A Good Place

Such counsels led to a more thorough search of available properties in the region specified. A further and more detailed examination of the Loma Linda estate revealed a main building with sixty-four rooms, four four-room cottages, and a large recreation hall. The buildings were all in excellent condition, well furnished, heated with steam, and lighted with electricity. Of the seventy-six acres of land, eighteen were in bearing orchard, and fifteen in alfalfa. The remainder of the grounds was beautifully laid out in lawns, drives, and walks. There was no less than a mile of cement walk. There were many head of livestock—horses, cows, chickens, and turkeys. There were wagons, carriages, and farm implements. There was an abundance of water, including an artesian well, and this water was piped all over the premises. Everything was in such condition that business might begin at once.SHM 345.4

Again inquiry was made regarding price, and it was learned that the place had been running at a continued loss, that the stockholders were embarrassed financially, and had ordered the place sold for only $40,000.SHM 346.1