, 1869-08-28
Tho "Via1taciou Rancho" OF San
Frnnoiscn.

We mentioned nome weeks kgo the passage
through this clts OF party Of gentlemen from
New York for California, with vter to the pur-
chase OF cttiAlc lands near San Francisco by sew
eral large capitalists In this city and New York
Tie prrty returned two days aSo, and We Under
stand that tie committee on tha examination OF
the 1auds, MeasEI John E Wylie, o. F. Badger, c.
Vanderbilt Jr.. Charies f. Deutscn and Jas. O.
Stephens report to their principals that thef hare
naae careful examination or the lands IN quts-
ton, and recommend tkelr purchase Oh the terms
agreed upon- aIr. G. Vanderbilt Jr., makes a
srecisl and fnll report upon the subject In walca
he aays:
The .conmltteee appointed 70 rtsr San F.au-
cttco Gnd e1aulne the property kno~n As tho
Rancho Canada de Gundaloupe La yisltoc.ou ,
l4deo rIe9o," sstaa!a and being IN tho Counties
thcls lsboEh arc poW rctnt3 10 report. and while
fully nsree with the gentlemen composing the
committee IN theft report, ai'd having signed With
In accordance with the request OF SEVERAL Of the
fuhscHben, to e1pres1 individually, my views
rtlAtsvt to the SITUATION mad Character Of the sald
raach.
The estate consists Of ia eo-1eo acrea more o,
iee. I.ltnR geographical yleH OF the property
ln ronrect.on w!1h the city Of San Francisco, il
ot that city whica evidently taking tta extension
rapidly towards the country south In this direc.
| from lhc sant drifts Of the ocean beacn. Nature
forms In part barrier to the extension o. the city
north, to wt: the Strait Of the Goldea NAte, COIL
utct,nE the ocean nad SEA Francisco Lay, the
rough bea and The drifting sea bosch sand. Il Will
| Be naDJ years before san FfaHc!sro can extend
~ street lHrrovcn.ents eEeu to Fort Point, gov.
| erument reservation o. l<U0 Rcrea koE1e two and
half miles from The C.:s HAIL. and beyond which
nre high handdritls TO The ocean Lone Mountain
prosementa IN that direction, 90 the tide OF loc1-
t.on must 50 south. San Franclsco proper hAs
hUt ssycn or eight mica Of water front, aad helr.
| The only important hatbor Oh the Pacific coast
from the Columbia 1aFer to C3po Sc. Lucas, DIS.
Iapt soo Elles II II erident tuat double, perhaps
treble, thai number Of miles Of watc. 1,ont viii bc
required, when II Is SO clear to nll observing nen
tnAt San Francisco Il the distributing paint Tor the
Pacific coast, md, = Eay &c prrhumed, will 5000
impostat,ops destined for America. street rail.
rosds nirrady cxtSnd T. The uaY View tract be.
5opah ~ t an .tan aat s # Ss
honc-cass tss7n!nase =. the Abbey. tbs most
eouincrn point Of the Rancho, and The ssu Jose
southern liae, The ter1n.nating poas Of tie Grand
paeinc Railroad WILL ba in Sau Francisco, citacI
" Tn5 Of San Josc, Or aczoas the san Francisco
the Ahore Of San Francisco Bay. psss!ng over the
water front Of visithCton Rancho, the right OF way
ID es M ios Gacsne
fhops, &c, which ,a Rireatiy surEcyel located
aectrted anu confirmed by tho Tide Land Com
OF the T11tacsou on tae bay SIDE and enhance The
value OF The property Of tho wholly rancho> The
opinion Is frequently oppressed that large e.
| thb]isament1, warehouses, 1oundltt4, machine
ahups, and ship-yarls must 10 located slon9 tue
watcr e!dc within ! limited time, even beyond ths
siscon ,aosne Tse p5opss IL tae nslsanor
Of this city 10 be worth ftu1n 8l,111 to g., ceo pei
Acre. and ID many places q, ooo and upHarua re,
Acre
Hunters Point has tho largest and bcst built
d1y<Ieck 10 The United statex, suit. u ,staae anc
Permanently located. The county roads tesd so
road paaAea It on The cast ant tho san FrancIRct
and San Aaico soaa on thc uesf, both !nsportan