The morning call., 1894-09-17
NOTES FROM NILES
What Is Being Done in the
County of Alameda.
Cooperative t-Drying-Work in
the Beet Sugar Factories-The
Artesian Wells for Oakland.

NILES. Sept. Is. 1S94-The fruit-dryin /,
yards are being cleared. The last prunes
and peaches are being handled this week,
and the first years work in the dryer is
about at an end. Tue season has only
been two months. but an immense amount
Of fruit-considering it is the initial year
has been banded. Five hundred tons Of
apreOts. 100 tons Of peaches and $50 tons
of primes is about the bulk of the green
fruit dried. Several tons of pears and sill
yer prunes have also been handled. The
lumber Of tons of dried fruit on hand Of
all varieties must he about 200 tons. l. is
now being sorIed, regarded, and will soon
be IN a Condition to sell. What the eI-
pense has been to individuals Cannot yet
be determined, as /, is cooperative con-
Germ. The expense falls proportionately
upon each member. Hence the work
must be complete before that can be de-
Lermined.
From various reasons fresh fruit CON-
maDded but medium prices this year, so
owners Oi dried fruit hardly look for ward
TO fancy prices, but expect TO DO better by
handbag the frnit in LARGE quantities than
by Selling IL out in small quantities, as in
dlvldua! dryers have TO. The benefit 10
the workers In town can hardly be over
estimated. No Chinese we're emplnved,
those who spend their money in the town
where they live. The payroll reached as
high as $500 some weeks. Roughly speak
ing, the driver probably handled half o!
the fruit grown IN the immediate neigh
borhoOd Of Niles; this does not iaclude
almonds. which are grown in large GUAM
Titles her..
The capacity Of the sugar factory at Al
varadO has been doubled this year. and
WORK began last Monday. An addition,
50X60 feet, has been built 10 handle The in
creased number OF tO1s for which have
been contracted. Two hundred tons
day was The run last season; 400 Will be
run this year. a new Timex Ia and more
sheds have been built Some 800 cars, or
$500 tons OF beets, vii! be sent from Al
vlso, AgDewS and Santa Clara this season,
and no less tIan 100 cars, or about 1900
tons, from Pleasanton. 1t is hardly pos
siblr 10 ts.l yet what the local yield Will
De, but The beets are tue size this season
and Will Doubtless be % as good quality as
usual The hauling Of The Pleasauton
Deets from DecoGo &c the mill is 40 small
Item OF expense. ID. l.. Stone of San
LesD0To has the contract. The amount 0 +
coal burned Ia the mill is also quite an
TEN. Three thousand tons were received
last week from Brush Columbia.
An enterprise which is making things
Lively In that same section is he lping OF
tile artesiaD vel WAFER 10 Oakland. The
several wells " nich were the exclusive
properly of Mr. Granger aud son have
been bought Oy Oakland capitalists and
the water is beiog carried to Oakland.
Immense concrete reservoirs are being
built. keeping numbers OF teams busy
hauling gravel. This Is in addition to tie
men actually engaged 10 the work. Hun
dreds OF men are therefore employed al
gooo wages and at work which Will keep
them busy for some time al tue sugar mill
and The wafer works, so things are very
lively in the Deis bborno0d OF AiyaradO.~
Grapes are ripenlDg and In Mission San
Jose and Warm Springs the wineries will
be in ful working order within another
two weeks, 50 in various parts OF our
county large interests are being worked,
money is free and people generally are
looking forward 10 an easier winter than
last one.
The only disturbing element just now is
ia a political sense, but the good candid ties
put forward in this section by each party
bring also feeling of security as regards
local matters
Several entertainments OF high order
are being projected in the valley. Tor work
being over the play time of The country
people-wlnter-isc coming.
MRS. j. Z THASE