The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-07-13
THE VALLEY RAILROAD.

The disposition of the builders OF the Valley
Railroad was well shown when they awarded
contracts for doing the work on the Stockton
section of the road TO local men. ii they carry
out that purpose throughout the proposed
route they will do much to popu1arize their
line. The suspicious beginning that has been
made at Stockton should be an inspiration to
Fresno TO get actively at work doing what must
be done to insure the roads coming here and
making this town its most important interior
point in California. 1t is getting to be pretty
near time for the citizens of Fresno 10 rise
ell together, hold meeting and put some life
into this very important undertaking. Fresno
Exposition.
The day of beginning work on the Valley
road will be grand day for Stockton. 1t will
convince the last remaining doubters of the
reality of the enterprise. Stockton has vege-
tated so long that there have been many who
were unable to imagine new condition or an
increased rate of growth, but when the grading
OF the road begins the last doubter will dis
appear and the laying of rails will either kill
or convert the most stubborn silurians who
believe but still mourn the change that will
deprive them OF the luxury of grumbling that
Stockton is a dead town.-Stockton Independ-
ent.
Those who think that because there is little
demand for property just now there never will
be are greatly mistaken. Every storm and
flood and blizzard; every day of blasting heat
or destructive cold; every loss of crops and
every damage to buildings in the Eastern
States tends to drive the people to the Pacific
Coast where such evils are absolutely I'M
known. There is not a ten-acre lot in Santa
Clara Valley-nay, we may say from the noun
tain tops on the west to the mountain tops on
the East, from Palo Alto to Gilroy-that will
not one day have home upon it and produce
ample to support family in comfort and
luxury. We have as yet but scratched the sur
face of our magnificent soil, and we have not
yet told the hundredth part of the advantages
OF cur splendid climate-San Jose Herald.
The future prosperity of Cuba depends abso-
lutely upon release from dependence upon
Spain and establishment of freedom of COM
mercial intercourse with the United States.
Gain by this change of relations would be
mutual. Increased capacity of the island for
consumption would open new markets for our
manufactures, while ample supplies of raw
products at cheap rates would foster many IN
dustries in this country. For these business
reasons we should wish well to the Cuban
northumberland Oregonian.
The China Basin lease has been finally
signed, the first cargo of rails has arrived, the
the matter with making dirt fly until 1t rolls
up in sheets as high as poplar trees? Colonel
Jones can furnish diversion enough by talking
OF his Monterey road, but people generally
want to see perspiration oozing from million
pores in actual labor on the Valley line
Tulare Registe
Why should we not have trained iuries? Is
it a safe method in doing justice to call upon
men TO pass upon difficult questions, some of
them involving life and death, or the DISPOSE
ton of much property, or the maintenance of
human rights, who have not been trained by
habit or study to close thinking and long-con-
tinued mental acknowledgements Rec
ord Union.
1t is greatly to the credit OF the Republican
party that it has so many men who are
acknowledged to be thoroughly fitted for the
Presidency. party so well supplied with
frst-class leaders is sure to, succeed.-Ellens-
burg Wash ! Canite1