Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1888-04-07
Placer 10 the Front.

A merely superficial glance at the map
OF Placer county determines anyone that
the county traversed by the leading trans
continental route of railroad has uneqLaled
facilities for transportation which connects
the county at once with the markets of the
East and West.
Another marked feature is the fact of
natural boundary line on either side fur
nished by the feeders of the greatest river
system of the State. These feeders-the
American and Bear rivers. and their
branches rising in our watershed on the
eastern boundary-give us at once the most
perfect water supply in the State. This
water supply is at last being fully utilized
The enlarged system of the Bear River
Ditch Company, with its 800 miles of
bitches, may now be said to be prepared TO
cover larger portion of the central and
western part of the country, with a posi-
BILE enlargement to meet the future re-
quirements of all those portions of the
county.
AS to climate, we do not claim perfect
immunity from frost in winter, and we do
not realize that such immunity would
prove an actual blessing. Twice, during
our history as county. we have had what
we term a severe winter-the winter Just
past and that of 1854. In both winters
mentioned the Thermometer registered as
as 12o above zero at attitudes of 300
feet. When we come TO measure the effects,
We find that although our youngest and
| tenderest citrus fruits were damaged, still,
| the more hardy, those of greater age, and
especially those raised from native seedlings
have escaped injury. AS to our deciduous
| fruits nothing is damaged, except the fruit
pests, and they are perceptibly reduced;
| consequently, applying the law of compen-
sation, the balance is certainly in our favor.
We have no wet blanket of sea fog to
retard the growth and lessen the quality
| of our fruit; but watered by our bitches
and ripened in the sun they at once have
the full advantage of every natural re-
source. We have long worn the belt for
| the most luscious of the earlier fruits. Our
| raisins are the best in the market, our
table grapes surpass any in the market,
and our citrus fruits reach market the
earliest
We have spoken thus far of our fruits. in
connection with our water system; but it
must not be forgotten that we have large
| areas that are well adapted to the growth of
those products that do not require irriga-
ton. 1t has long since been demonstrated
that our most lucious grapes are produced
without irrigation. The olive seems to be
as native TO our soil as any of the most
hardy shrubs. All nut bearing trees may
be classed as equally hardy, and from the
altitude of Clipper Gap at LOO feet, to
Shady Run, about 1900 feet, nearly all the
deciduous fruits are grown with apparently
no irrigation.
The above is merely, at the most, glance
at our almost INFINITE resources as county
We have said nothing about the large grain
nor mining interests, the granite quarries,
the plpe-clay pottery works at Lincoln, or
the pulp works and lumber interests at
Towles. We have reasons to be proud of
old Placer, and we have right to claim for
her leading position among the counties
of the State.-Placer Republican.