Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1884-08-30
Statement of Some of Its Vast Resources
and Productions.
IS ATTRACTIONS FOR INTENDING SETTLERS.
Something Market CenterDemand for Million More
of Population--An Empire of UndeVeoped Capa-
city and a Promise of Unlimited Wealth.

Atno period in its history has the atten-
ton of so desirable a class Of citizens been
attracted toward California rs at this time.
The people of the State are realizing that
lust now is the hour in which TO make the
claims of the State widely known, since
there is so widespread a spirit Of lmmlSra-
ton into the Pacific coast region. 1t Is
being now clearly seen that the points
which will gather about them large com
munities will be most advantaGed. There
trade will be built up, population stllnu-
lated to industries in variety, lands be set
tied, and commercial prominence given to
the central towns.
Sacramento many years ago realized that
she must not sit quietly by and see the tue
of population sweep past her to other sec
tions. for want of invitation to pause here.
Hence, there has been more or less
effort made annually to induce new coners
to settle within the trade area OF this city
These efforts have been accompanied by i
fair measure of success, but not such rs
would have resulted from eXertions that
might have been made and that will beput
forth for the future In fact we have relied
too largely upon the merit OF the region,
and the natural and commanding advant-
ages of the section, while other and far less
favored regions have persistently presented
to the people of the East and of Europe the
claims of their sections, supplenenunS
them by glowing accounts that, III very
many cases, we must be permitted to say
have misled by their enthusiasm, and thus
worked decided harm to the whole State.
What this people should say Of their
State should conform to the strict truth.
We cannot afford to deceive the intend
ing immigrant nor to paint for him such
possibilities, without drawbacks, that he IS
discouraged when he comes by the simplest
obstacles To excite anticipation beyond
the point of possible or reasonable realza-
ton is a crime against the prosperity OF
California The REcoRD-UNIoE has never,
in all its efforts to scatter abroad inform
alton concering the State, been guilty OF
misrepresentation, and will not be now. 1t
is enough to speak of this section Of Gods
footstool as it is-that alone should suffice
10 give us all we can desire in the way Of
population, industries and agriculture.
For there is, We undertake to say, no region
more inviting to the settler than that OF
which Sacramento is the trade center and
commercial focus.
What may be termed the north center,
and north sections of the State of Califor-
MIA, constitute the region of which Sacra-
mento is the natural trade center.
This whole region, vithout the county
lines is shown on a skeleton map which
we publish this morning, and lies north OF
line drawn across the map from San
Francisco. In all this north region Sacra-
mento finds her greatest market, though
her transmontane trade eastward, her trade
to the far south, and into the territories
east and south, and into the fertile regions
on the north of the State, is large and con-
stantly extending.
Sacramento geographically occupies, it
will be seen, q most favorable position for
trade. She is between the two great val
leys of the State She is situate upon the
southermost verge of the Sacramento val
ley, upon a navigable stream with direct
communication with tide-water and the
port of San Francisco She is at the termi-
nus of the line of railway leading north to
the Oregon line; at the terminus OF
oil
ming southwesterly to Vallejo and Be
nicia at the Straits of Carquinez
where deep-sea- going vessels load, and from
that point by rail has direct communica
ton with San Francisco. So, too, by The
line of the Central Pacific Railroad running
south to Stockton, Sacramento reaches th'
San joaquin valley, and by branches The
fruitful region of Amador county anC
finally the Santa Clara valley, and Sar
Francisco again. She is at the terminus o
line of railroad extending on the cas-
into the county of FL Dorado and the lowe
Sierra mountains. BY junction OF th'
Southern Pacific at Lathrop with the lint
of road to that place, she reaches down tht
San joaquin valley, and to the southern
territories, and the far East and South. B,
the Central Pacific Railroad she reachc
trade across the Sierra Nevada mountains
and ships 10 the East direct and receive
her supplies in like manner. BY tn
Northern Pacific Railway uniting with tn
Central Pacific near the city, she reaches tn
upper sections of the Sacramento valley
and the heart of the rich grain-growin
lands of Colusa and Tehama, and by
branch road touching the California PaCifi
at Suisuu, she strikes the fertile and beauti
full Napa valley with its fruits and vines
and by the Vaca Valley and Clear Cree
Railroad, she penctrat IS and bids for tn
trade of n vast rich iection, lying on tn
west Of the Sacramento valley, and in III
first rise of the foothills of the inne
coast range of mountains. By the roa
from the Oregon line at Marysville She at
attains the mining region of Butte county
and by the Nevada County Narrow-Gaug
road from Colfax, on the line of the Centra
Pacific Railroad, enters the Nevada minin
mento river she penetrates northwardl
the heart of the richest agricultural countr
on the continent for a distance of over tw
hundred miles.
II will thus be seen that Sacramento pos
sesses peculiar and gratifying advantage
as TO means of communication, and thes
are most important factors. Sacramento i
recognized as terminal or competitiv
point by the great transportation compa
MES Her situation upon the chief rive
highway of the State guarantees this aC
vantage TO her. She receives, therefore, a
hey supplies at through rates--that is, {
rates level with those charged for deliver
at San Francisco, the farthest competitiv
point-and ships at the same advantage g
the chief metropolis. 1t will be seen at
glance that tiAis secures to her larg
wholesale trade, since she is enabled /