Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1888-07-11
OUR PROSPERITY.
NOTHING EPHEMERAL ABOUT THE
GROWTH OF SACRAMENTO.
River Front and Through the
Railroad Shops.

rival southern town was sitting IN front OF
the Golden Eagle Hotel, enjoying the
balmy air, gazing at the pretty young
ladies as they passed, and joking with a
lot of old time friends. Among the latter
was a newspaper reporter. The visitor
said q" like Sacramento; it is a pretty
town, full of fine residences; it is healthy,
centrally located, and you have the pref
test girls it the State. but you have no
business here. l have often wondered how
to account for the prosperity of your city,
when l see so little life and activity on the
main thoroughfares."
Would you like to see little life, bus
tie and activity" asked the reporter. II
so, take walk with me for thirty minutes
and l will show you what makes Sacra-
mento to-day the first town on the Coast."
The visitor consented, and the two
started out for short walk
They went down X to Second, and down
Second to Q. In this short walk they
passed five lumber yards, full of teams
loading house building material; three box
factories, working hundreds of men,
women and boys and two large planning
mills, busily engaged in making doors,
window sash, blinds, holdings, ETC.
Here was some business, and the visitor
began to say, II never was in this portion
of the city before )" when his pilot said
"Oh! never mind this; you have seen
nothing yet"
On arriving at Q street, and taking a
look through the Sacramento planning
mills, they went upon Front street. The
| first Thing that met their gaze was the
| wharf of the Sacramento Transportation
Company. Here
THREE STEAMBOATS, WERE UNLOADING
And taking freight, and alongside were
several heavily loaded barges. Below, on the
river bank, were unloading four immense
barges-two of wood and two of lumber.
| A score or more of drays were backed up
| to the wharf loading and unloading freight,
and stevedores, deck hands, draymen and
| trucmen were as thick as bees in swarm
| ing time. This looks like business" re-
marked the stranger.
| The walk was continued up Front street,
where the river front was lined with steam
boats. Opposite the steamer landing the
visitor was pointed to two of the best iron
! foundries in the State, where one hundred
men find constant employment at remu-
nerative wages. The next thing that at
| tracted the attention of the visitor was a
| depot that is being constructed for the
SPECIAL purpose of fruit shipping. Here
| were
THIRTY CARS LOADING WITH FRUIT
For the East and nearly one hundred men
handling crates and boxes which go for
ward from this city on passenger time at
the rate of two and three trains per day.
| This depot is some 500 feet in length. and
| scarcely affords room for handling the i'm
mense quantity of fruit that is shipped
from this point. Opposite this depot, with
side tracks leading up to its front, is Nc
Creary's three-story brick roller Touring
mills, turning out 500 barrels of -four per day
Adjoining the fruit depot, extending north
some 300 feet, is the freight shed for the
Southern Pacific steamers. Here the
steamer Modoc had just loaded and started
for the bay, and the Apache was unloading
freight. The sight of these large and hand,
some steamers and the broad, deep and ell.
most clear Sacramento flowing by the city
caused the stranger to remark: well,
| this looks like business"
Opposite these sheds are the
LARGE WHOLESALE GROCERY ESTABLISH.
MENTs
| OF Mebius & Co., and Adams, Mcneil & Co
and the cracker bakery of John Black
| The street was full of trucks, and vehicles
bearing freight to and from the steamer
| landing.
Commencing at X street and running
| north for two entire blocks, is the freight
| depot of the Southern Pacific Company
one of the largest and handsomest in the
| State. Here trucks were backed up to the
depot the entire distance, loading and I'm.
loading freight, while on the opposite side
scores OF railroad employees were unloading
and loading cars. Opposite to this depot
are the large wholesale houses of Booth &
| Co, 6. w. Chesley, and L. Elkus, all Of
whom do an immense business throughout
the coast. Leaving the depot and coming
| up J to Second, distance of one block
they pass the three largest produce firms OF
| the city: W. L. Strong & Co., Gregory Bros
& Co. and Wood & Co. Each have large
| establishments and send
TRAINS OF PRODUCE EAST WEEKLY,
Besides supplying a large portion of the
coast trade. On arriving at Second street
| the reporter started up that street en-
route to the railroad shops, passing
the large wholesale establishment of Hall
Luhrs & Co. Just after crossing l street
| the reporter pointed out the Pioneer Mills
| just at this end of the Yolo bridge, where
| 500 barrels of -four are made every dav
Passing through the railroad depot they
entered the Southern Pacific shops, where
$3.50 men are at work. These shops cover
several acres of ground, and are being en-,
larged fully one-third Here the visitor
held up his hands and exclaimed: I" see
it all now. You have shown me more real
business, more activity, more progressive
ness, in this half-hours' walk than ever
before witnessed in the same length of time
in my life. now no longer wonder at the
progress and prosperity of your city, and
can understand what gives your people
such confidence in her future. With YOU
river on one side and railroads running il
every direction; with your superb climate
your fruit and natural resources, you can
not be excelled"
After spending halfhour among tn,
shops, where they are building scores @
locomotives and hundreds of cars, tn,
stranger strolled back to the Golden Eagle
and accosting the proprietor said: = Joe
there's no flies on this people, and there i
nothing ephemeral about Sacramento