The record-union., 1892-03-24
OUR PROGRESSIVE PEOPLE.
How Their Public Spirit is Regarded
by Others.
An Interior Journals Opinion of Sac
ramento as an Importing and
Shipping Center.

Below will be found an article from the
Corning, Colusa County, Observer of the
I'D, which contains Some suggestions for
sacramento capitalists to consider. The
article is slightly inaccurate in one thing.
instead OF $4,000 being subscribed to
pave the streets, the people voted 100000
IS the city's one-fourth part OF the expense
Tor improving the streets. In other
7yords, when the 100000 will have been
expended by the city there viii have
been 100000 put into street improve
lnent. The $4,000 referred to represents
merely the capital stock of the street In
proyement Company, corporation
formed by citizens to carry on the work
ct cost price TO property owners, and
which has done excellent work in that
line. The Observer says:
1.-The City Of Sacramento is now under
going change that viii advance the city
wonderfully Ten years ago the city
owed 81, $50, 900, but it is now reduced TO
S ,000, and the city owns her own
water works. The city sunk wells and
got splendid supply of fine water Some
oirited citizens subscribed $4,000 to
rave the city at cost price. This go-ahead,
1irited work of the citizens viii soon
LIT Sacramento out Of the slough Of in
action she has been in so long.
Sacramento ought to be wholesale
shipping point. She stands at the north
end of the great southern valley, with
intercourse to the ocean and the iron
roads from the Pacific TO the Atlantic
and from San Diego to Portland passing
7 ght through her. She also stands at the
south end of the great northern valley
and its noble river and connecting rail-
roads,
&C., .;,-1> ;- ,,,cro IF n S;ob+ Saair,r,
place, and the people care not for the
welfare Of the country, except to sell the
vast amount Of land that is mOrtgaged to
them. The merchants or business men
make no effort to secure the favor or bust
ress of the two great valleys, and the re-
salt is all the country merchants are
shipping goods direct from the East.
There is no doubt but San Francisco is
rapidly losing her country trade, and
tlat is what makes dull times there. The
banks are oyertowing with idle, useless
money, and yet the moneyed men will
not lend it TO farmers or buy their irriga-
ton bonds. Money in city banks, or any
banks, except to carry on their business,
is inst the same as the lniser's cheSt-it
Goes nobody good, not even get square
meal for the owner.
"Sacramento-if the people there could
only open their eyes and see it's better
situated for an importing, wholesale city
-ildu any luldllu tONI III ADlSGlca. oDo
has men of capital, and let them put
few millions together and go right into
ne wholesale business, buying irrigation
bonds of the Wright bitches, shipping
AID packing all the productions Of the
Valley, ana they will have the affection
and gratitude of three-quarters Of the
people Of California.
''In raising capital give the humble
Daople of the city and the farmers and
ruiterers of the country a chance to help,
by making shares, say $50, and taking il
= monthly installments in cities and
owns and four payments in the country.
it'll the right men ut the head of it, and
~ active, fiery spirit of the citizens, ten
pillions could easily be raised. And to
cure the confidence and good will of the
vtlleyites, first. buy up the irrigation
Dnds that now cannot be negotiated.
bat would show the people Of The coun-
that the great city of Sacramento
lteant something good for them"