Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1886-01-01

cannot be despoiled. As the central and
I northern counties continue to increase in
population, and their resources are devel.
oped, to that extent must the commercial
Importance and trade of Sacramento be
| increased. The business depression that
prevailed all over the Union during the
past year was least perceptible in Sacra-
merto than in any other part of the coast
/ because her business is of a steady, un-
speculative character.
AS TRADE CENTER.
The location of Sacramento city is such
that it is naturally the point from which a
supply business should be carried on for
all the northern and central portions of the
State. 1t enjoys the advantages of river
transportation to the heart of the Sacra-
mento valley and to the Bay of San Fran
cisco. 1t is the terminal point for several
lines of railway. which reach out in every
direction, and bring the city into direct
communication with the great consuming
sections of the State. The merchants of
this city are enabled to fill orders over all
| these lines of transport often on the same
day of receipt The wholesale houses are
all more or less direct importers, and enjoy
equal advantages with San Francisco mer-
chants in the matter of import transporta-
tion charges. The Sacramento market is
100 miles nearer than San Francisco to all
the central and northern section, effecting a
large saving to the purchaser in this mart
in the matter of freights, while the
question of time of shipment is an
equally important factor; for in the ma
jority of eases the buyer here saves not
only the difference in freights, but several
days of time. Then, again. the merchants
OF Sacramento transact business upon a
more economic basis. The demand for
capital is very much less-that is to say,
the capital locked up in costly storehouses.
or paid out fer heavy rentals, is slight COM
pared to like demand upon the San Fran
cisco merchant. Hence, the Sacramento
merchant has larger margin upon which to
operate and he is enabled to give to his Gus
toners advantages not possible to the dealer
in the metropolis. Nor should it be for
gotten that tae incidental cost of conduct
ing business here is less: there is neither
charge for carriage Iior for wharfage made
by the lobbers OF Sacramento The short
distances to the wharyes and depots. the
level grades, etc, all inure to the benefit of
the buyer. The business men of this CITY
are also more familiar than any others with
the needs OF the interior, and the great
majority of them are of long standing in
business, and have won the confidence of
interior buyers by system of broad lib
crafty and fair dealing. There is a natural
friendly relation between the houses of the
city and of the country. Their interests
are largely III common. and this contributes
largely to the growth of the city trade The
area of this trade extends as far northward
as the Oregon line and into the eastern
Territories, and as far southwark as the Ter
ritories of New Mexico and Arizona.
In many lines of goods, including agricult-
ural implements and machinery, there is
In r.xaC- .r,a,
can be so safely stored, since the at,.,os
phereis uniformly dry, not being that humid
character so peculiar to the coast marts.
So, too, in CONNECTIONS, in fruit-bo manu-
facture, carriage and wagon-malling. etc.
the goods put up or stored here are best
fitted for the interior trade In the matter
of liquor storage the city has unsurpassed
advantages, the climatic conditions being
the chief, and making this the most de-
sirable of all points for storage. But we
have no intention of enlarging upon these
topics as the subject warrants, since
they are, as we have said, familiar to the
people of the State and have been so often
presented in these columns.
This is the point nearest to the noun
tains from which the great Eastern flow of
fruit can be inaugurated with view to saw
ing time in transport. In the season lust
passed there were forwarded from Sacra
mento no less than 800 of the 1,O25 car
loads of fruit shipped eastward from Cali
fornia. All that we have said regarding
the facilities for jobbing in Sacramento an.
ply also to manufacturing here. The
records of actual business transacted, were
for number of years kept by this journal,
and annually presented in elaborate reports.
We have seen the wholesale and manufac-
turing trade expand from total of O,OOO,-
000 in 1872, to S4S, ,O00,0 900 in 1885.
From November l, 1884, to November 1,
1885, there wasshipped from Sacramento
1873, ,4S4, 40 pounds, made up of many
classes of goods. These shipments were
exceeded only by those of San Francisco,
and exceed more than 100000 pounds
the total shipments from any other point
in the State