The morning call., 1895-02-06
NO JEALOUSY THERE,
Santa Clara Valley People Rejoice With San
JOAQUIN Valley Dwellers

0anta TIARA FaleJ Ieople helolce Win oan
Joaquin Valley Dwellers.
The success of the San Joaquin Valley
road is assured. The subscriptions are
rapidly mounting up to the two-million-
dollar mark. The probabilities are that
they will pass far beyond it before the end
of the present week.
This is encouraging for San Francisco,
and to the San Joaquin Valley it is bless
sing, the magnitude of which it is impossi-
Bile to fully realize. Santa Clara congratu-
lates its sister valley and wishes her God
speed and an increasing prosperity.
But now that San Francisco has at last
awakened to the fact that if she is TO retain
her prestige as the metropolis of the Pacific
it is necessary for her to assist in develop
ing the great interior, upon which she
must largely subsist, she cannot afford
to overlook the magnificent field that is of
fered in tile Santa Clara Valley. San
Francisco's project of commanding indie
pendently the enormous and valuable trade
of the interior will not be complete if it fail
to include road through the Santa Clara
Valley TO connect beyond the range with
the main San joaquin Valley line.
The projectors of the road have within
the last few days familiarized themselves
thoroughly with the situation. There is
every reason to believe that they are con-
WINGED that a branch road through this
valley and the Pacheco Pass would be
paying investment, directly as well as in
directly. But their chief energies just
now are concentrated upon the main road.
And nothing will be done, at least at
present, concerning the Santa Clara
Valley road, unless the people of this
county demonstrate that they really want
the road. That demonstration must con-
sist of a reasonable amount of subscrip-
tons.
Several of the leading business men of
San Jose are taking deep interest in the
matter, and the subscriptions will in due
time be forthcoming. 1t was only few
days ago that the project took shape and
already several have indicated desire to
subscribe.
The road would be great thing for this
valley, especially the west side. BY pass
ing out from San Francisco through Baden
and skirting the western foothills by Stan
ford, back of Maytield, Mountain View,
through Cupertino and Saratoga. and
thence touching the southerly side of San
Jose, it would tap country that is rich in
resources and eager to welcome road that
would give transportation to their fruits,
wines, grain, hay, wood and other products
from their very door. Then crossing east
ward. the road would run up the valley
on that side, again passing through a
remarkably productive section, and so on
out through Pacheco Pass to the San Joa-
quin.
There can be hardly a question that
Mrs Stanford would gladly donate the
right of way through the Stanford prop
erty. That splendid institution of learn
ing, the Leland Stanford Jr. University,
was a gift from Mr.. and Mrs. Stanford to
the people of California. Any enterprise
that would tend to make it more accessible
to the earnest young men and women who
desire to avail themselves of the grand edu-
cational opportunities it offers would I'M
doubtedly receive Mrs. Stanfords hearty
support. And SO everywhere along the
proposed line there would doubtless be a
unanimous desire to- aid the enterprise in
every possible way.
The building of the road would be of inn
mense benefit to this valley as well as to
the section south of here. 1t would at the
very start give employment tc hundreds if
not thousands of men. The grade is almost
perfect and the road would therefore not
be costly. And when completed it would
infuse new life into every industry and
business in the valley.
Now is the time to act. Great opportu-
mites come seldom, and if allowed to pass
they as seldom return. This is great OPP
portunity Jose Mercury of yesterday.