The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1878-04-02
SANTA ROSA.
Something About Its Various
Manufactures.

Correspondence of the Razoo.
FULTox, CALIFORNIA, March 18th, 1873
Editor Basoo:
DEAR SrR-ThInking you would like to
hear from Santa Rosa and the surrounding
county, I will take this opportunity to in.
form you that, owing to the many ad.
vant&ges that Santa Rosa now possesses, We
feel sure that our city will become
A MANCFACrCRING CENTER.
All the industries that have been begun
have 6ourished, and the energy of our
citizens 10 . precursor Of what will be the
result Of enterprises that are talked Of being
inaugurated in the near future.
That manufactures do pay has been
demonstrated. and as they are encouraged
and create demand for labor and conse.
quently form IN increase of population, the
land all over our city will increase in value.
and there d no way in which our capital
ists can better or safer invest their capital
than in building up and sustaining our
manufacturing interests. In 1877 some en-
terpris,ng men erected = wooden mill which
promises to be splendid investment and
gives employment TO twentysix persons.
ALDEN FRUIT DRYER.
A short distance from the wooden mill
can be seen the building of the Alden Fruit
Dryer and Preserving Company, q large
two story building.
The company was incorporated in 1876,
with = capital stock Of sS.l6I. The Golden
Eagle Foundry IVES erected at the cost Of
$4,000. There is one distill-ry, capable of
STORING $50 900 GALLONS
of liquors in pipes. There are three lumber
yards, and one planning mill. There are
two Touring mills capable of turning out
S25 barrels of -four Der day. There is also
IN artificial stone works which is doing q
Aourishing business. There is also large
shoe factory which gives employment to 26
persons There are blacksmith and wag-
on shops, and eleven paint shops. There
are lvo tannerie.. one Of which the proPrie-
torn, Mr.. H. T. Hevett, has recently ex-
pended sl5.0 900 in fitting il up, it is his in
tentioa of making it the best on the coast.
About twenty men are employed to carry
on the business.
HARNESS MAKERS.
This class Of industry is we'll represented
here. there are plenty Of the establishments
in this city.
There are four hardware and TIN stores. the
largest of which is owned BY Stanley &
Thompson, the largest in the country, it
gives employment to 6 men.
SOAP FACTORY.
Mr.. A Filcher has q soap factory in which
he makes four brands of soap. 1t turns out
about a0t' pounds daily.
MAPM COFFEE FACTORY,
next C the house of the hose company No.
/, is ms establishment where asubstitute for
coffee i made from sweet potatoes.
CHURCHES AND SCHOOLS.
There are nine churches, SO there is no
grounds Of complaint for not having a
chance to hear the gospel preached. 1t is
. 6ne place for ministers and yellow legged
chickens. There are two colleges, which
add greatly to our city, and two public
schools and several private schools, about
twelve hundred scholars in all.
HOTELS
There are six, two of which are 6nt-class,
the Occidental and Grand, the former was
erected at the cost of about eighty thousand
dollars. besides there are numerous board
ing houses in which to accommodate the
public. Santa Rosa has . population Of
about Eve thousand souls, and il is in close
eonuection With San Francisco, the distance
being only sixty-four miles. We can leave
home after breakfast aud spend the biggest
portion of the day in
San FRANcIsco
and Get home BY dark. Az for climate /
do not think that this can be excelled, crops
ore light In this valley on account Of 40 ex-
ceeding!y much rain. Altogether the total
rain fall from the first of October, 1877, is
abuut forty inches. there are good prospects
for large crops in other parts of the State
where they had the drouth last year, fruit
trees have been in bloom for week. One thing
you are blessed With that We are not here,
that i, you have no Chinese. They will
soon be taking the bread from the white
peoples mouths unless they are stopped
from immigrating to this country.
NJ. r.
1T must be good for everybody recon-
mends il, and the doctors prescribe it. We