Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1890-12-10

its present session. 1t is earnestly to be
| hoped that some relief will Immediately
| follow, and l recommend that the Board
OF Trade does not lose sight of this very
| important matter. Doubtless reasonable
expenditure would dredge the river SO that
| deep sea-goiDg vessels could again discharge
| their freight at our doors. -
| POSTAL COMMITTEE.
| The Board of Trade has at all times en-
deavored to assist in any legitimate man
rer the city and other officials in the dis.
charge of their duty, especially where II was
| possible 10 improve the public service.
With this object in view Postal Commit
tee was appointed in September last to be
known as the Board of Trade Postal Com
mittee. The committee has had frequent
interviews with the Postmaster of Sscra.
mento, has thoroughly Investigated the
system as applied to this city and has sent
forward to the Postmaster. General full
aud complete statement of the condition of
the Sacramento Postoffice, its clerical force
and its needs of additional help. 1t is
gratifying 10 observe that these efforts have
met with considerable success and that
additional appropriations have been made
by the Department for the Sacramento of.
flee. At the present tine it is gratifying TO
our business community 10 know that the
facilities of the office are greatly improved
and that there is prospect for still further
Improvements in the near future.
ELECTRIC RAILWAY.
During the past six months the Board of
Trade has given considerable attention TO
the matter of the proposed electric street
railway in Sacramento City. The matter
came up in the shape Of an application to
the City Trustees from certain parties for
LON ~ y
tend wires on street and certain other
streets, for the purpose of running cars by
the overhead electric system. The Board,
at considerable trouble, investigated thor
oughly, by special COMMITTEES appointed
for the purpose, the workings of the pro-
posed system in other cities, with the re-
suit that the Board was unanimously of
the opinion that the system should be
introduced into Sacramento and with that end
in view went before the Trustees on numerous
occasions and advocated the proposition, and,
as result, the amended franchise was granted.
Much work has already been done by the COM
pany; the underground wires have alrea ybeen
laid, and the President of the company assures
US that by February the work will be com
pleted, and one of the best systems in the United
States be in operation. This will give Sacra-
mento, in connection with the other street rail-
way sytems now in operation, as good facilities,
in the matter of street railways as any city on
the coast.
REPUBLICAN CONVENTION.
In April the Board, at the request of citizens,
took up the matter OF securing the State Repuo-
licsn Convention for Sacramento, and was
largely instrumental in securing that Conven.
ton, which was held here in August. In q
communication 10 the Chairman of the State
Republican Committee, the Board pointed ous
the following facts which are worthy of record:
In the first place, the city of Sacramento is CEN
trally located, being situated almost exactly in
the geographical center of the 5 ate. Secondly,
it is the most important railway center in Cali
| fornia. All important lines in every direction
radiating from 1t. 1t is more easily reached
| from every point in California than any
other city. In the third place. Sacramento pos
| sesses better hall accommodations than any
| other city on the ceast, outside of san Fran.
| cisco, among them being the Acknowledgements
| yilion and three or four other large and com.
modious halls, and two theaters. In the fourth
| place the hotel accomm odations are the best OF
| any town outside of Sau Francisco, and are
| ample to accommodate thousands OF visitors.
| FREIGHT RATES on FRUIT.
In March the Western Traffic Association met
| in convention at San Diego Delega es from
| every railway west of the Missouri river were
| in attendance. Representing the Sacramento
Board OF Trade and the California Fruit Union
l appeared before the Convention and assisted
as well as could to present the necessities for
lower freight rates on fruit from Sacramento to
Eastern cities, the result being a general reduc.
ton was made averaging about $50 per carload.
Other concessions touching the matter of rapid
transit were made and great benefit to the State
has no doubt resulted.
SPRING RACES.
To encourage the raising of blooded stock in
this section of the county, which seems to be
particularly well adapted to the purpose, the
Board of Trade year ago pledged the sum of
81, 500 TO be used in premiums and defraying
the expenses OF the spring meetings at the
| State Agricultural Societys race track. This
amount of money was collected last spring and
turned over for the purpose, the contributions
being made by merchants mostly members OF
the Board of Trade.
SUFFER- CLUB.
During the year this institution has taken
possession of its beautiful aud commodious
quarters in the new California State Bank
building on Fourth and streets. The club has
membership of about 200 members residents
| of Sacramento, including nearly all the leading
business and professional men of the town, be-
| sides membership of about thirty non.resi-
dents. 1t may truly be said 10 supply long
| felt want. The objects of the club are too well
known to need extended. remark here; suffice il
| to say that the business community has great
cause to congratulate itself on the successful
organization and working of this association
| An opportunity is now afforded for all business
and professional men to get together as often as
| convenient, exchange ideas and compare notes
It is also found to be very pleasant and most
desirable means OF entertaining business friends
| from distance who visit Sacramento. Every
| day at noon may be met in these parlors mel
| interested in the various avocations of life
| DuSiQeSs anu PROFESSIONS, whose ACQUAINTANCE
| is worth making and whose ideas are valuable
| In a certain measure it may be said that the
! club makes Board of Trade building unneces
sary, as to a large extent the objects of such 6
| building are met. This may account largely
| for the present lack of effort to put UP Board
| of Trade building such as was contemplated
| early in the year.
| BUILDING AND IMPROVEMENTS.
| During the year very considerable amour
of improvement in the way of new building
| haS nhsprved n cif ,,l,-
| however, in the way of new residence blocks
| which have been put up in large numbers al
over the city. sacramento is undoubtedly
growing very rapidly. Several improvement
have been made on the business Streets the
principal one being the erection and compile
ton OF the elegant California State Bank build
ing on Fourth and streets, and which is
modern structure, and not surpassed in beauty
by any building on the coast 1t is built of rec
sandstone from one of the quarries not far from
Sacramento city and indicates that the mos
desirable building stone is easily accessible.
| Several important building Improvement
are contemplated, among which may be men
toned the Weinstock x Lubin building, upor
which work will commence Immediately anC
the building which will cost sl5000), will bt
an ornament TO the city
BUILDING AND LOAN ASSOCIATIONS.
Sacramento boasts of three or four buildin:
and loan associations which have, in NV opin
lon done more for the city in the way of ena
bling people in moderate cireum stances to cree
their own dwellings than any other agency
These associations, believe, are all on a sue
cessful basis, and are well worthy of support
1 1t would be very interesting if we could be fur
nished with statistics from these organic atom
showing the number of dwellings that have
been built by them during the last five years
| SACRAMENTO IMPROVEMENT ASSOCIATION
This is an organization composed largely O
the members of the Board of Trade that ha
done much good. Mr. c. A. Luhrs is Presiden
and is an enthusiastic worker in the cause O
general improvement in the city.
GENERAL CITY IMPROVEMENT.
1t may not be considered out of place to refe
here to the general progress that has been mad
in Sacramento city during the past year. 1t /
certainly very gratifying to the business com
munity to note anything in the line of progress
and improvement. Early in the year there wa
organized what is known as the Sacrament
Street Improvement Company. Il was the re
suit of meeting called by the Sacramento I'm
proyement Association. Nearly all of the mem
bers of the Board of Trade, besides many othe
citizens, took stock in the incorporation, the oh
ject of the company being to reduce the expens
of street improvement to the lowest possibl
amount, in order that the streets might be NOR
generally raised and graded. Later on, at
special election it was decided that the cit
should issue bonds to the amount of 500 900 70
the purpose of aiding in the work by payin
one-fourth of the cost at the expense of the city
hos ror n tha