Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1888-06-06
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An interview toi corning Development at
MERGED and Vicinity

MfRCED, June 5th.-By appointment the Off
| GERS Of the Board of Trade held an interview
with Charles Croker, OF the Southern Pacific
private car which had been on the siding near
Ell Captain Hotel, during his visit. Mr. Crocker
came here to look after his interests in this
county, and with c. II. Huffman spent the day
IN riding across his lands.
In answer to questions propounded by the
Chairman, Mr.. Crocker said: ''Our landed in
terests h. re are, as you know, gentlemen. very
large, and together with our water interests
represent an outlay of s., 900, 600 from which
very large amount yet we have received no
return. We now own and control 60 900 acres
in your county, all close to your town which
when subdivided as we intend it shall be. into
twenty-atre tracts will support an immense
population. By we / mean the Crocker-tiuff-
man Canal Company. The town site of MERGED
ITSELF which represents a very large interest,
beloEgs to the Pacific improvement Company.
We have employed, conformity with the
southern Pacific Railroad Company and your
local Board of Trade, Bernard Marks formerly
OF Fresno county, y hose sole duties are to look
after the bIirging to your town and county col
onists, actual settlers who will be located upon
tile lands of our company, or upon the lands of
such OF your citizens as are thrown open for
settlement. He is thoroughly posted in these
matters and | think will make a decided sue
cess OF the colonization. Our agent at Chicago
Mr.. Van Arnam, is also making special efforts
to seUd colonists to your county. Personally |
am doing all | can for MeTced-talking Mcrceu
wherever ! 90, and | thiuk | am doing some
SOOu nave JUST come lrOIn Del Monte, where
l have been recuperating, and while there |
made II a point to present the peculiar adyan-
tages of MERGED county TO all those whom met
and while there met a good many.
We are pushing the canal system, Construct
ing lateral bitches aud canals as rapidly as
possible with view to having our colonies in
GOOD shape for sell ng- next season. Colony
lands are much easier of sale when buyers can
see the water running through the land.
As you have seen, one mile of the sixteen
inch pipe, which is to connect Lake Yosemite
NIT tour al
tributed along ready for laying, and the next
shiplosd, which will contain three miles more
of the main pipe, will be here i'll about ten DAYS
Upon its arrival we will commence LAYING from
Lake Yosemite, and at the same time lay the
lateral pipes in the town itself. You will then
nave an abundance of water through mains
larger than those of Sacramento We have de-
clded that II the sixteen-inch pipe does not
farnish power enough to run the factories and
machinery we have expected it would, we will
lay twenty-four, inch pipe to be used for power
alone.
There Is one thing wish TO impress strongly
upon your minds and that is this: A large can
merry must be built here. his town viii he the
center OF a very large and extremely productive
fruit section, and j have always noticed that
well-canned fruit of good quality is always
salable at good prices, and it is only in second
class and POOR fruits that the markets are over
stocked. From what / have seen in to-day's
drive am satisfied that you can raise every SUI
perior quality of fruits here, and the establish
ment of cannery is of much importance.
Now about the Oakdale road. You have re-
eeived, 1t seems, proposition from cur people
that in consideration of your obtaining the right
of way of ten miles east and west of your town,
they Will build the line from Oakdale di-
rect 10 MERGED The road would run parallel
with the present road from Oakdale 10 MERGED
river, and then it would run nearly due south,
coming into the tJwn from the northwest,
thence from our depot here nearly due east
until reaching a point ten miles east, from
where it would parallel our present road to n
point down the valley northeast of Lerdo in the
IL.
strike the main line We have about twenty
eight miles to construct between Sanger and
LerdO, and after that is completed, if our
engagements are perfected we will commence
work at MERGED and work south to Sanger, the
present north end of the roa east of Fresno. In
reference to he future of MERGED, l will say
that consider it assured, as you viii then have
four railroads eentering here, which will natur-
ally make your town a central point"