jose is making building-blocks out of the\\nsands of the Coyote our sands are of purer quality, and as superior\\nto theirs for that purpose as it is possible to imagine. Experts\\nsay that our indications of coal and iron are of the most promising\\ncharacter, and no less than six or seven companies are vigorously\\nprospecting in this direction. Many other minerals are also found\\nin small quantities, but have not yet been thoroughly sea*rched for.\\nLime kilns, flour mills and planing mills are wanted, and there are\\ngood openings for them. Stock-raising, farming, and dairying are\\nsure roads to fortune in this county, and there are yet openings for", "height": "2609", "width": "2137", "jp2-path": "handbooktomonter00mont_0027.jp2"}, "28": {"fulltext": "22 HAND BOOK OP MONTEREY.\\nall. Our fisheries, whale, and edible fish, are increasing in import-\\nance. The great State Camp-meeting location at Pacific Grove,\\nclose to town, will give ample opportunities for strangers to invest\\nin small residential properties, and more than one land-owner has\\nannounced his intention of dividing his land into building lots this\\njear.\\nSuch are the views of some of our resources, but above all we\\nhave that priceless boon of heaven, a healthy cUmate no agues\\nand fever, no chills or rheumatism, no sickness save that of old\\nage. The class of men who will be welcomed here are men of\\nenergy and capital. As regards our town of Monterey, we have\\nenough grocers, saloonists, and mechanics what is actually needed\\nis a first-class hotel, or manufactories above all, men who will stay\\nwith us a year or two and help to build us up, and not fly away^\\nwith the first breeze of disappointment.\\nWe require two first-class hotels, competent to accommodate\\nvisitors by the hundreds and not by the score one in the town\\nand one on the hill-side, or at Littletown there are two sites\\nadmirably adapted for the purpose, which will be donated free of\\nexpense to any one erecting the buildings a race course, which\\nmight be advantageously placed in Toombs grove, or at the foot of\\nthe Carmel road bathing houses along the beach, and one good\\nlarge etablissement de bains, after the French fashion, in which\\none can take his hot or cold bath, and afterwards find amusement\\nfor the body and mind, or lounge away the day luxuriously and\\nidly. Handsome stores and a thriving town would soon follow as a\\nmatter of course. It is no idle dream of a sanguine visionary to", "height": "2682", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "handbooktomonter00mont_0028.jp2"}, "29": {"fulltext": "HAND BOOK OF MONTEREY. 23\\nI\\nt\\nbelieve that all these things will come sooner or later, and that\\nMonterey will become one of the most fashionable summer resorts\\nfor the wealthy. Santa Cruz, Aptos, and Santa Barbara have\\nalready become so. Their natural advantages* are, in many re-\\nspects, inferior to those possessed by Monterey but they have\\nthat which Monterey has not American enterprise, and capital\\nto assist it a hospitable welcome to the stranger, and the hand of\\nfriendship extended to all who will cast in their lot with them.\\nMonterey dreams idly on, and will so dream until a fresh race of\\nmen, such men as are now building up our California cities, enters\\nher dreamy Eden, and, with the rough but kindly hand of energy,\\narouses her from her lethargy.\\nIt cannot be long before this change takes place. AH down the\\ncoast, towns, not so well favored as Monterey, are being built up,\\nand her turn mu8t come. San Francisco is now too firmly fixed to\\nfear the competition of Monterey, and that opposition on the part\\nof the press to her advancement, which has done so much to keep\\nour town back, will now probably be withdrawn, if we may judge\\nfrom- the spirit of fair play exhibited by the Alta^ Chrojiicle^ and\\nCall^ in admitting in their columns lengthy letters from Monterey.\\nOne very natural thought must arise in the minds of reflective\\nreaders and it is to such that we address this work and it is\\nthis If Monterey is so blessed by Nature as you state it to be how\\nis it that she is so decayed in her glory and sunk in her worth\\nHow is it, that, while San Francisco, Santa Cruz, San Luis, Santa\\nBarbara, and many other towns, have sprung from nothingness into", "height": "2676", "width": "2137", "jp2-path": "handbooktomonter00mont_0029.jp2"}, "30": {"fulltext": "24 HAND BOOK OF MONTEREY.\\nposition and wealth, Monterey has only retrograded from wealth\\nand position into comparative oblivion\\nTo such a thought we would reply The gold fever caused a\\nmigration of the people from Monterey the establishment of Sac-\\nramento and San Francisco, whither congregated all the energy\\nand enterprise, and the consequent removal of the capital to\\na more populated spot the want of communication with the in-\\nterior farming country, Monterey not having in her immediate\\nvicinity resources or population sufficient to support herself by\\nherself and, lastly, the character of her inhabitants good-tem-\\npered, kind and hospitable, easy-going and hstless, as are ail the\\nSpanish-speaking races they lived to enjoy life easily and com-\\nfortably, not to be harassed with the cares and turmoils attending\\nenergy and enterprise. Nature was bountiful to them, and they\\nlived on Nature s gifts. Mirth, music, and manana, with just\\nsufficient exertion as was absolutely requisite to provide for their\\nnecessities, constituted their rule of Ufe. They drifted down with\\nthe stream. The capital went, and then the county seat and no\\ngreat exertion was made to retain either of them. A few men\\nlooked ahead, and worked, and they are now enjoying their re-\\nward but the majority adopted the dolce far niente habits of the\\nnatives, and did nothing but exist.\\nThere is also another section of residents, whose policy it has\\nbeen to retard, by every means in their power, the growth of the\\nplace, and consequent entry of competition, to be soon followed, as\\nthey truly thought, by the loss of their influence, prosperity, and", "height": "2682", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "handbooktomonter00mont_0030.jp2"}, "31": {"fulltext": "HAND BOOK OF MONTEREY. 25\\nposition fortunately, in the ordinary course of nature their retire-\\nment to more congenial realms cannot be far distant.\\nDisquieting and prejudicial rumors of bad land titles have also\\nbeen sown broadcast, by interested parties, to prevent the sales of\\nproperty to willing investors.\\nThe railroad has changed the state of affairs not a little and\\nevents of the past year clearly prove, that, with an American popu-\\nlation working in harmony with the more enlightened portion of the\\nold residents and natives, a great and prosperous city may yet be\\nbuilt upon the site of the old capital. It is for our readers to pay\\nus a visit and judge for themselves of our prospects.\\nCarmel Mission and Valley.\\nThe Valley of the Carmello River affords attractions to lovers of\\nNature such as few other places in the State can furnish. The\\npassing traveler be he artist or antiquary, geologist or\\ngrizzly shootist, piscator or pedestrian, prospector or pleasure\\nseeker may here find something congenial to his taste. The road\\nfrom Monterey passes the old Cuartel, and branches off to the right,\\nhaving on one side a woody ravine and low, flat, level lands, stud-\\nded, park-like, with live oaks on the other, the well-wooded, pine-\\nfeathered hills. Half way iip the steep hill, we command a mag-\\n3*", "height": "2676", "width": "2137", "jp2-path": "handbooktomonter00mont_0031.jp2"}, "32": {"fulltext": "26 HAND BOOK OF MONTEREY.\\nnificent view of Monterej, Santa Cruz, and the C astro ville and\\nSalinas Valleys, with Fremont Peak and the Gabilan for a back-\\nground. Reaching the summit, and looking to the right, through\\na pretty wooded glen, the eye rests upon the broad ocean. A\\nshady road, up hill and down dale, with ever-changing views, all\\nbeautiful, until the hill overlooking the Carmel vale is reached,\\nand there we have a sight worthy of Eden in its happiest days.\\nOn our right, the mountain, which looms before us, heavy and\\nmassive, gloomy and severe, tapers oiF into a narrow, pine-fringed,\\nsea-girt point, against which the blue waters of the Carmel Bay\\ndash with ever varying beauty. This point is named Point Lobos,\\nso called from the lobos del mar (sea wolves, a species of seal)\\nthat collect on the point, and can be seen from the shore in large\\nnumbers. Silvery sands line the Bay, whiter almost than the sea\\nfoam as it splashes and sprays against the dark green background.\\nTo our right, the valley winds between the mountains, and at our\\nfeet the Carmel glistens in the sunlight as it flows through the\\nwillows to the sea. Descend the hill, turn to the right, and we\\nhave reached the ruins of the old Mission. Hardly a pleasing\\nsight to any one possessing the bump of veneration even in the\\nsmallest degree. A few ruined, broken-down adobes encircle a\\ndreary, desolate, semi-roofless building, beautiful even in decay all\\nthat is left of the second Mission in California, and one that in its\\nday must have been a grand edifice, for it bears unmistakable\\nevidence of an accurate knowledge of architecture, blended with a\\nbold conception in its detail and skillful workmanship, considering\\nthe materials at hand. In 1770, a little more than one hundred", "height": "2682", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "handbooktomonter00mont_0032.jp2"}, "33": {"fulltext": "HAND BOOK OP MONTEREY. 27\\nyears ago, the venerable Franciscan, Junipero Serra, wandering\\nover mountains and through vales, preaching the gospel of good\\ntidings and great joy, hung his bells on a tree in this spot, and\\nhouted, Hear, hear, ye gentiles, come to the Holy Church\\nand thus gathered around him the Indian tribes of the Rumsienes\\nor Runsiens, the Escelenes or Eslens, the Eclemaches and Achas-\\ntUes. Captivated by the scenery, its proximity to the sea, and,\\nabove all, the beautiful stream of water and the general fertihty of\\nthe valley, Serra\\nSought in these mountain solitudes a home\\nHe founded here his convent, and his rule\\nOf prayer and work, and counted work as prayer.\\nHe labored zealously among his native converts, and died in 1784,\\nloved by them all. He Ues buried in the Mission which he founded.\\nVisitors should inspect the curious old pictures and relics of\\nantiquity in the chapel on the right.\\nWe climb up into the deserted belfry, where erst the bells have\\npealed, calling the worshipers to mass and rouse from his day-\\ndreams its sole tenant the traditional old, grey owl, that stares\\nwonderingly at us from its saucer-like eyes.\\nAs we sit upon one of the fallen roof-beams, and gaze upon the\\nshattered font, the broken-down crosses, the ruined altar, and the\\ngeneral scene of devastation and desolation around us, and remem-\\nber that this is one of the most ancient and important historical\\nmonuments of California, the home and the grave of the moral hero\\nof the age, the true pioneer of California progress Junipero Serra,\\nand the tomb of no less than fifteen Governors of this State, a", "height": "2676", "width": "2137", "jp2-path": "handbooktomonter00mont_0033.jp2"}, "34": {"fulltext": "28 HAND BOOK OF MONTEREY.\\npainful feeling controls us. Carmel Mission is the old Westminster\\nAbbey of the State, the mausoleum of the great and the good, and\\nthe nation rewards the services of the past by giving up\\nthe dust of the good and brave to the guardianship of\\ngophers and squirrels. Thorns and briars, nettles and loathsome\\nweeds, adorn their graves. A few short years, and naught will re-\\nmain of this holy edifice save an undistinguishable mass of debris.\\nA few more years, and it will be too late even now it will be some-\\nwhat difficult to restore it. Whatever is done should be done\\nquickly, nobly, and generously, for the present state of the Mission\\nis a standing reproach to the church which owns it and a disgrace\\nto the whole State of California. It is a monument for the preser-\\nvation of which every Oalifornian, especially the wealthy Pioneers,\\nshould exert themselves to have the work of renovating the build-\\ning commenced as soon as possible. The day will come when his-\\ntory will mark with contempt the present generation for permitting\\nthe decay of this, the last resting place of the great and good\\nPadre Junipero.\\nOn the 4th of November of each year the Monterey Padre holds\\na religious festival in honor of San Carlos, the patron saint of Car-\\nmello. The ruins are decorated with flowers and evergreens, and\\nmirth and festivity are the order of the day.\\nIn the Mission soil were raised the first potatoes cultivated in Cal-\\nifoj-nia. In 1771, an inventory of stock showed the Mission to be pos-\\nsessed of 19 head of cattle, 10 mules, and 4 horses. The height\\nof its prosperity was reached in 1825. It then owned 87,600 head\\nof cattle, 60,000 sheep, 2,300 calves, 1,800 horses, 365 yoke of", "height": "2682", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "handbooktomonter00mont_0034.jp2"}, "35": {"fulltext": "HAND BOOK OF MONTEREY. 29\\noxen, a large amount of merchandise, and $40,000 in specie.\\nThere is a tradition among the natives, that this money was buried\\nsomewhere, on the report that a vessel, supposed to be a pirate,\\nhad been seen off the coast.\\nPassing down the coast road the geologist may pursue his invest-\\nigations or by obtaining a permit from Mr. A. Manuel, the\\nobliging secretary of the Monterey Coal Mine Company, may\\nvisit that mine and judge for himself of the prospects of our coal\\ndeposits.\\nStill further down the coast, he may find more coal mines, wild\\nand romantic scenery, grizzly bears, deer, trout-fishing, and other\\ninteresting and exciting kill-times.\\nReturning, he will find a small and pretty bay, forming a splendid\\nfishing boat harbor, and occupied by a company of Portuguese\\nwhalers and Chinese fishermen. Here fresh fish and salmon-spear-\\ning may be had.\\nReturning to the valley, we pass on the hill-side a substantial\\nmodern building, Mr. Gregg s house. His ranch is notable on ac-\\ncount of more than one fortunate owner having made a comfortable\\npile on potatoes, the quantity and quality of which are very\\nai;ood.\\nJourneying up the Carmel valley and passing the second dairy\\nfarm on the Haight Ranch, (Mr. McDonald s) he will see to his\\nright, across the river, the mouth of a canon, to the left of which a\\nnumber of small shanties constitute the rancheria. In one of\\nthese shanties there lately died an Indian woman who was a mu-\\nchacha of some twenty-five summers when the Mission was formed.", "height": "2676", "width": "2137", "jp2-path": "handbooktomonter00mont_0035.jp2"}, "36": {"fulltext": "30 HAND BOOK OF MONTEREY.\\nThe road passing up the canon leads to the Potrero and San\\nFrancisquito ranches, belonging to the Sargent Bros., and one of\\nthe residences of B. W. Sargent, a gentleman deservedly popular\\nthroughout the county also to the bee and fruit ranch of Messrs.\\nSmith Wright, whose red-cheeked peaches and luscious grapes\\nare justly celebrated. There is also a quicksilver mine in their\\nneighborhood.\\nContinuing our journey along the main Carmel road, we come to\\nthe James Meadows grant. Mr. Meadows is one of the oldest of\\nthe Pioneers, he having come to Monterey in 1837. The school-\\nhouse is upon this gentleman s land.\\nThe next farm is held by Mr. Berwick, an English gentleman,\\nwhose enterprising experiments in agriculture cannot fail to be pro-\\nductive of great benefit to the State, and let us heartily wish it, to\\nhimself.\\nThe dairy of the Snively Bros, is the next farm. Their butter\\ncommands the same price in the San Francisco markets as any of\\nthe first-class fancy dairies, and upon more than one occasion the\\nprice has been higher.\\nThey planted, four years ago, as an experiment, two almond\\ntrees, two years old. One of them is now twenty feet high, with a\\nspread of twenty feet, and a girth, one foot from the ground, of\\nthree feet. The tree bears a good quality of fruit. Their vines\\nare healthy. There is one little fellow about eighteen inches high,\\nwhich has four large bunches of grapes upon it. The peach, apri-\\ncot, pear, and nectarine trees are simply loaded with fruit. Cher-\\nries and strawberries thrive well.", "height": "2682", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "handbooktomonter00mont_0036.jp2"}, "37": {"fulltext": "HAND BOOK OF MONTEREY. 31\\nTheir orange trees have not had a fair trial at present, but\\npomegranates thrive well.\\nThe ranch of Thomas Bralee is next reached. He came to\\nMonterey first in 1844, returning to reside in 1847. The land-\\nscape here is very beautiful hanging rocks and craggy buttresses.\\nThe Laurelles ranch adjoins Mr. Bralee s, is one and one-half\\nleagues in extent, and is the property of Spaulding Co.\\nMr. S. is the well known professor of circular saw dentistry in\\nSan Francisco, and is here engaged in the laudable endeavour to\\nmake a somewhat wild tract of country blossom as the rose.\\nThe road runs through very romantic and picturesque scenery, and\\nthe traveler may readily recognize the glossy green fragrant foliage\\nof the laurel trees (^Oreodaphne Californica from which the\\nranch derives its name.\\nThere is some good trout-fishing in the mountain streams, south\\nof the Carmelo River, on the Government land abutting on this and\\nthe next ranch.\\nLos Tularcitos, of five and one-fourth leagues in extent, is the\\nproperty of A. J. Ougheltree, a pioneer of 49. This fine tract of\\nland situate in Europe might well constitute a ducal domain. In\\nCalifornia, however, it merely passes as a fine ranch.\\nThe first house passed on the road is in what is known as the\\nChupinos Canon, and is occupied by a dairyman the next is Mr.\\nO. s dwelling house, charmingly situated near a small lagoon of\\nspring water. Presuming our geologist to be also a palaeontologist,\\nhe may, by inquiring of Mr. 0., have an opportunity of examining\\nsome mammoth palaeontological remains that are visible hereabouts.", "height": "2676", "width": "2137", "jp2-path": "handbooktomonter00mont_0037.jp2"}, "38": {"fulltext": "32 HAND BOOK OF MONTEREY.\\nLeaving the main road, and striking over the hills, south of Mr.\\nO. s house, the Jachagua Yallev is reached. Retracing your\\nsteps to Mr. O. s house, and again pursuing the main road, we\\npass S. P. G-ordon s ranch, Los Conejos, three-fourths league\\nGovernment land succeeds to this, occupied by Messrs. Finch,\\nRobinson, James, and others. Near Mr. James house the wagon\\nroad ends, and some ten miles of trail leads to the last glory of\\nC arm el.\\nThe Tassajara Hot Springs,\\nAbout forty-five miles from Monterey. There are here some dozen\\nhot mineral springs reported to be very effective remedial agents.\\nAll the ills that flesh is heir to, barring consumption, may here\\nfind alleviation or cure. The late Dr. C. A. Canfield, our ^lonte-\\nrey savant, forwarded some of the water to the Smithsonian Insti-\\ntute, to be analyzed and it was reported the richest spring then\\nknown in the United States. Thirty-two distinct ingredients were\\nfound therein. The water reaches the surface of the earth at 140\\nto 150 degrees Fahrenheit. Mr. John Borden, the present pro-\\nprietor, reports some remarkable cures.\\nThe proprietor is endeavoring to form a joint stock company to\\nbuild a comfortable hotel and bath houses. Visitors can be accom-\\nmodated either with al fresco lodgings, in which case they\\nshould carry their own necessaries, save provisions of all kinds,", "height": "2682", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "handbooktomonter00mont_0038.jp2"}, "39": {"fulltext": "HAND BOOK OF MONTEREY. 83\\nwhich can be furnished to them or board and lodging can be\\nfound for a limited number.\\nHaving completed his course of baths, our traveler may now\\nproceed to the Mission of Soledad, twenty-five miles hence, or to\\nthe Mission of San Antonio, through the Reliz Canon, about the\\nsame distance.\\nThroughout the whole of Carmel the hunter may find sport in\\nplenty. Quails, rabbits, and hares are abundant, only too abun-\\ndant for the farmer s good. Deer are to be found in the hills, and\\nbear are in force towards the coast.\\nThe products of the Valley are beef, butter, cheese, potatoes, and\\npork. Early potatoes are raised on the coast, and last season Mr.\\nGregg shipped 6,000 sacks of late potatoes that were noted in the\\nmarket for their superior quality.\\nWhale oil and dried fish are also produced to a great extent.\\nFor salubrity of climate, Carmel may fairly be considered unex-\\ncelled, possibly unsurpassable in the world.\\nCrops rarely fail on well tilled land, and even in years of drouth,\\ngrasses do not entirely forget to grow.\\nThe following letter, on the coast lands of this county, we copy\\nfrom the Santa Clara Echo\\nEditors Echo Thinking a short communication in regard to\\nthis county might be acceptable, I send you the following account of\\nits advantages as a district wherein settlers may procure desirable\\nfarming and grazing lands.\\nThere is a section of country south of here, (Monterey) lying\\ndirectly on the coast principally Government land many valuable\\n4", "height": "2676", "width": "2137", "jp2-path": "handbooktomonter00mont_0039.jp2"}, "40": {"fulltext": "34 HAND BOOK OF MONTEREY.\\nportions of which are still unoccupied, that for climate, soil, and gen-\\neral adaptability for grazing purposes, cannot be excelled in the\\nUnited States, which is saying a great deal. There is a steep\\nrange of mountains, running on a line with the ocean, and not far\\nfrom it. On the slope of this range, facing the ocean, there is\\nsome of the finest land you ever gazed upon, comprising tables, or\\nridges, and pretty little valleys. In the deep gulches intervening\\nthere is the greatest abundance of the finest redwood and tan-bark\\noak and in almost every one of these gulches there is a running\\nstream of water the year round, while one or two approach almost\\nthe proportions of rivers. The grass continues fresh and green the\\nentire year. When stock is once driven into this range there is no\\ndanger of their straying out indeed, you may stand in your door-\\nway and see them easily during the whole day. To add to the\\nmany other advantages that this beautiful section of country pos-\\nsesses over other parts of the State, is the fact that there is but one\\nSpanish grant between the Carmello and San Luis Obispo, a distaifce\\nof from eighty to one hundred miles.\\nIt is a paradise for hunters, or for those who desire to live cheap\\nand do but Uttle work yet it might not be deemed such by one\\nwho owned a fine place on the line of your Alameda, but we are not\\nall so fortunate as to be possessed of such valuable property. Deer,\\nquail, and rabbits abound in abundance, while in the larger streams\\ntrout are plenty then, if you dislike this sport, you can go down\\nto the ledges in front of your little cot, and fish in the surf for rock-\\ncod, which are very plenty, and easily caught. But the principal\\nfeature is its remarkable climate, it being entirely free from frost", "height": "2682", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "handbooktomonter00mont_0040.jp2"}, "41": {"fulltext": "HAND BOOK OF MONTEREY. 35\\nthroughout the year at least, none near the ocean, although on\\nthe hills it may be cold enough. To assure you further, I will\\ngive you a little of my personal experience. During Christmas\\nweek I was down the coast, some ten miles from here, (Monterey)\\nprospecting for coal, (and here let me inform you that fine prospects\\nof gold, silver, coal, and other minerals have been found in this\\nsection) and while camping with some Spaniards, on their squat,\\nI soon felt the remarkable difference in the climate there and that\\nof other sections north, although we were only a short distance\\nfrom them. At night I slept on the mud floor of the barn, with\\nonly a little hay under me, with a thin blanket and a quilt for cover-\\ning and although the wind blew pretty fresh from the ocean, and\\nyou could put your hand anywhere through the crevices in the\\nshakes that covered the barn, I had to throw off the quilt during\\nthe night, it being uncomfortably warm. In the morning before sun-\\nrise I could work quite comfortably without coat or vest yet it is\\nnever hot or sultry during the summer season.\\nOn that night, as I learned afterwards, pumps and water-pipes\\nfroze in other places. After breakfast, while we were walking\\nthrough a field, one of the Spaniards called my attention to some\\nweeds under our feet and there, exposed to my view, lay the\\ntenderest plant that grows in California, it being no less than the\\nChile pepper, and that, too, in full bloom. How is that for\\nhigh, on a New Year s day He also pulled up a potato vine,\\nwith a new potato hanging to it that was as large as a common\\nsized hen egg.\\nYou will doubtless ask why such a country should remain", "height": "2676", "width": "2137", "jp2-path": "handbooktomonter00mont_0041.jp2"}, "42": {"fulltext": "36 HAND BOOK OF MONTEREY.\\nunsettled to this late day in California. I answer as best I can.\\nThere is, as yet, but a very sparse population, and the country in\\nquestion has been almost inaccessible till within a few years, mainly\\non account of the bad roads, or rather, the entire lack of them.\\nUp to some three years ago there was little more than a horse trail\\nbelow the Carmello but now you can go with a wagon for about\\nsix miles from that stream. Below the present terminus, I am\\ntold that the country looks splendid, and that the timber through\\nthat country is heavy and plenty. I have been informed that\\nclaims can be bought quite cheap, say from $300 to |1,000 or\\nclaims can be taken up. Although the gulches are steep and the\\nbends in the road are sharp, you can haul with a good span of\\nhorses five or six hundred pounds. The population are all males\\nI hear of only one woman being down there. You will bear in\\nmind that new settlers do not always represent the best society.\\nYours, C. S.\\nMonterey, February 7th.\\nCypress Point.\\nCypress Point is the one spot more perfectly adapted than any\\nother place in the State for picnics and camping out.\\nStart out along the Carmel road, and take the path through the", "height": "2682", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "handbooktomonter00mont_0042.jp2"}, "43": {"fulltext": "HAND BOOK OF MONTEREY. 37\\nwoods climb the hill, and, resting on the flower-bedecked turf,\\nsurrounded by ferns and groves, take in the view. Adown the\\nwooded slope, carpeted with a profusion of flowers of all colors\\nunder the sun, the brown, barren-looking moorlands of the Salinas\\nplain rising and falling like an inanimate sea of motionless billows,\\nwith here and there a bright emerald patch of some small, well-\\ntilled farm shining like a rough-set jewel. The stern and sombre\\nGabilan range, with its serrated ridges and dark clusters of pine\\nwoods, mellowed down with a filmy haze enshrouding its base. On\\nour left, the beautifully blue waters of the Bay of Monterey, as\\nsmooth as a lake, half crescented with the lofty Santa Cruz range,\\nits pine-feathered ridges, the white sands upon which the milk-\\nwhite foam creeps and crawls with a sinuous motion like some huge\\nleviathan of the deep. The azure heavens flecked with clouds.\\nThe whole panorama is one which the all-souled artist lives and\\nloves to paint. Surely the Naples of the New World is the\\nBay of Monterey.\\nOn once again. We now enter a well shaded road, and catch\\ncharming glimpses, here and there, of the grand old Carmel range,\\nand then suddenly there bursts upon our entranced sight a pano-\\nrama of sky, ocean, and woods. The broad Pacific is only dis-\\ntinguishable from the heavens above it by its glittering sheen as\\nthe sunlight plays upon its heaving breast. Anon, a little snow-\\nflake of foam dances on the molten surface as one billow, more\\nplayful than the rest, shakes its snowy crest, or the white sails of\\na ship appear, as swan-like she glides along the water. The\\nweird forest, with its gaunt, ghoul-like, black pines, moaning in\\n4*", "height": "2676", "width": "2137", "jp2-path": "handbooktomonter00mont_0043.jp2"}, "44": {"fulltext": "38 HAND BOOK OF MONTEREY.\\nharmony with the ceaseless roar of the waves as the breeze plays\\nthrough the branches. Cold and uninviting is the distant view of\\nthis grim protector of the mysterious shades of the melancholy\\ncypress. Enter the forest, and as you pass through the flowery\\nglades the fragrance of the shrubs and the songs of the birds fall\\npleasantly on the senses. Pass on, and crossing an open space of\\ngreen turf, startling the rabbits and quail, we enter another grove\\nthe sun-flecks through the moss-hung and bearded trees, creating a\\npleasant, subdued light, such as is met with in the ancient minsters\\nand Moorish alcazars of Europe. An involuntary thrill of delight\\nruns through one, and from the storehouse of the mind rushes a\\nflood of memory of childhood s days with its ancient legends of en-\\nchanted groves and fairies. A few steps further, and the mystical\\ngrove is reached and crossed, and we gaze with rapture on the\\nbeauty of the sea coast. Surely God s world, beautiful as it is,\\ncan scarcely show fairer spots.\\nLandward the imperturbable cypress grove, silent as the Pyra-\\nmids, mystical as the Sphinx, the gnarled gray trunks supporting\\nthe golden green branches a fit haunt for departed spirits, a\\nMerlin, or a slumbering cot for a child of Cain.\\nCaiii. Cypress tis a gloomy tree,\\nAs if it mourned o er what it shadows\\nWherefore didst thou choose it\\nFor our child s canopy\\nAdah. Because its branches\\nShut out the sun like night, and therefore seem d\\nFitting to shadow slumber.\\nCain. r Ay, the last and longest.", "height": "2682", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "handbooktomonter00mont_0044.jp2"}, "45": {"fulltext": "HAND BOOK OF MONTEREY. 39\\nThe sierras of the Santa Lucia droop down into the sea, brown,\\nbarren, and velvety, hke some old dust-begrimed tome in the old\\nlibrary at home, uninviting on the outside but containing untold\\nriches under its gloomy and unforbidding garb. The ill starred\\nMore rock lifts its dome-shaped head with threatening aspect,\\nwarning mariners of the dangers of a rock-bound coast. The\\ncraggy rocks jut out into the ocean, and the playful breakers as\\nthey dash upon them send aloft showers of spray white as driven\\nsnow, while the sunlight shines through the bright green billows as\\nthey curl and dash along in their impetuous, never-ending race.\\nAt our feet the silvery crystal sands are sprinkled with glistening\\nabelone shells, sea polished, and the varied colors of the beautiful\\nsea mosses. Little pools teem with marine life and form a perfect\\naquaria, and the broad Pacific sweeps on in its uncontrollable\\ncourse, bearing upon its bosom the wealth of empires.\\nCross the point through the woody glades towards Point Pinos,\\npassing pretty bays with white crystal sands and shelving beaches.\\nHere the billows charge in with a greater impetuosity, but well in\\nhand they break in a creamy ripple at the foot of the green-patched\\nsand dunes. The black pines from which the point was named\\nthree hundred years ago, almost skirt the water. The mountains\\nof Santa Cruz bound the view. The many-plumaged sea birds flit\\nby, and the sea lions dive under the foaming billows. Stay and\\nwatch the setting sun gild the trees and cast a golden haze upon\\nthe swelling waters, and then ride home through the moonlit groves,", "height": "2676", "width": "2137", "jp2-path": "handbooktomonter00mont_0045.jp2"}, "46": {"fulltext": "40 HAND BOOK OF MONTEREY.\\nand if your trip to Cypress Point has not been a happy one blame\\nyourself, for possibly you may have forgotten that\\nHe who joy would win,\\nMust share it happiness was born a twin.\\nThe Monterey Cypress.\\nWe extract the following from a letter written by the late Dr.\\nCanfield to the Monterey Republican\\nVery few ornamental trees are so easily made to grow in this\\npart of California, or are so useful when grown, as the Monterey\\nCypress. Some trees, it is true, are easier raised and grow faster,\\nbut are good for nothing when grown, and speedily decay.\\nThe Monterey Cypress, it is unnecessary for me to say to those\\nwho have seen it, is a beautiful evergreen, grows rapidly, is thick,\\nstout, and graceful, attaining a height of 40 to 60 feet. The\\nlargest trunk I measured in the grove at Point Cypress, was nine-\\nteen feet and two inches in circumference at three feet above the\\nground or about six feet and four inches in diameter. The tim-\\nber is very durable, and makes excellent posts and rails. The\\ncones, or globules, are produced every year, and are about the size\\nof a large filbert. The seed is, in shape and size, like onion seed,\\nand may be sown in the same way and in the same sort of soil.", "height": "2682", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "handbooktomonter00mont_0046.jp2"}, "47": {"fulltext": "HAND BOOK OF MONTEREY. 41\\nThe cones do not fall from the trees, and the seed is retained in\\nthem at Cypress Point, where the trees are kept almost constantly\\ndamp by the fog that rolls in from the ocean, till it often becomes\\nmouldy and worthless. With good seed it is as easy to\\nraise Cypress trees as it is to raise onions or parsnips. But great\\ncare must be taken in transplanting them from the seed bed in the\\nnursery, not to let the roots dry. This should be done just so soon\\nin the fall as the ground becomes thoroughly moist, and the more\\ndirt taken up with the roots the better. As soon as the ground\\nbegins to get dry in the spring or summer, the trees should be\\nwell watered every two or three days, sufficiently k) keep the\\nground around their roots moist. And the second year, also, if\\nany of the trees look feeble or unthrifty, they should be well\\nwatered. If planted on dry land, they cannot be injured by plen-\\ntiful watering. The danger is that they will not have enough.\\nThe botanical name of the Monterey cypress js Cupressus\\nMacrocarpa, of Hartweg it was afterwards called 0. Macrabiana\\nby a Scotch florist, Murray, but this latter name is not used among\\nbotanists. Besides the large cypress, we have a very interesting\\ndwarf species growing on the barren hills near town, and in a few\\nother localities along the Coast. The Cupressus G-oveniana^ Gor-\\ndon. It is a miniature tree, never more than ten feet high, but\\noften loaded with cones, or galbules, when a foot high. Some\\nbotanists have not been willing to admit that this is anything more\\nthan a variety of the Maerocarpa^ but I have proved by careful ob-\\nservation, by cultivation, etc., that it is a good species, and that it\\ncomes true from the seed and I believe there is no longer any", "height": "2676", "width": "2137", "jp2-path": "handbooktomonter00mont_0047.jp2"}, "48": {"fulltext": "42 HAND BOOK OF MONTEREY.\\ndoubt of its, being a distinct species. This, although a dwarf, does\\nnot grow bushy or straggUng, but upright, straight and tree-Hke,\\nand with a thin or sparse fohage, making a very curious and pretty\\nornament for cultivation, with its thick clusters of cones. Like the\\nlarge Monterey Cypress, it is easily raised from seed.\\nThe Monterey Cypress, though naturally growing in a few very lim-\\nited localities along the coast near Monterey, readily grows almost\\nanywhere in this State by taking a little care and observing the be-\\nfore mentioned precautions.\\nMONTEREY.\\nBY DANIEL O CONNELL.\\nIn a mantle of old traditions,\\nIn the rime of a vanished day,\\nThe shrouded and silent city\\nSits by her crescent bay.\\nThe ruined fort on the hill-top,\\nWhere never a bunting streams.\\nLooks down, a cannonless fortress.\\nOn the solemn city of dreams.", "height": "2682", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "handbooktomonter00mont_0048.jp2"}, "49": {"fulltext": "HAND BOOK OF MONTEREY. 43\\nGardens of wonderful roses,\\nClimbing o er roof, tree and wall,\\nWoodbine and crimson geranium.\\nHollyhocks, purple and tall,\\nMingle their odorous breathings\\nWith the (?risp, salt breeze, from the sands,\\nWhere pebbles and sounding sea shells\\nAre gathered by children s hands.\\nWomen with olive faces,\\nAnd the liquid southern eye,\\nDark as the forest berries\\nThat grace the woods in July,\\nTenderly train the roses.\\nGathering here and there\\nA bud the richest and rarest\\nFor a place in their long, dark hair.\\nFeeble and garrulous old men\\nTell in the Spanish tongue\\nOf the good, grand times at the Mission,\\nAnd the hymns that the Fathers sung\\nOf the oil and the wine, and the plenty.\\nAnd the dance in the twilight gray\\nAh, these, and the head shakes sadly,\\nWere good times in Monterey", "height": "2676", "width": "2137", "jp2-path": "handbooktomonter00mont_0049.jp2"}, "50": {"fulltext": "44 HAND BOOK OF MONTEREY.\\nBehind in the march of cities\\nThe last in the easier stride\\nOf villages later born\\nShe dreams by the ocean side.\\nThe Monterey Whale Fishery.\\nThe whale fishery, which for the last twenty-five years has con-\\nstituted one of the most important of our local industries, is likely\\nsoon to become a thing of the past. The whales are gradually be-\\ncoming scarcer, and now that the tide of commerce is turning this\\nway, they will, ere long, give our bay a wide berth.\\nOf the various species of whales which frequent the coast of Cal-\\nifornia, the most valuable are the Sperm Whale, Right Whale,\\nHumpback, Finback, Sulphurbottom and California Gray. Many\\nyears ago, while California was yet a province of Mexico, the New\\nBedford whale ships caught large numbers of Sperm and Right\\nwhales along this coast but these species have now almost disap-\\npeared, and our whalers have to content themselves with the more\\nnumerous but less valuable California Greys and Humpbacks.\\nOccasionally, however, a Sulphurbottom or Right Whale is caught,\\nbut this is a rare occurence.\\nIt was for the purpose of catching the Humpbacks, known to be", "height": "2682", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "handbooktomonter00mont_0050.jp2"}, "51": {"fulltext": "HAND BOOK OF- MONTEREY. 45\\nnumerous in this bay, that the Monterey Whahng Company was\\norganized in 1854. In the fall of that year, Capt. J. P. Daven-\\nport, an old and experienced whaler, got together a company of\\ntwelve men, only three or four of whom were regular whalemen,\\nthe balance being land lubbers. They had two boats, and met\\nwith pretty good success, as the whales were tame and easily\\ncaught in the old fashioned manner with harpoons and lances.\\nCapt. Davenport brought a number of bombs with him from the\\neast, but owing to some defect, they proved worthless and were not\\nused. The price of oil falling to twenty-five cents per gallon, the\\ncompany was disbanded before the commencement of the next sea-\\nson.\\nThe whales, however, were not allowed to rest, for in 1855 the\\ncompany of Portuguese, known as the Old Company, was or-\\nganized with seventeen men and two boats. Although at first they\\nused no guns, they succeeded in taking about 800 barrels of\\nHumpback oil annually for about three years.\\nIn the Autumn of 1858, Capt. Avery of the schooner Sovereign\\nnoticed a school of California Greys playing near the surf, about\\nthree miles from town. He informed the Avhalers of his discovery\\nand they at once proceeded to the spot indicated and caught several\\nof the school, besides many others of the same species, before the\\nseason closed. In the winter of the same year (1858) Capt. Dav-\\nenport again started in with two boats well manned and equipped\\nwith bomb and harpoon guns. Both companies whaled in the bay\\nwith varying success, getting from 600 to 1000 barrels annually\\nper company, for several years, when Capt. Davenport withdrew", "height": "2676", "width": "2137", "jp2-path": "handbooktomonter00mont_0051.jp2"}, "52": {"fulltext": "46 HAND BOOK OF MONTEREY.\\nfrom the business. His company has since been known as the\\nNew Company of Portuguese whalers. During the season of\\n1862-63 each company secured about 1700 barrels of oil. This\\nwas one of their most successful years.\\nIn 1861 the Carmel Company was organized. At first they\\nwhaled in this bay, but in the spring of 1862 they moved to their\\npresent station on Carmel Bay.\\nThe Humpback season commences about the 10th of August\\nand expires about the first of December. The California Grey\\nseason then commences and continues until the middle of April.\\nThe first half of the season is called the going down season, as\\nthe whales are then descending from their summer haunts in the\\nArctic ocean to the lagoons and bays on the lower coast, for the\\npurpose of bringing forth their young. It is during the coming\\nup season, as their return northward is called, that the greater\\nnumber of whales are caught for if the whalers can succeed in\\nstriking the calf the cow is an easy capture, as she will die\\nrather than desert her offspring.\\nThis brings us to the means of capturing these marine monsters.\\nAt the first streak of dawn the whalers man their boats, six to a\\nboat, and proceed to the whaling ground near Point Pinos.\\nHere they lay on their oars and carefully scan the water for a\\nspout. Suddenly some one sees the wished-for column of mist\\nfoam, and cries out There she blows Then all is activity, the\\nboat is headed for the whale and the guns are made ready to fire.\\nWhen within a short distance of the animal the oars are peaked\\nand the boat is propelled by paddles so as not to disturb the wary", "height": "2682", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "handbooktomonter00mont_0052.jp2"}, "53": {"fulltext": "HAND BOOK OF MONTEREY. 47\\nwhale. Having arrived within shooting distance, which is about\\nforty yards, the harpoon, connected with a long line, is fired into\\nwhatever part of the animal is visible. Down goes the whale, the\\nline with a turn around the loggerhead of the boat being allowed\\nto run out for several hundred yards, when it is held fast. The\\nwhale generally makes a direct course for the open ocean, dragging\\nthe boat after with almost lightning rapidity. Soon, however, it\\nbecomes weary and comes to the surface to breathe now is the\\ngolden opportunity; the boat approaches as near as possible and a\\nbomb-lance is fired. In case this enters a vital part, the animal\\ndies instantly, but oftener it does not, and the same maneuvering\\nas before is repeated until two or three bombs have been shot be-\\nfore the animal is killed. It is then towed to the try works, where\\nthe blubber, as the casing of fat with which it is covered is\\ncalled, is removed, cut into small pieces, and boiled out. Some-\\ntimes, however, the whale will sink as soon as killed should such\\nbe the case, a buoy is attached to the line, and the animal is left\\nuntil the generation of gases in its body causes it to rise, which us-\\nually occurs in from three to nine days. It is then towed in and\\ntried out as before.\\nThe usual yield of a California Grey is about forty barrels if a\\nfemale, and twenty-five barrels if a male. That of a Humpback\\nabout the same. The average size of a California Grey is forty-two\\nfeet in length, and twenty-eight or thirty feet in circumference. A\\nSulphurbottom is occasionally caught which measures a hundred\\nfeet from tip to tip. In 1873 the New Company commanded by\\nCapt. Pray, captured a Right Whale seventy feet long and fifty feet", "height": "2676", "width": "2137", "jp2-path": "handbooktomonter00mont_0053.jp2"}, "54": {"fulltext": "48 HAND BOOK OF MONTEREY.\\nin circumference. It yielded 175 barrels of oil and 1500 pounds\\nof bone, and netted the company over f2000. At the close of\\nthat season the two companies, numbering in all thirty-four men,\\nwere consolidated into one company of twenty-three men, eleven\\nquitting the business entirely.\\nThe life of a whaler is very exciting and dangerous, as the boat is\\nsometimes capsized or swamped, and the men have to swim for their\\nlives. Yet such is the force of habit, that they seem to feel no\\nmore fear when in pursuit of a whale than if they were upon dry\\nland.\\nA good story is told of a gentleman who upon assuring the\\nwhalers that he knew not what fear meant, was allowed to go out\\nwith them in their boat. Soon a whale spouted near by, and the\\nCaptain, true to his aim, lodged a harpoon in its body. The whale\\nmade for the mouth of the bay, the boat almost flying in its wake.\\nThe amateur whaler now began to get excited, not to say scared.\\nHis teeth chattered, he prayed, and hung on to the boat like grim\\ndeath. Faster and faster went the boat, the water just even with\\nthe gunwale, and whiter and whiter grew the gentleman s face. At\\nlength the limit of his endurance was reached. He jumped to his\\nfeet and yelled out in frantic accents Cut the rope For\\nheaven s sake cut the rope, I ll pay for the whale The rope was\\nnot cut and the whale was secured without much difficulty. All\\nwho wish to know more of this most interesting division of the ce-\\ntaceans are referred to Capt. C. M. Scammon s excellent work,\\nMarine Mammals of the Pacific Coast.", "height": "2682", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "handbooktomonter00mont_0054.jp2"}, "55": {"fulltext": "HAND BOOK OF MONTEREY. 49\\nOur Chinese Colony.\\nChinatown is distant from Monterey about one mile from the\\noutskirts of the town, and is situated on one of the numerous small\\nbays that line the bay of Monterey. It is admirably selected for\\nthe business carried on by its enterprising citizens fish-curing and\\nabelone shell shipping. Its inhabitants are frugal, industrious, and\\nwell behaved. Little or no crime occurs among them, and so\\nfar as our experience goes, they are a sober, honest set of men, and\\ncompare very favorably with their countrymen throughout the\\nState. Tim, a California-born Chinaman, speaks English and\\nSpanish as fluently as a native. The census of Chinatown is as\\nfollows Man Lee Company, three men and three women Sun\\nSing Lee Company, three men, two wonen, and three children Yek\\nLee Company, six men, two women, and one child Yee Lee Com-\\npany, six men, two women, and three children Man Sing Company,\\nfour men and one woman. In connection with these companies are\\nthose of Carmel, Pescadero, and Portuguese Bay Sun Choy Lee\\nCompany, eleven men and one woman Boo Lee Company, eight\\nmen, and Dai Lee Company, eight men. There aro about twenty\\nmen and eig]\\\\t women outside of these companies in different em-\\nployments in the town and neighborhood.\\nThe Chinese industries are fishing for rockfish, cod, halibut, flound-\\ners, red and blue fish, yellow tail, mackerel, sardines, and shell fish,\\nthe greater part of which are split open, salted, and dried in the sun\\n5*", "height": "2676", "width": "2137", "jp2-path": "handbooktomonter00mont_0055.jp2"}, "56": {"fulltext": "50 HAND BOOK OF MONTEREY.\\nfor exportation to San Francisco, whence they find their way to the\\nmines throughout the State, and abroad. It may be estimated that\\nthe amount of dried fish exported from Monterey annually averages\\nnearly 100 tons. The Chinese collect also large quantities of\\nabelone shells, which find a ready market at $20 a ton. They\\npossess about thirty boats, nearly all of which were built by them-\\nselves. They are sailed in the Chinese fashion. During the past\\nmonth they have commenced shipping fresh fish to Gilroy, San\\nJos6, and other interior towns. Although they import from San\\nFrancisco the greater portion of their merchandise, they purchase\\nvery liberally of the merchants in town, and as their trade is always\\nfor cash, they are very desirable customers in these hard times.\\nPacific Grove Retreat\u00e2\u0080\u0094 The M. E. Encampment\\nGrounds.\\nThe eastern boundary is about one-half mile west of Chinatown,\\nand, following the sea-shore, the tract extends to the line fence of\\nthe dairy farm this side of the Light House. This last boundary\\nis marked by a conspicuous pile of rocks, which, looking as if it\\nmight be a Druidical monument, is the termination of a promontory\\nthat breaks the force of the northwesters, and shelters the sea line\\nof the tract. Under the lee of the promontory is a beautiful little", "height": "2682", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "handbooktomonter00mont_0056.jp2"}, "57": {"fulltext": "HAND BOOK OF MONTEREY. 51\\ncove, possessing a smooth beach, and being almost entirely free\\nfrom surf. This is the spot selected for bathing houses. Behind this\\ncove are pine woods, interspersed with oaks, covering a surface of\\nsufficient extent and smoothness for the accommodation of any con-\\ngregation of auditors. Here, therefore, as this survey indicates,\\nwill be placed the stand for the preachers. The site selected for\\nthe hotel, or hotels, occupies ground centrally located with refer-\\nence to the sea, upon which the buildings, therefore, will look out\\ndirectly. A broad avenue traverses the grounds, with side streets,\\nseparating lots, upon which villas are expected to be erected.\\nThe general arrangements of the Encampment are based upon the\\nprinciples guiding those of the Eastern States, especially the one\\nheld at Ocean Grove, in the vicinity of Long Branch, N. J., and\\nare under the control of the Board of Trustees.\\nOne hundred acres are divided into residential lots, a park, a\\npleasure ground, a grand avenue, minor streets and avenues, and\\nthe town. The lots are divided into sections, ranging from 30x60\\nto 30x125.\\nThe principal buildings are the preachers stand an elegant\\nstructure, carefully and substantially built by Prinz, of Monterey,\\ncontaining a platform for the ministers, and seats for the choir. It\\nfaces the congregational ground, which is arranged in a perfect\\ncircle, 200 feet in diameter, with a ring of tents around it, and a\\nroadway of seventy-five feet. The aisles range from four to twelve\\nfeet in width. Benches are provided to accomodate about 5000\\npeople. The whole is covered by the shade of the pines tall,", "height": "2676", "width": "2137", "jp2-path": "handbooktomonter00mont_0057.jp2"}, "58": {"fulltext": "52 HAND BOOK OF MONTEREY.\\nstraight, young trees through whose gothic branches the sunUght\\nfalls subdued.\\nThe restaurant is a commodious building 33x90 feet, placed but\\na short distance from the congregational ground. It will be run\\non the ticket system, by R. C. Wormes. In close proximity are the\\ngrocery and provision store, 24x50 feet the meat market is\\n24x50 feet, and the furnishing and clothing store.\\nOn the opposite side of the street are six dormitories, each\\n24x50 feet. There is also a laundry.\\nAdn^irable arrangements are made for conveniences necessary\\nto civilization.\\nThe stable accomodations are a few rods off, on the Monterey\\nside, around a large well.\\nThe water for the use of the camp, in addition to three wells on\\nthe grounds, is brought 3300 feet in pipes from a tank containing\\n6000 gallons, filled from a never-failing stream, and is raised sixty-\\ntwo feet above the level of the grounds it flows into another tank,\\nwith a capacity of 15,000 gallons, having a clear fall to the highest\\npoint on the grounds, of twenty feet. Both tanks will be kept con-\\nstantly filled, as a large quantity will be consumed in sprinkling\\nthe roads and grounds. There are also some very valuable sul-\\nphur and chalybeate springs within a short distance, which can be\\nintroduced without much trouble. _\\nNew tents can be bought on the grounds at wholesale prices, or\\nrented at very low figures.\\nOrdinary campers, except during the meeting, will be charged\\nfifty cents a head, to include wood, water, and cleaning up.", "height": "2682", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "handbooktomonter00mont_0058.jp2"}, "59": {"fulltext": "HAND BOOK OF MONTEREY. 53\\nThe bath-house is 60x24 feet, and contains twenty-two dressing\\nrooms. It is conveniently placed in a small ravine on the verge of\\na beautiful little bay, whose sandy floor rivals in whiteness the\\nmarble of the Komans bath. The water is transparently clear,\\nand is always warm, being sheltered from the wind by picturesque\\nrocky cliffs. The view of the numerous baylets and jutting rocks,\\nover which the blue waves dash in merry sport, and the Gabilan\\nRange in the foreground, is lovely in the extreme.\\nThe Executive Committee are the Rev. J. 0. Ash, of Salinas,\\nthe indefatigable Chairman the Rev. J. W. Ross, Geo. CUfford,\\nJas. Allayton, of San Jose and Geo. F. Baker. Too much\\npraise cannot be awarded to the resident managers, the Revs. Ash\\nand Ross, for the pains and labor they have bestowed upon the\\narrangements, carefully considering even the most minute details\\nin order that nothing should mar that perfect harmony so necessary\\nto insure success nor should the liberality and untiring energy of\\nMr. Jacks be unnoticed, for by the aid of this gentleman s purse\\nand advice many apparently insurmountable difficulties have been\\nsurmounted.\\nThe Encampment commands a splendid view of the Bay of Mon-\\nterey, and the magnificent scenery surrounding it, with pretty bays\\nfor bathing places and beautiful groves for rambles. In close\\nproximity to the Light House within a morning s walk of that\\npearl of beauties. Cypress Point with good sea fishing, sailing, or\\nboating with the opportunities for every kind of outdoor occupa-\\ntion and enjoyment and all within three miles of Monterey, and\\nits railroad and steamboat connections with all parts of the State", "height": "2676", "width": "2137", "jp2-path": "handbooktomonter00mont_0059.jp2"}, "60": {"fulltext": "54 HAND BOOK OF MONTEREY.\\nwith a climate beyond reproach a temperature, with one or two\\nexceptions, the most equable in the known world, and with a loca-\\ntion so healthy that doctors scarcely make a living, it bids fair to\\nbecome an unrivaled summer resort. Bishop Peck, now making\\nan Episcopal visit on this coast, says I have some acquaintance\\nwith our splendid retreats for camp meetings and health in the\\nEast, and I have no hesitation in saying that this is fully equal to\\nthe best I have seen.\\nPoint Pinos Light House\\nIs situated on an eminence and point of land forming the extreme\\nwestern shore of the bay of Monterey, and distant from the town\\nabout three miles. The building is a dark gray stone structure,\\none and a half stories high, built in the strongest and most sub-\\nstantial manner. Kising from the center or ridge of the roof is a\\nbrick tower painted white, on which is firmly placed the iron\\nlantern and illuminating apparatus, the exterior of which is painted\\nred. This light station was erected by order of the Hon. Thomas\\nCorwin, Secretary of the Treasury, in the year 1853. The light\\nwas first exhibited to mariners on January 20th, 1855, and Mr.\\nCharles Layton was the first keeper appointed to take charge of it.\\nThe light is classed as a third order Fresnel, with catadioptric\\nlenses, of immense and powerful magnifying capacity. The light.", "height": "2682", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "handbooktomonter00mont_0060.jp2"}, "61": {"fulltext": "HAND ROOK OF MONTEREY. 55\\nin ordinary fair and clear weather, should be discernable from a\\nvessel s deck sixteen and one-half nautical miles. The height of\\ncenter of focal plane above high water on sea level is 91 feet.\\nThe arc illuminated is four-fifths of the entire horizon, or 288\\ndegrees. The description of the light, as given to mariners in their\\ncharts, is a third order, fixed white, Fresnel fight.\\nThe following persons have been principal keepers of the light\\nChas. Layton, Charlotte Layton, Geo. C. Harris, Frank Porter,\\nAndrew Wasson, and Capt. Allen L. Luce, the present attentive\\nand courteous incumbent, who has held the position from October\\n1st, 1871.\\nThe drive to the Light House is pleasant and pretty, and well\\nshaded. The road passes the grounds of the M. E. Encampment.\\nThe view from the tower well repays the visitor for his pains.\\nCapt. Luce and his family are always pleased to welcome visitors\\nand to show them every attention.\\nMONTEREY.\\nBY MRS. ANNIE B. MERRITT.\\nWhere the blue waves kiss the sand,\\nAs they leap a joyous band\\nWhere the mountains towering high,\\nSeem to touch the azure sky", "height": "2676", "width": "2137", "jp2-path": "handbooktomonter00mont_0061.jp2"}, "62": {"fulltext": "56 HAND BOOK OF MONTEREY.\\nWhere the young vines meekly twine\\nRound the tall, majestic pine\\nHalf enclosed in rocks of gray,\\nGently slumbers Monterey.\\nBeautiful as poet s dream,\\nWhen its hills with verdure teem\\nWhen the balmy air is filled\\nWith incense from heaven distilled,\\nAnd sweet Nature seeks repose\\nWhere the murmuring streamlet flows,\\nLike some gem of brightest ray\\nThere enthroned is Monterey.\\nFlowers of the brightest hue,\\nLaden with the morning dew\\nVelvet grass and clinging vine,\\nGroves of oak, and stately pine,\\nFleecy clouds that lightly rest\\nOn the evening s gentle breast\\nAll these hold their quiet sway\\nOn the shores of Monterey.\\nBut more beautiful at eve n\\nIn the mystic light of heaven.\\nWhen the moon s pale, silvery sheen\\nLends its beauty to the scene,", "height": "2682", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "handbooktomonter00mont_0062.jp2"}, "63": {"fulltext": "HAND BOOK OF MONTEREY. 57\\nAnd a holy calm o er all\\nSettles lightly as a pall,\\nAnd the night seems changed to day\\nNeath the skies of Monterey.\\nTalk not of the storied Rhine,\\nNor Italia s sunny clime,\\nNor the Orient s so fair\\nWith its balmy, perfumed air.\\nCrowned with old historic lore\\nWell I love this rock-bound shore\\nT is to thee I sing my lay\\nQueen of Beauty, Monterey.\\nMonterey as a Port.\\nWe copy the following from the Salinas City Index\\nIt requires no great stretch of the imagination to predict that\\nthe products of a very large area of California, both to the south\\nand east of MoiTterey and Salinas, are ultimately to find their way\\nto tide-water across our Valley. In truth, between San Francisco\\nand San Pedro, a distance of over four hundred miles, we hold the\\nGATEWAY to the Only accessible harbor for general commerce with\\n6", "height": "2676", "width": "2137", "jp2-path": "handbooktomonter00mont_0063.jp2"}, "64": {"fulltext": "58 HAND BOOK OF MONTEREY.\\nthe world. It is only a question of time in regard to the centering\\nof other railroads to this point. To the doubting ones we say, ex-\\namine the profile maps of the country, then scan any map of the\\nAtlantic seaboard, and answer us, whether in the light of what\\nhas come to pass elsewhere, we are extravagant in our predictions\\nfor the future.\\nWe would not give a fig for the judgment of that man who is\\ndespondent over our future prospects. There were just such in\\nSan Francisco twenty years ago, and with about as much reason\\nand judgment as those who are fearful there is no further room for\\nprogress here.\\nThe Monterey Weekly Herald says\\nOnly a few years have elapsed since the first ship loaded grain\\nat San Francisco for Europe and when we compare the great\\nfleet of vessels engaged in transporting our cereals to foreign, ports\\nwith the number that were so engaged a few years ago, is it any\\nwonder that the Californian s heart swells with pride, and that he\\ndreams of how this great fleet shall be multiplied until it shall as-\\ntonish the world\\nIt is well, while the Californian is conjuring up such a brilliant\\nfuture for his State, that he should pause in his reverie and ask\\nhimself what should be done for the proper protection of such ves-\\nsels. It is well known that, during the prevalence of rough wea-\\nt ler outside, a vessel cannot enter the harbor of San Francisco,\\nand any arriving at such a time must of necessity put to sea.", "height": "2682", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "handbooktomonter00mont_0064.jp2"}, "65": {"fulltext": "HAND BOOK OF MONTEREY. 59\\nor come to Monterey, where nature has modeled a Port of Refuge\\nwith no bar to guard its entrance, and free from all dangerous\\nshoals and rocks. The storm of last Fall bears out this assertion,\\nfor the Bay was filled with all vessels within reach seeking refuge\\nthere, entering and leaving just as they pleased.\\nBut nature has not made our harbor so good that the hand of\\nman cannot improve it and we beheve it to be the duty of those\\ninterested in the future welfare of our State, to properly represent\\nto Congress the great good that would result from the expenditure\\nof a small sum of money, compared to the benefits that would ac-\\ncrue to the shipping interests of this coast, in improving the port of\\nMonterey.\\nThe harbor, properly, is in the shape of a horse-shoe, the\\nmouth opening to the north, and it is amply protected from the\\nsouth, east, and west and with a breakwater extending half a mile\\ninto the Bay from the northwestern shore, the harbor would afford\\nPERFECT SAFETY FROM WINDS FROM ANY AND ALL POINTS OF\\nTHE COMPASS. Even now the largest ships in the navies of the\\nworld can ride with safety through any gale that blows in the Bay\\nof Monterey but no doubt improvements can be made.\\nThere is also a large natural laguna, which could be without dif-\\nficulty transformed into a dry or wet dock. In fact, the natural\\nposition of Monterey is such that she is bound to become, next to\\nSan Francisco, the most flourishing port on the coast. Her growth\\nmay be retarded, but it cannot be prevented.\\nf", "height": "2676", "width": "2137", "jp2-path": "handbooktomonter00mont_0065.jp2"}, "66": {"fulltext": "60 HAND BOOK OF MONTEREY.\\nThe Monterey and Salinas Valley Railroad.\\nWhatever may be the fate of this road in the future, it will al-\\nways be memorable in the commercial history of California as the\\nfirst narrow-gauge railroad built in the State and also as a road\\nbuilt by the people for the people, to contend with a great and pow-\\nerful monopoly, and to save the grain-growers of tlie district no\\nless than $200,000 a year.\\nIt was commenced in April, and finished in October, 1874. All\\ninterested in it devoted their time and means without stint, especi-\\nally G. S. Abbott, the President D. Jacks, the Treasurer and\\nJohn Markley, the Secretary. Mr. J. F. Kidder, now engaged\\non the Nevada narrow-gauge, was the Chief Engineer and Super-\\nintendent of Construction. The iron came from the Pacific Roll-\\ning Mills of San Francisco, and Falkner, Bell Co. s, of the\\nsame place. The locom otives, C. S. Abbott, and Monterey,\\nfrom the Baldwin Locomotive Co., in Pennsylvania. The cars,\\nwhich are superior in every respect, were built in Monterey, by\\nThomas Carter.\\nAlthough the road is a narrow-gauge, only three feet between\\nthe rails, the cars are so designed that the passengers hardly real-\\nize any difference from those of the broad-gauge, and have ample\\nroom and accommodation.\\nThe railroad commenced running October 28th, 1874, too late to\\ncarry much of the grain of the Valley but its early completion", "height": "2682", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "handbooktomonter00mont_0066.jp2"}, "67": {"fulltext": "HAND BOOK OF MONTEREY. 61\\nhad been a fixed fact in August, thereby compelHng the S.P.R.R.\\nto make a reduction from $5.50 per ton to $4.25 freight on grain\\nto San Francisco. The M. S.V.R.R. carried about 6000 tons.\\nin 1874 loaded the H. L. Richardson at Monterey (2400 long\\ntons). The freight on merchandise from San Francisco to Sahnas\\nCity was $7.20; the S.P.R.R. reduced to $6.00. Salinas was\\nsupplied with redwood lumber from Watsonville and pine from San\\nFrancisco now there are two markets open, and redwood is\\nbrought from Santa Cruz, and pine from Puget Sound, which\\ncomes to Monterey as cheap as to San Francisco, and only has to\\nb^ freighted 20 instead of 120 miles.\\nThe number of stockholders is 72, principally land owners or\\nfarmers, as may be seen by the following\\nDavid Jacks has in Monterey Co. about. .30,000 acres.\\nC. S. Abbott 10,000\\nA. M. Gonzales 13,000\\nRobert McKee and Monrass Family, about 19,000\\nA. Wason 1,000\\nFrancis Doud 1,000\\nP. Zabala 5,000\\nJesse D. Carr 45,000\\nJames Bardin 5,000\\nJohn Abbott 400\\nJ. B. H. Cooper 5,000\\nC. Laird 2,000\\nChas. McFadden 500\\n6*", "height": "2676", "width": "2137", "jp2-path": "handbooktomonter00mont_0067.jp2"}, "68": {"fulltext": "62 HAND BOOK OF MONTEREY.\\nMalarin 5,000 acres.\\nGeo. Pomeroy 1,000\\nJudson Parson 300\\nWm. Quintal 300\\nWm. Robson 400\\nJ. M. Soto 3,500\\nB. V. Sargent 13,000\\nF. S. Spring. 2,000\\nChas. Underwood 400\\nWilliam Ford 300\\nBesides the land owned and occupied bj quite a number of sclmll\\nfarmers.\\nThe road, warehouses, wharves,cars, engines, etc., everything in-\\ncluded, cost P57,000.\\nAs regards the current year s freight it costs by S. P. R. R.\\nfrom Salinas City to San Francisco, freight $3.50, weighing and\\nloading 25 cents, making f 3.75 from Salinas to S. F. for all grain\\nthat is not stored in a warehouse warehouse charges per season,\\n$1.00 per ton. Weighing, loading, freight, and wharfage from Sa-\\nlinas to San Francisco, by Monterey and S. P. R. R., and G. N. P.\\nSteamers, is $3.75 by M. S. V. R. R. to Monterey is $1.75. In\\nother words, it costs $3.75 to get the grain (when not stored) to\\ndeep water shipping, by S.P. R. R. to San Francisco, and $1.75\\nto deep water shipping at Monterey if the grain is stored for the\\nseason, $1.00 per season.", "height": "2682", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "handbooktomonter00mont_0068.jp2"}, "69": {"fulltext": "HAND BOOK OF MONTEREY.\\n63\\nClimate.\\nMonterey County has one of the most delightful climates in the\\nworld neither too hot nor too cold. People here wear the same\\nclothing winter and summer, there being so little range of tempera-\\nture. THE TOWN OF MONTEREY HAS LESS RANGE OF\\nTEMPERATURE THAN ANY PLACE ON THE COAST.\\nThe tables given below are prepared from the records kept at\\nSalinas City, and are perfectly reliable in every particular. The\\nfollowing table speaks for itself on the subject of temperature, and\\nis taken from the daily record kept by Dr. E. K. Abbott, who is a\\nregular correspondent of the United States Signal Service\\nMONTH,\\n1874.\\nJanuary.\\nFebruary.\\nMarch\\nApril\\nMay\\nJune\\nJuly\\nAugust\\nSeptember\\nOctober\\nNovember\\nDecember\\nLowest .temperature\\nfor month.\\n30 degrees.\\n32\\n31\\n43\\n45\\n53\\n52\\n52\\n47\\n46\\n33\\n24\\nHighest temperature\\nfor month.\\n66 deg:\\n66\\n70\\n70\\n82\\n79\\n75\\n76\\n76\\n79\\n75\\n73\\nrees.\\nMean temperature\\nfor month.\\n49 degrees.\\n49\\n49\\n55\\n57\\n59\\n62\\n61\\n59\\n58\\n53\\n46\\nObservations of the thermometer were taken three times daily in", "height": "2676", "width": "2137", "jp2-path": "handbooktomonter00mont_0069.jp2"}, "70": {"fulltext": "64 HAND BOOK OF MONTEREY.\\nthe shade and open air. The lowest temperatures all occurred in\\nthe morning and were noted at 7 o clock a. m., while the highest\\nwere noted at 2 p. m.. Our lowest temperatures are simply frosty\\nnights, and are never continued during the day for instance, our\\ncoldest night for 1874 is registered at 24 degrees at 9 o clock p. m.\\nof the previous day the temperature was 34 degrees while at 2\\no clock p. M. the same day the thermometer registered 62 degrees.\\nThere was not a day during the entire winter of 1874-75 that a\\nperson could not gather a nice bouquet, grown in open air, from any\\nof the flower yards in Salinas or Monterey. Fuchsias and geraniums\\ngrow all winter in the open gardens.", "height": "2682", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "handbooktomonter00mont_0070.jp2"}, "71": {"fulltext": "HAND BOOK OP MONTEREY.\\n65\\nThe following table shows the mean temperature of January and\\nJuly in various portions of California and other States and countries,\\ntaken from reliable sources. Observe how little difference there is\\nbetween January and July at Salinas City and Monterey\\nPLACE.\\nMONTEREY\\nSalinas City\u00e2\u0080\u0094 1873\\nSalinas City\u00e2\u0080\u0094 1874\\nSan Francisco\\nLos Angeles\\nSanta Barbara\\nSan Diego\\nSacramento\\nStockton\\nSonoma\\nSt. Helena y\\nVallejo\\nEort Yuma\\nCincinnati\\nNew York\\nNew Orleans\\nI Naples\\n1 Jerusalem\\nHonolulu\\nMexico\\nEunclial\\nLondon\\nDijon\\nBordeaux\\nMentone\\nMarseilles\\nGenoa\\nAlgiers\\nJanuary.\\nJuly.\\nDifference\\nDeg.\\nDeg.\\nDeg.\\n52\\n58\\n6\\n51\\n60\\n9\\n49\\n62\\n13\\n49\\n57\\n8\\n52\\n75\\n23\\n54\\n71\\n17\\n51\\n72\\n21\\n45\\n73\\n28\\n49\\n72\\n23\\n45\\n66\\n21\\n42\\n77\\n35\\n48\\n67\\n19\\n56\\n92\\n36\\n30\\n74\\n44\\n31\\n77\\n46\\n55\\n82\\n27\\n46\\n76\\n30\\n47\\n77\\n30\\n71\\n78\\n7\\n52\\n65\\n13\\n60\\n70\\n10\\n37\\n62\\n25\\n33\\n70\\n37\\n41\\n73\\n32\\n40\\n73\\n33\\n43\\n75\\n32\\n46\\n77\\n31\\n52\\n75\\n23\\nLatitude.\\nDeg.Min.\\n36.36\\n36.36\\n36.36\\n37.48\\n34.04\\n34.24\\n32.41\\n38.34\\n37.56\\n38.18\\n38.30\\n38.05\\n32.43\\n39.06\\n40.37\\n29.57\\n40.52\\n31.47\\n21.16\\n19.26\\n32.38\\n51.29\\n47.25\\n44.50\\n43.71\\n43.17\\n44.24\\n36.47\\nResources of Monterey County.", "height": "2676", "width": "2137", "jp2-path": "handbooktomonter00mont_0071.jp2"}, "72": {"fulltext": "66\\nHAND BOOK OF MONTEREY.\\nThe following table of comparisons we extract from The Nat-\\nural Wealth of California^ by Titus Fey Cronise, a work which\\nthough very valuable in its general information and research, is\\nextremely inaccurate in many points relating to Monterey.\\nLocalities.\\nSan Francisco\\nSacramento\\nBenicia\\nMonterey*\\nSan Diego\\nFort Yuma\\nHumboldt Bay*\\nPortOrford\\nDalles, Oregon\\nAstoria, Oregon\\nFort Steilacoom, W. T.\\nMean\\nSpring\\nSummer\\nAutumn\\nWinter\\nTern, of\\nthe year\\ndeg.\\ndeg.\\ndeg.\\ndeg.\\ndeg.\\n56 5\\n60\\n59\\n51\\n56 6\\n56\\n69 5\\n61\\n46 5\\n58\\n^6 5\\n67\\n60 5\\n49\\n58\\n54\\n59\\n57\\n61\\n55 5\\n60\\n71\\n64 5\\n52 5\\n62\\n72\\n90\\n75 5\\n57\\n73 5\\n52\\n57 5\\n53\\n43 5\\n51 5\\n52\\n60\\n55\\n47 5\\n53 5\\n53\\n70 5\\n52\\n35 5\\n53\\n51\\n61 5\\n54\\n42 5\\n52\\n49\\n63\\n51 5\\n39 5\\n51\\n*The figures for these localities are probably too low.", "height": "2682", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "handbooktomonter00mont_0072.jp2"}, "73": {"fulltext": "1\\n1 CO\\nCD QO\\ntH\\nce\\n1\u00e2\u0080\u00941\\nO t^\\nrH\\n-^3\\n5-(\\nD\\nr^\\nm O\\nr^\\no o\\n-4^\\n03\\nC CO\\nSj\\n2\\nK^\\nS CO\\no\\nO T-l\\nhA\\nPh -I\\no\\nc3 -Q\\n1^\\no o\\no\\norolog\\n3m Oc\\nEH\\nm\\ng\\nt(-i v\\nO 5h\\nstract\\nMonte\\nr^\\n03\\n_; o\\n-+J\\n\u00c2\u00ab2 Zt\\nO\\nfeJO o\\n-g\\n.o\\nTi\\n1) o\\n^q ta\\nH q\\nC-1\\nlO\\nID\\no\\nCD\\n!-i\\ntX)\\nCD\\nft\\n6JD\\nO\\n1-1\\nCO\\nCD\\nCO\\nCD\\nOJ\\nCb\\nft\\nCO\\nfO\\n01\\n1-1\\nc3\\na\\nlO\\n1-1\\n03\\nt-\\nCO\\nta\\n1-1\\no\\ny-i\\nCO\\n-W CO\\nO\\nO 50\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0n\\no\\nCl\\no\\n\u00c2\u00bba\\no\\nt-\\nlO\\nCO\\nCO\\n0=0\\n00\\no\\nCI\\nrH\\no\\n^2;\\nt-\\nCO\\nrH\\ntr-\\nt-\\ntH\\nCO\\n00\\nCO\\nl-(\\nt-\\nCO\\nO\\nCO\\nrH\\nc5\\n;k\\nt\\njO\\n(D\\no\\n00\\ntr-\\nCO\\nCM\\nCO\\nlO\\nr-i\\nIN\\nfl\\no\\ntH\\nta\\nCO\\nd\\nfl^\\nCO\\nc^\\no\\nio\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2rH\\nO\\no\\n\u00c2\u00bbo\\nCO\\n\u00c2\u00bbo\\n=0 00\\nt-\\nCO\\nCO\\nrH\\n\u00c2\u00bb-Sr-(\\nCO\\nCO\\nlO\\nCO\\nCO\\n\u00c2\u00bbo\\nCI\\n(M\\nCO\\nD\\nt~\\no\\nrH\\nI\u00e2\u0080\u0094 1\\nfe\\nT-l\\nfij\\n;rj\\nCO\\nS\\n1-1\\no\\ntH\\nM\\nCO\\no\\nCO\\nt-\\n1-H\\nIH\\nt-\\nTj\\nCO\\n1-1\\nJ~\\nS\\n7-1\\nr-H\\niH\\no\\nF-l\\no\\niC\\nCO\\nt-\\nCI\\nt-\\nto\\nCO\\nP\\n00\\n\u00c2\u00bbo\\nCO\\nCl\\n1\\n1-1\\n:3\\nv\\nCM\\nlO\\nCO\\nrH\\noc\\nCO\\n00\\nt-\\nr-\\ng\\nt-\\n\u00c2\u00bba\\nCO\\nrH\\n6\\n;sj\\na\\n\u00c2\u00abc\\nCO\\nIS\\nCO\\n\u00c2\u00bbrt\\nCO\\nt-\\nCO\\ns\\nt- o\\nCO\\n1-1\\nrH\\nrH\\nIts\\nOC\\n00\\nCO\\no\\nCO\\nCJ\\ntH\\nCO\\npi\\nt-\\n\u00c2\u00bb-o\\nCO\\nrH\\nrH\\nt-s\\nbo\\nt- rH\\nCO\\nr-i\\n1-i\\nO\\n(M\\n(M\\n00\\nd\\nt- O\\nCO\\niH\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0+J\\na\\n(M\\nQ)\\nt-\\n02\\n^H\\ne^\\nr\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\n;S\\np.\\nt;\\ng\\nt:\\na\\nOC\\n3-\\np\\nc\\np\\n1/\\nc\\n1 -4-:\\n-4-=\\nC\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a24-\\nC\\n1\\n1;\\nPI\\n2 CJD\\nc\\nZ\\na\\na\\n1 S\\nP\\ni 1\\nP\\n1\\nc\\nJ o\\n5 o\\nc\\nc\\nr-\\n3 C\\n3 v\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a04-\\nc\\n1\\nt -4-\\nf-\\nc\\nJ p\\ni\\nX) a\\n5 --H\\n9\\n-4-\\n1\\n1\\n4 f-\\ni-H\\n-4^\\nc\\ni\\ni tH\\n1\\n1\\n3 3\\nQ\\n5 oj\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a04 ,C\\na\\n2 U\\n1 -4-\\na\\nD b\\na\\noj\\nt\\nr-\\n4 b\\nD b\\nD bC\\n?2\\nJ 5\\n5\\n1 IS\\n5\\n1 1\\nc\\n2\\nC\\nc\\no\\n\u00c2\u00a367]\\nJ*", "height": "2676", "width": "2137", "jp2-path": "handbooktomonter00mont_0073.jp2"}, "74": {"fulltext": "68\\nHAND BOOK OF MONTEREY.\\nExtract from Agricultural Report of 1869, by the late Dr. Can-\\nfield.\\nP\\np\\n63\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2-i\\nP\\n71\\np\\no\\n71\\n1\u00e2\u0080\u0094 1\\n68\\n1\\n80\\n83\\n1\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\n80\\n80\\n94\\nO\\no\\n90\\no\\n11\\no\\no\\nMaximum Tern.\\n65\\nMinimum Tem.\\n32\\n32\\n40\\n23\\n44\\n46\\n50\\n45\\n44\\n42\\n35\\n27\\nMean Tem\\n50 3\\n49 4\\n56 1\\n43 1\\n58 9\\n62 8\\n65 7\\n61 8\\n62 9\\n59 5\\n55 1\\n48 9\\nRain\\n3 83\\n4 13\\n2 69\\n1 09\\n03\\n01\\n02\\n1 36\\n72\\n2 42\\nThe following remarks, among a multitude of others, we extract\\nfrom the different well known jouri^als to which they are credited\\nbeing the unsolicited opinions of strangers who have visited Mon-\\nterey at all seasons of the year, they are entitled to consideration\\nTHE CLIMATE IS REMARKABLY EVEN\\nAnd much milder than any place north of here oppressively warm\\ndays are unknown, and it is hardly ever unpleasantly cold.\\nFor bathing purposes the beach is unequalled the slant is so\\ngradual, and the tide ebbs and flows so lazily, the water is so\\ndelightfully warm and beautifully transparent, that a good bath ac-\\ncommodation would attract thousands every summer. Such an\\nestablishment would pay handsomely here.", "height": "2682", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "handbooktomonter00mont_0074.jp2"}, "75": {"fulltext": "HAND BOOK OF MONTEREY. 69\\nThe strong south and southwest winds which detract so much\\nfrom Santa Cruz on account of the unpleasantly cold weather they\\nofttimes produce, and so frequently cause the surf to become even\\ndangerous for purposes of bathing, amount to but gentle zephyrs\\nhere.\\nI can assert from experience as well as from the testimony of\\nmany others, that it is the sleepiest spot in the State and the best\\nplace in California for the tired brain to rest.\\nMen and women can sleep all night and all day, and grow fat and\\nrugged and strong. It is a real sleepy hollow, the only one in\\nCalifornia, so far as known and this eminent quahty, whether it be\\nin the air or earth or sea or surroundings, it matters not, will be a\\nfortune to Monterey if properly managed.\\nAll who labor lono; and heavilv with the brain must in their vo-\\ncations have sleep, and they will frequent that place most where\\nthey can sleep best.\\nTHE CLIMATE IS ALL THAT MAN CAN DESIRE.\\nSheltered by the high pine-covered mountains on the west from\\nthe breezes of the ocean, the finely tempered wind odorous with the\\nresinous pines and sweet scented shrubs comes gentlj stealing over\\nthe placid waters of the bay. while the sea fog\\nlifted high above by the hills scuds towards the great Salinas\\nplain, fructifying the land and casting a thin coohng veil across\\nthe face of the sun. Sacramento Bee.\\n1", "height": "2676", "width": "2137", "jp2-path": "handbooktomonter00mont_0075.jp2"}, "76": {"fulltext": "70 HAND BOOK OF MONTEREY.\\nTHERE IS NO SPOT ON THE COAST\\nWhose natural advantages are at all equal to Monterey. Santa\\nCruz is no comparison nor Santa Barbara either but these pLices\\nhave the start, and only Yankee energy can bring Monterey up\\nwith them. The first thing needed is a good hotel,\\nnot in the town, but near to the woods and sea bathing.\\nThere are many great and wealthy men in Monterey who could, if\\nthey would, build such a one as is required but they are natives,\\nand do not care for active life or investments of such a character\\nthey are easy, slow-going people, content to let what they deem\\nwell enough alone, and take no ventures of that character. Sac-\\nramento Bee.\\nFor many years no town in the State has been less known than\\nMonterey. A quaint old Spanish town, without\\nlife or movement, and apparently belonging to some forgotten arcadi-\\nan age. Yet for eighty years it was the, most important town\\nin California, the seat of government and the commercial center.\\nThe location of the old town is delightful a gentle\\ngrassy slope at the foot of the hills, of a moderate elevation, cov-\\nered with evergreen trees and facing one of the finest harbors in\\nthe world.\\nTHE CLIMATE IS THE MOST DELIGHTFUL\\nThat can be imagined. The only natural cause that brings life to\\na close there is old age. Kern County Courier.", "height": "2682", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "handbooktomonter00mont_0076.jp2"}, "77": {"fulltext": "HAND BOOK OF MONTEREY. 71\\nMONTEREY IN A SANITARY POINT\\nOf view has been long known to stand second to no place in the\\nworld no town of its size can show so many aged people who have\\nspent all or the greater part of their lives at any one point, and no\\nplace where people hold age better. Salinas City Index.\\nThere is not one of the natural resources so much needed to\\nmake a successful and enjoyable watering place but can be found\\nhere.\\nA HEALTHY AND DELICIOUS CLIMATE,\\nBeautiful scenery, admirable facilities for bathing, sailing, riding,\\ndriving or hunting, with points of interest and beauty in the im-\\nmediate neighborhood. San Francisco Daily Alta California.\\nThe Increase.\\nWithin the past year twenty-five new residences and stores have\\nbeen built in Monterey, and others are going up. Sixty new\\nbusiness enterprises have been started, twelve of them have\\ncollapsed, and several have removed to other portions of the town\\nfrom which they settled in. These may be regarded as very sub-\\nstantial improvements, considering the unfavorable circumstances\\nof the winter and the hard dry season. More than one hundred", "height": "2676", "width": "2137", "jp2-path": "handbooktomonter00mont_0077.jp2"}, "78": {"fulltext": "72 HAND BOOK OF MONTEREY.\\nfamilies have located at this place and in this vicinity during the\\nsame period.\\nThat the trade of Monterey is steadily increasing in spite of the\\n.unfavorable season, is shown by the fact that the express business\\nhas increased nearly six fold since the opening of the railroad that\\nfifty new business enterprises can make at least a living for their\\nproprietors, while the business of their older rivals has not\\ndeteriorated that buildings of a substantial character are slowly\\nbut steadily increasing in number. Even the item of fresh fish and\\ngame shipments to the San Francisco markets through the express\\nis of importance, since it embraces 90,000 pounds of fish, 8500\\npounds of quail, 3500 pounds of deer and 3000 pounds of rabbits\\nsince the opening of the road.\\nMonterey Township Officers.\\nTown Trustees, S. B. Gordon, President, H. EscoUe, Treasurer,\\nW. H. Bryan, Clerk S. Pardee, W. H. Bryan, Justices of the\\nPeace A. W. Kapelye, Matias Vargus, Constables W. D.\\nBobinson, Road Master School Trustees S. B. Gordon, B. V.\\nSargent, W. H. Bryan.\\nMonterey Post Office, Alvarado Street-\\nPost Office Hours. Mail closes at 8 a. m.; arrives at 5 p. m.", "height": "2682", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "handbooktomonter00mont_0078.jp2"}, "79": {"fulltext": "HAND BOOK OF MONTEREY. 73\\nOffice hours 7 a. m. to 7 :30 p. m. on week days, and 8 to 10 :30\\nA. M. and from 4 to 7 p. m. on Sundays.\\nExpress Office, corner Pearl and Alvarado streets. Mail closes\\nat 8 A. M.; arrives at 5 p. m. Office hours 6 a. m. to 8 30 p. m.\\non week days, and 7 A. m. to 12 and 6 p. m. to 8 p. m. on Sundays.\\nChurch Services.\\nCatholic Church. Eev. A. Casanova; morning, 10 a. m..\\nEvening 3 p. M..\\nMethodist Episcopal. Rev T. B. Hopkins, in Central Build-\\ning. Morning, 10 :30 evening 6.\\nEpiscopal Church. Rev. J. S. Mc Go wan, Washington Hall.\\n7 :30 p. M.\\nPacific Grove Retreat. 10 a. m., 3 p. m., and 7 p. m.\\nNewspaper, TFeeA;^?/ -Sera?(i. Every Saturday. S. Clevenger,\\nAlvarado street.\\nTravel.\\nMONTEREY AND SALINAS VALLEY RAIL ROAD.\\nWeek Days. Leave Monterey 8 :30 arrive at Salinas 9 :45.\\nLeave Salinas 3 :15 arrive at Monterey 4:30.", "height": "2676", "width": "2137", "jp2-path": "handbooktomonter00mont_0079.jp2"}, "80": {"fulltext": "74 HAND BOOK OF MONTEREY.\\nSundays Leave Monterey 8 a. m. and 4 p. m.; leave Salinas\\n9 :45 A. M. and 5 :45 P. M.\\nSTEAMERS.\\nG. ]Sr. P. s steamers and opposition steamer, San Vicente,\\nleave as advertised at the Railroad depot, Express and Postoffice.\\nObjects of Historical Interest in the Town.\\nThe Cuartel on California street is a two-story, ruinous looking\\nadobe building, with a balcony running around it. It was built in\\n1840 by J. Abrego, acting under orders from Alvarado, and cost\\n$11,000, redwood then selling at |50 per 1000 feet, and nails at\\n$36 a keg. The books of the Library Society are there, but for\\nthe present the Library is closed to the public. The Methodist\\nEpiscopal Church and Sunday School hold their meetings in the\\nbuilding. Col. B. C. Whiting is the agent for the government\\nproperty in Monterey. The Cuartel was also used as the school\\nhouse until the school was transferred to the\\nCOLTON HALL.\\nThis building stands back off Main street. Since the removal\\nof the county seat to Salinas it has bap occupied by the school.\\nPrior to that time it was used as the courfjkiouse, and for the county", "height": "2682", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "handbooktomonter00mont_0080.jp2"}, "81": {"fulltext": "HAND BOOK OF MONTEREY. 75\\noffices. We extract the following in regard to it from the Rev.\\nWalter Colton s very interesting work, Three Years in California\\n184 March 8th.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 The Town Hall, on which I have been\\nat work for more than a year, is at last finished. It is built of a\\nwhite stone, quarried from a neighboring hill, and which easily\\ntakes the shape you desire. The lower apartments are for schools\\nthe hall over them seventy feet by thirty is for public assembhes.\\nThe front is ornamented with a portico, which you enter from the\\nhall. It is not an edifice that would attract any attention among\\npubhc buildings in the United States but in Cahfornia it is without\\na rival. It has been erected out of the slender proceeds of town\\nlots, the labor of the convicts, taxes on liquor shops, and fines on\\ngamblers. The scheme was regarded with incredulity by many\\nbut the building is finished, and the citizens have assembled in it,\\nand christened it after my name, which will go down to posterity\\nwith the odor of gamblers, convicts, and tipplers.\\nTHE PRISON\\nwas first built by Walter Colton adjoining the old calaboose, but in\\n1855 a new and more substantial one was erected as the county\\njail, in the school house building.\\nShould Monterey ever recover her position as the county seat,\\nit would be a great saving to the county, as there need be but little\\nextra cost incurred for buildings.\\nTHE OLD BLOCK HOUSE AND FORT\\nstand on the hillside overlooking the bay. A weird adobe naturally", "height": "2676", "width": "2137", "jp2-path": "handbooktomonter00mont_0081.jp2"}, "82": {"fulltext": "76 HAND BOOK OF MONTEREY.\\nattracts the attention to the spot. The view from the fort well,\\nrepays the exertion of the walk. About the year 1843 Gen.\\nMicheltorena dug a deep ditch on the site of the present fort,\\nwith two or three embrasures for guns which were never mounted.\\nWhen the United States squadron under Commodore Sloat took\\npossession of Monterey in July, 1846, the block house was built and\\nship guns mounted. It was first called Fort Stockton, but afterwards\\nFort Mervine. On the arrival of Co. F, U. S. 3rd Art., in January,\\n1847, earthworks were thrown up, and it was picketed and guns\\nwere mounted. It was dismantled in 1852, most of the guns being\\ncarried to Benicia. A few may still be seen at the corners of some\\nof the streets.\\nTHE OLD CUSTOM HOUSE.\\nPioneer, writing to the Monterey Republican^ says The\\nfoundation, or rather the central portion of it, was laid when\\nthe flag of Old Spain waved over California, and after lay-\\ning for years in that state, the walls were raised under Mex-\\nican rule, and a tiled roof put upon the central part. At the\\nend were built two small towers, shingled over but the second tow-\\ner was not built until 1844 or 1845. In the Mexican time the\\nCustom House could boast of a boat and boat s crew, but now Uncle\\nSam is too poor to support one in the third harbor of California,\\nthough it is the only port where a vessel can lay in safety during\\nsoutheasters, from San Francisco to San Diego. In early days it\\nused to support two or three Custom House officers, for Monterey\\nwas the port where the duties were paid by the vessels trading to", "height": "2682", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "handbooktomonter00mont_0082.jp2"}, "83": {"fulltext": "HAND BOOK OF MONTEREY. 77\\nthe Mexican Department or Territory of California. In the latter\\npart of 1844 the Custom House, or central part of it, was turned\\ninto a ball-room by the officers of the U. S. Frigate Savannah,\\nthen laying at anchor in the bay of Monterey. On the tak-\\ning of Monterey by the U. S. Naval forces July 6th, 1846, the old\\nCustom House was occupied by a party of marines, and the head-\\nquarters of Capt. W. Mervine of the U. S. Navy, who had com-\\nmand of the forces, was in the north end of the building.\\nThe learned Dr. Canfield was for some time Collector of Custom\\nat this port. He was succeeded by Mr. Ireland. Now, the port is,\\nso far as the Customs are concerned, amalagmated with Santa\\nCruz and Moss Landing.\\nThe building is occupied as a private residence by Capt. T. G.\\nLambert. It is charmingly situated at the end of Alvarado street,\\nand seawards almost hangs over the bay. In the summer even-\\nings the seats under the portico are occupied by young men and\\nmaidens, enjoying the balmy breezes, and sentimentalizing upon the\\nmoonlit wavelets as they break in ripples on the beach. It would be\\nan admirable site for a small hotel.\\nTHE CATHOLIC CHURCH.\\nWas built in 1794. It was within the Presidio enclosure, and was\\nintended merely as a chapel for the accommodation of those who\\nwere unable to attend the parish church at Carmel. When the\\nmissions were sedularized, the Carmel mission was abandoned and\\nthe Monterey chapel dedicated as the parish church. The mate-", "height": "2676", "width": "2137", "jp2-path": "handbooktomonter00mont_0083.jp2"}, "84": {"fulltext": "78 HAND BOOK OF MONTEREY.\\nrial used in its construction was a kind of white stone, abundant in\\nthe neighborhood. Although this stone is quite soft, being easily\\ncut with a knife, it has withstood the ravages of time remarkably\\nwell, and the building may stand for another hundred years. In\\nshape, it was originally a parallelogram, 120 feet long by 30 feet\\nwide, inside dimensions. In 1858, under the direction of Padre\\nJuan Bautista Cormillas, two wings were added, furnishing in-\\ncreased capacity, and transforming the church into the shape of a\\ncross. The altar was built at the same time. It is the work of an\\nItalian, and is justly regarded as a fine piece of art. The large\\ngothic windows are adorned with life-size paintings of various saints.\\nThe walls are also hung with paintings, many of them being of\\ngreat age and exquisite beauty. They were principally brought\\nfrom the mission of Carmel, and are by unknown artists. The\\nchurch will accommodate five hundred people. It is by far the\\nmost interesting building in the town, and is an honor to the church\\nit represents. The visitor who devotes an hour to examining this\\nsacred edifice will be well repaid for his time. The present pastor\\nis Rev. A. Cassanova, to whom we are indebted for much valuable\\ninformation.\\nTHE CEMETERY.\\nThe Cemetery is situated across the slough or estero, near the\\nCatholic church, and is connected with the town by a causeway of\\nwhite stone. In shape it is an irregular triangle, ijjirrounded on two\\nsides by water, and on the third by a fence which is sadly in need\\nof repairs.", "height": "2682", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "handbooktomonter00mont_0084.jp2"}, "85": {"fulltext": "HAND BOOK OF MONTEREY. 79\\nPassing through the dilapidated portal, we find ourselves in the\\nmidst of a lovely growth of live oaks. Old and moss-covered pa-\\ntriarchs of the forest, which doubtless were standing long ere the\\nGenoese stepped upon the eastern verge of the Continent, are\\ngrouped around in picturesque confusion. Trees of a younger\\ngrowth, perchance acorns when beheld by Serra, are intermingled\\nwith these while the northern half of the Cemetery is overrun by\\na dense growth of lupins, covered with flowers of a most brilliant\\nyellow. As these flowers, typical of jealousy, bloom for a short\\nseason above the ground, then fade away and merge into unremem-\\nbered dust, so it is with the petty jealousies of this Hfe about which\\nwe fret so much.\\nNear the center of the present inclosure are the remains of a\\nstone wall that formerly marked the boundaries of the Cemetery as\\nlaid out by the old Franciscan Fathers. They inclose a space\\nabout one hundred yards square, and show that the Fathers must\\nhave believed in cremation, or else overrated the healthfulness of\\nMonterey.\\nUpon the side nearest the bay are the trenches which surround-,\\ned a primitive fort erected by Governor Micheltorena, previous to\\nthe American occupation.\\nThe graves are scattered here and there, with no regard to order\\nsome beneath the shade of the giant oaks, others on the open\\ngrassy plats bathed in perpetual sunshine in fact, wherever the\\nfriends of the departed deemed most appropriate. This very lack of\\norder forms one of the characteristic beauties of the place. Were", "height": "2676", "width": "2137", "jp2-path": "handbooktomonter00mont_0085.jp2"}, "86": {"fulltext": "80 HAND BOOK OF MONTEREY.\\neverything arranged with mathematical precision, the picturesque\\ncharm of the place would be lost.\\nAfter reclining for a while upon the fragrant grass, listening to\\nthe mournful dirge wailed by the wind through the trees, and the\\nanswering moan of the ocean that grand symbol of eternity we\\nreverently retrace our steps and are soon once more in the land of\\nthe living, where too often the Grim Messenger is unthought of un-\\ntil his terrible knocking is heard at the gate.\\nCalifornia s first theateIr\\nStands on Pacific Avenue, and is an adobe building, the property\\nof Mr. John A. Swan, one of our earliest pioneers, and a gentleman\\npossessed of a great fund of information about the earlier days of\\nthe State, From the Monterey Weekly Herald and the Santa\\nCruz Sentinel^ we extract the following information in reference to\\nthe first Thespian performances in the Golden State. It was in\\nthe fall of 1847, that four volunteers, (Matt Gormley, Bill Tindal,\\nJack Moran, and Long Lee) came up from Santa Barbara on mili-\\ntary duty, consigned to Co. F, 3d Regt. \u00e2\u0096\u00a0U, S, Artillery. They\\nwere in the minstrel line, and had given two burnt cork entertain-\\nments to the Santa Barbarians, before leaving. In Monterey they\\nwere joined by Aleck Patterson, Pete Earl, and three local char-\\nacters designated as Tips, Taps, and Tops. With this\\ncompany, the management gave two performances in the old\\nCuartel Building, south end, up stairs. This was undoubtedly the\\nfirst effort at minstrelsy on this Coast.\\nThe first theatrical performance ever given in California took", "height": "2682", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "handbooktomonter00mont_0086.jp2"}, "87": {"fulltext": "HAND BOOK OF MONTEREY. 81\\nplace in the old adobe store-house adjacent to Jack Swan s saloon,\\nand it came to pass in this way. About the time that Stevenson s\\nregiment, New York Volunteers were disbanded, three companies in-\\ncluding the Colonel came up to Monterey. Soon after, the soldiers\\nattempted a theatrical exhibition, which was a success. Encoura ed\\nby their liberal patronage, the managers induced Jack to fix seats,\\nstage and scenery in the old adobe. The bills were got out in due\\nform, posters printed with a blacking-pot and brush, and pro-\\ngrammes written announcing Putnam, or The Lion Son of ^16,^\\nas the first piece to be played. C. E. Bingham personated the 76\\nSon, and Mrs. Bingham Mrs. Martha Washington, Charley Clu-\\nchester George Washington. Frank Wensell and his wife took part.\\nJohn O Neal, Mr. Fury and Pete Earl belonged to the company\\nalso. Damon and Pythias^ Box and Cox, The Golden Par-\\nmer^ Grayid Father White Head, and Nan the Groodfor Nothing^\\nwere pieces in the repertory of the company. John Harris, Tom\\nBeech, Capt. Wingfield, Mrs. ^ettlebottom, and Lieut. Derby,\\nwere also among the leading spirits of the troup. 1849 and 1850\\nwere memorable eras in the Thespian records of Monterey.\\nTHE CONVENT.\\nAnother ruined, broken-windowed building on Main Street. It\\nwas built in 1852, for the Sisters of Charity, and used by them\\ntill 1858. The Monks resided in two small houses on the hillside.\\n8", "height": "2676", "width": "2137", "jp2-path": "handbooktomonter00mont_0087.jp2"}, "88": {"fulltext": "82 HAND BOOK OF MONTEREY.\\nTHE OLD CALABOOSE\\nWas built in 1832, by Figueroa, and stood where Watson s\\nbutcher shop, and Sunoneau s saloon are now, at the junction of\\nPearl and Cahfornia Streets.\\nTHE OLD COMMISSARIAT\\nWas the building now occupied by E. H. Schmidt s store, on Cali-\\nfornia Street.\\nOur Pioneer Residents.\\nThough death, and the other changes that time brings with his\\nwings have sadly thinned the ranks of our pioneers, we still have\\na few left who have remained loyal to their first love, Monterey.\\nD. Jose Abrego, James Meadows, Thomas Bralee, Geo. C. Har-\\nris, George Oliver, John A. Swan Pioneer, Wm. D. Robin-\\nson, George Austin, Teodoro Gonzalez, Manrico Gonzalez, B. V.\\nSargent, J. Flynn, then the youngest white boy in San Francisco,\\nand D. Jacks, all of whom arrived in the State before, or in 1849.", "height": "2682", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "handbooktomonter00mont_0088.jp2"}, "89": {"fulltext": "HAND BOOK OF MONTEREY. 83\\nOpinions of Disinterested Parties.\\nWe extract the following from the speech of the Hon. P. A.\\nRoach, last alcalde and first mayor of Monterey, and first senator\\nfrom the County, at the centennial commemoration, on the 3d of\\nJune, 1870\\nLook at this magnificent bay. It stretches from point to point\\ntwenty-eight miles. It can shelter the navies of the world. Its\\nanchorage is secure. No pilot has ever been needed to bring ves-\\nsels even to its wharf. The largest ships ever constructed can ride\\nat anchor within a few hundred yards of the beach. The great\\nseaports of the world are obliged to lay heavy charges on shipping\\nfor inward and outward pilotage. The cost of this service in San\\nFrancisco for one year, or at the most, two years, would build in\\nMonterey Bay a breakwater that would give perfect security in aU\\nweather but the United States Government ought to perform this\\nduty. Of late it has been seeking to obtain harbors in various\\nsections of the world, which will require immense sums to place\\nthem in security.\\nWhy not devote some of the treasure to improve this harbor\\nThe ports of Monterey and Santa Cruz can soon be made great\\ncenters of shipment of merchandise. A railroad could be construct-\\ned to bring, for shipment hence, immense quantities of grain from\\nthe San Joaquin region. A railroad even within the county would\\nbring produce to fill your grain elevators, and as in the past, Mon", "height": "2676", "width": "2137", "jp2-path": "handbooktomonter00mont_0089.jp2"}, "90": {"fulltext": "84 HAND BOOK OF MONTEREY.\\nterey would become again In the markets of the world a place of\\ncommercial importance. Look at yonder Ustero, bridged to lead\\nfrom the Church to the Cemetery. There is a natural dock-yard\\nby removing the sand bar that obstructs its mouth. It is deep\\nenough to take in the largest ship, and was favorably reported on\\nby many of the Naval Commanders. Why not adopted Because\\nthere was a combination on foot in 1849, of high speculators. Our\\npeople who owned land were made to believe that the convention,\\nif called, would continue the Capital at Monterey; that the Bar-\\nracks would be used, and that a naval depot would be established\\nhere. Then your people swapped lots in San Francisco for those\\nin Monterey. You remember many of these bargains to your sor-\\nrow.\\nI\\nSoon came the change the Capital was removed to San Jose\\nthen we saw the naval depot taken from us next we heard that\\nwooden shanties were to be erected in the healtJder climate of Be-\\nnicia, for the army. These tinder boxes, and theexpense entailed\\nby the change, cost over a million dollars. I asked Governor Bi\\nley, the last military Governor of the Territory, why this change\\nwhy abandon fire-proof quarters for the others The gallant sol-\\ndier, and the honest, scar-marked veteran answered in his stammer-\\ning manner, spec-spec-spec-speculation. That is what caused the\\nquick blow against your city.\\nWe extract the following from Three Years in California, pub-\\nlished in 1852.\\nThe scenery around Monterey, and the locale of the town, ar-\\nrest the first glance of the stranger. The wild waving; background", "height": "2682", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "handbooktomonter00mont_0090.jp2"}, "91": {"fulltext": "HAND BOOK OF MONTEREY. 85\\nof forest-feathered cliffs, the green slopes, and the glimmering walls\\nof the white dwellings and the dash of the billows on the spark-\\nling sands of the bay, fix and charm the eye. Nor does the en-\\nchantment fade by being famiharly approached avenues of almost\\nendless variety lead off through circling steeps, and winding through\\nlong shadowy ravines, loose themselves in the vine-clad recesses\\nof the distant hills. It is no wonder that\\nCALIFORNIA CENTERED HER TASTE, PRIDE AND WEALTH HERE,\\nTill the vandal irruption of gold hunters broke into her peaceful do-\\nmain. Now all eyes are turned to San Francisco, with her mud\\nbottoms, her sand hills, and her chill winds, wnich cut the stranger\\nlike hail driven through the summer solstice. Avarice may erect\\nits shanty there, but contentment and a love of the wild and beauti-\\nful will construct its tabernacle among the flowers, the waving shades\\nand the fragrant airs of Monterey.\\nThe climate on the seaboard is remarkably equable it varies\\nat Monterey, the year round, but little from sixty.\\nSea Bathing at Monterey.\\nThe late Colbert A. Canfield, M. D., whose scientific researches\\nhave been of immense service to the country, writes as follows\\n8*", "height": "2676", "width": "2137", "jp2-path": "handbooktomonter00mont_0091.jp2"}, "92": {"fulltext": "86 HAND BOOK OF MONTEREY.\\nThere is no better place on the coast, within easy access of the\\nlarge towns of Cahfornia, for a watering place, than Monterey.\\nThe climate, mild and salubrious the beautiful natural scenery,\\nlandscapes and water-scapes, with the wide, smooth bay in the\\nforeground, all combine to make it the most attractive seaside re-\\ntreat that can be found for the Bay of Monterey is one of the most\\nbeautiful in the world. The town is sheltered from the cold north-\\neast winds by the pine-covered hills on the side towards the ocean,\\nand still its atmosphere is scarcely even hot or uncomfortably warm.\\nIt is, consequently, a very healthy place for all classes of persons,\\nbut especially for children. Hence it is, I suppose, that the chil-\\ndren are as numerous in its streets as are the quails in its neighbor-\\ning thickets. The summer complaints of children are almost un-\\nknown, and it is a long time since there has prevailed here any\\ncontagious epidemic disease. The water of the bay has one peculi-\\narity, viz it is much warmer than that of the ocean outside. There\\nis a strong current running into the bay on the north side, around\\nfort Afio Nuevo, that makes a complete circuit of the bay, along the\\neastern shore, and running thence westward along the south shore\\nby the town of Monterey, it runs out around Point Pinos, even\\nagainst the wind, with so strong a current that it is very hard row-\\nin against it in a boat. For this reason, the water near the town\\nis several degrees warmer than it is on the Santa Cruz side of the\\nbay. And also for this reason, I suppose, it is, that there is so\\nmuch beautiful seaweed growing on the southeast side of the bay.\\nNowhere on the coast is there such a variety of beautiful and\\ndelicate forms of sea- weed, and such an abundance, as here. Col-", "height": "2682", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "handbooktomonter00mont_0092.jp2"}, "93": {"fulltext": "HAND BOOK OF MONTEREY. 87\\nlectors of the article for scientific or ornamental purposes are in\\ntheir glory here, and many of the shells are not devoid of beauty\\nor variety.\\nThe surrounding country contains much beautiful scenery, and\\ninteresting drives may be had in various directions with\\nthe certainty of a few hours of pleasant and healthful recreation.\\nWithin easy access of the town are plenty of opportunities for fish-\\ning or hunting, for those who like these*sports.\\nChalybeate Waters, or Iron Springs.\\nDr. Canfield, having examined the springs at the Pescadero and\\nPoint Cypress, writes\\nThe rocky cape that shelters the town of Monterey from the\\nsea, and forms its harbor, is a ridge of granite, coarse and rotten, the\\nmost of it easily crumbhng to pieces where exposed to the waves or\\nair, and in many places colored red with the iron which it contains.\\nAs the surface water (from rains and fogs) passes through this po-\\nrous granite, it dissolves out the iron, as may be seen in nearly ail\\nthe springs that flow from this granite ridge towards the sea but\\nonly in a few places is the water sufficiently charged with iron to be\\ncalled chalybeate, and to be serviceable as a remedial agent.\\nThe springs containing a noticeable quantity of iron, are near", "height": "2676", "width": "2137", "jp2-path": "handbooktomonter00mont_0093.jp2"}, "94": {"fulltext": "88 HAND BOOK OF MONTEREY.\\nthe mouth of the Carmel river, in the ravines that have been cut\\nthrough the sandstone rocks into the granite, running down to the\\nsea. There maj be seen here cropping out thin strata of iron ore\\n(carbonate and hydrated oxjd) sometimes pure, and sometimes\\nmixed with sand. This is a few rods south of the farm house at\\nthe Pescadero. One spring in particular, in a ravine near the sea\\nshore, has its water so saturated with iron, that it is deposited in\\nabundance around the margin of the pools, and on the sticks and\\nstones in the water. There is no sulphur in the water, or next to\\nnone, and it is quite clear and palatable except for the iron which\\nit contains. Here, then, we have a chalybeate water that will\\nundoubtedly prove an excellent tonic for people who are debilitated\\nand with but little blood in their veins, and it is also accompanied\\nby all the other hygienic adjuvants necessary for the renovation of\\nthe strength of the feeble a pure and healthy atmosphere, mild\\nand warm it being on the south side of the promontory of Point\\nPinos cold bathing in the surf, as it rolls in from the ocean, or\\ntepid baths in the warm and sheltered nooks among the rocks as\\nthe state of the health requires, or fancy dictates. The surrounding\\nscenery is beautiful. There are wide beaches with beautiful sands,\\nshells and curiously water-worn rocks, with caves and natural\\nbridges. The little bay of Carmel, in front, is dotted with rocky\\nislets covered with the nests of sea birds, and across the bay, Point\\nLobos rears up its granite walls and turrets, resounding with cries\\nof seals and sea-lions that make it their habitation. The anion\\n(abelone) shells are very abundant here, and it is a favorite resort\\nof the Chinese fishermen. Numbers of handsome agates are found", "height": "2682", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "handbooktomonter00mont_0094.jp2"}, "95": {"fulltext": "HAND BOOK OF MONTEREY. 89\\non the beach, and a mine of silver and gold was once opened\\nat the water s edge. This vein contains silver, perhaps, but the\\nmetalliferous gangue or matrix being crystallized gypsum,\\n(sulphate of lime) it would hardly be possible that it could contain\\ngold.\\nOur Coal Mines.\\nThe principal mines in the course of development are the Mon-\\nterey, B. V. Sargent, President; A. Manuel, Secretary; the\\nMai Paso, J. W. Miller, President A. H. Harris, Secretary.\\nThere are also the Consolidated Coal Mining Co., whose offi-\\nces are in San Francisco A. J. Griffiths, President E. Hayden,\\nSecretary: and several others of minor importance. It is quite\\nprobable that in a few months Monterey will ship away large\\nquantities of coal, as the prospects are highly flattering.\\nOur Wild Flowers.\\nWe cull the following from the San Francisco Chronicle^ as it\\nis so thoroughly applicable to our own hill-sides and caiions, teem", "height": "2676", "width": "2137", "jp2-path": "handbooktomonter00mont_0095.jp2"}, "96": {"fulltext": "90 HAND BOOK OF MOXTERET.\\ning as they are with beautiful flowers, rare and graceful ferns, and\\nodorous flowering shroubs.\\nWhosoever has seen a little of California will forgive us for\\nloving our wild flowers. They are so many and so beautiful that\\nwe cannot withhold the expression of our admiration. We used\\nto love, and we love yet, the modest, shy little violet that in the\\nEast was almost snow-born, and which timidly put forth its azure\\npetals on the first touch of May. We loved it for associations\\nbroken up long ago. But how little is the whole sisterhood of\\nflowers at the East compared with the glories of a California\\nSprmg? We go out upon our hill-sides at that season and find\\nmiracles of beauty everywhere under our feet not single flowers,\\nbut a wilderness of sweetness and beauty, never to be forgotten. We\\nhave counted in one morning twenty-nine varieties within less than the\\narea of an acre, and some of them exquisitely pure in color and in\\nsymmetry. In all the foothills and mountain-sides of California,\\neven far into its arid Summers, flowers burst up from among rocks\\nwhich seem hardly able to give a foothold for aught so delicate and\\nfragile, challenging your admiration, and almost seeming to rejoice\\nthat the wandering feet of a stranger have led him where his eyes\\ncould feast upon their beauties, which else had never been seen by\\nman. Our gardens are beautiful with the chosen flowers of every\\nclime and country, but the retiring beauties of our hill-sides and\\ncafions have a charm for us that no tricks of the gardener s skill\\ncan imitate or approach.", "height": "2682", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "handbooktomonter00mont_0096.jp2"}, "97": {"fulltext": "HAND BOOK OF MONTEREY. 91\\nMONTEHEY THADES DIRECTOIIY.\\nHotels.\\nWashington, Loekwood Bryan, Washington street.\\nMonterey House, Paulson Lagoni, Alvarado street.\\nBay View House, Private Lodging House, Main street.\\nBoarding House and Restaurant, M. Silvas, Pearl street.\\nFurnished Rooms, J, Simoneau, Pearl street.\\nRestaurant, R. C. Wornes, Tyler street.\\nJ. Simoneau s Restaurant, Pearl street.\\nDry Goods, Groceries, Cigars, and General Merchandise.\\nWm. Bardin, Alvarado street.\\nH. Escolle Co., California and Polk streets.\\nW. Laporte, Alvarado street.\\nL. Little, Washington street.\\nJ. Abrego, Pearl street.\\nB. Mendessolle, Washington street.\\nGroceries and Provisions.\\nJ. B. Snively, Alvarado and Pearl streets. Wells, Fargo Co. s\\nAgent.", "height": "2676", "width": "2137", "jp2-path": "handbooktomonter00mont_0097.jp2"}, "98": {"fulltext": "92 HAND BOOK OP MONTEREY.\\nE. H. Schmidt, California street.\\nF. Gomez, Alvarado street, Post Office.\\nM. Silvas, Pearl street.\\nW. H. Pyburn, Alvarado street.\\nDry Goods.\\nL. Bergstein, Polk street.\\nS. Marks, Alvarado street.\\nWatchmakers, Je^;velers, Gunsmiths, and Hardware\\nDealers.\\nMcClure Bros., Washington street.\\nSilversmith, Engraver, and Draughtsman.\\nJohn Hall, Abrego street.\\nSilversmiths and Abelone Jewelers.\\nCelestino Truxillo, Alvarado street.\\nP. H. Masters, Alvarado street.", "height": "2682", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "handbooktomonter00mont_0098.jp2"}, "99": {"fulltext": "HAND BOOK OF MONTEREY. 93\\nTinsmith and Hardware Dealer.\\nW. W. James, Pearl street.\\nVegetables, Fruits, Tobaccos, Stationery, and Notions.\\nL. B. Austin, Alvarado street.\\nPorter Long, Pearl street.\\nButchers.\\nF. Doud, Alvarado street.\\nThos. Watson, Pearl street.\\nBakers.\\nMrs. Bradwick, American Bread, Washington street.\\nH. Escolle, French Bakery, California street.\\nLumber Merchants.\\nLambert Bros., the Old Wharf, Railroad Depot.", "height": "2676", "width": "2137", "jp2-path": "handbooktomonter00mont_0099.jp2"}, "100": {"fulltext": "94 HAND BOOK OF MONTEREY.\\nCarpenters and Builders.\\nL. Boswell, Polk street.\\nG. Oliver, Larkin street.\\nH. Prinz.\\nE. J. Lewis, Alvarado street.\\nA. Guillee, Polk street.\\nG. Sullivan, California street.\\nC. Herron, Washington street.\\nJ. Gray, Pacific Grove.\\nF. Graham, Pacific Grove.\\nHouse, Sign, and Carriage Painters.\\nSt. Clair, Roberts Trascol, Houston street.\\nSaddler and Harness Maker.\\nJ. Cramer, Pearl street.\\nBoot and Shoe Makers.\\nChris. Gamber, Pearl street.\\nA. Chacon, Pearl street.", "height": "2682", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "handbooktomonter00mont_0100.jp2"}, "101": {"fulltext": "HAND BOOK OF MONTEREY. 95\\nM. Vargas, Houston street.\\nManuel Bojorges.\\nBarber.\\nS. KofBe, Pearl street.\\nPlasterers,\\nP. Corley F. Folsom.\\nPianos and Organs.\\nE. E. Curtis, Main street.\\nBlacksmiths and Wheelwrights.\\nDodge Sanchez, Alvarado street.\\nA. B. Reed, Alvarado street.\\nA. Toothacher.\\nSaloons.\\nWise Harris, Pearl street.\\nJ. Simoneau, Pearl street.", "height": "2676", "width": "2137", "jp2-path": "handbooktomonter00mont_0101.jp2"}, "102": {"fulltext": "96 HAND BOOK OF MONTEREY.\\nThe Shades, R. Morey, Alvarado street.\\nThe Union, D. Ruiz, Pearl street.\\nRailroad Exchange, A. Sanchez, Alvarado street.\\nDepot Saloon, J. Feraud.\\nMonterey Saloon, M. Dutra.\\nRailroad House Bowling Alley and Saloon, P. Serrano, Alvarado\\nstreet.\\nMonterey Brewery, Y. GigHng, CaUfornia street.\\nLivery Stables.\\nBryan Bonny, Washington street.\\nR. Morey, The Shades, Alvarado street.\\nTeamsters.\\nR. Morey, Alvarado street.\\nJohn Myers, Washington street.\\nJ. Caldwell, Main street.\\nLaundry.\\nGo Tai, California street.", "height": "2682", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "handbooktomonter00mont_0102.jp2"}, "103": {"fulltext": "mM mmff m mwmM.\\nThe following pages in reference to Monterey County we extract\\nfrom the very accurate and valuable work compiled by Mr. A. W.\\nButler, the Eesources of Monterey County. The work will be\\nsent, free of charge, to any one applying to Mr. Butler, or Mr.\\nWinham, of Salinas City, California. All persons intending to\\nvisit or reside in California should read it.\\nMonterey County.\\nThis county lies between parallels 35 degrees and 45 minutes\\nand 37 degrees north latitude, and the central portion of the county\\nis in longitude 121 degrees and 30 minutes west from Greenwich\\nis bounded on the north by Santa Cruz County and Monterey Bay,\\non the east by the counties of San Benito, Fresno, and Tulare, on\\nthe south by San Luis Obispo County, and on the west by the\\nPacific Ocean has an area of 3.600 square miles, or 2,304,000\\nacres of land, and its northern boundary lies south from San Fran-\\ncisco about 90 miles by railroad. There is a great diversity of\\n9*\\n[97]", "height": "2676", "width": "2137", "jp2-path": "handbooktomonter00mont_0103.jp2"}, "104": {"fulltext": "98 HAND BOOK OP MONTEREY.\\nsoil, climate, and productions, owing to the peculiar manner in\\nwhich the county is divided by mountains, hills, and valleys. The\\nterritory may be regarded as divided naturally into four sections,\\nVIZ\\nThe Santa Lucia Mountains,\\nWhich extend from Monterey Bay on the north into San Luis\\nObispo County, where the range unites with the Coast Range, and\\nfrom the Pacific Ocean out of which they may be said to rise to\\nthe Salinas Valley east a distance of some eighteen miles. These\\nmountains are in most places very rough and steep, especially in\\nthe central and western portions of the range, so much so that\\nsome parts of the country have not been explored. They attain\\nin the rougher portions a height of 5,000 feet. In these mount-\\nains are many places where water is plentiful and the surface of\\nthe country such as to furnish a good home. The number of in-\\nhabitants that find places in the little valleys and canons, and on\\nthe mountain sides of this range, is increasing rapidly every year.\\nThese mountain homes, sheltered from the winds, possessing a\\ndelightful climate, have pecuhar advantages in the production of\\nfruits. Grapes, figs, peaches, apricots, oranges, lemons and semi-\\ntropical fruits flourish here.\\nHigher up on the mountains are many small stock ranches,\\nwhere there is always plenty of feed. Wood is everywhere abun-\\ndant, and persons living in this section have quite a trade in this\\narticle. There are several coal mines eight or ten miles south of", "height": "2682", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "handbooktomonter00mont_0104.jp2"}, "105": {"fulltext": "HAND BOOK OF MONTEREY. 99\\nMonterey that promise well, though they have not yet any efficient\\nmeans of transportation from the mines to market, but it is said\\nthat a railroad can be constructed without much difficulty to Mon-\\nterey. Gold has been discovered in several places in this range,\\nbut not in paying quantities. These mountains contain immense\\ndeposits of limestone, from which the very best quality of lime can\\nbe produced and as lime rock is not found very abundantly in the\\nState, this county will doubtless build up an immense trade in that\\narticle. In this district are located the famous Tassajara and\\nPariso and other hot mineral springs. The land is mostly unsur-\\nveyed Government land. Game of all descriptions, from the quail\\nto the grizzly bear, abounds. The scenery is unsurpassed in extent,\\ngrandeur, or beauty.\\nThe Great Salinas Valley\\nLies between the Gabilan mountains on the east and the Santa\\nLucia mountains on the west, and opens upon Monterey Bay at\\nthe north, from which it extends over one hundred miles south,\\nwith a width of from six to fifteen miles, and contains an area of\\nabout 1,000 square miles, or 640,000 acres of land. Through the\\nvalley runs the Salinas River, which has a quicksand bottom, and\\ncarries a large volume of water in the wet season, but a small\\nquantity in the dry part of the year. The principal tributaries of\\nthe Salinas are the San Lorenzo and Estrayo from the east, and", "height": "2676", "width": "2137", "jp2-path": "handbooktomonter00mont_0105.jp2"}, "106": {"fulltext": "100 HAND BOOK OF MONTEREY.\\nthe Arroyo Seco, San Antonio, and Nacimiento from the west.\\nThe lands of the valley may be divided into three classes\\nFirst The heavy, rich bottom lands, good for the growth of\\nanything. This soil is mostly black adobe, and in many localities\\ncontains just enough sand to make it work easily, thereby making\\nnot only one of the richest soils in the world, but also one of the\\npleasantest and easiest worked. These lands sometimes produce\\nover one hundred bushels of barley to the acre, and one tract near\\nSalinas City, containing six hundred acres, has produced of wheat\\nan average of sixty-five bushels per acre. The lands commonly\\nknown here as sediment lands, belonging to this class, (although\\ncomprising a small portion of it) do not stand a drouth as well\\nas some of the other lands. The average crop of wheat on these\\nlands may be set down as about thirty-seven bushels per acre, and\\nof barley about sixty-four bushels per acre.\\nSecond The table lands, good for almost anything, and especi-\\nally for wheat and barley. These lands stand dry weather or a\\nshort supply of rain better than any other in the valley. The\\naverage yield of these lands is, of wheat about thirty bushels per\\nacre, and of barley about fifty bushels per acre.\\nThird The upland, good for the production of wheat, barley,\\noats, and rye. These lands lie close along the base of the mountains\\nin the lower part of the canons and among the lower hills, and\\ndiflfer very much in quality in different locaHties, some being as\\ngood land as there is in the valley, while other tracts are not so\\ngood. Some of this land is the very best fruit land in the State,", "height": "2682", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "handbooktomonter00mont_0106.jp2"}, "107": {"fulltext": "HAND BOOK OF MONTEREY. 101\\nand will produce oranges, limes, lemons, peaches, apricots, almonds,\\nfio;s, and the other fruits common to this section.\\nThere were cultivated in this valley in 1874 about eighty thous-\\nand acres in crops of all kinds from this acreage there were ex-\\nported thirty-two thousand tons of wheat and twelve thousand tons\\nof barley. For other crops we have no data, but immense quanti-\\nties of potatoes, beans, hay, and other crops were produced. The\\nland in cultivation, in 1875, is about 110,OjOO acres. The price of\\nwheat has ranged for the last three years so as to give an average\\nprice of about fl.57 per hundred delivered at the depot in Salinas\\nCity. Barley is now selling at $1.50 per hundred. The Salinas\\nValley, in point of fertility and diversity of soil, has no superior in\\nthe State, and when this is considered in connection with its mild\\nand healthful climate, the amount of tillable land, and its proximity\\nto the commercial center of the State, the great advantages pos-\\nsessed for transportation of produce, and the cheapness of freights\\ncompared with the more remote sections of the State, it has no\\nequal. For every mile a farmer in California places himself from\\nSan Francisco he has to pay for it in two ways first, by the\\namount of extra freight on what he buys second, by the amount of\\nextra freight deducted from the market price of what he has to sell.\\nThe use of this valley, as agricultural land, has been confined to\\nthe past six years prior to that time stock-raising was the occupa-\\ntion of the people, and the land was held in large tracts of from\\nthree thousand to forty-nine thousand acres, and as a consequence,\\nthis is a new county and country. As these large tracts of land", "height": "2676", "width": "2137", "jp2-path": "handbooktomonter00mont_0107.jp2"}, "108": {"fulltext": "102 HAND BOOK OF MONTEREY.\\nare now being cut up and sold off, a splendid opportunity is offered\\nto any one that wishes to secure a good home.\\nThe Gabilan Mountains\\nExtend from the Pajaro River, at the northern boundary of the\\ncounty, through the entire length of the county. From the Pajaro\\nRiver, going south, the first eighteen miles of the range is a system\\nof low mountains, covered almost everywhere with grass and an\\nabundance of timber. This part of these mountains is now nearly\\nentirely occupied. The next thirty miles of the range is composed\\nof high, rough mountains, which extend as far south as the San\\nLorenzo. From the San Lorenzo to the southern boundary of the\\ncounty, these mountains are low, rolling hills, forming the foot-hills\\nof the Coast Range, and are about twenty or thirty miles in width.\\nIn this section are several beautiful little valleys, among which are\\nPeach-Tree Valley, Cholamo Valley, Indian Valley, Long Valley,\\nPriest Valley, and several others, nearly all of which possess a\\ngood soil. These valleys have a delightful climate, peculiarly\\nadapted to the growth of semi-tropical fruits. The land is nearly\\nall unsurveyed Government land, and at present is used chiefly in\\nthe stock business. The Gabilan Mountains, in their climate and\\nadaptability, closely resemble the Santa Lucia. This range con-\\ntains immense deposits of Hme-stone, and quicksilver has been dis-\\ncovered.", "height": "2682", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "handbooktomonter00mont_0108.jp2"}, "109": {"fulltext": "HAND BOOK OF MONTEREY. 103\\nThe Pajaro Valley\\nIs located along the northern line of Monterey County, and extends\\nacross the Pajaro River into Santa Cruz County. This valley\\npossesses one of the most productive soils in the State. The Pajaro\\nRiver runs westerly through this valley, and finds an outlet in\\nMonterey Bay. This section is separated from the Salinas Valley\\nby a low range of hills that extend from the Gabilan Mountains to\\nMonterey Bay. The cUmate is similar to that of the SaUnas.\\nThe Assessor s Books for 1874\\nShow that the property in the county is worth about 110,000,000.\\nThe total number of acres of land, aside from town lots, assessed,\\nis 764,995 this land is valued at 15,738,512, or about $7.49 per\\nacre, and the value of the improvements on this land is put at\\n$423,737. The personal property is valued at $2,401,275. The\\nrate of taxation for 1874 was $1.66 on the hundred dollars this,\\nhowever, is much higher than our ordinary rates, and was so fixed\\nin order to get the county out of debt, and in this object it suc-\\nceeded.\\nThe Population.\\nAlthough we have no very accurate source of information on this\\nsubject, the population of the county is about 9,000, and is increas-", "height": "2676", "width": "2137", "jp2-path": "handbooktomonter00mont_0109.jp2"}, "110": {"fulltext": "104 HAND BOOK OF MONTEREY.\\ning so rapidly that, with no elections of general interest to cause\\nvoters to register, there have been registered in this county since the\\nlast general election, 1,74C) aditional voters.\\nLand Titles\\nIn this county have long been settled, and there is hardly a case of\\ndoubtful land title in the county. The Government land is nearly\\nall unsurveyed, and whe^e occupied, is held by the right of pos-\\nsession.\\nPrice of Land.\\nFarming lands in this county range in price from $3 to $150\\nper acre, owing to quality and location. Bottom lands in the\\nPajaro Valley are worth from f 80 to f 150 per acre, while the\\nrolling and hill lands sell at from f 15 to $10 per acre. The low\\nhill lands interspersed with small valleys, between the Pajaro and\\nSalinas Valley, vary in price from $6 to $25 per acre with im-\\nprovements of these lands there are about fifteen or twenty\\nthousand acres. The table lands of the Salinas Valley sell at\\nfrom $30 to $60 per acre, while some sell as low as. $15. The\\nheavy bottom lands range in price from $50 to $100 per acre, and\\nin the immediate vicinity of Salinas City sell at $100 to $250 per\\nacre, in small tracts of from one to twenty acres. The uplands are\\nTforth from $3 to $25 per acre, owing to quality and location.", "height": "2682", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "handbooktomonter00mont_0110.jp2"}, "111": {"fulltext": "HAND BOOK OF MONTEREY. 105\\nThere is a vast quantity of unsurveyed Government land in the\\nhilly and mountainous parts of the county, now held by the right of\\npossession and these tracts are frequently offered in the market\\nfor low figures for the right of possession and the improvements.\\nThis possession gives no fee to the land, but gives to the purchaser\\nthe right to occupy until surveyed, and then the first right to buy\\nat Government prices. To parties unacquainted with our lands\\nthe prices given above may seem high, but when it is understood\\nthat these lands are unsurpassed in productiveness, and need no\\nirrigation that in dry seasons they produce good crops when\\nother sections fail that in wet seasons our lands yield immensely\\nthat the county has such good facilities for transportation of pro-\\nduce that we possess advantages for harvesting grain not found\\nin many localities that we have a climate that is delightful and\\nespecially adapted to the comfort of the farmer that good society\\nand good schools are found almost everywhere within our borders\\nand that every farmer who bestows the proper care and labor in\\nseed-time upon his land is almost beyond doubt assured of a\\nbountiful harvest we think the prices will be attributed to the\\nmerit in the lands and their surroundings. One man may do a\\nfoolish thing, but many are not apt to invest in lands that are sell-\\ning for more than they are worth, yet in this county during 1874\\nthere was sold $300,000 worth of land to men who had been rent-\\ning and farming the lands they bought, and most of them made\\nthe purchase-money from land.\\n10", "height": "2676", "width": "2137", "jp2-path": "handbooktomonter00mont_0111.jp2"}, "112": {"fulltext": "106 HAND BOOK OF MONTEREY.\\nRent of Farming Land\\nIs from $2.50 to f 10 per acre. Many of the renters pay a part\\nof the croD, sav one-third or one-fourth. Of course, the f 10 land\\nis the very best, and the renter can afford to pay the price. Farm-\\ners in Monterey County, paying the prices for land and rent given\\nabove, on an average have done better in the last five years than\\nhave the farmers of any other county in the State.\\nThe Health\\nOf the people of this county is as good as in any section of the\\nState. We have no chills and fever, no epidemic diseases. We\\npossess a climate that in itself does not produce disease of any\\nkind, an atmosphere that brings no malaria. There is no night in\\nthe year but is cool enough to afford a good, refreshing sleep under\\na pair of blankets, and none so cold that a person could not sleep\\ncomfortably in the open air under the same cover.\\nSchools.\\nThere are now organized about thirty-two school districts in this\\ncounty, and in these districts schools are maintained for most of\\nthe time during the year. The wages paid to teachers are such as", "height": "2682", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "handbooktomonter00mont_0112.jp2"}, "113": {"fulltext": "HAND BOOK OF MONTEREY. 107\\nto command good talent. For instance, several districts situated\\nin remote parts of the county have the good judgment to pay their\\nteachers from $30 to |100 per month, and thereby they secure as\\ngood teachers as are found in the towns. In no district in the\\ncounty are low wages paid. The State and county provide ample\\nmeans to give every child a good English education if the parents\\nof the districts but see that they get the worth of their money.\\nWith fifteen children between the ages of five and seventeen years\\na new district can be formed. California has a good school\\nsystem, and it is generally well administered. There are no private\\nschools of any note in the county.\\nStock-raising\\nIs still a prominent interest in this county, especially in the mount-\\nainous and hilly portions, which are covered with sheep and cattle.\\nHorses are raised for the markets by many of the farmers, and the\\nbetter class of horses find a ready sale. Some persons have given\\nattention to the raising of hogs, and the number shipped from the\\ncounty every year is very large. The raising of hogs is very profit-\\nable in connection with farming, dairying, etc. No kind of stock\\nrequires feeding, except such as are kept up, as they find sufficient\\ngrazing the entire^year.\\nMonterey County is one of the best sheep counties in the State,\\nbut persons need not come here with the expectation of finding a\\ncheap class of laud in tracts large enough to feed bands of sheep of", "height": "2676", "width": "2137", "jp2-path": "handbooktomonter00mont_0113.jp2"}, "114": {"fulltext": "108 HAND BOOK OF MONTEREY.\\n10,000 and over. Our lands, as a general thing in valleys, are\\ntoo valuable for sheep pastures, and in the hills it is difficult to find\\npasturage for large bands in one locality.\\nAngora Goats.\\nThe Cashmere or Angora Goat business is of late attracting con-\\nsiderable attention among wide-awake business men, and is thorough-\\nly establishing itself as one of the substantial industries of this\\nState. In this county the Santa Lucia and Gabilan mountains\\ncontain many thousand acres of Government land just suited to the\\ngrazing of goats.\\nDairying\\nReceives much attention, and persons engaged in the business\\nfind it very profitable. One dairy, four miles from Salinas City,\\nbelonging to C. S. Abbott, produced, in 1874, about two hundred\\nthousand pounds of butter, which yielded $70,000. This is the\\nlargest dairy, but many others are doing proportionally well.\\nButter and cheese always find a ready market. There are many\\nsmall dairies scattered through the hills of this county. The climate\\nis peculiarly adapted to this business there is probably no better\\nin the State.", "height": "2682", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "handbooktomonter00mont_0114.jp2"}, "115": {"fulltext": "HAND BOOK OF MONTEREY. 109\\nFlax and Mustard\\nAre cultivated to considerable extent in the county.\\nSugar Beets and Mangel-Wurzels\\nAre considerably cultivated by persons who have stock to feed and\\nhave only a small tract of land. The crop is a great success, both\\nas to the immense amount of feed produced, and as to the conve-\\nnience for use. The yield, with proper cultivation in good soil, is\\nfrom seventy-five to one hundred and fifty tons per acre. The\\ncrop can be left growing all winter, and taken up as required for\\nuse, and when the ground is wanted for a new crop, what remains\\nof the old crop can be pulled up and thrown into a pile. The\\nmangel-wurzel grows to be very large, some of them grown around\\nSalinas City weighing from ninety to one hundred and seventy\\npounds.\\nPotatoes\\nAre extensively cultivated, and make in many localities immense\\nyields and are very profitable. Monterey County is one of the\\nbest potato counties in the State both as to the quantity and\\nquality of the crop.\\n10*", "height": "2676", "width": "2137", "jp2-path": "handbooktomonter00mont_0115.jp2"}, "116": {"fulltext": "110 HAND BOOK OF MONTEREY.\\nAlfalfa\\nDoes well in almost every locality in this county, and produces\\nfrom three to four crops of hay, of from two to four tons per acre\\nevery year, where it is used for making hay, and furnishes a per-\\npetually green pasture, good for all kinds of stock, where used for\\nthe purposes of pasturage.\\nPumpkins\\nAre also raised largely for feed on places where there is no outside\\nrange. One farmer in Pajaro produced one weighing two hundred\\nand twelve pounds.\\nBeans\\nAre extensively cultivated in this county, the profit of the crop\\nbeinor large.\\nCounty Officers.\\nCounty Judge, W. M. R. Parker; Sheriff, J. B. Smith;\\nCounty Clerk, John Markley Recorder, Herbert Mills Treas-\\nurer, B. T. Nixon Assessor, W. V. McGarvey School Superin-", "height": "2682", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "handbooktomonter00mont_0116.jp2"}, "117": {"fulltext": "HAND BOOK OF MONTEREY. Ill\\ntendent, R. C. McCro sky Tax Collector, M. Castro District At-\\ntorney, M. Farley; Auditor, J. B. Scott; Surveyor, F. L. Ripley.\\nBoard of Supervisors. E. St. John, S. B. Gordon, J.\\nSheehy, E. Breen, J. B. H. Cooper. Regular meetings, first Mon-\\nday in February, May, August and November.\\nThe Courts. County Court, W. M. R. Parker, Judge meets\\non first Monday in March, May, July, September and November.\\nDistrict Court, Belden, Judge meets on the third Monday in\\nMarch, July and November. Probate Court, Parker, Judge in\\nchambers at the Court House, in Salinas City, every Saturday, at\\n10 o clock A. M.\\nSalinas City\\nIs the county seat of Monterey County. It is located on the\\nSouthern Pacific Railroad, one- hundred and eighteen miles from\\nSan Francisco, ten miles from tide water at Moss Landing, and\\neighteen miles by Monterey and Salinas Valley Railroad from the\\nharbor at Monterey. It is a young and thriving town, only seven\\nyears old and, situated as it is in the central portion of the rich\\nagricultural lands of the Salinas Valley, is one of the finest business\\nlocalities in the State. The population of the city has more than\\ndoubled in the last two years, and is still increasing as rapidly as", "height": "2676", "width": "2137", "jp2-path": "handbooktomonter00mont_0117.jp2"}, "118": {"fulltext": "112 HAND BOOK OF MONTEREY.\\never. Enterprise and prosperity are everywhere visible. Ac-\\ncording to the annual report of the Mayor for last fiscal year there\\nwas spent for pubUc improvement about $60,000. The city is well\\nsupplied with gas and water, and a well organized and equipped\\nfire department. The school buildings are ample and commodious,\\nand the schools of the town employ six teachers at present. There\\nare eight church organizations presided over by pastors, viz\\nMethodist Episcopal Church, Methodist Episcopal Church South,\\nPresbyterian Church, United Presbyterian Church, Episcopal\\nChurch, Christian Church, Baptist Church, and Catholic Church.\\nOf Lodges, there are the Independent Order of Odd Fellows,\\nFree and Accepted Masons, Independent Order of Red Men, the\\nPatrons of Husbandry, and the Sons of Temperance. The rate of\\ntaxation for 1874-75 was forty cents on the |100 of property.\\nThe assessed value of property for 1875 is about 11,500,000.\\nThis is the great central point in Monterey County of trade,\\nwealth, and commerce, and from its natural surroundings must of\\nnecessity continue to be so. It would be a good investment for\\npersons acquainted with the business to establish woollen mills here,\\nas this county produces large quantities of wool. The annual clip\\nof the county is about seven hundred thousand pounds. ISan\\nEenito, formerly a part of Monterey County, also produces large\\nquantities of wool. A boot and shoe factory would do Avell here.\\nAn establishment for the manufacture of sugar from the beet\\nwould find this a good location. Machine shops and foundries of\\nvarious kinds would find plenty of business here. We have but\\ntwo flouring mills. Wagon and carriage factories would find a", "height": "2682", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "handbooktomonter00mont_0118.jp2"}, "119": {"fulltext": "HAND BOOK OF MONTEREY. 113\\ngood field at this place. We need a good college here, as there is\\nno institution of the kind in the county, and our climate is pecu-\\nliarly adapted to the wants of pupils. Many of the manufactured\\narticles that we have to buy might be procured at home. What\\nwe especially need is more capital, and we think that there is no\\nplace on the coast where a man that has money can go and do\\nbetter than he can here there are many good investments to be\\nm2ide. -^l^Mesources of Monterey County.\\nSALINAS CITY DIRECTORY.\\nMayor, H. S. Ball Common Council, W. D. Reynolds, G. A\\nTolman, S. Cassiday, M. Hughes, C. Hoffman, S. P. Carter City\\nMarshal, \\\\V. W. Elliott City Clerk, A. W. Butler City Treasurer,\\nS. W. Conklin City Attorney, N. G. Wyatt City Surveyor, St.\\nJohn Cox City Assessor, W. L. Carpenter.\\nEpiscopal Church Corner of Gabilan and California streets\\nRev. J. S. McGowan, Rector services every Sunday at 11 o clock\\nA. M. Sunday School at 10 o clock A. M.\\nChristian Church\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Preaching every other Lord s Day at the\\nCourt House, by Elder Byram Lewis, at 11 o clock, A. M. All\\nare invited to attend.\\nUnited Presbyterian Church Sabbath school and Bible class\\nat 10 o clock A. M. services every Sabbath at 11 a. m. and 7\\np. M., at Pacific Hall, in Salinas City. Prayer meetings every\\nTuesday evening alternately at the residences of the diflferent", "height": "2676", "width": "2137", "jp2-path": "handbooktomonter00mont_0119.jp2"}, "120": {"fulltext": "114 HAND BOOK OF MONTEREY.\\nmembers. Seats free. All are cordially invited to attend. Rev.\\nGeo. McCormick, Pastor.\\nM. E. Church Rev. Geo. 0. Ash, Pastor services in new\\nchurch on Gabilan street, at 11 o clock a. m. and 7:30 o clock p. M.\\nclass meeting at 12 M. Sabbath school at 2:30 P. M. prayer\\nmeeting every Thursday evening at, 7:30.\\nM. E. Church South Preaching every Sunday at 11 o clock\\nA. M., and 7:30 p. m. Sunday school at 10 o clock prayer\\nmeeting Wednesday evening at 7:30 o clock. Rev. Mr. Renfro,\\nPastor.\\nPresbyterian CHURCH\u00e2\u0080\u0094Central Avenue Sabbath school at\\n9:45 o clock a. m. Dr. W. H. Davies, Superintendent services\\nat 11 o clock A. M. and 8:30 p.m. Seats free. All are cordially\\ninvited to attend. Rev. W. H. Wilson, Pastor.\\nSalinas Lodge No. 204, F A. M. Stated meetings on\\nSaturday, on or before the full moon in each month. Sojourning\\nbrothers invited to attend. W. V. McGarvey, W. M. E. K.\\nAbbott, Secretary.\\nAlisal Lodge No. 163.1. 0. of 0. F. Meets every Wednesday\\nevening at 7 o clock, in Odd Fellows Hall, Main Street, Salinas\\nCity. Members of the order in good standing invited to attend.\\nG. A. Tolman, N. G. H. W. Mills, R. S. Jas. McDougall, P. S.\\nImproved Order of Red Men. Gabilan Tribe, No. 44, meets\\nevery Tuesday evening at Grangers Hall. Visiting and sojourning\\nbrothers in good standing invited to attend. A. Bullene, S. L.\\nAuker, C. R.\\nPatrons of Husbandry. Until further notice, Salinas Grange", "height": "2682", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "handbooktomonter00mont_0120.jp2"}, "121": {"fulltext": "HAND BOOK OF MONTEREY. 115\\nNo. 24, Patrons of Husbandry, will meet at Grangers Hall, over\\nVanderhurst, Sanborn Go s store, on the 1st and 3d Saturdays\\nof each month, at 2 o clock p. M., for business. J. R. Hebbron,\\nMaster Wm. Quentill, Overseer F. Johnson, Lecturer Geo.\\nAbbott, Chaplain Peter Matthews, Steward S. D. Triplett,\\nAssistant Steward Mrs. Kiliburn, Ceres Mrs. Cony, Pomona\\nMrs. Ida Hebbron, Flora Mrs. P. Matthews, L. A. S Clara\\nWestlake, Secretary.\\nThe Mails. For Castroville, Watsonville, and all points north\\nof Salinas City, mails close at 11 a. M. for New Republic,\\nNatividad, Monterey, and all points south of Salinas City, at\\n2:30 p. M.\\nPost Office. Closed on Sunday from 10:30 a. m. to B p. m.\\nSouthern Pacific R. R. passenger train leaves Salinas depot\\ngoing north 11:15 A. M., going south, 2:45 P. M. M. S. V. R.\\nR. for Monterey, 3:15 p. m. On Sundays, 9:45 A. M., 5:45 P. M.\\nExcursion tickets good from Saturday night to Monday morning.\\nSalinas City Fire Department. Chief Engineer, J. B. Langford\\nFirst Assistant, J. D. Brower Second Assistant, R. L. Robbins\\nSecretary, L. H. Garrigus. Engine Co. No. 1 Foreman, Jas.\\nSwasey. Alert Hook Ladder Co. No. 1 Foreman, W. L.\\nCarpenter. Excelsior Hose Co. No. 1 Foreman, J. C. Kelly.", "height": "2676", "width": "2137", "jp2-path": "handbooktomonter00mont_0121.jp2"}, "122": {"fulltext": "116 HAND BOOK OF MONTEREY.\\nCastro ville\\nThis thriving town was started in 1863,by Juan B. Castro, one of\\nthe owners of the Castro Grant. Mr. Castro, through his skillful\\nmanagement and business energy, has succeeded in making Castro-\\nville, from a wayside station, a town of about 800 to 900 inhabit-\\nants.\\nThe business establishments of this place are, two good hotels,\\ntwo livery stables, five stores, one tin shop, one millinery shop, three\\nsaloons, one brewery, one flour mill, two blacksmith shops, one\\nnewspaper, post office, express, W. U. and A. P. telegraph of-\\nfices, drug store, tailor shop, shoe-maker, two churches and a fine\\nschool house.\\nCastroville being within three miles of the shipping point for\\nmuch of the country back of it, and a great part of the traffic una-\\nvoidably passing through it, commands a large share of trade far up\\nthe valley, while in its immediate vicinity are the immense Moro\\nCojo, Bolsa Nueva, Santa Rita and Escarpinos ranches, containing\\nsome 39,000 acres of most excellent agricultural, grazing and wood\\nland, which are being rapidly sold ofi* in small farms, besides the\\nCooper and other large ranches that are rented to substantial\\ntenants.\\nCastroville is a growing town, located on the Southern Pacific\\nRailroad, two and one-half miles from Moss Landing, fifteen miles\\nnorthwest of Monterey and nine miles north of Salinas City. The\\n4-", "height": "2682", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "handbooktomonter00mont_0122.jp2"}, "123": {"fulltext": "HAND BOOK OF MONTEREY. 117\\ntrade of the town commands a good population. School facilities\\nare excellent, and there are two churches in the place. The town\\nis immediately surrounded by fine agricultural land, well watered,\\nwhile to the east of Castroville, about three miles distant, there are\\nlarge tracts of grazing and timbered land, a considerable area of\\ntable lands and rolling hills, the soil of these being sandy and well\\nadapted to the raising of stock and the growing of fruits, vegetables,\\noats, rye, etc. Water is attainable in the town and vicinity at\\nfrom six to fifteen feet. The average yield of adjacent lands is of\\nwheat thirty bushels per acre, and of barley fifty bushels one hun-\\ndred bushels of barley per acre have been raised in some cases.\\nThe agricultural lands around Castroville are well suited to the\\ngrowing, not only of wheat and barley, but to the successful culti-\\nvation of oats, corn, beets, potatoes and vegetables. The health of\\nthe town is exceptionally good, and the chmate equable. Re-\\naources of Monterey County.\\nCastroville Directory.\\nWm. Childs, Justice of the Peace J. W. Mitchell, Justice of\\nthe Peace G. Alderman, Constable P. Ojeda, Constable Juan\\nPoraber, Roadraaster.\\n11", "height": "2676", "width": "2137", "jp2-path": "handbooktomonter00mont_0123.jp2"}, "124": {"fulltext": "118 HAND BOOK OF MONTEREY.\\nPOST OFFICE.\\nMails close, going north, at 11 o clock A. M. Going south, at 2\\np. M. Israel Johnson, P. M.\\nSOUTHERN PACIFIC R. R.\\nPassenger Train leaves Castroville Depot, going north, at\\n11:40 A. M. Going south, at 2:25 P. M.\\nFreight Train leaves, going north, at 12 m. Going south, at\\n5 p. M.\\nM. AND S. V. R. R.\\nCastroville Crossing. To Salinas, 9:30 A. m.; Monterey, 3:30\\np. M. Sundays, to Salinas, 9 A. M. and 5 p.m.; Monterey, 10 A. M.\\nand 6 p. m.\\nF. AND A. M.\\nConfidence Lodge, No. 203, F. A. M. Stated communi-\\ncations on the Saturday evening preceding each full moon, in Tol-\\nman s Hall, Castroville. A. P. Potter, W. M.; L. Wollinberg,\\nSecretary.", "height": "2682", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "handbooktomonter00mont_0124.jp2"}, "125": {"fulltext": "HAND BOOK OF MONTEREY. 119\\nI. 0. 0. F.\\nCastroville Encampment, No. 37, I. 0. 0. F. Meets first\\nand third Tuesdays of each month, at Odd Fellows Hall, Castro-\\nville. ,J. M. Pomber, C. P.; M. M. Speegle, Scribe.\\nSalinas Lodge, No. 163, I. 0. 0. F. Meets every Saturday\\nevening, in Odd Fellows Hall, Castroville. M. M. Speegle, N. G.;\\nF. L. Whitcher, R. S.\\np. OF H.\\nMorning Star Grange, No. 188, P. of H. Meets in Tol-\\nman s Hall, every two weeks, commencing April 3d, 1875. F.\\nBrown, M.; Miss M. Paton, Sec.\\nCHURCH SERVICES.\\nRev. 0. D. Kelly, of Watson ville, will preach in the Union\\nChurch every Sunday at SJ o clock p. M. Sunday-school at 2^\\np. M.\\nThe Catholic Church, Rev. Father Kern, services at 10 o clock\\nA. M. on Sundays.\\nNewspaper The Argus, published every Saturday.", "height": "2676", "width": "2137", "jp2-path": "handbooktomonter00mont_0125.jp2"}, "126": {"fulltext": "120 HAND BOOK OF MONTEREY.\\nMoss Landing\\nIs located on the Bay of Monterey at the mouth of the Salinas\\nriver, about three miles from Castroville, and has three extensive\\nand commodious warehouses for the storage of grain, and a substan-\\ntial wharf running out into the bay about 1000 feet, where vessels\\nlie to take in grain. A regular line of steamers call twice a week.\\nSanta Rita\\nIs a small town situated about three miles from Salinas City. The\\nCounty Alms House, under the charge of Dr. S. M. Archer, is lo-\\ncated here. The town also boasts of a fine Catholic church. Al-\\nthough situated too near Salinas City ever to become a large place,\\nit must always remain a thriving little village.\\nSoledad\\nIs a thrivino; little town started in 1874, and is the present terminus\\nof the Southern Pacific Railroad. Situated in the midst of a\\nsplendid agricultural country, perfectly level up to the fertile\\nfoothills, with crops that never fail, well watered by the river, and\\nhaving water within twenty feet of the surface, it is bound to become", "height": "2682", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "handbooktomonter00mont_0126.jp2"}, "127": {"fulltext": "HAND BOOK OF MOWTEKEY. 121\\na town of some importance. A fine school house is now being\\nerected. The coast line of stages to the South connects with the\\nSouthern Pacific Railroad.\\nChualar\\nIs a rising agricultural town on the Southern Pacific Railroad,\\nsituated in a beautiful valley, well watered, and with good lowlands\\nand foothills. The climate and crops are equal to the best portions\\nof the Salinas Valley. It is distant about ten miles southeast of\\nSalinas, and will probably become a town of some importance.\\nGonzales\\nIs another new town about twenty miles southeast of Salinas, in\\nthe heart of the Salinas Valley. With good lands, well watered, a\\ngood season would make town lots very valuable.\\nNatividad\\nIs a pretty little town at the foot of the Gabilan Range, about six\\nmiles northeast of Salinas City.\\n11*", "height": "2676", "width": "2137", "jp2-path": "handbooktomonter00mont_0127.jp2"}, "128": {"fulltext": "122 HAND BOOK OF MONTEREY.\\nThe Mission of Soledad\\nWas founded October 9th, 1791, and is situated fifteen leagues\\nsouthwest of Monterey on the left bank of the Salinas river, in a\\nfertile plain known by the name of the Llano del Rey. The\\npriest was an indefatigable agriculturist. To obviate the summer\\ndrought, he constructed, through the labor of his Indians, an\\naqueduct extending 15 miles, by which he could water twenty\\nthousand acres. In 1826 the mission owned about 36,000 head of\\ncattle, and a greater number of horses and mares than any other\\nmission in the country. So great was the reproduction of these ani-\\nmals that they were not only given away but also driven in bands\\ninto the bay of Monterey in order to preserve the pasturage for the\\ncattle. It had about 70,000 sheep and 300 yoke of tame oxen.\\nIn 1819 the Major domo of this mission gathered 3400 bushels of\\nwheat from 38 bushels sown. Its secularization has been followed\\nby decay and ruin. Walter Colton.\\nThe mission possessed a fine orchard of a thousand trees, but\\nvery few were left in 1849. There was also a vineyard about six\\nmiles from the mission in a gorge of the mountains.\\nIt is 18 miles from Monterey to Buena Vista, and 25 from there\\nto Soledad the road could be shortened by bringing some of the\\ngulches. The road passes through some beautiful oak groves, af-\\nfording perfect shelter from the sun and wind it is like traveling\\nthrough a fine park. The left bank of the Salinas river should be", "height": "2682", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "handbooktomonter00mont_0128.jp2"}, "129": {"fulltext": "HAND BOOK OP MONTEREY. 123\\nfollowed, as it is superior in beautiful scenery and shelter from sun\\nand wind to the right or main bank, and commands charming views\\nof the Santa Lucia range, whose foothills are covered with mosaics\\nof acres of flowers of the most brilliant hues, and of gentle slopes\\ncovered with gnarled and curiously shaped oaks. From Soledad\\nto San Antonio by the Relese canon is 30 miles, or by the stage\\nroad about 45 miles for campers and lovers of nature s beauties\\nthe horse trail through the canon is by far the pleasantest, as there\\nis an abundance of wood and water on the road, and finer and\\ngrander scenery for those who can enjoy it.\\nThe Mission of San Antonio\\nWas founded by Padre Junipwo Serra, July 14th, 1771, and is\\nsituated about twelve leagues south of Soledad on the border of an\\ninland stream upon which it has conferred its name. The build-\\nings were inclosed in a square, twelve hundred feet on each side,\\nand walled with adobes. Its lands were forty-eight leagues in cir-\\ncumference, including seven farms, with a convenient house and\\nchapel attached to^ each. The stream was conducted in paved\\ntrenches twenty miles for purposes of irrigation large crops re-\\nwarded the husbandry of the Padres. In 1822 this mission owned\\n52,800 head of cattle, 1800 tame horses, 3000 mares, 500 yoke", "height": "2676", "width": "2137", "jp2-path": "handbooktomonter00mont_0129.jp2"}, "130": {"fulltext": "124 HAND BOOK OF MONTEREY.\\nof working oxen, 600 mules, 48,000 sheep and 1.000 swine. The\\nclimate here is cold in winter and intensely hot in summer. This\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2mission on its secularization fell into the hands of an administrator\\nwho neglected its farms, drove off its cattle, and left its poor\\nIndians to starve. Walter Colton^s Three Years in California.\\nThe mission grapes were verj sweet wine and aguardiente were\\nmade from them in early days, and the grapes were brought to\\nMonterey for sale. The vineyard and garden walls are now gone,\\nand the cattle have destroyed the vines many of the buildings are\\ndown, and the tiles have been removed to roof houses on some of the\\nadjoining ranches. The church is still in good repair. There was\\nformerly a good grist mill at the Mission, but that also, like the Mis-\\nsion, is a thing of the past. Pioneer M. S.\\nMission of San Juan Bautista.\\nThis Mission looms ov^er a rich valley ten leagues from Monterey\\nfounded 1794. Its lands swept the broad interval and adjacent\\nhills. In 1820 it owned 43,870 head of cattle, 1360 tame horses,\\n4870 mares, colts and fillies. It had seven sheep farms, contain-\\ning 69,530 sheep while the Indians attached to the Mission drove\\n321 yoke of working oxen. Its storehouse contained $75,000 in\\ngoods and t i)20,000 in specie. This mission was secularized in", "height": "2682", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "handbooktomonter00mont_0130.jp2"}, "131": {"fulltext": "HAND BOOK OF MONTEREY. 125\\n1834 its cattle slaughtered for the hides and tallow, its sheep\\nleft to the wolves, its horses taken bj the dandies, its Indians left\\nto hunt acorns, while the wind sighs over the graVe of its last\\nPadre. Walter Colton.\\nHoUister.\\nHollister is the county seat of San Benito county it contains a\\npopulation of about 2000, and is one of the most thriving and\\nprosperous towns of the State. It is pleasantly located in the\\ncenter of one of the mpst beautiful and fertile valleys on the Pacific\\nCoast.\\nIt is situated on one branch of the Southern Pacific Railroad, of\\nwhich it is the practical terminus 94 miles, or about five hours\\nride from San Francisco. This road passes through the finest and\\nmost picturesque section of the State the intermediate stations\\nembracing the following prominent towns and cities, to wit San\\nMateo, Belmont, Redwood City, Menlo Park, Mayfield, IMountain\\nView, Santa Clara, San Jose and Gilroy. The celebrated Gilroy\\nMineral Springs, resorted to by invalids and visitors from all parts\\nof the world, are about 20 miles distant, and the noted Paso Robles\\nSprings of San Luis Obispo are located 180 miles southwest from\\nHollister.", "height": "2676", "width": "2137", "jp2-path": "handbooktomonter00mont_0131.jp2"}, "132": {"fulltext": "126 HAND BOOK OF MONTEREY.\\nSome of the most celebrated watering places of the coast can be\\nreached by rail or vehicle in a few hours. Santa Cruz, known all\\nover the world for its grand scenery and beautiful beaches, is 40\\nmiles distant and Aptos, a new rival as a pleasure-seeking resort,\\nis nine miles this side. Watsonville, a cool, shady and delightful\\nplace to spend a few days of the hot season, has a nice beach five\\nmiles from town, reached by a fine gravelly road is 23 miles from\\nHollister. Last, though not least, is the city by the sea the\\nancient capital of the State, Monterey, which is about 44 miles dis-\\ntant; Its natural charms and advantages as a watering place have\\nbeen embalmed in song and told in story so often that we need not\\nhere descant upon them. Resources of San Benito County.\\nSan Juan Township.\\nThe above township, in which is situated the old and once flour-\\nishing town of San Juan, adjoins Hollister Township on the west.\\nIt is delightfully located, and contains beside its beautiful and fer-\\ntile lands, many objects of interest not the least among which is\\nthe antiquated Mission of San Juan Bautista, with its tile roof.\\nSan Juan Township lies in the northeast part of San Benito\\nCounty, and contains an area of about 60,000 acres. The San\\nBenito river passes through it near its northern boundary from east", "height": "2682", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "handbooktomonter00mont_0132.jp2"}, "133": {"fulltext": "HAND BOOK OF MONTEREY. 127\\nto west, and unites with the Pajaro river at the county line.\\nThere are about 9000 acres of rich bottom and valley land, about\\n4000 or 5000 acres of rolling land suitable to cultivation the\\nbalance grazing land some timber, but small, being used prin-\\ncipally for fuel.\\nFine flowing wells of pure water are obtained in the bottom\\nlands at the depth of 100 feet but good water can be had nearer\\nthe surface say from 15 to 20 feet. The hill lands are well\\nwatered.\\nThe Mission of San Juan Bautista was founded about the year\\n1775, and the church was built soon afterward, together with the\\nadjoining buildings.\\nThis place was once occupied as a military station, and was for-\\ntified during the Mexican Revolution in 1822. The location of\\nthe town is excellent, being situated on the bluff on the southwest\\nside of the valley. It contains a population of about 500 inhabi-\\ntants.\\nThe nearest depot on the railroad is Sargent s Station, six miles\\nthe next nearest is Hollister, nine miles. Stages run daily, carry-\\ning the mails each way. Resources of San Benito County.\\nERRATUM.\\nPage 15, after McDowell, read\\nAlthough McDowell was the duly elected Mayor, he never\\nserved as such, the duties of the office being discharged by Mr.\\nCharles Herron.", "height": "2676", "width": "2137", "jp2-path": "handbooktomonter00mont_0133.jp2"}, "134": {"fulltext": "O-O TO\\nALVARADO ST., MONTEREY,\\nFor your CHOICE GROCERIES!\\nClothing, Dry Goods, Hardware, Boots and\\nShoes, Crockery, Glassware,\\nTobacco, Cigars, Wiiaes and Liq^iors.\\nFANCY ARTICLES,\\nALL AT LOWEST PRBCE FOR CASH.\\nTwo Sewing Machines for sale. Goods delivered to any part of the City-\\nfree of charge.\\nTsTe W Store\\nNow Goods\\nCALL AND SEE\\nB. MENDESSOLLE S\\nNEW STOCK or\\nDry Goods, Groceries, Crockery, Hardware, Wines and\\nLiquors, etc., etc.\\nAt the cor. Pearl and Alvarado 8ts., Monterey.\\nI 128", "height": "2682", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "handbooktomonter00mont_0134.jp2"}, "135": {"fulltext": "LINFORTH, KELLOGG CO.\\nHARDWAEE\\nAnd Agricultural Implsmgnts,\\nSOLE .A-O-ErTTS FOR\\nPITTS CHICAGO THRESHER,\\nMANSFIELD STEAM ENGINES,\\nWOOD S EAGLE MOWERS,\\nRUSSELL S PEERLESS MOWER and REAPER,\\nGARDEN CITY PLOWS,\\nMYER S EXCELSIOR GANG PLOW,\\nNAPA GANG PLOW,\\nFRIEDEMAN HARROW,\\nFURST BRADLEY S SULKY RAKES,\\nTIFFIN HORSE RAKES,\\nGENEVA DO.\\nFull Supply FORKS, HOES, SHOVELS, RAKES,\\nAXES, HATCHETS, Etc.\\nPumps, Hydraulic Rams, Rubber Hose, Belting, etc.\\nChurch, School, and Farm Bells, Lawn Mowers.\\nPlease send for Illustrated Catalogue and Price List.\\n3 S Front St.^ San Francisco.\\n12 129", "height": "2676", "width": "2137", "jp2-path": "handbooktomonter00mont_0135.jp2"}, "136": {"fulltext": "HALLET, DAVIS CO. S\\nCelebrated Pianos.\\nThe Leading Instruments of the World\\nEndorsed by\\nLISZT, STRAUSS, LEUTNER AND BENDEL\\nGEO. WOOD CO. S\\nPARLOR and VESTRY ORGAHS.\\nW. G. BADGER, Sole Agent, Nos. 7 and 13 Sansome St., S. F.\\nE. E. CURTIS. Agent for Monterey.\\nContractor, Carpenter and House Builder\\nHas opened Shop in\\nA.BIR,Ea-0 S BXJILIDIlSrGI-,\\nAnd is prepared to take Contracts for\\nBuilding, Moving, Raising and all kinds of\\nCarpentering.\\n[130]", "height": "2682", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "handbooktomonter00mont_0136.jp2"}, "137": {"fulltext": "THE BEST POLICY\\nIs to\\nInsure in the oldest, soundest and wealthiest Companies.\\nTHE LONDON ASSURANCE CO.\\n(Established 1720.)\\nAssets, $14,251,686.41\\nNet Surplus (over all Liabilities) $2,409,000.\\n.ETNA INSURANCE CO., OF HARTFORD,\\nconsrisr.\\nCash Assets, $6,046,268.73\\nTHE PACIFIC MUTUAL\\nLIFE INSURANCE COMPANY OF CALIFORNIA.\\nW. H. F. WALTON, Agent, Monterey.\\n(With J. B. Sniveley, cor. Pearl and Alvarado Streets.)\\ni^^ Orders promptly filled for Books, in all Lan-\\nguages, at San Francisco Prices.\\nCOPIES OF HIS\\nHand Book of JVIonterey\\nSent free by mail on receipt of 50 cents.\\n[131]", "height": "2676", "width": "2137", "jp2-path": "handbooktomonter00mont_0137.jp2"}, "138": {"fulltext": "FLOWERS,\\nFRUITS AND VEGETABLES.\\nFRUIT AND VEGETABLE STORE,\\nMain Street, Salinas City,\\nReceives fresh supplies of Fruit and Vegetables from San Jose\\ndaily.\\nJohn C. Morrison, Jr.\\nImporter and Wholesale Dealer in\\nFINE WINES AND LIQUORS,\\n316 Sacramento Street,\\nAnd 321 Commercial Street, bet. Front and Battery,\\n[132]", "height": "2682", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "handbooktomonter00mont_0138.jp2"}, "139": {"fulltext": "MANUEL DUTRA S\\nMONTEREY SALOON,\\nPEAEL STREET, MONTEREY.\\nBest Brands Wines, Liquors and Cigars\\nJVIonterey City, Cal.\\nGraduate of Medical College of Virginia, and Medical College N. Y.\\nSpecial attention given to Surgery and Diseases of Women.\\nDR. LEMON S DENTAL ROOMS,\\nUp stairs, in Ball Frank s Building, Main Street, SALINAS CITY.\\nBeautiful gold filling for $1.00 and upward, and warranted for life. Beauti-\\nful and substantial Sets of Artificial Teeth on any kind of base desired.\\nTerms moderate. All work fi-eely guaranteed to give satisfaction.\\nI will be in Salinas from the 1st to ths 15th of each month after that time\\ncan be found at my Office in Monterey City. Calls by mail promptly attended\\nto. G. J5, LEMOK, M. Dentist.\\nLyon s ^le Depot, Monterey.\\nBohemian Club Rendezvous. The Best Liquors and Cigars.\\nFRENCH RESTAURANT. MEALS AT ALL HOURS\\nGood CJieer and Good Reception.\\nDry Goods, ClotlgLing, Boots and Shoes, Hats and\\nCaps, and all kinds of Furnishing Goods,\\nGo to S. MARKS.\\nHe has just received a NEW STOCK, which he will sell cheap for Cash.\\n/S. MARKS, Alvarado Street, Monterey.\\n12* 133", "height": "2676", "width": "2137", "jp2-path": "handbooktomonter00mont_0139.jp2"}, "140": {"fulltext": "THE CHOICEST GO.ODS\\nFOR THE\\nLEAST SUM OF MONEY\\nCAN BE FOUND AT\\nSdimidt s Cheap Casli Store,\\nCalifornia Street, Monterey,\\n(Opposite old Cuartel.)\\nRemember that EmeSt H. Schlllidt keeps constantly\\nOn hand the Finest Stock of\\nGroceries, Provisions, Wines, Liquors, Cigars,\\nBoots, Shoes, Clothing, Hats, Crockeries,\\nAnd a Full Line of\\nCan and Bottle Kitchen Goods, Wooden Ware, Hard-\\nware, Glass Ware, etc., which he sells\\nVEPl^ST aiIEA.1^ FOIR 0-A.SIi-\\n[134]", "height": "2682", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "handbooktomonter00mont_0140.jp2"}, "141": {"fulltext": "\u00e2\u0096\u00a0Wasliington Hotel.\\nLOCKWOOD BRYAN Proprietors.\\nThis Commodious Three Story Hotel affords Superior\\nAccommodations to the traveling public, being adapted to the com-\\nfort and convenience of\\nTOURISTS AND PLEASURE SEEKERS.\\nThe Rooms are Large, Comfortable and Well-Furnished. The\\nTable is supplied with\\nTHE BEST THE MARKET AFFORDS.\\nCharges are very Moderate and suited to the\\ntimes.\\nA good Ball Room is connected with the Hotel.\\nLOCKWOOD BRYAN.\\n135", "height": "2676", "width": "2137", "jp2-path": "handbooktomonter00mont_0141.jp2"}, "142": {"fulltext": "THE CASTROVILLE ARGUS\\nBY J. MERRITT.\\nOffice, cor. Merritt and Poole Sts., Castroville,-\\nMonterey Co.\\nTERMS, in advance One year, $4.00 Six months, $2.00 One month, 50c.\\nSingle Copies, 10c.\\nRATES OF ADVERTISING:\\nOne Square (ten lines or less), $1.50 for the first insertion, and $1.00 for each\\nsubsequent insertion.\\nA Liberal deduction made to yearly and regular Advertisers.\\nCOLLECTION OFFICE.\\nThe undersigned would respectfully inform the public that he will\\nCollect Bills of Every Description,\\non reasonable terms.\\nBills from abroad sent to me will be promptly collected.\\nOffice at the Post Office in Monterey.\\nGive me a trial.\\nM. R. MERRITT,\\nAgent for the Phoenix and Home Ins. Cos. of Hartford.\\n136", "height": "2682", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "handbooktomonter00mont_0142.jp2"}, "143": {"fulltext": "Homesteads for All\\nDESIRABLE LOTS\\nIN THE RAPIDLY GEO WING\\nTOWN OF CASTROYILLE,\\nFor Sale at Moderate Prices!\\nPossessing varied advantages of beauty of location, convenience to business,\\nfertility of soil, and all the requisites for a profitable, comfortable and beautiful\\nHomestead. Size, 50 feet front by 130 feet depth. An alley 40 feet wide runs\\nthrough each block. Most excellent water from 10 to 16 feet deep.\\nSickness is almost unknown, so healthy is the town.\\nBeing within three miles of the shipping point for much of the country\\nback of it, and a great part of the traffic unavoidably passing through it,\\nCastroville commands a large share of trade for up the valley, while in its\\nimmediate vicinity lie the immense Moro Cojo, Bolsa Nueva, Santa Rita and\\nEscarpines Ranchos, containing some 39,000 acres of most excellent agricultu-\\nral, grazing and wooded lands, which are being rapidly sold off in small farms;\\nbesides the famous Cooper, and other large ranchos that are rented.\\nf\\nThe advantages above enumerated, and many others, will be apparent to any\\nwho will come and see for themselves.\\ni\\nUAN B. CASTRO,\\nCastroville.\\n[137]", "height": "2676", "width": "2137", "jp2-path": "handbooktomonter00mont_0143.jp2"}, "144": {"fulltext": "LAND FOR SALE!\\n20O Acres of Land\\nFOR SALE,\\nOn the Bolsa Nueya y Moro Cojo Rancho,\\nDistant 8 miles from Castroville, 8 miles from Salinas City, and 4 miles\\nfrom Santa Rita and Natividad.\\nThe Land contains about\\nTwo Thousand Cords of Wood,\\nSeveral Springs, and is suitable for Grazing, or the\\nGrowing of Fruit and Vegetables.\\nFor further particulars inquire of\\nJ. D. CASTRO,\\nCASTROVILLE.\\n138 V", "height": "2682", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "handbooktomonter00mont_0144.jp2"}, "145": {"fulltext": "W. H. WEBB. JAS. A. WALL.\\n^A^ebb Wall,\\nATTORNEYS AT LAW,\\nSalinas City.\\nOffice Wall s New Building, Front Hoom,\\nSecond Floor:\\nW. M. R. Parker,\\nConveyancer and Searcher of Records.\\nHaving had ten years experience in the Clerk and Recorder s Office in Mon-\\nterey County, is prepared to make\\nCorrect Abstracts of Title,\\nOf various Ranches, etc., on reasonable terms.\\nREVENUE STAMPS KEPT ON HAND.\\n[139]", "height": "2676", "width": "2137", "jp2-path": "handbooktomonter00mont_0145.jp2"}, "146": {"fulltext": "SElSriD FO:Ei TKCE\\nRESOURCES\\n-OF-\\nMONTEREY COUNTY,\\nCAL IFORNI A,\\nIncluding the Great Salinas Valley.\\nCOMPILED BY A. W. BUTLER.\\nPublished by the Mayor and Common Council of\\nSalinas City, for FREE DISTRIBUTION.\\n[340]", "height": "2682", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "handbooktomonter00mont_0146.jp2"}, "147": {"fulltext": "M, S. V. RAILROAD.\\nTIME TABLE.\\nTrain No. 1.\\nA. M.\\nLeave Monterey 8 30\\nBardin s 9 15\\nCastroville Crossing 9 30\\nArrive Salinas City 9 45\\nTrain No. 2.\\np. M.\\nLeave Salinas City 3 15\\nCastroville Crossing 3 30\\nBardin s 3 45\\nArrive Monterey 4 30\\nSunday Excursion Trains.\\nTrain No. 1.\\nA. M.\\nLeave Monterey 8 00\\nBardin s 8 45\\nCastroville Crossing 9 00\\nArrive Salinas City 9 15\\nTrain No. 2.\\nA. M.\\nLeave Salinas City 9 45\\nCastroville Crossing 10 00\\nBardin s 10 15\\nArrive Monterey 11 00\\nTrain No. 3.\\np. M.\\nLeave Monterey 4 00\\nBardin s 4 45\\nCastroville Crossing 5 00\\nArrive Salinas City 5 15\\nTrain No. 4.\\np. M.\\nLeave Salinas City 5 45\\nCastroville Crossing 6 00\\nBardin s 6 15\\nArrive Monterey 7 00\\nThrough, tickets from San Francisco to Monterey and from Monterey to San\\nFrancisco, via the Southern Pacific Railroad, including omnibus transfer\\nthrough Salinas City, for sale at S. P, E,. E.. Ticket Office, San Francisco, and\\nthe Company s Office in Monterey.\\nJOSEPH W. NESBITT,\\nSuperintendent.\\n13\\n[141]", "height": "2676", "width": "2137", "jp2-path": "handbooktomonter00mont_0147.jp2"}, "148": {"fulltext": "emsTf m ESTmf.\\nCourts.\\nDistrict Court Belden,. Judge. Terms of Court Third Mon-\\nday in March, July and November.\\nCounty Court Parker, Judge. Terms (five) First Monday\\nin March, May, July, September and November.\\nProbate Court Parker, Judge. In perpetual session.\\nBoard of Supervisors.\\nE. St. John, S. B. Gordon, J. Sheehy, E. Breen.\\nJ. B. H. Cooper.\\nRegular Meetings First Monday in February, May, August\\nand November.\\nCounty Officers.\\nWm. M. R. Parker County Judge.\\nM. Farley District Attorney.\\nJ. B. Smith Sheriff.\\nJohn Markley County Clerk.\\nB. T. Nixon Treasurer.\\nH. N. Mills Recorder.\\nJ. B. Scott Auditor.\\nM. A. Castro Tax Collector.\\nR. C. McCroskey School Superintendent.\\nDr. H. P. Tuttle, Coroner, and ex-officio PubHc Admin-\\nistrator.\\nNe-wspapers.\\nSalinas City\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Index, Democrat, Town Talk.\\nMonterey Weekly Herald.\\nCastroville Argus.\\n[142]", "height": "2682", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "handbooktomonter00mont_0148.jp2"}, "149": {"fulltext": "DEPOT OF THE\\nNEW YORK BREWERY BEER\\nAt the Old Brewery, California Street, Monterey.\\nSaloons and Families supplied in quantities to suit. The Bar is well stocked\\nwith the choicest Brands of Wines and Liquors.\\nVALENTINE GIGLINa.\\nCHRIS. O-A-l^BEK,,\\nPMCTIC4L BOOT PA^ER,\\nPEARL STREET, MONTEREY.\\nBoots and Shoes manufactured to order and a fit guaranteed. Particular\\nattention given to REPAIRING.\\n]Nj:oisrTERE 5r hhoxjsb,\\nLagoni Paulson, Proprietors, Alvarado Street, Monterey.\\nThe above house having lately changed hands, has been refitted and fixed up\\nfor the reception of guests. The hotel is conveniently situated on the main\\nthoroughfare, and the reduced rates and improvements inaugurated by the new\\nm.anagement com.mend it to the traveling public. Good Wines, Liquors and\\nCigars at the Bar. LAGONI PAULSON.\\nDealer in Stoves, Pumps, Pipes, and all kinds of Tinware,\\nETC.\\nParticular attention paid to Tin Roofing and Job Work. Give me a call,\\nand see for yourselves.\\nPearl Street, near Wise Harris s Saloon, Monterey.\\nSADDLE AND HARNESS MAKER,\\nPEARL STREET.\\nRepairs neatly and expeditiously done. Saddle Trees, Whips, Collars, Bits,\\nPunches, etc., always on hand.\\n[143]", "height": "2676", "width": "2137", "jp2-path": "handbooktomonter00mont_0149.jp2"}, "150": {"fulltext": "A. HOM^I^^ CO.\\nPnMisliers, Iiiiprters, Boolsellers M Stationers,\\nWHOLESALE AND KETAIL.\\nNO. 11 MONTGOMERY STREET,\\nLick House Block, SAN FRANCISCO.\\nJOHN G. HODGE CO.\\nImporters and Wholesale Stationers,\\n327, 329 and 331 Sansome St., cor. Sacramento,\\nNew York Office, 59 John St SAN FRANCISCO.\\nDaniel Biglev. Geo. Bigley.\\nBiaLEY BROTHERS,\\nDealers in Groceries, Provisions? Etc.\\nN. E. Corner Clay and Davis Streets, San Francisco.\\nE. P. Fellows Co.\\nImporters Dealers in Druggists Glassware Sundries,\\n318 CLAY STREET, BELOW BATTERY,\\np. O. Box, 1792. SAN FKANCISCO.\\nAgents for Fritzche, Schimmel Go s (Leipzig) Essential Oils and Flavoring Extracts.\\nTheo. Bagge. Joseph Brook. Chas. Jas. King.\\nC. JAS. KING OF WM. CO.\\naMUifactiiiiFers \u00c2\u00a9f HerMBtically Sealefl Goods,\\nN. W. COR. BROADWAY AND SANSOME STREETS,\\nSAX FRANCISCO.\\n[144]", "height": "2682", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "handbooktomonter00mont_0150.jp2"}, "151": {"fulltext": "L. B. ^XJSTT]Sr,\\nALVARADO STREET, MONTEREY, Next to the Express Office,\\nCIGARS, TOBACCO, ETC.\\nCandies, Nuts, JFJtc, Stationery, Blnnlc Books, SJiow-Case Goods, Veg-\\netables and Fruits.\\nTASSAJARA SPEIKGS now Open to VISITORS\\nThe undersigned gives notice that the Tassajara Springs are now open for Visitors.\\nThese Springs were noted centimes ago among the old aborigines for the Medicinal Virtues\\nof the waters, and the pale faces are now adding their praises to that of the red man to the\\nGreat Spirit for the gift. Parties visiting the Springs can l3e furnished with meals, or, if\\ncamping, with provisions. Also, parties wishing to be taken to or from the Springs can be\\naccommodated. Apply to j. g, BORDEN.\\nKeeps a First-Class Stock of\\nGroceries and Provisions, Wines, Liquors, Tobaccos,\\nFruits, Candies, Glass and Crockery Ware.\\nThe W. Tf. Telegraph Office. Hides, Game and Farm Produce Shipped.\\nALVARADO STREET.\\nOrnamental Trees at the Cypress Nursery.\\nCypress Trees, Australian Gums, and Pine Trees in large quan-\\ntities at Low R^es.\\nAll orders promptly attended to by PAUL ROMIE, IVIonterey.\\nMRS. BRADWICK,\\nFresh American Bread, Cakes, Pies and Confectionery,\\nWASHINGTON STREET, NEXT TO THE HOTEL.\\n13* 145", "height": "2676", "width": "2137", "jp2-path": "handbooktomonter00mont_0151.jp2"}, "152": {"fulltext": "THE CONSOLIDATED TOBACCO COMPANY\\nOF GJ^HiXFOTlTSrXJ^.\\nPLANTATION AT SAN FELIPE. FACTORIES AT GILROY.\\nMANUFACTURE\\nCIGARS 5E2 TOBACCOS\\nOf California Grown Leaf,\\nCured by the Culp Process, and Guarantee them SUPERIOPv\\nto anything Manufactured in the United States,\\nOF AMERICAN GROWN TOBACCOS.\\nOffice and Salesroom, 207 Front St., San Francisco.\\nEDGAR BRIGGS, Agent.\\n146", "height": "2682", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "handbooktomonter00mont_0152.jp2"}, "153": {"fulltext": "SHADES SALOON.\\nMAIN STREET,\\nNear its Junction with Alvarado Street, MONTEREY, CAL.\\nChoice Liquors, Wines, Cigars, etc.\\nIll\u00c2\u00ae lllll\u00c2\u00bbi Tail\u00c2\u00ae.\\nThe Saloon is supplied with everything necessary to the comfort of visitors.\\nI^^Connected with the Saloon is a commodious\\nFEED AND BOARDING STABLE,\\nWhere parties from a distance can be sure to have their horses properly attended\\nto. 5l;^ Horses taken in charge for training.\\nR. MOREY, Proprietor.\\nTHE NEW\\nCITY HA.LL.\\nTraveling Troupes desirous of performing in Monterey\\nwill find this Hall\\nCommodious, Convenient and Cheap.\\nFor terms address the Secretary,\\nCITY HALL CO., Monterey, Cal.\\n147", "height": "2676", "width": "2137", "jp2-path": "handbooktomonter00mont_0153.jp2"}, "154": {"fulltext": "Produce Commission Merchants,\\nN o. 219 Wcishingtoii Street, San Francisco.\\nBRITTAN, HOLBROOK CO.\\nIMPORTERS AND DEALERS IN\\nT P fes, 5/(?z;^5, Sheet Iron, Copper, Iron and Copper Wire\\nAnd General House Furnishing Hardware,\\nNos. Ill and 113 California and 17 and 19 Davis St., San Francisco.\\nCALIFORNIA STANDARD BILLIARD TABLES\\nSole Agents for Delancy s Patent Steel Wire Cusliioa, the best in use.\\nA Large Stock of Billiard Goods, Ten Pins and Balls,\\n533 MARKET STREET, SAN FRANCISCO, CAL.\\nI. Lohman. T. B. Coghill, Jaraes O. Roiintree,\\nLate of Rountree McMullen.\\nLOHMAN, COCHILL ROUNTREE,\\nImporters, Wholesale Grocers and Commission Merchants,\\n313 and 315 Front Street, cor. Commercial, San Francisco.\\nST. CLAIR ROBERTS,\\nHouse, Sign and Carriage Painter,\\nGraining, Gilding, Marbling, and Paper Hanging.\\nCharges Moderate. HOUSTON STREET.\\n[148]", "height": "2682", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "handbooktomonter00mont_0154.jp2"}, "155": {"fulltext": "George C, Harris. E. H. Wise.\\nBy HAItRIiS \u00c2\u00abfc WISE.\\nOnly the Finest Brands of Liquors and Cigars Kept on Hand.\\nTWO GOOD BILLIARD TABLES. DAILY JOURNALS.\\nCORNER PEARL AND T^LER STREETS.\\nJ. E. McClure, j. p. McClure,\\nWATCHMAKEK AND JEWELER. MACHINIST AND GUNSMITH.\\nIVToCLUI^E IbROTHERS,\\nJewelry, Watches and Clocks, Tools, Etc., Light\\nHardware, Etc.\\nWASHINGTON STREET.\\nCEO. OLIVER,\\nBuilder and Contractor, and General Carpentering\\nattended to.\\nMonterey Shell Work Always on Hand. VAN BUREN STREET.\\nP. Corby. F. Folsom.\\nCORBY FOLSOIVI,\\nMASONS AND PLASTERERS,\\nLARKIN AND FRANKLIN STREETS.\\nCITY MARKET.\\nT. WATSOPI,\\nPrices Low. Meats warranted the best that can be procured.\\n149", "height": "2676", "width": "2137", "jp2-path": "handbooktomonter00mont_0155.jp2"}, "156": {"fulltext": "Averill Chemical Paint,\\nManufactured by the\\nCalifornia Chsmical Paint Company.\\nThis Paint is prepared in liquid form READY FOR\\nAPPLICATION, requiring no Thinner or Dryer, and\\nwill not spoil by standing any length of t^pie.\\nPURE WHITE, OR ANY SHADE OR COLOR\\nDESIRED.\\nIt is CHEAPER, more ELASTIC, and produces a more BEAU-\\nTIFUL FINISH than the best of any other Paint.\\nIt will not Fade, Chalk, Crack or Peel off, and\\nwill last twice as long as any other Paint.\\nPut up in I, 2, and 5 Gallon Packages, and in Barrels.\\nSold by the Gallon, and not by the Pound.\\nSend for Sample Card of Colors, and Price List, before ordering\\nany other.\\nOffice and Depot, 117 Pine Street, San Francisco.\\n150", "height": "2682", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "handbooktomonter00mont_0156.jp2"}, "157": {"fulltext": "Astonishment\\nhas often been expressed\\nat the low rates charged by\\njj/ Bacon Company for the beautiful\\nPrinting executed at their office; but\\nthis 13 no longer a matter of surprise to\\nthose who visit the office, where the fast-\\nest machines and best appliances are in\\nthe hands of skilled and active workmen.\\nr-\\nPromptness of delivery is a prominent\\ncharacteristic in our business. Orders\\nfrom the interior filled at city prices.\\nPaper Ruling Blank Books\\nand Book manufact d\\n,i;-S,. L J to order.\\nCor. Clay and Sansome\\nStreets,\\nSan Francisco.", "height": "2676", "width": "2137", "jp2-path": "handbooktomonter00mont_0157.jp2"}, "158": {"fulltext": "STOVES and RANGES\\nA Large Variety of Cooking, Parlor, Box and Office\\nT O A^ E S\\nOver 100 different Kinds and Styles\\nto select from, including the Old Favorites\\nDiamond Rock and\\nChief Cook,\\nSTOVES.\\nEureka, Mariposa 1 td A IVT/^^ TT O!\\nand Bismark rXi-^lN LjILO.\\nLOCKE MONTAGUE,\\n112 and 114 BATTERY ST.\\nSan Francisco.\\nMANUFACTURERS OF THE IMPROVED FRENCH RANGES.\\n152", "height": "2682", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "handbooktomonter00mont_0158.jp2"}, "159": {"fulltext": "a-\\nHAND BOoic\\nO\\nMonterey\\n4iVD VICIN^-^\\nIn a mantle of old traditions,\\nIn the rime of a vanished day,\\nThe shrouded and silent City\\nSits by lier crescent Bay.", "height": "2676", "width": "2137", "jp2-path": "handbooktomonter00mont_0159.jp2"}, "160": {"fulltext": "onterey and Salinas Valley\\nKAILROAD.\\nConnecting at Salinas City with Southern Pacific\\nRaih oad for\\nSan Francisco^ San Jose^ Soledadf Paso JRohles\\nSj^ringSf and all Points JEast^ North\\nand South.\\nAt Monterey, with G. N. k P/s Passenger Steamships\\nfor\\nSanta Cru^f San Si ineon^ San Ltiis Obisjto, San-\\nta Barbara Los Angeles^ and all Points\\non the Coast South of San Francisco,\\nThe most desirable route to Santa Cruz, Ajyfos, Pesca-\\ndero, and Soquel; Point Pinos, Moss Beach, Point Cypress,\\nOld Carmef Mission, and Pacific Grove Retreat,\\nNo Staging, Four Steamers Weekly between Monterey\\nand Santa Cruz.\\nJOHN MARKLEY,\\nGen. Ticket Agent.\\nJOSEPH W. NESBITT,\\nSuperintendent.", "height": "2682", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "handbooktomonter00mont_0160.jp2"}, "161": {"fulltext": "DR. ABORN,\\nTHE WELL-KNOWN SUCCESSFUL SPECIALIST,\\nUntil he retires from active practice in a sliort time, will receive a limited number of\\npatients daily, from 10:30 A. M. to 3 p. m., and from 6 to 7:30 p. m,\\nCONSUIVIPTION,\\nASTHMA, BRONCHITIS, OZENA AND CATARRH,\\n^5^1) E F IST E S S ,:s=^)\\nAND ALL DISEASES OF THE EYE AND EAR,\\nAnd Obstinate Chronic Diseases generally, embracing also\\nHeart, Liver, Stomach, Nervous Diseases Broken-Down Constitutions\\nAre the class of maladies which are successfully treated by DR. ABORN,\\nOOH-nSTEI^ OF I OST J^ISIJD KLE^^mNT^S STJEtEEXS,\\nAfter the ordinary methods have failed.\\nRETIREMENT FROM ACTIVE PRACTICE.\\nDR. ABORN will retire in the course of a few months from active ijractioe for a while.\\nMUTUALLY DESIBABLE,\\nIt would be more agreeable to the Doctor if persons who desire to consult him would\\nsatisfy themselves as to his skill and successful mode of treatment before calling. This\\nwould tend to remove misapprehension and all necessity for explanations.\\nSEVERAL HUNDREDS\\nOf Testimonials from well-known citizens have been published in behalf of the suifering;\\nalso, a list of References, embracing some of our most prominent residents, whose names\\nhave been given so that the most skeptical may with all others have every opportunity of\\nsatisfying themselves that the ijeculiarly successful scientific method of treatment adopted\\nby DR. ABORN is everything that it is represented to be. Evidences have accumulated in\\nproof of this, grateful testimonials of remarkable cures being daily received by him. Many\\nof these are contained in the pamphlets and papers published by him for gratuitous\\ncirculation.", "height": "2676", "width": "2137", "jp2-path": "handbooktomonter00mont_0161.jp2"}, "162": {"fulltext": "liif ii f i Miif 111?\\nFt oni San Francisco^\\nBy Southern Pacific Railroad to Salinas City. De-\\npot, corner Fourth and lownsend Streets. Train\\nleaves at 8.30 a.m.\\nFrom Salinas City to Monterey, by M. S. V. R. R.\\nTrain leaves Salinas at 3.15 p.m., on week days, and\\n9.45 A.M. and 5.45 P.M., on Sundays.\\non.\\nBy Steamers leaving Washington Street Wharf every\\nTuesday and Saturday.\\nFrom Los Auf/elrs, San IJietjo, and other Points\\nSouth.\\nBy Goodall, Nelson Perkins Steaniers, sailing as\\nadvertised.\\nOJFt,\\nBy Coast Line of Stages to Soledad thence by S. P.\\nR. R. to Salinas City thence by M. S. V. R. R. to\\nMonterey.\\nThrough Tickets for sale at S. P. R. R. Depot, cor. Fourth\\nand Townsend and at Office of G. N. P. S. S. 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