The Placer herald., 1857-12-19
Tulare Canal-Stocktnr

The last legislature, it will be- reco,,o,
incorporated a Company for the o, nurnos,
reclaimiHg the tule lands of Tulare eo"e rv'o VI
and connect 1ulare Lake with the San !'
gum river by means of a canal This Com' %
pany is called the Tuare Canal and on IonS
Co. In an interview with Mr.. Downor ,'"'a ~
that Company, we obtained much interss,n' VI
intelligence in connection with this snb;oass
We learned from his minutes of the surv.r =:
the Tulare Canal the fact that the. water ~ VI
Kings river, or San Joaquin Slough As !, ~ :.
often called is IS 81-1O0 feet lower th." %
the water head of Tulare Lake at its lowa.. a,
time Of water, which is in October Th;' ;':'
an important fact of the success of tbo s os ~
al: and the work is being prosecuteJ 'Iu' h.'
the Company with vigor, so it is exnec,oa
that by spring over two hundred tbous.ui
acres Of land will be reclaimed. The Csm"1 %
will be about the same width and dentb os
the N. Y. Erie canal. Its completion w;n
open one of the richest valleys of the sta,o ,.'
as land that now is unproductive for want 'Vf os
water can then be irrigated from the c,n,l
the head-waters of which as shown bv ,h,n
survey, is higher than the lands tbronn,' '
which it runs, and for a great portion Of H.
way will run upon the top of the land m ys'
quiring embankments upon either side. And
in addition to this, the products of the farm'
or upon this fertile soil, heretofore almost
worthless from its distance from market c,r
find an easy egress by means of this canal
to the very doors Of our city, and by the
means Of opening an immense trade with
our merchants, to add to the wealth md
prosperity Of Stockton. Already is ,L;s
improvement drawing into that valley g,
large immigration and our city is now ben.
Gifted by it, as the supplies necessary for
their wants are received from this point
Nisalia, the business town of Tulare is
adding to its stores, and they seek their
goods at the Stockton market The imn;.
grafton there is principally from the Coast
Range, driven from their former homes bv
/ Spanish grants, and drawn there by the fer.
tile soil and prospects of the speedy com.
pletion of the canal for irrigating and com.
mercial purposes. The lands thus opened to
market are sold by our State Government
to which they belong, at the same low price
as is demanded for unreclaned lands under
the law Of 1865 Large locations are being
made there. The company making the can
al receives pay for its labor in lands upon
its border, and Of course their price of land,
is governed by that Of the State. The sell
ing of these lands will hell the State in its
present embarrassed condition, and serve 10
assist by means Of its becoming taxable to
assist in paving the expenses Of government.
But the filling up of this Valley will be
more directly beneficial to our own city.
Here is the natural outlet of that valley and
to this point will it tend, as naturally as its
raual will run in this direction. 1t is one Of
the many assistants marked ont as it were hy
nature, TO make Stockton one Of the most
important cities n increase and prosperity
in the State. The future of our city is bright,
and Tulare Valley will be one Of the mean,
of proving it so. Stockhn .hYux