Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1884-01-01

the many miles of unequaled streetway
and delightful drives, the salubrious eli.
mate, the capacity for garden culture, the
floral wealth of the city, make it one of
the most attractive and delightful places
of abode in the country, while its ad-
vsntages for social enjoyment and its
educational facilities are of the high.
est order. Its public schools and
school buildings and its whole educa.
tionsl system are matters of special pride
with Sscramentans. These are treated of
in detail in another column, to which we
invite attention. We may here, however,
say that in addition the city is well sup
piled with private educational institutions.
For instance, the Sacramento Seminary for
young ladies, the Sacramento Institute for
boys and young men, the st. Joseph Insti-
tute for girls and young ladies, the Howe
Normal School, Hunts Private Training
School, the Sacramento Business College,
and numerous kindergarten and other
schools.
THE PUBLIC BUILDINGS
Have received material additions in mum.
Der during the year. Chief among these
is the Agricultural Society's Hall and Ex-
position building, the largest west of the
Mississippi river the Changers Hall and
business block; the Suffer building
Waterhouse & Testers business block ; the
Hall & Luhrs building, erected by Mrs.
Gregory the vast additions to the works
of the Central Pacific Railroad Company,
and others. In addition to these public
Capitol, Odd Fellows Temple. Ma
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Central Pacific Railroad Hospital and i'm
mense workshops and depots, the Old
Ladies Home, Metropolitan Theater, Prot.
estant Orphan Asylum, First Artillery
Regiment Armory, large number of ele-
CANT churches, public school buildings, the
three extensive Touring mills. State Print
ing Office, the Orleans Building, number
of hotel buildings and numerous spacious
and elegant business buildings, houses of
the Fire Department, Hall of Records,
and the County Court house, Water Works
and the New City Hall.
1t is proper in this place to say that in
his work on fThe Commerce and Indus
tries of the Pacific Coast" Mr.. Hittell
says:
80 SACRAMENTO Is THE CHIEF CITY
OF the great interior or valley between the
Coast Range and the Sierra Nevadas, and
it maintains its position next to San
Francisco in the commercial business of the
coast" This judgment is not one whit
exaggerated.
The city, with its legitimate suburbs, has
a population of $4,000 Its streets are
well graded and lighted by gas, and in
the summer are thoroughly sprinkled. An
admirable uniformed fire department is
maintained, as also a tire'alarm telegraph
system. The water front and port is under
the control Of the city government A
uniformed police force is maintained. The
levee defenses are ample and of most supe-
rior construction. The drainage system,
which was equal to the early needs of the
city, is being constantly extended, and is
about to be thoroughly reformed and made
as nearly adequate as is possible. An elab-
crate system of pumps forces water to all
parts of the city. A telephone and district
messenger service is a social and business
convenience, and extends throughout the
city. Manufacturing industries are nu-
merous, the chief being those of the Cen
trial Pacific Railroad Company, which en-
ploy about l, 800 men.
fostered by a well.organized Board of
Trade. Confraternal associations repre-.
senting all the leading Orders are numer-
GUS social and art societies contribute to
the entertainment of the people. The lum.
Der depots are numerous and very extern.
sive, the advantages of Sacramento in this
respect being great. The press of Sacra-
mento is represented by nine periodicals.
The immediate region surrounding Sacra-
mento is productive mainly of barley, hops,
fruit and berries, and some wheat. The
bottom lands along the rivers are unsur-
passed in the world for fertility.
THE CLIMATE
Is inviting and equable. Some frost is no.
ticeable in the winter, and occasionally the
temperature descends to the freezing point
In the summer, for a brief period, the
thermometer registers at midday from 80
to 90 degrees. The mean temperature is
go degrees. 1t is to be noted that on &C.
count of the dryness of the atmosphere
a high temperature is never oppressive,
sunstrokes are unknown, business and
labor ia never suspended on that account,
and the nights are uniformity cool and
bracing; sultry weather is something almost
unknown in Sacramento. The orange and
lemon and other semi tropical fruits -four
ish, and all the fruits and flowers of the
temperate zone are cultivated here with
success.
THE PEOPLE OF SACRAMENTO
Represent the best elements of American
society, are essentially domestic and
home keeping, and the city is noted
for the uniform industry of its inhab-
itants, and the low per cent. of poverty.
1t stands as to health among the better
places of the State. Zymotic diseases are
less frequent here than in San Francisco,
and while the valley location has given
rise to the theory that the city has an I'M
due measure of malarial complaints, the
health statistics do not justify that judg-
ment.
In the compass of this article it is i'm
possible to consider all the matters of in
terest concerning the Capital city, and we
are necesstated to make a sudden close. |
Sufficient has been said, however, to indi-
cate the business, social, industrial and |
educational advantages of the Capital city |
Of California.