Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1889-04-27
WHOLE NO. II, ,s34.

be built the coming year at one of these
springs, the company to improve the prop
erty having already been formed and the
! stock subscribed for. Some fifteen acres
have been reserved for the necessary baths
and buildings, and the work of beautifvins
the grounds begun, ten acres of shade and
ornamental trees having now been planted.
THE GROWTH OF SUFFER- CITY.
The push and enterprise which has ac-
complished the wonderful results that
confront the visitor on every hand are CEN
tered in what is known as the Sutter City
Improvement Company, incorporated un-
der the laws of the State of California. and
of which II. c. Stilwell is President,
DIR. Schlessinger, Secretary, and P d.
Gardemeyer, General Manager. To De
explicit, the ground was first broken on
December II, 1887, and on the ist Of jar
uary, 1888, Sutter City had one building,
July lst thirty buildings and January /.
1889, los buildings There are now sl-
ready finished l73, and many more under
way. When the Epperson property was
disposed of there were sold $50 lots at
$3.50 each, with which were given away as
an incentive to investment eleven houses.
built at an aggregate cost Of 10000 and
q $4,000 hotel.
COLLEGE PARK TRACT.
The same company are now improving
and disposing of their College Park prom
erty, consisting of $50 lots, which they are
selling at $500 each. With this pronerty
will be given away seventeen two-story
dwellings, eighteen one-story cottages, the
cost aggregating S60OO0 and $4,000
brick bank building, the upper story Of
which will be fitted up for lodge-rooms tor
fraternal societies.
RECOGNITION OF SUCCESS.
With the first announcement Of the plan
to start a city on the plains people looked
askance, said the only city they viii ever
have will be on paper, and thought-wen,
who can say-but they sometimes hin;ed
at Z swindle. But, as the town grew,
and improvement after improvement as
sumed permanency, doubt gave way to
hope, and hope again to confidence The
Sutter City Lumber Company, With .
paid-up capital stock of $4,000 formed
by resident farmers who now have q we'll
stocked lumber yard with necessary
buildings, was the first recognition
of outside capital, and their bust
ness is aattering beyond all expectations,
THE COMING COUNTY SEAT.
Sutter City now contains l7S residences
and business buildings, two stores with
varied assortments of merchandise, and {
new store for general merchandise now
building. One hardware store, one Lumber
yard, one hotel (see cut, one lodging
house and restaurant, a barber shop
butcher shop, blacksmith shop, and two
real estate offices. There is a most ex-
cellent school building (see cut, and c
new drug store just opening out, and
a doctor and an attorney attend TO
the professional wants of the people
BY the time of the next general
election Sutter City will be ready to con
| test for the county seat, and the general
sentiment, even at this early day is that,
could the question be submitted to the
people at this time, many more thar
the requisite two-thirds woald pro-
nounce in its favor. BY the time fcr
the question to be decided, nearly
two years hence, Sutter City win have been
incorporated, have city government and
a sufficient number of voters in sympathy
with its claim for the seat OF county gov
ernment to decide the question in It's favor
beyond peradventure.
SECRET OF SUCCESS.
The plan OF putting ali net receipts from
the sale OF lots into permanent improve
ments, relying solely on the enhancement
of reserved inside property for company
remuneration, has been the great secret Of
Sutter City's wonderful success. The
scheme of the founders and promoters was
a wise one, rs any one viii readily deter
mine By making a visit to this, the liyeliest
town in Northern California.