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room is as clean as a parlour, and the fruit waggons are re¬ 
splendent with bright paint and artistic lettering. The draught 
horses are all large, sleek, and fat, and the carriage horses are 
neat-limbed and of noble lineage. 
Water is piped from springs upon the mountain side, several 
hundred feet above, to every building upon the place, under a 
pressure of 150 lbs. to the square inch. A hose-cart is provided 
for protection in case of fire, and the main buildings are covered 
with pipes, so that they could if necessary be quickly flooded. 
The buildings and various portions of the farm are connected 
with the engine-room by electric alarm bells. The residence 
and packing-house are connected with Los Gatos and all the 
principal towns in California, by long-distance telephone. A 
private electric plant furnishes both arc and incandescent electric 
lights for the residence, packing-house, drying-ground, stable, 
and other buildings, and also for the town of Los Gatos. The 
15-acre plot used as a drying-ground, as stated, is also 
supplied with electric lights, and all work involving the handling 
and packing of the dried fruit is done at night in order to avoid 
the settling upon the fruit of the minute particles of dust set in 
motion by men and horses. Near the residence there is a grove of 
live-oak trees. From their branches depend a number of electric 
lights, and scattered about among the branches are a number of 
rustic seats. Near at hand there is a large cement plunge bath, 
supplied with a spring board and other accessories. A Grape 
arbour and trailing vines furnish grateful shade, and the pool is 
supplied with running water from mountain springs. 
Twenty-five men are employed upon the place the year 
round, and from seventy-five to 100 in the season. Every 
company of men works under its own foreman, each foreman 
reporting to the superintendent, and he in turn to the proprietor. 
Everything moves forward quietly and as systematically as 
clockwork. It is all very much like a dream. 
The packing-house is two storeys high, 55 ft. in width by 
185 ft. in length, and is supplied with the latest and most im¬ 
proved machinery. It has also an elevator. The ground floor 
is of cement, and is kept very clean. The machinery is all 
propelled by steam power. The engine is a Putnam 60-horse 
power. It was built to order, and is a most beautiful piece of 
machinery. It is kept as neat and clean as the furniture in a 
