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

During the recent editorial excursion 10
the festivals at Los Angeles and Santa
Barbara, some of the excursionists sug-
gested the formation of a Sacramento
Valley Newspaper League, and the project
has been favorably considered by many of
the leading papers of that section. The
Woodland Mail in warmly indorsing the
measure says: at remains for the organ
lied press of this valley to commence the
campaign for a new Sacramento Valley.
built upon new faith in its destiny and
new purpose in compelling the world to
recognize and confess that no section of
this land of plenty outriyals it in its wealth.
producing possibilities. A similar view
of the chance of advancing the welfare of
the valley by the work of the combined
press is taken by the Corning Observer,
which urges that if there are to be any
trips of the association, they should all be
in the north, so as to make known each
fruit section. There are beauties to be
seen in all our countless says the Observer,
that cannot be surpassed in any part of
the State. In one year more than 1000
acres belonging to the haywood colony
will have fruit and flower shows as well as
the south" From these statements it will
be seen that the editors are thinking less
of the advancement of their journals than
of the welfare OF the communities in which
they are published, and it is doubtful if
any better proof of genuine local patriot
ism could be found anywhere than that
which is so abundantly evident in this dis
cussion on the formation OF the proposed
league.
In commenting upon some reports that
the work of the Southern Pacific Company
on the gap in the coast line is to be discon-
tinued or carried on with diminished vigor,
the Santa Barbara Press says: This idea
has been very happily exploded and all
doubts set at rest by letter just received
by one of our real estate men from C. p.
Huntington himself, in which it is defin
itely stated that the work will be pushed
through to finish without the slightest
delay, and that the working force, instead
of being diminished, will shortly be in
creased to the fullest number of men that
can be worked to an advantage" The
publication of the statements of this letter
has naturally given no little satisfaction to
the people of the coast counties. The clos
ing of the gap is to them of as much i'm
portance as the construction of the COM
peting road is to the San joaquin. In.
deed it is of importance to the whole
State. The opening of that line will be
another important step in the development
of California. 1t will give easy access to
some of the fairest portions of our broad
domain, and lead to an increase of wealth
and population, which, while primarily af.
fecting the coast counties, will indirectly
benefit all Moreover, it is an easy pre-
diction that when the south coast road is
completed the north coast road will soon
be begun.
Out Of the flower festivals at Los Angeles
and Santa Barbara has come the good
fruit of a popular sentiment that is at once
optimistic and patriotic. 1t is worth not.
ing, moreover, that the action of the
| Chamber of Commerce and the Half.
million Club, in cordially supporting the
fetes, has won for San Francisco almost as
much praise as has been given to the
festal cities themselves. The people of the
interior see in the grand excursion of the
Half-million Club proof that San Fran
cisco has taken new departure and will
hereafter be found working for the whole
State as zealously as Los Angeles has beer
working for the southern counties. A
| good expression of the general trend o.
sentiment throughout the State on this
subject is found in the statement of the
Fresno Republican "If San Francisco has
been sleepy and lethargic in the past, sc
much the greater is the credit that we
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her loins for the friendly fray of CONNER
cial competition. The whole State has
| regretted her past somnolence; it rejoicei
in every indication of awakened enter
prise"
Progress and enterprise are the prev all
ing words in all sections of the State. The
Point Arena Record having said there is
some talk of extending the North Pacific
Coast road to Gualala, the Mendocinc