Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1883-04-03
YoLo's CAPITAL.

A RECORD. UNION representative, writing
from Woodland yesterday, says:
Woodland may well be called village or
small city of homes. Her tine residences,
beautiful lawns and gardens, with ornamental
shrubbsry and ohoice flowers. ara just now
q sight exceedingly pleasing to behold. Ia
company with A. ID. Porter, to-day made
visit to the various places OF interest aaa
episysd fine ride over the excellent gravel
strssts and roads which abound here and lead
ont Of town. Woodland boasts Of twenty
Ave miles of grand drives They are with
out doubt equal to any in the State.
The frat place OF interest visited wss the To-
acre ALMOND orchard owned By jackson Bros.
The trees are loaded with almonds, and are
beautiful sight. We then passed On 70 the
one mile from town. lie has % acres il
choice selections Of raisin grapes. He has also
G young orchard of 10 acres jlst beginning to
bear fruit. He has pump driven by steam
power, which viii raise 1900 gallons q
minute. G. G. Briggs celebrated vineyard
wss next visited. It comprises $50 acres-160
acres of choice bearing vines, and 800 acres of
young vines. From here we returned 10
Woodland, noticing many building improve
ments on all sides. The most prominent
building now being erected IN town is new
brick hotel on the corner OF Main and Gel
lege streets, Of cost of $50, 900. Il is owned
by A. d. Pottar, Thce M. Pryor, j. S. Free
man and the estate of John Byrnes deceased.
1t will be three stories high. 40 feet 6eep by
so feet front, and when completed viii con-
tain so rooms, finished in the best style, with
all modern improvements. The outside Of
tie building will be cemented, giving it the
appearance Of stone building. When COM
pleied it will be the finest public
building in Yolo county. The cleo
tricAl work is being done by MIR. Fisk, of
Sacramento; the plumbing and gssfittiug by
Alex. Smith, of Sacramento. The architect
and builder is w. II. Carson. Thirty-fya
tons of iron were used in the construction of
the ircn columns in the first story, the work
being done in Woodland by John Friggens.
The corner room viii he occupied by the
Bank Of Yolo. a new bank which has Just
been organized here. of which DR.. Fl. P.
Merritt is the President, W. w. Browrell,
Vice- President, and G. W. Bush, Cashier
and Manager. Mr.. Bush was fourteen
wears with tha Bank Of Woodland.
The capital stock Of the bank is $500, 600, and
with the exception Of So. COO is all owned By
residents of Yolo county. The new building
will be ready for occupancy in about two
months. Among other buildings in course
Of construction or already completed YVES no.
ticed handsome eottage by w. d. Hart
man; two-story dwelling by Adam Steiner;
dwellings by William Knox, Mr.. Ellison and
g. COIN two-storY brick building, IS by
$50 feet, to cost 50, G00-the first story 80 be
occupied by the Woodland Fire Company;
the second story viii be occupied rs Offices by
the Woodland town officers. From what
could be seen CT the country in our short
trip, aad from conversation with citizens
here, it is easily seen that Yolo county will
have good grain crop this year. Unless the
present rain-storm IS followed By heavy f.osts
the fruit crop will be excsllsnt.