The record-union., 1891-09-24
A CAPAY COLONY.
Busy Fruit-Growers in a Pretty
YOlo Valley-Tancred and Its
Adjoining Farms
TN THE SPRING OF LAST YEAR

THE SPRING OF LAST YEAR
hooert ~ and Neal ID. Barker associated
| themselves with William Mckay, all of Oak.
iand with 8 view of searching out a suitable
location IN which to engage in the pro6tab,a
occupation of fruit-growing. After vfsitins
many localities, they decided on tho Capav
Valley, Yolo County, and the Rhodes tract az
/ Tancred
negotiations were opened with the Capav
alley Land Company owning the tract in
| q1estion. With W. H. Mills the GensrsI
! Agent of that company, they arranged for IN.
purchaSe OF about 22o acres of foothiu land
Ihis being more than they had thought Of
'l"ing Tor their own USE they spoke to a
NUMBER OF friends about it. with the result
'hat the tract was divided among the follow.
ing people: b. L. Riekok. 40 acres. w r
farnett 20 acres; N. t. Greathead. 90 acres
MIS- L. Greathead, 90 acres; w. Mckay. 20
acres; N D. Barker 90 acres; r. A. Barker
70 acres; j. ?. Brownies, go acres; f. II. Has.
Iett 10 acres; Joseph Barker, 10 acres. A w
Kelly 10 acres, and Frederick Kelly. l o acres
90 lar this had been merely q private ven.
ture OF the gentlemen above named. but in
taking up the question of dividing the land
already purchased, it was found that so MANY
more would like to join it than the area of the
purchase would admit of, that it was sug.
gested on all hands, ''Why not get some mora
land and divide it up in the sarne psave.
Then followed the idea of a stock eomnanv IN
take hold of larger tract and arrange for the
cul'lVauon OF the whole of it, after subdividinq
II taccorhng to the requirements of the sub.
scrloers. A provisional board was formed .
| prospectus issued, and finally, on the 5th Of
| June, 1890, the Western Cooperative Col.
onizatton and Improvement Company was
Oily registered and proceeded to business.
with the following officers: President. Will
IAN Mckay; Vice-PreSident NJ p Brown.
Directors-H. G. Ellis, Charles Brooke and
r. A. Barker; Secretary and General Manages.
Neal d. Barker; Solicitor, c. E. Snook; Treas
| urer First National Bank of Oakland
The balance of the tract 373 acres v-as r,r.
chased. a contract was entered into for the
purchase OF large number OF fruit trees
vines, etc. This early purchase of trees was
the means of saving between $4,000 and
| @f'ooo 10 the company, the prices in some
cases having more than doubled since then.
The ideas which the prospectus set forth
nave been but slightly modified and the
| progress of the company has been uninter-
| rupted. Those who went into it doubtingly
! nave become enthusiastic, and almost ali the
| members arranged to set out all their lands in
! fruit trees, ETC., the first year. Consequently
IN this, the first season, some 40, 900 trees and
between 10000 and 10000 vines win be
pEanreu.
The satisfactory working of this scheme has
had the effect of attracting considerable at
tentlon to the work of the Colony Company.
ana number of people are now desrous OF
Joining in with them. An additional 900
| acres have been added to the sixty acres
originally purchased.
For the company is predicted very BRIGHT
future, as well as for the beautiful valley in
which their operations are conducted. How
this marvellous little garden has come to be so
long neglected is puzzle to every one who
has visited il, but one thing is very sure. and
that Is that this neglect will never again Ee
felt in the valley
Inc fruits set out are mostly OF the standard
Yarieties-peaches, apricots, Bartlett pears
| prunes, figs, raisin grapes, etc, while along
ooth sldes OF the avenues, throughout the
tract walnutS will throw their graceful shade.
A considerablegnumber of citrus trees are also
being SET out; quite sufficient number to
demonstrate that these fruits can be success
fully grown in the valley, about which the
colonists appear to have no doubt provided
proper care is given to the young trees. Neal
resides on the tract, and to his care is to be as
cribed much of the success of the venture.
Mention should be made of the town-site
about which there is q pleasant innovation
which might with profit be followed by more
ambitious places. A small park of some three
acres has been laid out right in the center of
the town. This park it is proposed to beautify
by planting in it from time to time as many
OF the beauties and curiosities of tree and
shrub life as may be obtained by diligent
search and a wise expenditure of money. It
is not expected that Tancred will ever be n
large and busy city, but it is thought that it
can be made very pleasant little place to
dwell in.
A petition has been circulated recently and
very largely signed, asking the county to ac-
cept Island avenue, on the colony tract as q
county road, and to build bridge across
Cache Creek at this point in order to give the
settlers on the east side of the creek access to
Tancred Station The Tancred colonists are
quite willing to give the necessary right of
way, and are very desirous of having q bridge
there, as the colony lands extend along both
sides of the stream. It is thought that it
would be very wise expenditure of public
money to grant them this very necessary i'm
provement, as the operations of such COM
panies are of widespread benefit to the whole
county and State. The attractions and COM
forts of the cities are we'll known, but to those
WHO bIS WlllillS 10 SETTLE the iAuQ anu snow
that the country also affords attractions and
comforts and ways of making money pleas
Rntly, every inducement should be held forth
The following is q list of the principal men,
bers of the Tancfed Colony, with the number
of acres owned by each, and a fact worthy of
mention is that in each contract or deed is
sued by the Colony Company there is pro.
vision that no Intoxicating liquor shall ever
be manufactured or sold on the land. The ap
parent success ofthe enterprise shows that
the ideas and plans of the colony, as set forth
in the prospectus some time ago, are not inn
practicable: c. T. Hull, Berkeley, 3 acres; w.
z. Harmon, Oakland, ID acres; @. S. Kasson,
San Francisco 1 l acres; JOS. Barker, L acres;
A. w. Kelly, Kincardine Ont, 5 acres; n. L.
Greathead, acres; r. G. Greathead, Oakland
10 acres; r. A. Barker, san francisco, 10
acres; N. D. Barker, Tancred, 10 acres; DR.. X.
Favor, San Francisco, 81 acres; }. p. Brownlee
Kincardine, Ont, 8 acres; w. 7. Barnett
Berkeley, 5 acres; M. p. Brown, 10 acres;
Chas. Brook, Sr., Oakland, 10 acres; w. c.
Boutelle, Berkeley, 20 acres; Mrs. r. A. Crelin
Oakland, 5 acres; C. H. Peach, Tancred, 8
acres; II. c. Ellis, Oakland, 10 acres; j. Van
stone, Winnipeg, 10 acres; Z. A. Vanstone,
Tancred, acres; E. Wadsworth Sacramento
5 acres; Nj. A. Thomas, Oakland, acresi
James Graham, San Francisco, II acres; A
Stark, 12 acres; j. Stark, 10 acres; Mrs. NJ
Vrooman, 5 acres; @. E. Shook, 10 acres; @.
T. Greathead, IL acres; VIM. Mckay, > acres;
Mrs. VIM. Mckay, Oakland, 3 acres; Mrs. i.
c. Wooley, Brooklyn, N. Y. 10 acres; Mrs. II.
Beckley Oakland 8 acres; L. 4. Marriott, .
acres: j. G. Harrison, Tancred, . acres. The