Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1889-02-04
COMING CoLoNIsTs.
Mercedes New Scheme For Securing In
creased Immigration.

creased Immigration.
The San Francisco Chronicle of yesterday
says: "a plan by which immigrants from
the East who wish to become actual ses-
tiers in California may come out here flee
of expense, Sc far as railroad transporta-
ton is concerned, has been decided upon
by Colonel c. F. Crocker, who will work in
cooperation with the MERGED Board of
Trade. The people of MERGED county, as
well as the railroad managers, are very
anxioas TO COLOMBO the large tracts of
, thinly populated agricultural lands near
the tewn of MERGED.
Il. H. McClosky, Secretary of the Mer-
ced Board of Trade, who has been study
ing the colonization scheme in all its de-
| tails, will start for the East on the 18th
| inst, and will first make q canvass of sew
eral agricultural districts IN Ohio and Penn
| sylvania, these being deemed the most
| likely sections from which colorists may
| be drawn. 1t will be tried 10 get as many
persons from one locality as possible, that
| plan having worked very successfully in
Southern California.
ut is proposed 10 first subdiride eco
acres bordering on the great MERGED canal,
marking them off in small ranches. The
immigrants are expected to begin to arrive
in April. wheh, If they are suited with the
land and conclude TO purchase, their rail
road fare will be refunded to them.
w. II. Mills, Land Agent of the Gen.
tral Pacific Railroad, who is just back from
MERGED, where ne made thorough inves.
| tigation of the lands which are to receive
| the benefit of the great Croker Huffman
irrigating scheme, said yesterday to q
| Chronicle reporter that the plan OF colonial.
| ton proposed was looked upon by the rail
road people with great favor. It would
tend to give them a greater amount oil
| traffic, and would therefore prove a good
return for ali the money which they may
ezpend. He said that the total expendi.
.ure on the irrigation enterprise thus far
| was So 100000. There is now an average
Of thirty feet of water in the big reservoir,
| covering about GAO acres of land. Much
improvement had lately been made in the
way of the distribution OF the water. Old
waterways had been taken advantage OF
as much es possible, and their tendency to
branch off in useless meanderipgs had
been overcome By the removal OF grea,
quantities of earth which had been taken
out of the channels and used to fill in the
small ravines, thus smoothing some OF the
! rougher portions of the tract. There are
now altogether from forty TO fifty miles Of
| main ditching and branches"
| The Call, speaking upon the subject o.
Immigration, said yesterday: "a Southern
Pacific official has for some time had in
mind scheme to develop overland immi-
grant travel, which may be introduced il
| details caG be arranged. Senator Stan
ford's views on the encouragement Of home.
(seeking immigrant travel are well known
He would put rates down 10 such figure
that no one could be deferred from removal
| by this reason. The scheme referred 10 is
to cut the present second-class S35 rats
| from the Missouri river to S25, but to set a
/ figure above that, say $40, which should
/ defray all cost of meals and sleeping &C.
| commodations on the journey. These
! second-class cars would not run on fier y
time. but make the journey on easy time
| the idea being that speed with this class Of
| travellers is of less object than comfort
| safety and economy. Ample arrangements
| would be made for supply of plain food
| at practically cost rates. This would be
done either by eating stations under the
company's control, at convenient distances
on the overland route, or by the attach
ment of the dining-car and kitchen to the
second class trains. The plan would be
| widely advertised IN the rural districts OF
| the far East and Middle States, and it is
| believed would serve TO attract large
| number OF desirable settlers