The San Francisco call., 1895-10-15
FORTUNE FROM THE EARTH
Rapid Development of Mines
and Railroads in Ala
media County.
\ COUNTY PRESS LEAGUE.
A LiVermore Editors Ideas Of What
Such an Organization
Should Do.
OAKLAND OFFICE SAN Francisco CALL, !
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90S Broadway, Oct. II.
The enterprises at Corral Hollow are
causing much attention to be directed to
the southeastern portion of Alameda
County. The first of these enterprises
was the organization by the Treadwells
OF the Alameda and San Joaquin County
Railroad, which is now nearly built. This
road extends from the Livermore coal
mines to Stockton. Then the franchise
for an electric-road from Oakland and
Livermore was obtained, and although
the franchise has to be passed upon by the
Superior Court the road will soon be COM
menced. This will give complete line
from Stockton to Oakland.
After that came the incorporation of the
Pacific Transmission Company. This
corporation is controlled by the TreadweIls,
who own three-quarters of the stock.
One OF its principal purposes is the gener-
alton and transmission of electricity for
light and power purposes. At the mines
there are vast quantities of coal, and this
will be taken out and laid down at Oak
land at prices about one-half of what is
charged now. The refuse coal will be
used for th e generation of ele ectric power,
and this will be conveyed to all the towns
in the county. a plant costing $500, O0O
will be put up at the mines and force
of 6400 horsepow ers will be produced.
Speaking of th ese vast enterprises A. V.
Morgan, proprietor of the Haywards Re-
view, said: at can be readily seen that if
such big undertaking be carried out ii
VIII prove means of development of
Alameda County and will yield handsome
returns to the promoters. The plans are
perfectly practical, the only thing needed
being the money wherewith to carry it out,
and as the Treadwells are men of wealth
there is no obstacle in the way. II carried
out as planned the enterprise would be on
larger scale than the big plant at Folsom,
which generates power for Sacramento.
"Haywards IS SO situated as to be greatly
benefited by the enterprise. With cheap
power an incentive will be offered for the
building of electric roads, and as Haywards
has several of these projects it might be
the means OF causing some of them to be
built"
For the purpose of advancing the inter-
ests of Alameda County w. r. Ellis of the
Livermore Herald has started a movement
to com bine the efforts of all newspapers
published in the county, to be known as
the Alameda County Press League.
The first concern of the EDITORS" says
Mr.. Ellis, should be to promote the edu-
cation Of the people now here. Great
number OF our present population are
living IN practical Ignorance and unthink-
ing Incidence. They lack the very infor-
nation we are so anxious to convey to the
frost-bitten denizens of the effete East
The local papers first and constant mis-
sion is to keep its readers advised of every
new truth relative to the possibilities of
soil and climate that the best experience of
the most progressive farmers may verify.
So to begin with the idea of publishing
any matter whatever that is especially ad-
dressed to Sfranppr9 GhOnld ha n hOlishaI
Let the columns of all Alameda County
newspapers be filled with information good
for the people now here and it i'll be Of
value to those whom we want to bring
here. These are the ideas press league
should advocate and carry out.''