Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1889-12-08


August Blumenthal. the well-known
commercial traveller, alighted from a north
ern train a day or two ago and. grip in
hand made for a Carey car which was
standing at the depot. A reporter, fortu-
nate in the possession of nickel, quickly
boarded the same car for chat with the
drummer, knowing that Mr. Blumenthal is
brim-full of good information of various
kinds.
"Well,n said the newspaper man, after
they had shaken hands, where are you
from this time? ~
North : Oregon and Washington.
went up as far as the~.Sound by rail, came
down TO Portland by water, and have since
been working gradually south for over two
months"
How is the country up there looking at
PRESENT."
Good. Nothing unusual, though, ex-
cept in Seattle and Tacoma. Oh there are
two places for you that deserve credit, par
ticularly Seattle. Talk about your Los
Angeles booms-they're nowhere. It's not
exactly boom, though, which has struck
Seattle and Tacoma, but more on the order
OF enterprise. You see, they are situated
Just opposite each other on the Sound, and
there is great feeling OF rivalry between
the two as to which shall be the
handsomest and most attractive. The
manner in which they are building up
would paralyze many another city with far
greater population and pretensions. Why,
there are more brick buildings in course of
erection in Seattle than in any city west of
the Rocky Mountains, and the building
operations are by no means limited to
brick structures either. The diverging
cable and electrical street railways are fill
ing up the city with new homes in every
direction-on the sites of the poorer
structures which were destroyed by the re-
cent disastrous fire, and even beyond these
sites. OF course, you know that Tacoma
has now good lead on Seattle since the
latter place was burned. but if Tacoma at
tempts to rest on her laurels and not keep
on improving, it will only be short time
until she will be oyertaken and passed in
the race.
The new street railway system of
Tacoma = electrical = will be running
shortly after Christmas. and will
comprise ten miles of track. 1t
will differ from the Seattle system in many
respects. Steel rails are being laid through
out the line. Some of the cars have ar
rived from the Pullman shops in Illinois,
and l tell you they are gems l examined
them in the stables, and do not hesitate
to say that they are far ahead of anything
of the kind have ever seen for being mod
ern and handsome. The new line is owned
by the Willard syndicate. To give you an
idea of what business men think of the
prospects in that part Of the country, let
me tell you that connecticut syndicate Of
fered SS00,00 for this new railway, uncorn.
pleted as it is, and the offer was refused,
the Willard people wanting over a million
for it. l tell you, sir, you will be sur
prised, and greatly so, too, if you should
ever visit these two cities on the Sound"
A well-known Newspaper canvasser
wearing brand-new silk tile occupied
seat in the rear of the car and was engaged
in earnest conversation with a friend.
They were discussing baseball-and Sacra-
mento baseball at that.
There is no use talking" said the can
vesser, Sacramento is tip-top ball town.
and money can be made if only some good
manager could get hold of the nine and
not have anybody to boss him."
well" interrupted the friend, "wby
don't some good manager get hold of it ?"
''Sh-hl" and the voice sunk into
whisper. Hes trying to, my boy, he's
trying to. Keep it to yourself and I'll tell
you all about 1t. The good manager is try
ing TO get hold of it, and that manager is
me-"
"Hal hal But you have no money"
Don't need it. I've got a hacker who
knows my abilities as a manager He is
none other than the son of a Sacramento
millionaire wagon-dealer, and he has an
income of about $15 900 a month from a
mine in Mexico for pin money. He is an
enthusiast on baseball, and is crazy to see
the penDant landed Just once in Sacra-
mento. He will go into il deeply, and has
me to purchase the franchise
He will pay more than any National
League club for great battery, and wants
none but great Eastern players all through
the nine. In accordance with his instruc-
tons | called upon Thomas Enright few
days ago-he is the Secretary of the Sacra-
mento management and principal share
holder-and asked him his price. He
time to think about it, and told me
10 call again. did so, and he fixed the
price at So 5000. That was ridiculous. of
course, and so l bid him good dsy. He
bought the nine for little or nothing, and
only month or so ago offered to sell it for
= couple of hundred. We are willing to
pay fair price, and when the owners are
ready to sell they will know where to find
me. You'll see ball-playing, if l get that
nine, now mark me-"
A large, red-faced man swung on to the
,ar on Second street just before it turned |
nto X, and took seat. There was a merry |
Wrinkle in his eye, and a broad smile |
lighted up his countenance. He moved |
about restleselv and anneared tn he anxioue