Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1889-10-26
ASSISTING SETTLERS.
Plan of the Southern Pacific Company
Colonization Company.

Plan of the Southern Pacific Company
Colonization Company.
The Southern Pacific Company Colonial
ton Agency, which has offices in New
York, Chicago and San Francisco, has is
sued circular giving the following as its
plan of operations:
An agent of the company will, without
expense to them, visit the seekers for agri
cultural homes at their own residences, as
nearly as may be practicable, and will fur
nish them with exact information coD-
corning all these matters which must inter
est them.
Special contracts have been made with
several of the large land-holders of the
State for parts Of their land whereby, for
the purpose of enhancing the value OF the
remainder by Immediately developing and
improving the parts contracted for, they
allow these portions to be sold subject to
the following conditions The lands to be
selected by an expert from any part OF the
estate which selections will be sold at
greatly reduced prices only to purchasers
for actual and immediate occupancy. The
buyers will not be allowed to purchase at
these prices any more land than they will
actually cultivate. Thoroughly competent
men entirely familiar wi b all kinds of
farming and Embarrassing in the State, liv-
lug ON adjoining land or on land selected,
will be secured as local advisers and assist
ants to colonists TO give to them the benefit
OF their intimate knowledge of all those
matters that concern the building OF homes,
the buying of materials, stock, seed, trees,
vines, etc, the time and manner of plant
ing and harvesting, etc, and in short TO
make the home builder feel that be has
come among friends.
Whom rNerca1c Aatarr,fpa fh-Nr1ob inf
nation furnished by the colonization agent
that they will remove to any given colony,
the agent will arrange the trip for them
and their families, and, when practicable
send them by trains on " hich the company
has tourist or excursion agent. On ar
irving at the proposed point OF debarkation
the tourist agent will place the families in
charge of the local colony agent who is
himself resident Of the immediate neigh
borhood of the colony.
Opportunities will be offered sll colonists
to examine the soil and topography, and
interview the farmers on the ground or in
the immediate neighborhood If the home
seeker finds everything as has been repre-
scented to him, he will be glad to make his
selection at once, under the guidance and
advice of neighbors whose interest it Will
be to promote his welfare in every way.
As before stated, he will have the benefit
in his new surroundings of the example Of
his neighbors and the best advice of the
local colony agent. He Will make no I'M
necessary expenditures, he will lose no
time unnecessarily and he need make no
mistakes.
The main solicitude Of the colonization
agency is in the interest of the home
seeker. Not only will the utmost care be
exercised to locate him within the proper
environments, but most watchful and
friendly interest in him will be maintained
by the agency, and will be manifested By
its active cooperation with him, so long
as such interest NAV seem to benefit him.