The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-08-01
CALIFORNIA
FURNITURE COMPANY
y. II. Cole & Co.
II7-1I9 Geary Street
FRESNO IN FAVOR.
The Raisin Belt Wants a
New Railroad.
Prominent Landowners Indorse the
Project of the Stockton and
Bakersfield Line.

''You can just rest assured the Stnckton
and Bakersfield road will be built" said
Fulton G. Berry Yesterday to CALL re-
porter. Mr.. Berry is one Of the best kn own
and wealthiest men in the San Joaquin
Vail~y, with headquarters at Fresno
II am deeply interested In this Midwin-
ter Fair proposition at present." continual
Mr.. Berry, land l am convinced of the
wisdom of the undertaking. yet l hold it
TO be of secondary importance when it is
compared with the building Of connecting
line of railroad in the San Joaquin Valley
Mind you. l don't decry the fair. by any
means, because [ am heart ard soul in
love with the plans. My idea is simply
that the fair is temporary in its nature,
while the railroads benefits and salutary
influence will last for all time. Down our
way. with onr tens OF thousands of fertile
acres and great streams of available water,
IL don't pay man to raise either wheat or
barley, for the simple reason that the
Southern Pacific Company charges IS per
cent II their value to transport them to a
market, or even to tide water. The re-
naming % per cent goes for labor and
taxes, and the rancher has his labor for his
pains.
THE reversal of these conditions is
bound to arise by the building of the
Stockton and Bakersfield road. With
wheat at 81 GENITAL there is no reason
why the short haul should not be made
for dollar ton. That means that the
ranrher woul have good profit to put
down in his pocket, and. as consequence,
good times would prevail. The San
Joaquin Valley is too great and too
valuable to remain at the mercy of a cor
p0ration, and the sooner we hav We a little
connection the better it will be for US all
San Francisco and the valley are iusep-
roll, aJ too
supplies, and you come to US for produce.
Don't you see that we are virtually tied
up. so that we can't get our hands to our
mouths, and in consequence each main
factor is positive sufferer? | will put I'D
as much money rs any one else. compared
to my means, and l will assist in securing
the right of way through Fresno County.
The road must be built if we expect to see
California prosper. The Midwinter Fair
alone will not work ont our fnanc ial saliva.
ton. Let's have both OF them"
Major Stewart S. Wright. prominent
real estate and insurance broker of
Fresno, says that the people down there
are impatlently awaiting the signal to
hot.k to the aid of the new railroad project.
when L say we want it and are going to
have it.. said Maj,r Wright. 81 think l
have tacitly expressed the attitude of the
people In the raisin metropolis. We no
longer look to the Southern Pacific for as
sistance. We are compelled TO patronize
il. but it is not by reason of motive of
admiration. When they call a meeting
down our way you will hear an expression
of sentiment that will emphasize my re-
marks"
James r. White, one of the most promi-
nent bankers and landowners in Fresno
County, is at present in Stockton assisting
in the agitation of the project. Mr.. White
carries on heat raising on the 1O0O-acre
basis. but he declines 10 plant q grain of
barley because Of the ruinous rates of
transportation. MT. White Is an impor-
taut factor in the fight for competing
line. and he will be found liberal SUBJ
scribsr to the subsidy.