Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1888-06-09
THE CAFAY BOOM.
THE NEW TOWN OF ESPERANZA
AND IT'S FUTURE.
Earnest - Yolo County
Must Wake Up.

The Woodland Mail has the following
The promise of the new era of prosperity,
so long looked for by the people of Yolo
county, is found in the now developing
plans and purposes of the Capay Valley
Land Company. Those who have not
given particular attention to the projected
railroad and town building enterprises in
that beautiful valley, little know upon
what an elaborate scale and with what
careful preparation and detail this COM
pany is working to transform it into hui
man bee hive. For months past, w. II.
Mills, the land agent Of the Southern Pa
cifc Railroad, has given his first thought
to this work. 1t has almost monopolized
his attention. He has at his disposal
something like thirteen Thousand acres
of Capay valley land, along the line of
the new railroad. His surveyors have
blocked all this off Into twenty-acre
tracts, and large Autographed maps are
printing showing the "lay of the land
admirably. Numerous Photographic views
have been taken of typical scenes
in the valley, and from these faithful en-
cravings have been made, to be used in IL
Illustrating the vast amount Of descriptive
matter which is to be published TO the
world, making known the beauty and the
resources of Capay valley. The visitor at
Mr.. Mills office will find him generally
discussing the Capay valley enterprise, and
the pictures, maps, etc, lying about him
and in every corner of his Office would
lead stranger to think that the chief
business of the land department of the
great railroad corporation was confined to
operations in Capay valley. And there
this to be fact. AS Mr.. Mills explained
to Woodland gentleman this week, this
effort to develop Capay is the initial ex-
pertinent of members of the railroad COM
pany to induce new people and new life
and new ideas into Central California.
And the opulent projectors of the enter
prise have invested not only their money
but their pride in it, and no one is foolish
enough to imagine that they will begrudge
any expense or effort in making their plans
brilliantly successful.
Elsewhere in these columns is the ad-
vertisement or second preliminary an
nouncement of the Capay Valley Company.
1t outlines briefly the idea of the first sale
of Capay lands. This Office is in receipt of
large litho-map showing the "Bonynge
Tract" upon which is located the new
town of Esperanza. The excursion to and
auction sale of lots in this town will be an
suspicious day, not only for Capay, but for
all Yolo county. 1t will take place Satur-
day, the 23d of June. Millions of dollars
of San Francisco capital will take run
up this way to sniff the country air and
look the country over. ave expect"
said Mr.. Mills, "to give hundreds of tick
cts away to the prominent business men
and citizens of San Francisco. We are
going to have the people there and we are
going to sell the lots"
The map before us shows the railroad
running east and west through the b.
nypge tract The town of Esperanto, con-
tanning $50 lots, lies entirely on the south
side of the track. A plaza is reserved in
the center of the town. Contiguous to
and surrounding the town are the 81
twenty-acre fruit and garden farms, upon
which the railroad proposes locating a
thrifty class of people. Whether any of
these small farms will be offered for sale
upon the 23d depends upon contingencies,
but Mr. Mills intends that all these shall
be in the possession of actual settlers, and
the homes Of actual residents before
Christmas.
The Bonynge tract is beautiful piece
of land, and its deep and fertile soil is cas-
lily susceptible Of irrigation. A handsome
| two-story depot is already completed in
Esperanza, and a number of other substan-
tial improvements by private individuals
have been commenced. The founding of
other towns on the Barber & Steiner tract,
to be called Guinda, and another named
Cadenasso, at Cadenasso's, will speedily
follow.
The railroad people have gi-en Yolo
people fair warning to wake >, and It
appears to the Mail that it is high tine
we did wake up. To use a little slang,
we have got to get in and dance to the
quiclening music Of progress, or as Mills
says, "go beg for permit to bury our
selves" There is no use for anybody to
lay back and belly-ache about it b; the
railroad is going to boom Capay valley
and "kickers" might Just as well sue
cumb to the inevitable first as last. We
want 10 see the Capay Valley Land Com
pany ill the valley 50 full of people that
the abundance of the population will
foam over and spread out over the sur
face of the county. Capay, Madison
and Woodland need not vainly and
indolently imagine that the railroad owes
them anything. That the company is
ready to cooperate with the enterprising
citizens of Yolo county in building it up
no one doubts, hut that it will spend a
dollar or waste moment of time to benefit
community that won't try to benefit
itself is unsafe as betting proposition.