The record-union., 1892-08-26
PRAISES FOR SACRAMENTO.
Eastern Editors Not Yet Weary of
Sounding Them.
A Florida Journalist who Appreciates
Our Hospitality-Good Words for
the Capital City.

The Eastern editors who visited Cali
fornia last May have not yet ceased to
publish their praises of the people of the
Golden State in general. and those of Sac
ramento in particular. The Ocala (Fla.)
Banner of August 5th devotes column
and half to Sacramento, from which the
following extracts are taken:
Having been kindly and generously
treated by the people of Stockton, we
took the train for Sacramento, the capital
Of the great State of California, where
We We're accorded a royal reception, and
transferred to our dining places, where
excellent meals and the best of attention
were given us.
The inner-man strengthened, you
could take your choice of sightseeing by
driving around the city or taking the
train for Folsom, where is located the
State Penitentiary, with over thousand
convicts.
GAS we had no particular desire for
either. we proposed taking in the Capitol
building, its lovely grounds and the L. b.
Croker Art Gallery, one OF the most
complete and richest in the land in the
possession of rare works Of art. While
sauntering toward the Capitol grounds,
IN quest Of q fragrant Havana, we We're
accosted by an aged citizen, who spied
our badge, and insisted on standing treats,
assuring US the old pioneers of California
deemed nothing too good for the MEM
bers of the press; and l had to accompany
him to Pioneer Hall, retreat for the
aged and retired miners of this section of
the State, where in social converse, games
and recounting "reminiscences of the stir
ring and inspiring days of '49, they live
their eventful lives over again.
The Sacramento people, without eX-
ception, gave US the most unerring evil
dence OF their good Will and pleasure at
seeing US by the attention bestowed upon
us of any place we visited. They not
only wined and dined us-threw open all
places of interest free, insisting on all OF
us cooling off and removing from our
persons the dust OF the city in their Splen-
did natatorium-but kind and noble men
and women of their committee got up at
o'clock in the morning TO serve US hot
coffee and first-class breakfast. Among
those to whom the writer is especially
obligated is the Republican Postmaster
of that city, J. O. Coleman, a Kentuckian
by birth, but a loyal California by adop-
ton.
1.-THE population of Sacramento is 80
600. 1t has an admirable school system,
possesses good papers and commercially
is one of the most prosperous cities in the
State. Its wholesale trade foots up $780,
1900 year, making it the largest distrib-
utng point in the State, the second in the
shipment of wine and dried fruits and
the third as a fruit canning center OF
the many pleasant memories we shall
always cherish of the place, the most
agreeable, impressive and lasting will be
our visit and, by the way, the only one
OF the n. p. A. TO the Pioneer Hail. and
the kind reception received at the hands
OF its members and heroes.
The Capitol is magnificent building,
containing fine apartments, adorned with
chaste statuary and grand paintings. 1t
is constructed of granite and marble,
cost 100000 and is surrounded with as
handsome and spacious grounds as can
be found, beautifully adorned with green
sward, shrubbery, flowers and great
variety Of lovely shade trees, under whose
refreshing shade several thousand per-
SONS, mostly children, were enjoying
Themselves. Californians can well feel
proud of their Capitol building and its
surroundings.
Next to the Capitol building, the sight
to see is the L. b. Croker Art Gallery
and School of Design, the precious gift to
the city by the lady OF the same name.
1t is valued at S650000, including the
grand building inclosing the rare collec-
ton OF gems OF art, limned by the brushes
OF master painters and designers Its
corridors are never empty, but those in
terested in things beautiful and ennobling
are continually going and coming-to
feast their eyes and souls on the highest
conceptions Of mans genius.''