Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1890-07-08
Important Report on the Glass of People
Coming to California

WASHINGTON, July Sth.-United States Consul
Walter E. Gardner at Rotterdam sends the fol-
lowing interesting report to the etate Depart
ment on Emigration 10 this Government 1t is
important in itself and significant as indicating
the kind of people California will receive from
Holland:
To-day there sailed from this port by the
Netherlands Company's steamship Spaarndam
a colony of sixty-five Hollanders who are to
make for themselves new homes in California.
These have been preceded by smaller colony
which sailed from Rotterdam IN autumn last
year. They will be followed by another colony,
already partly made up, to sail in September
next and doubtless. also, by other future colo
nists. Quite unlike most emjgrants from CONT
mental ports to America, these people are COM
paratively wealthy. They sail for New York as
frst-class cabin passengers They travel west
ward from New York by specially chartered
Pullman cars. Each adult male and each Of
several adult females in the colony leaving to-
day has already made cash investments ranging
from 5000 (the lowes) to $4,000 (the highest),
In partial payment for lands, houses, barns,
furniture, agricultural implements, horses and
cattle, of which the buyers will assume imme-
date ownership upon arrival at their destina-
ton. Among the various household effects GER
titled through this Office are pianos, libraries;
paintings, silverware and other certain evil
dences of moderate wealth.
The movement has its origin with the Hol-
land California Land Company, incorporated
under the laws of the State OF California. In
cluded ID the official Board of the company are
some of the strong business men of Rotterdam,
while its Vice President aud California Man
aging Director is W. A Nygh, of San Francisco.
The company is the owner of an abundantiy
irrigated area of land in MERGED county, Cal,
which is divided into 20acre tracts Many are
already under cultivation, the products being
alfalfa, grape vines and fruit orchards These
cultivated lands are cold to the Dutch immi-
grants at $40 per acre, and prior to the arrival
of the new owners, each equipped, as above in
Dictated and according to the plans previously
agreed upon. with all the paraphernalia OF a
complete prosperous country home. The city
and center of this New Holland of the New
World is to be called Rotterdam and among
other characteristic features is representative
Dutch dairy.
Teachers are employed by the company to in
struct the colonistS In such notifications OF
Holland agricultural methods as climate and
other conditions in California render necessary
and company hotel has been or is about to be
opened for young men colonists without fami.
lies.
The enterprise thus briefly outlined has at
tanned among the ultra-conservative Dutch
considerable and widespread popularity. Fol
example, the Netherland cities and villages
contributing members to the colony sailing to-
day, are Rotterdam, Dordrecht Glesendam
megeau, Arabian. Oosterbeck and Gouda.
Irrespective of the business merit or lack of il
in this company's scheme there is no question
whatever that these Dutch immigrants to Mer
ced county, California, are physically, materi
ally, mentally and morally strikingly superior
class.
Growing out of the movement above reported
and related to it is to be noted also the recen
organization of the Holland-Ca Trading
Company, which now has depot in this city
exclusively for the sale il Holland of California
fruit and wines