Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1883-05-03

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: "A Oregon Railroad IS miles south, to
S.cranento. the capital of the State.
. nd having an boar or 10 TO spare tbs
IeCisIature being in session. visited /
the Cauitol. This vas like visiting m |
old hotoe. for here had / served as an /
attachs in the lower hoass from the SEES
sions of 'zI-2 10 'so-rislrc from page /
on the floor TO a cierkstip IS toe Desk
under a brother of Gen. Y. D. I. Ofc !. I
And was present during the VISIT OF /
Charles DeLonq-nsv deceased -shen /
Minister 70 japan, at which time ne vas |
acoompaaied by I-ku-Sara and s1i'e
NOV. believe, ranking third from tue
Mikado1, trs japanese Embassadof C1~
fyaordinary and Minister Pieuipoten'
tiarv 70 the United States ana Enro-
re Al, countries; and when Sargent MIN
mister TO Germany. Booth and Farley
we're elected to the United states SENATE.
Nv visit recalled many incidents OF by
S.crameuto il a wall laid on. city Of
about 900 inhabitants. II ras many
costly and elegant private residences,
and Il built msiniy Of brick. The street
are wide and well paved. andstwo or
three lines of street cars bring the b'ssi-
ness and residence portion OF the city
in cloee communication. The state
fair Ia held here, there being mann
moth exhibition building Ia course OF
erection. and the fine agricultural
grounds and driving park, belonging TO
the State. The water for the supply oil
the CITY is taken from the Sacramento
river. and il thick with sediment from
this uioes. hence the name Of "Sscfa-
Yneuto straight The city has an OK
oeIlept fire department. fire alarm teie'
oraob. and electric apparatus for IN
hitc,ling the engine horses AT the iirsf
stroke of the gong.
This CITY il also the ''crsdie Of the
Central Pacific Railroad. Here IN
early DAYS Stanford had general mer-
chaniiss stere, aud before that a hotel
a small two story frame bniidIng. re-
ms,nber seeing the Stanford House some
tan Lr twelve years back. Chas. Csoes-
or had dry goods store. Huntington
AZ Hopkins still have an in crest M u
LARGO hardware store. When these men
and their associates got their first re-
ward for their perseverance, they were
not upprateful 70 the city III which they
GOT their first start, and all but hunt
inoton erected there the finest resldsn-
Goa on the Pacific coast--barriug San
Francisco-aud made this their home
until the main offices of the company
were removed to San Francisco. The
main sho S for the &. +. X. X. are 10
GATED here, where aimest everj thing
used in the railroad business ~ made
giving employment TO about l2UO men
Seven or eight lines belonging to TIE
company center here, making the mag
niticont new iron depot-euciosed with Q
roof Of the same materiai--a lively piacs
during the middle Of the day; owing Il
the close connection Of the trains. Sac
Yamento WAS also the headquarters OF
feet Of river boats, rubnine up tbs riye'
of that name, as far as Red Bun, bu
on the advent of the iron horse II wa
forced to We way. There arc still
bosts running UP the river To points no
reached By rail, and during the haEves
season are utilized in transporting graii
70 tide water.
Shortly after l2 IN. We are again Of
our way. win the western division of tn
Central Pacific Railroad. Oar route j
souther,y along the river front ons mile
then east five miles. to Brighton, thei
due south. At Gait We saw train 0
narrow gage cars, which. compared Z
those Of our train, were but mere toys
They run nbout thirty miles east o
this point, up in Mariposa county. Ih
width Of the track IL about two feet, an'
the bed of each car about the same dis
lance above the track. A pattern q
them would DO just the thing for th
proposed Olympia aud Gray's Harbo
narrow gage railroad. owing ~ th
cheapness OF construction.
A run Of forty.eight miles from Sacr'
mento brings as 10 stockton. Befor
entering the city proper We pass ID
main branch of the State Asylum II
the Insane. There are several lars
brick building enclosed IN y ell kept an
spacious grounds. Some OF the p1
tients in the dormitories salute tho trail
by wayi Nc sheets and towels from To
barred windows rs II rolls by. Tn
State, owing 10 the crowded condition Q
this asylum. was compelled to spen
over n million dollars IN erecting
branch asylum in the Napa valley, bu
now il. too. IL full--there being abou
100 patients in both institutions. Tn
State If Nevada has. until within "a
past year maintained an asylum q
Woodbridge, near this place, but no.
has one within her own territory.
Tketity Of Stockton Is the count
seat Of San Joaquin county, and Ia stir
Rted at the head of navigation an
tidewater on Stockton Slough, whic
runs back from the San Joaquin rive
eaaterly, n distance Of three miles. Il
rail il il 100 miles east of San Fran
CISCO. II il admirably located for CON
ineScial purposes, being the mouth O
the San Joaquin Valley. I, derives
large trade from that section, thong
San Francisco. since the completion o
tho railroad, gets the lions share. TIL
city was laid out b. Captain G. n
Weber, shortly after tho discovery 4
gold in 184S. and named after Commt
dose Stockton, prominent naval OIL
Ger engaged in the conquest Of Califol
MIA. II now has population Of 4.0s
The grain shipments Of Stockton u
coed those OF any interior town, but Oh
drouths 10 which the Nan Joaquin Va
ley II subject have proved great draw
back to its growth and prosperity. III
hArboy, for sn inland town, Is carraoioui
with never less than ten feet Of waite
at low tide. Tie Changers q
ciety and private individuals owl
some very large grain warehouse
here. The city covers four squar
miles, IL well built and contains man
fine edifiocs; IL has thirteen churchc,
and fourteen public schools, besides SO,
oral private institutions; and three dali
and four weekly papers. After . te
minutes stop at tue depot, in the east
ern pant Of the city, the train moved o
ten iniles further 10 Lathrop. the iuns
ton Of the Southern with the Ceutrs
Pacific railroad. Here the trains sso
twenty minutes for pm. diu1er, NJ
cost Of 20 cents. The hotel ID owned b
the railroad company. Some years ~
large grizzly bear. Bob was ker
here ON exhibition 10 astonish the cas-,
ern tourist; but year or so ago he wa
sold 10 . butcher in San Francisco.
town Of two or three hundred popnls
ton has sprung mp since was here Las,
The conductor cries out: All abosr
for Fresno, Los Angeles, Arizona. Ne,
Mexico and New Orleans" rs boarde
the Southern Pacific south bound trair
which consists Of postal, express, ~
baggage, one smoking and three sieet
ing cara. ono Pullman coach and
directors car OF the Mexican Ceutrs
Railroad. The latter contained part
of ten young GuAtemalAn hoods. VII
had been up TO San Francisco to see ID
sights. Az the train rolled up the Ss
joaquin valley these chaps affected Oh
air Of dudes" a. they continual
passsd through tho train IN smokin