Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-07-08
A DUTCH COLONY.
A Company Of Immigrants From Hol-
land Who Travel in Pullman Cars.

Mr.. Walter E. Gardner, United States consul
at Rotterdam, sends to the State Department
the following account of an interesting emf
| grafton movement:
Today there sailed from this port by the
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Company's steamship
Spnarndam colony Of sixty-fve Hollandcrs
who are to make for themselves new homes in
California. These have been preceded by a
| smaller colony which sailed from Rotterd am
IN the autumn OF last year. They will be fol-
lowed by another colony, already partly made
up. to sail in September next, and doubtless
also by other future colonies
Quite unlike most immigrants from conti-
| mental ports 10 America, these people are COM
parat,veiy wealthy. They sail for New York
as frst-cinss cabin passengers. They will travel
westward from New York by specially
| chartered Pullman cars. Each adult male and
each OF several adult females i'll the colony
leaving today has already made n cash invest
ment, ranging from e3, 900 Che lowcst) to Sl0.-
700 (the highest. in partial payment for land,
| houses, barns, furniture, agricultural imple-
| ments, horses and cattle, Of which the buyers
! will assume immediate ownership upon arrival
| At their destination. Among their various
household effects certified through this office
are pianos. libraries paintings, silver ware and
other certain evidences of moderate wealth.
HOLLAND LAND COMPANY.
The movement has its origin with the Hol-
| land-California Land Company, incorporated
| under the laws OF the state of California. In
! cludod in the official board of the company are
| some OF the strong business men Of Rotterdam,
| while Its vice president aud California mauag-
ing director is Mir. W. A. Nygh Of San Fran.
cisco. The company is the owner of an abunu.
antly irrigated area Of land in MERGED county,
California, which is divided into 20-acre tracts
many already under cultivation, the products
hntn tfylf
| These cultivated lands are sold to Dutch immi-
grants at Cts per acre. and prior to the arrival
| OF the new owners, each IL equipped as above
| indicated, according to plans previously agreed
upon, with all the paraphernalia Of a complete,
| prosperous firm house.
| The city and center Of this new Holland Of
| tho new world is to be called Rotterdam
(somewhat in embryo as yeti. and among
other characteristic features IL representa-
| tive Dutch dairy. Teachers are employed by
| the company TO instruct colOnis.s in such modi-
| fcations OF Holland agricultural methods AS
climate and other conditions in California
| render necessary, and O company hotel has
| been, or IL aboat to be, opened for young men
| colonists without families.
POPULAR MOVEMENT
The enterprise thus briefly outlined has at
tanned, among the ultra-conservative Dutch, a
considerable aud widespread popularity. For
example, the Netherlands cities and villages
contributing members to the colony sailing to-
day are Rotterdam, Dordrecht. Giesendam
| Amsterdam. Delft. Bussum, The Hague, Nyme-
| gsu. Arahetn, Oosterbeek and Guuda.
Irrespective OF the business merit. or lack OF
| it, In this companys scheme regarding which
1t 10 not my province to offer an opinion. there
| is no question whatever that these Dutch immi-
| grants to MERGED county, California. are ply
| sically. materially, mentally and morally
strikingly superior class.
Growing out OF the movement above reported
and related to 1t IL TO be noted also the recent
organization Of the Holland California Trading
Company, which now has depot IN this city
exclusively for the sale in holland of California
| fruits and wines.