Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1881-04-20

being greatly stimulated by the speedy prospect Of
t railroad connection with San Francisco and the
e East Wharves are being built and enlarged ware
houses are being erected costly residences are going
8 up, and grounds are being improved The acreage
OF arabic lands is rapidly increasing and new life
being infused into every branch of mercantile and
industrial life. Tourists in unusual numbers are
visiting our city, and the hotels and pleasure
are well filled with guests
Santa Clara.
GlLRoY.-The prospects for good wheat harvest
IN tins section are good, though the acreage sown
falls far short of last season. Business has been
quite dull during the last three months, but is now
on the increase, and the outlook is very hattering
There has been but few buildings erected here dur
ing the past few years. owing to the unsettled condi
ton OF land titles in this city This drawback how
ever, VIII soon be done away with, as there is a
promise OF speedy settlement OF this vexatious
question, which, when done, will make Gilroy one
Oh the most desirable locations in the State. Our
garry industries are in fourishing condition.
Santa Cruz.
WAr;oNvILLE-The business outlook for this vi.
einty during the coming season is very good Crops
are doing well, and there is every prospect for an
| abundant harvest. The late rain almost insures
this prediction, as 1t remedied the drying effect of
the recent winds. Quite large amount of building
is going on. A large Touring mill is in process of
construction. This is the second one in town. 1t
Will be 72 feet by "a feet three stories high and the
estimated cost is s17 600 For some time there has
been talk Of putting large shoe factory in this
place. There are two paper mills in this vicinity
one in process Of construction and one which has
| hean nrttpp ~
was started at Sequel, village few miles from
here. 1t ran couple Of years. and for some reason
was shut down. 1t is expected that it will soon be
moved this town, all of the beets are grown
here and the expense of transportation will be saved
| The Santa Cruz Railroad, which runs between here
| and Santa Cruz, has not been in operation for a
| couple Of months. During the heavy rains
| last season the bridge near Santa
Cruz was washed away, and the company
have never felt able to put it up. The Dumbarton
| Company will probably purchase the road and run
it through to Watsonville, and perhaps on south.
Since the dscontnuance of the railroad Watsonyille
| and Santa Cruz have been connected by stages
For eral years there has been some probability
OF street-car railroad connecting Watsonvile with
the beach and some beautiful lakes few miles from
| town. Ii it was done. this place would grow to be
popular summer resort. There are two water
companies in operation hare. One furnishes arte-
an water and the other gets its supply from the
Corralitos creek. Both supply the best qua ty of
water Ira Thurber, citizen of this place. recently
purchased fifty acres of the finest land near town.
and will plant it all in Strawberries He has had
large cargo OF plants imported the continent
and already has portion of them under growth
This is probably the largest enterprise OF the kind
in the State
SANTA CRUZ.-The outlook for Santa Cruz is good
the probability being that this will be the best sea-
son since 1876. The crops look excellent, and the
fruit trees give indications of abundance Little
building will be done this year, as the city is over
built and it is better that the business and popula
| tion should catch up with it. There are no men
necessarily idle hereabous The pipe.laying of the
Santa Cruz Water Company and the improvements
| on the FELTON, fume give employment to a large
force. The growing grain looks fine, the acreage
being sown mostly to barley.
Sierra.
DowNIErILLE.-The prospect is very promising
| fora good mining season. Spring opens about a
month earlier than usual, and vegetation is very
| forward. The miners all at work in the placer
and quartz mines and there is demand for prac
| teal miners
Stskiyou.
YREKA.AThe prospects of good crops were never
better, all doubt hayirg been dispelled BY good
showers of rain during the past week large area
OF new ground has been SEEDED and the dry weather
since the middle of March has rendered the low
lands also suitable for raising good crops. There
has been considerable demand for labor by farmers
this spring in quitting in crops. and there will be
good demand at harvest trne-in July and August
The mining interests also very prosperous in
quartz placer and river mining. About double the
usual amount of mining viii be carried on on the
klamath this summer by reason of the big strikes
last causing se7eral new companies to wing
dam and open down to the rich pay channel The
quartz edges have been prospecting very rich this
| winter, and the quartz mountains throughout the
county are full of prospecting parties. With the
extra quantity OF gold expected to be realized the
coming summer, and the abundant crops the wealth
Of this county will be greatly increased as the
farming prosperity depends upon success in mining
since our products only find an available market at
home for want of railroad communication The
wool clip will be large and OF superior quality owing
to the favorable winter, and beef cattle are
abundant by having had coed feed all winter on the
ranges. This county has improved greatly in the
past two years, and its steady, gaining prosperity
causes demand for buildings aud greater i'm
provenents of the farms, together with more ex-
| tenslye operations in mining.
shasta.
SHAsTA.-The business outlook for the season at
this place is very good, Merchants anticipate quite
an increase over the previous seasons trade Build
ing will be about the same. The demand for labor
is moderate, and will be mostly supplied by home
laborers Our rainfall is the greatest ever known at
this place, being LOG inches. Farmers report the
crops better than ever before known at this time OF
the year. and anticipate large hsrvests Our last
rain has benefited the county many thousands of
dollars is still very cloudy, with strong indica-
tions that we will have another storm.
s0Iano.
DnoS.- No particular harm was done by the last
shower to tie grain tina. is furthest advanced, while
it will be a great benfit to the late sown grain On
all the lands in the immediate vicinity of this place
the prospect for the wheat crop is exec lent and it
is believed to be on the best grades of land in all
parts OF the county. But the second-class or
clayey soils, the wheat was badly drowned out in
the early part of the winter; much so that in
some places the farmers are now piowing up
the seeded ground for next years summer fallow
Although the coming CROP as whole, will fall far
short of last years in amount, the warehousemen
are considerably troubled to know what to do with
it, most of last years grain is still on hand and
farmers appear little disposed as ever to sell at
the ruling prices In consequence of the unfavora-
BILE state of the market there VIII be fewer perma
| nent improvements undertaken by farmers than
would otherwise he the case but still good many
are building new barns, etc The demand for labor
will not be much less than in previous years. and it
will begin in two weeks, wien haying win com
mence. few of the larger grain farmers are this
year making arrangements to vary their productions
by planting vineyards, mostly OF winegrapes, while
quite number of the previously existing raisin
vineyards being added to- G. G.. Briggs the
great Davisville rasin.maker has planted 500
of new vines One party has also gone into the pro-
duction of olives and the manufacture OF oil on quite
an extensive scale.
BESfciA.-The old Capital OF the State is cnce
more coming TO the 'front.' ard Bencia is to-day one
of the few growing towns in California During the
past year Bencia has grown considerably, and she |
now numbers nearly $500 inhabitants Business is
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