New-York tribune., 1881-12-25
THE RESOURCES OF CALIFORNIA.

LIE JiENOOHCIID VT Va III Oil-'h@i'
TALK WITH EX-GOVERNOR STANFORD.
THE RAILWAYS THROUGH TUE soUrHwEsT-AGRI-
CULTURE, WINES AND NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
LEANS AZ An OUTLET FOR PACIFIC COAST PRO
DUCTS.
Ex-Governor Leland Stanford, of California,
arrived few days ago the Windsor Hotel In speak
ing Of the Southern and Central Pacific Railways he
said: These Southern railways viii develop an I'm
mensc business in a country that has previously been
practically inaccessible. great market will thereby be
opened to California Indeed such is the now; for
quantities of such supplies chicken fruits, fresh
meats etc. are being down from Southern California
into Arizona. l do not think the Southern Pa
cidc Railway will have any particular advantage
the Central in winter because the idea that snow Is
a great drawback TO travel on the Central Is a ibis
take There is no considerable number OF miles OF rail!
road north of Mason DiXOD's line where there Il 50
little trouble from The Union and Central
arc very free from annoyance by from the Missouri
River to Sacramento Except at the submits OF the
mountains where there is ample protection by sheds,
the snow il not deep hardly averaging more than foot
along line the other hand, the tourist travel oi
the Southern Pacific is evidently not affected by the
heat of summer, for people have been travelling
over the road for three years. and in the dry atmos
phere Of that section n high degree Of temper
ature by 10 means causes the suffering that does here
Now, in regard 10 the country through which the
Southern Pacific Arizona, rich In minerals though
having such odes the COmstocks has very wide
distribution of minerals This gives more general and
larger business and employment to more people than
when the ores are concentrated. The Cafornians and
Eastern people are meeting in the Southwest the former
being largely interested mining enterprises. In which
placer mining prcdOmnatcs, particularly in ArHona'
and the latter especially in NowMeKco The local
business of itself is ample 10 sustain the southern
Pacific as i, the case with Central where last year
-. t.,- loo al Il4f f1fp fFl
business therefore % per cent OF the
whole and of this a large part originated west Of
New York, and found the Central its natural
route The Southern Pacific will be continuous line,
and the shortest line from San Francisco toNewOreans,
and this distance IS much less than 10 Ncw-Yort
Now the interests OF the Southern and Central viii not
conflict The latter runs northeast from san Francisco
for 300 or 400 miles and the former almost directly
south so that when they the eastern bend they
500 or 600 miles apart The through business Of the
Southern Pacific viii be in the bulkier products
that cannot afford the longer rail journey over the Cen
tra road. In developing the country and aiding Cali
ornia the Southern Pacific will assist the business OF the
Central
NOW take the position Of California The State has
an immense amount OF good land not taken
up. It has what | believe to be the finest
climate in the world; It's mountains act a. a
storage reservor of water with which 10 irrgate
the bottom lands and plains In short the state has
every udiuId ahN''hNdk'' 20 i'' ''' ','''N i-.l',
are engaged in agr!cu turil pursuits. Labor ana much
Of it needed for with that climate the weeds grow as
fast as the wheat Now the southern Pacific. beng the
shortest nt will be able To make IL own rates ana i'm
migrants will find that they can 90 10 California 50
pour into the state fon ml, remember tlat ,aiiora
Is large IS Scw;Engiand, NeT4ogK ,nroIn ana ina
IN want ~ Labor and dcycopmcnt which will b, fur
$40 900 Sow ali the Wheat Is shipped East by way
q hut the most direct lana carriage is uA
OF 1 Hc Southern Pacific 10 Ne" Orleans.
The chief agricultural procuc of California now r.
wheat but it VIII beiwnc Californian wines destined
to drive ont the French wines oT most OF them rom
a test Of French wines. auf only i've per cent
Of 100 specimens was found to he pure snip
and Germany, to De doctored and re-
sold a. lorgsa vines And It. TIM G9Ti2a, g,,9a-
MA Frnca nails for clarat boxes and French lancis.
.rTafds so.d 10 CAM 'rnlaIS M ioIMd n-it N ne
imported article The trouble with California wine has
been thar everybody thought he coud MAKE VINE we
care ana attention necessary were nor IriI1au ll'
grand requisite to kce everything clean ana sweet,
Tor gle drop OF sour matter vii ahcci lhe VINE
"Ihcrr will be several lines of railroads piercing Mexico
from line OF the southern Pacific and think hat
they VIII DE sIcce'siui IN regard 20 uah'con.
business and ,cct Of competition between New
naturally comes 10 New YoTk or Baltimore. NcwOrcau,
i Of course, unproyded with the facilities necessary
future, II Ncv-Oflcdns were properly equipped, can
only repeat that the shortest land carriage across the
contnen Is by tLe line OF tGe Southern fachc ana lis
In regard 10 tine after Iect OF Kcaricvi-n" cx-Gov-
eI1or stanford said: think I'm its results kcancyi-m
was Il good thing. He wac blatant dcmagosue bat hc
only repeated what denlagognc7 ID DohId smIs a- We
saw had said before But - methods ana lIHguayc
were such call down the condemnation oi the more
passed almost mnOtictd when coming from uilier dem
agolues reused rc5ukc and opposition tn bis case, on
his method led And through the very lack Of
s:rtnj Of this man. Communism and mob Tuc were met
with determined hostility