The record-union., 1895-09-10
LAND OF SUNSHINE,
Where Deciduous and Citrus Fruits
Are at Their Best.
MARCH OF IMPROVEMENT.
What Nature and Human Enterprise
Have Done for Sacramento.
THE HOME OF INDUSTRY AND ART.
A Section Whose Soil is Not Surpassed IN
Fertility Nor for Variety of Productions
by That of Any Land Under
the Sun.
MARCH OF IMPROVEMENT.
THE HOME OF INDUSTRY AND ART.

Whoever examines the Typographical
location of Sacramento must be Impressed
deeply with the happy situation OF the
city. At the junction of the American
and Sacramento Rivers she is in the very
heart of the State. On the east rise the
Sierra Ranges, whose fertile foothills roll
to the very threshold of the city and are
in themselves an empire of wealth and
production, they are indeed developing
throughout longitude of 200 miles with
greater rapidity than other sections OF the
central and northern region. Towns,
villages and cities are building In every
part; vineyards cover their gentle sun
ward slopes; orchards of deciduous and
citrus fruits are numbered upon their
tops and in their wales by the thousand;
vast industry in the growth Of fruits OF
all kinds, in the curing of raisins. and IN
the culture of the vine, in these luxuriant
rolling lands is supplemented by mineral
wealth, the production of gold and silver;
the uncovering of inexhaustible beds OF
valuable clsys for pottery and stoneware;
in the unveiling of the most extensive
Quarries of granite, marble and slate; In
the utilization of limestone deposits sim
ply exhaustless and nowhere paralleleo
for purity; in the development OF coal
fields and in a score Of other lines OF Rc-
tivity. The lands of this magnificent re-
gion, only few years ago unused and
rated at but nominal figure, now COM
mand handsome prices and yield to
every investor in grape, fruit, berry,
citrus and other culture returns that are
not anywhere else surpassed in the vol
ume OF reward for the output of the min
imum of labor. Five distinct lines of rail-
way reach out into these foothill sections
and relate them directly to Sacramento.
She is the depot of supply by natural To-
cation, by commercial convenience. by
lines of transportation, and by nearness,
for the whole foothill region upon the
northeast and southeast. She ls for like
reasons their market town.
On the north, for 200 miles, Ia the great
Sacramento Valley, which N extent and
fertility is equaled by no other. Within
il are seven of the chief counties of the
State. 1t is traversed by two lines OF rail-
way its entire length, the chief of which
has it's southern terminus al Sacramento,
and through the vast basin flows the prin-
cipal navigable river of the State. The
great trunk line of railway, uniting the
Gulf of Mexico with Puget Sound, runs
throughout its entire length, making Ii
the great highway Of commerce up and
down the Pacific Coast. No other section
80 for vi Itf1ro al
wealth and capacity, in climatic invita-
ton, in capacity for fruit, vine and grain
growth, in natural water supply, or in
any of the bounties of nature. surpasses
this vast empire Of valley, dotted with
cities and towns. rich in vineyards and
orchards, and destined to be in the early
future the recipient OF population that
will be numbered by the million. Hittel
in his Commerce of the Coast speaks OF
this imperial region, all Of which is nat
urslly tributary to Sacramento, and with
which her trade is in close relation, as
''capable Of supporting many millions OF
people" Walling in this great valley
upon the east are the auriferous Sierras,
with such mineral and timber wealth as
nowhere else in the Union is to be found.
And these by natural relation and by rail
lines of communication lind In Sacra-
mento their depot of supply.
On the south are the lower strips OF
small fertile valleys of Anador and Gala
verss, rich alike in mines and horticult-
ural wealth. On the west, in the low
lands of the river, in the bottoms Of the
Sacramento, are found the finest fruit
lands upon the globe. and in a state of
cultivation and use, too, that cannot be
rivaled elsewhere upon the coast. North
westerly from Sacramento are the plains
and low hills Of Yolo and Solano, with
cereal and fruit production, which in
richness and volume exceed any area OF
like dimensions in the State. Beyond
these rise the inner coast range, noted for
Its mineral springs, its grazing lands, its
lakes and salubrious atmosphere.
Thus we ind Sacramento the CONNER
cial seat of an empire of fertile territory.
within itself possessing all the elements
for sustentation of a vast population and
the maintenance of countless industries.
With climate ofsemi-tropical character.
q winterless winter and an endless sum-
ner, the Sacramento Valley and foothill
region presents claims and invitations
which are drawing to it population OF
great magnitude. and assuring to its peo-
pie as nearly paradise as is possible TO
the earth. We do not pause here 10 con-
slider in detail the climate of the region OF
which we write, but refer the reader to
an article upon that specific topic found
in another column.