The record-union., 1891-10-05
SENSIBLE REMARKS
Some Pointed Truths From Our Even
ing Contemporary.
L ,ering Bee, October I'd |

h 'ening Bee, October adj
1t IS customary for Il certain class OF
cltlzeHS o. sacramento to constantly be-
Witll the condition Of affairs in this fair
city o! ours, and t. their efforts may DC
ascribed the uniavor&bic comment which
IS often made concerning Sacrainento 0
tlty by strangers who have never seen it,
Unfortunately, the minis OF The citizens
referred to are so jaundiced by their con-
slant wall Of diScoGtent that tney no
longer see improved conditions, no mat
ter how startling the changes may be.
1t is safe to say that Sacrameutu's pros
poets to-day, to the man familiar with the
subject. are as promising as those OF any
city i'll the State
The city debt, which has been the great
bugbear dreaded by ourselves and
welded by outsiders against US, is about
TO be wiped out, whether we like it or
not, In six years the city will be prac-
tically free from debts, condition not
enjoyed by any city, in the State. Then
will our tax rate go down FROM 81 20 to 81
or less, and still give the city more rev.
enue than she now enjoys. Then will be
seen q rush for real estate, an erection of
factories and u rapid building OF the city
which will give the croakers the heart
disease. Yet very few people think how
near this time is and what II revolution it
Will make III the standing and progress
of the city.
Even now, eavilyihandicapped by the
words and acts of some of our ''promi-
nent citizens" as she is, the city is stead
lily progressing, Her streets, which in
winter were an eyesore, but still not
worse than those OF some other cities.
have been improved by the enterprise OF
her citizens, who voted the expenditure
of 100000 therefor and by the aid and
assistance of the Street Improvement
Association, an organization of public
spirited citizens formed to do the work
in thorough manner.
Sacramento has always enjoyed in the
water of the Sacramento River the purest
and cheapest water furnished by any
large city in the State. It was unsightly.
however, and Sacramento proposes, if
possible, to make the supply even better.
The residence portion of the city is not
inferior to that of any coast city, while in
the business portion enterprising firms
and corporations have displayed their
confidence in the city's future by the
erection of attractive and costly build
ings, supplanting old and unsightly ones.
Public and private enterprise has built
swimming baths; brewery which has
established a reputation all over the
coast; a retail furnishing house larger
than any other on the coast; magnifi-
cent club building; an electric railway.
The city owns, through the generosity of
Mrs. +. b. Crocker, the largest and finest
art gallery and museum west of Chicago.
and the largest shops west of the Missouri
are located here.
Sacramento's wholesale trade is phe-
nOmenal-exceeding, for instance, DUR
ing July the combined shipments of ali
other places in the State, save San Fran
cisco.
And yet prominent citizens, walk
our streets. loungein our clubs and OBJ
trtfde in meetings on public questions,
WHO insist that the city is going to the
demnition bow-wowS." Doubtless all
communities are handicapped by people
of the, same class, but Sacramento seems
to have more than her share.