Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1888-06-14

county"
The Dixon Tribune published the follow
ing editorial on the subject: 1--WE pub
lish this week the preliminary announce
ment of the Capay Valley Land Company
1t will be followed next week with the an
nouncement of grand excursion, subdi-
vision of the Bonynge tract and the loca-
ton of the town of Esperanza. A week
later we will issue an illustrated supple
ment, containing 4 minute description of
the topography of the valley, its resources,
climate and soil. Capay valley embraces
magnificent body of land, and as wheat
growing section it cannot be surpassed in
California. Experiment has satisfactorily
demonstrated the fact that both soil and
climate are equally as well adapted
to the growth of vines, orange, lemon,
tig, apricot, pear, peaches, prunes and
plum trees, as the great Vaca and
Pleasant valleys and now that the Capay
Valley Land Company has purchased large
quantities Of the best land in the valley,
and propose to cut it up into small tracts
and dispose of it 10 actual settlers upon
easy and reasonable terms, we see no reason
why there may not be rapid settlement
Of the valley, and a steady appreciation in
value of the land"
The Woodland Democrat published the
following on the Goth of May:
at is announced in a semi-oficial way
that the Capay Valley Land Company will
sell lots IN the new town of Esperanza, at
auction, on the Dist of June next. THIS
will be the beginning of an effort to place
the property of the railroad in the Capay
valley on the market, and we suppose an
excursion will be organized, and hundreds
OF visitors will be brought in our county.
This affords an opportunity for our enter
prising people which may not occur again
soon to show off the unparalleled adyan-
tages of 1olo county. We propose that
the Board of Trade endeavor to make
arrangements with the railroad company
to make their excursion tickets good for a
return to the various termini by the way of
Woodland, with the understanding that
the people of Woodland will transport the
passengers from Esperanza to Madison free
OF charge. We have omnibuses and car
rlages at command, and can easily do that
part of the work. This would give a large
number of people faint, but correct view
OF one of the finest sections of California.
and doubtless bring good returns for the
venture"
On the 30th of May the Woodland DEM
Ocrat published the following:
THE NEW TowN-EsPERANzA.
@ On Tuesday we had an interview with
W. II. Mills Land Agent of the Central
Pacific Il. r. Co. We talked Esperanza
and Tolo county and came away edited.
Mr.. Mills has a splendid faith in the pos
sibilities of almost any portion of Califor-
MIA, and as his attention is drawn specially
toward the western portion of Yolo county,
we particularly enjoyed his enthusiasm
over its soil, scenery, climate and water
privileges. Mr.. Mills is we'll informed.
lie not only has captured general facts.
but he goes into detail and seems never to
forget a name or circumstance.
The town of Esperanza is a pet scheme
of his own, and he has given its location
and its plan great deal of personal atten-
ton, and the result is design of great
beauty. Even after the costly labor of
printing maps showing the plan of the
town and surrounding lands, the design
has been changed greatly for the better
and new maps ordered. The sale of town
lots will take place about the 23d of June.
The railroad company intend to put
three other town sites in the Capay Can
you. That above Esperanza will be Cada-
nasso, next Guinda, next Rumsey. 1t was
suggested that one of these be made a tenn
perance town, and it is possible that the
deeds to property in some one of them
will provide against the sale of liquor in
its limits.
Mr.. Mills, in his talk with us, waxed
enthusiastic over grand scheme of irri-
CATION for this county which was identical
with that proposed in an elaborate edi-
torial in the Democrat of March 9th,
portion of which we will reprint.
We heard from Mr. Mills and others
in the Townsend-street building, that the,
Woodland, Capay and Clear Lake road
would certainly be completed in three or
four years. That enterprise is definitely
determined. After giving this information
we were surprised to hear from Mr.. Mills
that the Woodland portion of the line
would be left for private enterprise-that
the Southern Pacific Company would not
likely buildit. Wehave no special objection
to that. 1t would be good property, and
Woodland capitalists are abundantly able
to do the work. 1t would be the best pos
sible thing for Woodland if its citizens
would build and equip a road from the
Elkhorn Landing on the Sacramento river
to the new town Of Esperanza. But we do
not believe the Southern Pacific Company
will care to have them do the business. As
Woodland needs the road now, it would be
well if our enterprising business men
would begin to discuss the matter at once
The distance is not more than twenty
miles, and the level character of the
country would make grading mere baga-
telle"
SEEMED LIKE A DREAM.
The Madison Rerieu of the 10Th ult.
contained the following under the head OF
Railroad News