Sacramento daily record-union., 1889-06-16
nronertv wanted to sell but that when

property wanted to sell, but that when
they found out who wanted to buy, 'the
prices were advanced TO such extravagant
figures as to forbid any sensible man invest
ing"
Let us see about that. F. S. Smith will
not sell because he wants the property
for his own use, and is as well able to keep
it as the others are TO buy. If anyone
thinks Mr.. Smith is silurian, they ought
to examine the building he put up on the
grounds owned by him, and coveted by
Messrs. Weinstock, Lubin & Co., and also
the new brick building in course of erection
in close proximity to it.
In the life time of Mr.. Skaggs, that gen.
tlemen owned many pieces of property in
this city, and was considered wealthy But
reyerses came and his liabilities claimed
one piece after another, until all was gone
but the corner OF Seventh and X. Then a
broken leg laid him up. Dame Fortune
withdrew her smiles; Shylock demanded
his pound of fiesh,' and it seemed for
while that all must go. But Mr.. Skaggs
had a faithful and courageous wife, who
put forth all her energies to save the roof
that covered their heads. She fought her
case through all the Courts and finally van
pushed her enemy.
But when the battle was over the prop
erty was involved for as much as it was
worth at that time. Unlike the silurian Bee,
she had an abiding faith in the citys future
progress, and held on to it, as she had right
to do, until now, when her rents not only
keep herself and son, but is also blotting
out her debts. After all her struggles with
adversely, and the glory of having beaten
the usurer, she is branded as silurian be-
cause she will not allow wealthy firm to
dictate to her the price at which she will
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sell, the Bee and Mr.. Lubin, to the contrary
Notwithstanding. She likes to look at that
for which she fought so hard, and if Messrs.
W., L. & Co. want it they must pay her the
price she asks.
Mr.. SCHNEIDER held title to his piece for
thirty years or more, and when first knew
him was in fair circumstances, and using
the property tor planing-mill purposes.
Some years ago he involved his property
by building large public hall, which was
afterwards burned; this venture followed
by fire crippled his finances, but he still
insists on fixing the price of said property.
When he put all he had and little more
into the hall he was progressive, but now
as he lives of his rents and don't care to
let others contiscate his property, be too,
must bear the stereotyped brand, 'silurian."
never asked TO sell to any one at any
price, but at the urgent solicitation of W.,
L. & Co.'S agent, l did name price and
gave an option on the property until the
1st of July. When their agent grumbled
at the price, told him, as | did MIR. Burr
a month or two before, that the property
was not looking for a purchaser.
l have been branded SO often and with
so many different kinds and shapes of
brands that if the Bee can get their silu-
rian brand in between the others they
,I,,n l,,%
squirm or put on wry faces during the
operation they will have to get white
heat on the brand. The Bee advises those
property owners to sell and buy elsewhere
in the city. If the Bee was consulted as to
the future investments of those property
owners | have no donbt they would
recommend an investment in the Bee
blocks out on the mud flat near Doyle's
Oak Grove Ranch Who would fix the
price of the Bee plant if Messrs. Winstock,
Lubin Il Co. should conclude to add to
their business the publication of an even
ing paper, and say to the proprietors of the
Bee I'VE can make respectable paper of
the Bee and we want to buy your plant"
| think the McClatchy Bros. would dictate
the price.
Since the Mechanics Store people came
to Sacramento all the properly so much
desired by them, except Mr.. Schindler's, has
changed hands, and at times went begging
a purchaser.
Why did they not buy them? Because
it was too far out of town. They bought
where they could do the best business
The others bought where they could with
their means. In the meantime the vacant
blocks east of them built up and now they
would like to come up town. Come along
gentlemen, but pay those who kept the
favored localities for you.
1t is my opinion that if they were sin
cere they would have taken the property
offered at the prices asked, for it is nv
candid judgment that in no city in the
United States of the same size as Sacra-
mento could they get good title to so large
piece of ground similarly located for the
same amount of money. The whole busi-
ness of the last week appears to me to be
an ingeniously contrived bit of advertising
most admirably carried out. Messrs. Hale
Brothers never kicked when they failed
to get the property they wanted on the
south side of K, Eighth and Ninth Like good
boys, they took what they could get on the
other side. They did not threaten to go to
San Francisco, and had they gone there we
would not have followed them. Outfit
ting" establishments do not make cities,
but cities make necessary outftting" es-
tablishments. / would not object to the
trade they propose with the United States
Government, would rather favor it; but to
me it seems to be something like the fight
between the steer and the locomotive.
Thanking you for the space taken up by
me, am yours, ETC., WIN. BoYNE.