The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-05-05


up the coast as far as Eureka it would
meet with good support, not only at Eu-
reka, whose inhabitants at present are
very much enthused over the subject OF
railroad communication with San Fran
cisco, but also along the coast. The IN
creasing industries of this coast demand
railroad, and we believe at no far distant
date one viii be built
OF course casual references OF this kind
TO the need OF great undertakings do not
imply any early beginning of the work:
but they keep these enterprises in the
public mind and in that way inculcate
sentiment for progress which, at the first
opportunity, will take the shape OF action.
One OF the most notable features of the
day Is the sudden outburst OF aspiration IN
Central and Northern California TO EMU
late the example of Southern California.
The Colusa Herald yearningly exclaims
'Oh, that we people of the northern part OF
the State had one-quarter of the energy
and push OF our southern neighbors! Eye
hath not seen, nor ear heard neither hath
II entered into the heart of man, what are
the possibilities OF this great Sacramento
Valley Those possibilities are spread out
before US by generous and pleading Proyi-
dence. and when, oh when, will we stretch
forth our hand and possess them?"
1t would seem that this outburst is not
altogether unreasonable. The Napa Register
quotes General WATSON OF Pomona as
saying: "You have natural advantages in
Napa that We do not have in Southern
California, and if you had done one-half
the work in improving your country that
We were obliged to do in our section OF the
State in order that we might live there,
you would be compelled to use force
against settlers if you prevented their
coming in" That there is much truth IN
this is beyond question. Southern Cali
fornians have taught US all ''there is more
in the man than there is in the land, and
now that the northern section OF the state
has begun to realize this, we may expect
new California, in which the people Will
not only brag of the climate, but show the
enterprise TO profit by it,
To the people OF Santa Clara County the
completion of the gap in the coast road is
of almost as much Importance as to the
coast counties themselves. Under present
conditions Santa Clara County is in a
pocket. 1t lies off the highway of travel
and its prosperity has thereby been gravely
impeded. The San Jose Mercury in repub-
fishing the statement of the Santa Barbara
Press that the completion of the gap is to
be pushed forward with all vigor says:
This is welcome news for San Jose. The
coast route is so much pIeasanter in every
way than the route through the San
Joaquin Valley that there can be no doubt
that all the overland passenger traffic will
be transferred to the former road and so
will pass through this city. We shall thus
be placed upon direct transcontinental
line, and the advantages to the city will be
at once perceptible." There can be no
doubt of the accuracy of this forecast
The people of San Jose are in fact expert
encing the truth of the old saving that
everything touches the pocket sooner or
later. They have been in the pocket
long time, and now beth the competing
road and the coast road are coming to
them.
The people of Southern California are
naturally pleased with the fowery compli-
ments that are being showered upon them
faster and more profusely than the roses
fell in the joyous contests of the recent
festivals. They exult in this glory and are
filed with wonder that other Californians
are not built on the same style. For exam
pie, the Redlands Citrogrdph says: "South
California has the pluck, the vim, the bust
ness acumen to use every means of adver-
Using our country. Ittakes lots of money,
but it is freely poured out. When is San
Francisco going to get thoroughly awake
to latter-day methods of doing business?"
While indulgence in the glad Boosting of
the first part of this paragraph is permissi-
bic, the question with which it closes is in
bad form-that is to say, it is out of date.
San Francisco is alive, awake, erect and
leading the State. The competing road
the Manufacturers Association, the Half
million Club, the grand excursion and the
project for bringing the next Republican
National Convention to this coast attest
her enterprise and her abundant energy.
The Citrogroph should get into line with
the procession and not throw chestnuts at
the elephant.