Sacramento daily record-union., 1888-10-13
THE TOWN OF ANDERSON.

Its Location, Business Houses, Present
General Prosperity, Etc.
All that great central portion Of Califor-
MIA bounded by the Sierra Nevada Mount
aims on the east and the coast mountains
on the west, extending northward from
San Francisco Bay to Mount Shasta, is
known as the Sacramento valley and is
drained by the great river of the same
name, which flows southwark at about
equal distances from either range.
The width of the valley gradually mar
rows toward the north, until the spurs
and cross-chains of foothills from both
ranges, closing in from either side, join
each other over 200 miles from the rivers
mouth. The track of the Oregon Division
of the Southern Pacific Railroad extends
through the eastern half of the valley and
crosses to the west side of the Sacramento
river at Tehama, where it joins with the
California Northern, which extends from
Sacramento TO this point through the west
ern half OF the valley. From thence
north all transportation is over 4 single
line of track, the
GREAT THROUGH THoRoUGHFARE
Connecting San Francisco and Portland,
Oregon. 1t is on this line, 1S4 miles north
of Sacramento, that the town of Anderson
is situated. The residence portion is scat
tered over considerable area, it being fully
mile from one outskirt to the other in
any direction, and the visitor on arrival
does not at once estimate the population
at anything like the actual figures. The
town site was originally natural park,
covered with a growth of majestic oaks,
the greater portion of which remain stand
ing, and hide from general view the
dwellings of It's thousand or more people.
THE MERCANTILE BUSINESS
OF the town is in the hands of a hardware,
grocery, two drug and four general mer-
chandise stores. There is a roller-process
Touring mill, with a capacity of thirty
barrels of flour per day, and which will
be at once increased to forty barrels per
day. There are two hotels, one new two
story brick, 50x100,. feet, with forty-two
rooms, just completed>and furnished at a
cost of about $4,000, and, which is ready
and waiting for a tenant, and the other a
two-story Frame built and furnished about
one year ago, and doing frst,class busi-
ness in first-class way. Two restaurants
also provide the hungry with "meals at all
hours"
Three livery stables, four or FIVE saloons.
a couple of barber shops, one harness shop,
one shoe shop, one butcher shop, painter,
three blacksmith shops, wagon-making
establishment and lumber-yard, all serve
customers, and contribute to the general
welfare and comfort of the community.
The professions are represented by two at
torney, three doctors, civil engineer; and
the local news is gathered, edited and pub
lished by Z. +. Street, in the Anderson
Enterprise, which seeks to advance the well
fare and prosperity of the locality it repre-
sents.
Bdsides the local trade, there is very
considerable amount of heavy freighting
from Anderson to towns in the northeast
ern counties of California and to Southern
Oregon, some of which is taken distance
of 200 miles The writer counted ten
wagons loading at the depot with such
freight at one time recently.
To open up communication with the
country to the east there has recently been
completed an iron bridge across the Sacra-
mento river at a cost of upward of $50, 600
The bridge, which is free from tolls, is
with its approaches nearly 1900 feet in
length, and one of the finest and best on
the coast. The teamsters bring down from
the mountains wool, ore and lumber, and
return With merchandise.
THE PUBLIC schooIs
OF Anderson are classed as being the best
in the county. The school building, a
handsome two-story brick, was erected at a
cost of over $4,000 and contains four
rooms for study. Many people whose
means permit come to Anderson and spend
their winters, TO avail of the opportunity
afforded their children for acquiring an
education. The total enrolment the past
term was 210, which will be greatly ex-
ceeded the present year. Four teachers
are employed, and the school term will be
about ten months.
There are two church organization
Methodist South and congregational
both having good church buildings and
good congregations, and both entirely free
from debt of any kind.
THE TOWN WATER SUPPLY
a large storage reservoir, fed from the
cool, sparkling waters Of the Igo ditch, !