The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-04-01
THE SLOUGH CITY AROUSED.
STOCKTON PEOPLE ARE ALL EN-
THUSIASTIC OVER THE
NEW ROAD.
WILL Now Go AHEAD AND BUILD
THE BALDWIN ISLAND
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Stockton people in town bring, down: re-
ports of: the great enthusiasm aroused in
| that city over the decision of; the directors
Ieof the. new road. to-: begin work there.
They tell of the disappearance of all the
feeling of discourage cement over hard times
and the rousing up:of the silurians:- :.
= j.: Gambetta, "a prominent real estate
dealer. of Stockton, who. is staying at the
Lick House, said last evening". =.
Wear all feeling as if wewere newly born:
The: decision. of the directors has: given new
life to: everything up there: expectto see the
town increase very greatly in population in the
,nearfuture. The feeling OF enthusiasm among
all classes is very strong and everything is
frightening up. The people feel encouraged
/ and have forgotten all about the hard times
You can hear no more complaints: on that
score. There is not-a soul in the whole city: of
Stockton that does not feel as if there was
something in store for him. Ofcourse ours has
for q long time, been live, active town.
=. But you have nothing to complain of here.
was astonished at the change in this city since
/ was here Hast. Probably notice it more
than one who is here all. thetime. . ::
You should see how our old silurians have
been wake up. : Men who have never: been
known to take any interest in the public good
are now among the most enthusiastic. : -: :.
But we are not going to be satisfied with:the
competing road. We need a ship canal from
Baldwin Island to Stockton, and now we are
going to have it. 1t would shorten the dis
lance for the steamers to San Francisco about
twenty five miles, and save three or four hours
in time, and this viii make great difference
in bringing. perishable products down TO the
market. The cost will be only about 800, 600
and with the public spirit aroused by this COM
peting railroad we will have no trouble in
raising that. TWAS to enable the city of Stock
ton TO carry out this enterprise that the bill
which passed the Legislature to authorize
cities to expend money outside their corporate
limits for drainage was introduced.
James A. Morrisey, president of the
Stockton Board of Trade and one of the
subscribers to the stock.of the new road, is
stopping at the Baldwin, where he has
been i'll with the grip. He was very much
elated at the news that the new road
would make beginning at his city. He
said yesterday:
We have subscribed $10O, o0o as you know.
and, If necessary, could raise another $780,
600, have no doubt, for the purchase of land
for depot, switches and other facilities. We
can give the road rights of way down to the
water front without any trouble.
The city owns half a mile of water 'front.'
which it has no power to sell. This brings us
in now a revenue of over $50, 900 a year We
are all very anxious to have a competing road
Of course, we are not fighting the Southern
Pacific Company, nor are they lighting US,
now. We are on friendly terms and have been
for the past six years. Previous TO that we had
been fighting a good deal, but W. H. Mills
brought about more amicable feeling at that
time, and we have as many privileges from
them as we could expect.