city profile bakersfield california 1924 by edw. a. kelly realtor

8/14/2019 City Profile Bakersfield California 1924 by Edw. A. Kelly Realtor

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The Reolta Bl, ,e Book al Ca,Utomia, 387"Come witll us and wd will do thee eood,', but be warned thatPasadenagets in the bloocl,and oncea Pasadenanalways a pasadenanat heart, even though a body may of necessitydwell elsewhere.

BROX@SiLow BuildiDe Co., 396 E. ColoDdo.Marsh&u, F. D,, 681 Earthaa St.Melile, Th l\ank Co,, 26 N. Eucltn-Mccurdy & r.IarkliD, ?81 E. Colorarlo.Monroe, lrvins S., 2236 Ii. Colorado,Pratt, Cliltor J,, 831 E, Colorado.SeweU, W. R. & SoE,2594 Ij. CoioradoShatrr, A, 'w.; 2? S. Eucltd.Smtth, Erne6t w', 2?2 S. Los Robtes,Sturdevant-Swink Co,, ?49 E. Colo.adoTnomlson & SDen@r. 1780E. ColorarloThuD, F. & W. Co., 541 Securtty Blitg.Vibet, Leon, 1112 E. Cnlorado.Weber, 'W, Eoyt, 10 Galneld.White, M. K., 64? E. Colorailo.

PASAD!iNABoadway, L. A., 268 U. Coiolrdo St ,Arainerii, Gertrude G.,517 !i . Walnut St,Dee, !, N., 1480 N. MichigaE Aye.Day, Clarence P. Co. ! - ,36 N. Ray.Eims, J. A,, 43? E. PeidDoDt.Froer, L. R , Co,, 43 S, l-os Robles.Cilcrisi, H. B, Co,, 810 E. Colorado.Hiatt-Cutler Rea,lty Co,, 103 N- r.airEuber, F. G. , 2036 l-ircoln.XeDyotr-Yourislove Co., 401 Dodro.tiBlds,Leake, A, E, & SoD, 1441 E. Wahtls-

BakersfieldBa EDw. A. KrLLy, Realtor

AKERSFIELD'S supremepositionmaks t a natural junction,a trading and industrial center. It is sudoundd by thelargest. reaiFsl,nd iche.Ioi l andnaturalgas ie]ds,he'moslvaluable gold, silver and copper mines, the most tertile level irrigatedlands,and the most valuablestock ranges n the world.Besides these natural resources, s the geologicaland topo-graphical location of the city. Lying between he Virgin Coast RangeMountains on the west, the Rocky Siena Nevada Range on the eait,and with these two mighty ranges closing together on the south, analour giant Kr-rt River flowing calmly by her side, Balersfield has allthat generousnature can give her.Balersfield is the capital of Kern county, a county cortaining overfive million acres of land that poured natural wealth into Bakersfietdof over one hundred million dollars during 1921,which is greater thsnthe assessed aluatior of ten counties of this state combined.Balersfield has rhe largest mryoretion engaging n srock raisinga-nd arming in-l,Ie-world, he targpoffcers of the richesl oil corporaition in the world, the largest corpomtion selting water for irrigationin the world, the largest elpcl ical gpneralingphnl using natural gasfo-rJuel in lhe world. he largest Fbrd Motor Car Sales-Agencyestof the Eocky Mountains, and two of the largest transcontiientil rail-road shops and yards in the state. The largest gasoline condensing

plant on earth is situated a few miles away.-And

Bakelsfield selh 6Los AEgelesand vicin'ity alnost all of tleir natural sas analan enor-mousamount of electricity for light and power.The cohbined assetsof the ba.nksof Bakersfeld ar greater thanthat of eachof thirty-five cities of this state, and only f;ur cities in


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388 The Eeul,t! BLueBook ol CalitornirLthis state exceededour clearing house receipts of almost fifty-twomillion dollars last year. Bakersfield's daily payroll is over onehun-dred thousand dollars. T'hecounty tax rate on Bakersffeld propertywas the lowest in the state last year and the city rate was only fivecentsmore.BakeNfield, ecently rebled n population, ow has nearly thirty-ffve thoussndpe$ons, esidingsrithin five hours' de o{ Los Angeles,over the most scenic oa.d n the \forld.Bakemfield is also a center of music, alt, scientific a.nd ndustrialrsearch. The Iibraries in Bakersfield contain onehundred and fifty_seven thousand volumes. Junior Collegefumishes two years ofrecognizedUniversity tmining.Bakersfield has twenty-tvro churctps, twenty-two schools, fivehospitals, the largest natatorium in the state, four public palks, con_taining over thilty acres,seven hatres, he fastest dirt race trackon earth, the largest garage in the state, thirty clubs, numerousfratelnal organizations,eight public buildings, eighty-ffvemiles ofpavedstreets, en miles of electdc railroad. and Bakersfield s sur-rounded by lwo hundred and twenty-fivemiles of pavedroads andsix hundredmiles of highways.

Riverside. he Citv BeautifulB? L. P. SrEwARr,Realto.

OMPARING Riverside o beauty s just like compa ng onerosewith another. Aside from beinga thing of beauty and a ioyforver it is also a city of homes,where each and everyhomeowner has an average ncome of $2,285.00.Think that over. Alsoremember hat $2,285.00n Riverside is equal to $3,500.00n anycongestedi{y. I f you hare ever ravelpd r read you know aboutRiverside. Here are a few facts:RiveNide is a wonder city of twenty-seven housandcontentedand DrosDerousouls. Located 60 miles east of Los Angeles n thetreart ot the OrangeBelt; x'ithin 60 miles of any one of five OceanBeach resorts; 35 miles from Nature's $5,000,000 lay ground; 30miles from five heaith resolts and is in effect a wonderful playgToundwhereyou get paid for playing. We dedveour' wealth from our pro-ductivesoil, our health from our glo::iousclimate and our pleasurefrom livine in $'hat would havebeen he "Gardenof Eden" had Adamand Eve blen on this side of the continent. It would take me toolongto tell you aboutall the things we grow here fl addition o happi-ness. Suffice for me to say that we halvested last year some$21.665,050.00,orth of products from our soil. This fact hasattracted the attention of outside interests with the result ttlat River-side is now the hub of severalcolonizationprojectsfostered by bigmoneyednterests1{.ho re colorizingsome14,000 cresof fertile landsurloundingRiverside. High pricesof land andsub-dividingof manyacreage racts around Los Angeles is driving dairies and truck farm-ers to Riverside,with the result that st ngs of trucks are now carry-


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city profile bakersfield california 1924 by edw. a. kelly realtor

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