The San Francisco call., 1895-10-15
COAST EXCHANGES.


The Healdsburg Enterprise rightfully re.
joices over the fact that although more
than thirty houses have been erected there
this year there is hardly vacant house in
town. The local building and loan associ-
alton deserves the credit for many of these
Improvements. The Enterprise declares
that there is a demand for more dwelling
houses, and "the same is true of business
blocks" 1t adds: although several new
storerooms have been constructed there is
not one vacant to-day, and but few of our
business men are complaining. Those
who have complaints to make are the ones
who never advertise or who do business
in '65"
That the Board of Supervisors of San
Joaquin County has not handled the
county road fund to the best advantage is
fact made clear bv the Stockton Mail,
which, writing concerning the interview
with Marsden Manson published in The
CALL, holds up the shortcomings of the
board to view and sharply calls upon it to
mend its ways and highways. Meanwhile
Santa Clara County is receiving an extra
ordinary amount of advertising on the
otASAS VI 4hI. A1duoOll ulHu praise OF
the intelligence with which the public
roads are handled there. "ID that county,"
says the MAIL "there is spent about 500, 900
annually for road purposes. Half of the
amount is expended in the building and re-
pair of the roads, and the other half in
economically sprinkling 270 miles of graded
and graveled roadway. The county Off
cials are judiciously constructing culverts
and bridges or concrete and masonry,
thereby doing away with expensive re-
pairs" The Mail then proceeds to read
the farmers of San Joaquin serious lee
ture on their indifference, and then wisely
says: I'VE do not know what better in
ducement could be offered by this county
to desirable immigrants than the certain
prospect of good roads to market. That is
a boon enjoyed by the people OF but few
localities, and if we possessed it we would
have magnet that would attract from
the East settlers of the best class as
soon as our advantage became known
to them. That the prosperity of To-
cality is affected by the condition of the
roads in it is fact that is recognized by
every intelligent person who has given
this matter any thought
Wilson R. and II. F. Ellis have sold the
Woodland Mda to J. Fl. DUNCAN, recently
proprietor of the Livermore Herald. It is
fortunate for Yolo County that Mr.. Dun
gan possesses the experience and ability
to maintain the high reputation of the
Mail for independence, public spirit, enter
prise and a scholarly finish. w. R. Ellis
succeeds Mr.. DUNCAN as proprietor of the
Herald.
The San Jose Mercury, updismayed by
the failure of Los Angeles to extend it's
limits SO as to include numerous contigu-
Gus and contributing settlements, suggests
that the arguments in favor of the Los
Angeles extension could be applied with
even greater force to San Jose "Here, )"
it says, "the city has grown beyond its
original lines and the anomaly is presented
of city of $4,000 or 10000 inhabitants,
fully one-fourth of whom reside outside
the municipal lines" It then quotes
the arguments in favor of annexation
advanced by the Los Angeles Times.
The following among them are of general
application and are so wise and forcible
that they deserve wide attention: Because
with annexation an established fact the
outlying districts would enjoy all the bene-
fits derived from the government of an en-
terprising and rapidly growing munich
pality, among which are: Street lights,
fire protection, the right to plant shade
trees suitable distance from the line of
the streets, power to improve the streets,
high school privileges, reduced taxation
to large numbers of the people, privileges
OF large public library; the burdens of
sewer building will be lightened when sew
ers become actually necessary; the advan-
tage OF free mail delivery; the city will
sprinkle all improved streets; lower rates
of insurance.
The Union is bright new morning daily
which has made its appearance in Marys-
VILE under the direction of J. D. Crossette,
j. z. Juchem, P. Cumeskey and Fl. C.
Moore. 1t is neatly constructed and ably
edited paper, and announces its advocacy
OF Democratic principles.
The Kern County Echo and the Kern
County Democrat have been bought by the
Echo Publishing Company and will here
after be issued at Bakersfield as the Echo,