The record-union., 1893-04-19

ami general.
We are not pensioners upon the State.
Let us assure you of the fact that this
city has never asked from or received
from the State a single dollar, grant,
privilege or gratuity. On the contrary,
the city has given to the State many hum
dreds of thousands of dollars and much
valuable realty.
we are not lacking in progressiveness.
we have the second comm ercial city of
tne state; we have not as yet, it is true,
the number of fine business structures to
the thousand of population that grace the
metropolis of the West, your own Gar
Den City, whence many of our people
halI. But we have made all progress
compatible with the growth of the State.
IN homes we boast an exceptionally fine
showing; in schools, churches, institutes,
ART gallery, scientific and confraternal in
stltutlons we exceed most cities of the
State, excepting only the metropolis, San
Francisco.
VARIOUS IMPROVEMENTS MADE.
We have expended in so small COM
munity in the last five years over $500, 900
upon street improvements alone, and five
times that amount upon buildings. We
claim for our place the largest shipping
OF 1rult of any point on the coast; our city
Is the chief distributing center of the State
! outside OF San Francisco. We have given
to The State more distinguished jurists,
statesmen, professional men and success
Jul business men than any city in the
State, not even excepting San Francisco.
AS to our domestic economies, our
sewerage system is not what our libelers
represent, but is fair for the age OF the
| city, and Is being expanded and inn
proved with our growth and needs.
While, like many other cities, we draw
our water supply from snow-fed river,
! the largest i'll the State, we are now nego-
tlating for mountain or a deep gravel
supply, and in the meantime deny utterly
| the charge that our water for domestic
purposes is impure and dangerous, and
confidently refer TO the analyses fire.
! quently made. The charge that an Eng
llsh scientist has condemned our water
supply we know nothing OF; the man was
not seen in this city, is unknown here,
and If he stopped here en- route West he
| did not make himself known to human
being in the city, and if he tested the
! water, probably took his sample from u
small lake near the depot, which has no
relation to the city supply whatever.
Our city is quite as cleanly as any in
land town that is growing faster than its
people can meet its financial needs, but
! not faster than its merits warrant. Some
OF us recall Illinois cities of less cleanli-
| ness in their youth. which are of greatly
more importance now than Sacramento.
The charge that our people to conserve
their Seltishness use State property with
an assumption of ownership, that they
lord it over State officials, that they visit
upon the State the cost OF local improve
ments, that they are arrogant, insulting
and domineering and so on is simply
| fatty untrue and Iibeious.
Your experience will inform you that
all Capital cities, excepting perhaps Il
! half-dozen, are deemed legitimate targets
for assault by the small-mnded and the
jealous. This explanation might well be
submitted i'll reply to the assaults upon
our people. That our citizens are lack
ing in hospitality, are cold and selfish,
do not do the honors of the city gener-
Ously and with liberal hand and frank
spirit, is simply false, as the tens of
thousands we have only recently, as well
as during long years past, entertained
can testify. We may be pardoned for
| Boosting that more generous people or
! liberal community in these matters could
not be desired by any State.
CLIMATE DECLARED EXCELLENT.
| In the matter of climate we might pre-
| fer strong claims, but submit the whole
! question upon the meteorological reports
OF the United States Signal Service and
| Weather Bureau, and upon the patent
evidences found in our products, which
range along the whole line of deciduous
fruits, semi-tropical products and all
hilONH llOLd VI luC COdSl. w q may aQO
that in this respect we are content and
proud to stand upon the facts and TO have
| comparison made with any other locality
III the interior of California.
Our industries are many, our CONNER
cial houses among the most important in
the State, our trade large and expanding,
! our location central and terminal orr
business activity satisfactory, our city
growing and its real and other markets
stable and safe. That we have not more
! throttled the saloon, as is also true of
San Francisco and other cities of the
State, as rule, is not representative of
our desire, nor does it place us in cata-
CORY unusual to new countries and cos
mopolitan population. But even in this
| respect we have made advances that pre-
sage entire success in the early future in
! bringing about desired ends of repula-
ton. In the meantime the city is well
ordered, the laws enforced with reason
able celebrity and certainty, the moral
status level with the best in the State. and
superior to many; and the citizenship is of
the tlrst order, credit to the State and
| the Nation.
We do not propose to discuss the Cap
ltal-removal question; in that you or your
| people cannot feel concern, and to us it is
purely local matter. We are concerned.
however, in being fairly represented to
| your people and in having our fair fame
defended. If we lid not entertain feel
lngs OF Indignation concerning the as
| sault made upon us in your columns we
could not hope to command your manly
| regard, and would not certainly have our
own respect. Denying utterly the base
and IA malicious charges in every particu-
lar that were laid upon us ana imposed
| upon your columns, we again, in behalf
of the $4,000 citizens of Sacramento,
whom We fairly represent, respectfully
request you to print this communication
as fully as you did the assault upon this
city, and we entertain the belief, based
upon the ITi5al'S well-known character
for fairness, that in this respect we shall
be gratified. Very respectfully,
A. VAN VOORHEES, Il Co.,
Wholesale harness and saddlery.
L. c. HART,
State Senator and attorney-at-law.
STANTON THOMSON II Co.,
Hardware merchants.
SCHAw, INGRAM Il hatcher
Hardware merchants.
CLINTON L. WHITE,
Attorney-at-law.
SULLIVAN, KELLY IL Co.,
Paint and oil merchants,
NATIONAL BANK d. 0. MILLS & Co,
CALIFORNIA STATE BANK.
b. L. STEINMAN,
Mayor.
Real estate dealers.
l.. L. HAWK,
Real estate dealer.
FRANK HICKMAN,
Insurance and real estate.
CURTIS IL BowLEY,
Real estate and insurance.
c. H. HUBBARD,
Hardware merchant.
f. r. DRAY,
Banker.
LOCKE 81 LAvENSoN,
Wholesale carpet dealers.
HALL, LUHRs Il Co.,
Wholesale grocers.
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