Monterey-Tuolumne-Napa County CA Archives Biographies.....Malarin, Juan 1825 - 
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Author: Luther A. Ingersoll, Editor (1893)

JUAN MALARIN was born in Peru, South America, November 1, 1825. He came to
California in 1849, arriving at San Francisco July 2 as supercargo on a sailing
vessel. After having disposed of his cargo he went to the mines in Tuolumne
county, where he mined with average success one year. After that he turned his
attention to agricultural pursuits, and was engaged in farming in the Napa
valley for about four years. Then for several years he superintended the San
Luis Gonzaga rancho of 50,000 acres, situated in Santa Clara and Merced
counties, and became identified with the business interests of San Jose, as a
director in the Commercial Bank and a stockholder in the Electric Light Company.
He is the builder and proprietor of the "Monterey and Pacific Grove Street
Railway," which enterprise he inaugurated and pushed to completion in 1890 and
'91. Failing to enlist the aid which the enterprise deserved from other parties,
Mr. Malarin pushed the road through alone, against what seemed to be
insurmountable obstacles. He ran the first car to the Junipero Serra monument
April 30, 1891, the day that President Harrison paid a visit to the old capital,
and to Pacific Grove the following August. The road is over four miles in
length, laid with twenty-pound steel rails and sawed ties, and equipped with
first-class cars, both open and closed, affording to the public an excellent
service. The grade is light, and the track so constructed as to be readily
changed into an electric road. Mr. Malarin has invested about $50,000 in this
enterprise, and is doing a great public service in advancing the material growth
of towns on his lines. It is safe to say that few men would have undertaken such
an enterprise single-handed, pushed it to completion, and built up for the same
a prosperous business.

  Mr. Malarin's father, Lorenzo Malarin, was of Italian birth, and spent the
greater part of his life in the silver mines of South America. The subject of
our sketch is a man of family. He was married in 1874 to Miss Cristina Malarin,
a distant cousin of his, and their union has been blessed with five children.

  Quiet and unobtrusive in manner, kind-hearted and generous in disposition, Mr.
Malarin is popular with all classes of people, and especially with those in his
employ.


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Memorial and Biographical History of the Coast Counties of Central California.

Illustrated.

Containing a History of this Important Section of the Pacific Coast from the
Earliest Period of its Discovery to the Present Time, together with Glimpses of
its Auspicious Future; Illustrations and Full-Page Portraits of some of its
Eminent Men, and Biographical Mention of many of its Pioneers, and Prominent
Citizens of To-day.



HENRY D. BARROWS,
Editor of the Historical Department.

LUTHER A. INGERSOLL,
Editor of the Biographical Department.

"A people that take no pride in the noble achievements of remote ancestors will
never achieve anything worthy to be remembered with pride by remote
descendants."-Macaulay.


CHICAGO: THE LEWIS PUBLISHING COMPANY.
1893.


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