The San Francisco call., 1896-03-23
COAST EXCHANGES.

the circulation of petition for the forma-
ton of protection district including the
land between the railroad and the bay,
along Stevens Creek, calls timely attention
to the law authorizing such step. TWAS
framed for the purpose of enabling land
owners to protect their property against
overflows. The property within the
limits of the district are assessed for three
fourths of the expense, each in proportion
to his number of acres, and the county
pays the other fourth. By organizing rec
lamation districts thousands of acres of
marsh lands bordering the lower end Of
San francisco Bay could be reclaimed and
made exceedingly valuable.
The Riverside Enterprise publishes the
following in letter from Perris: "The
unnecessary, almost criminal, delay of the
United States Supreme Court in deferring
decision in the Wright irrigation cases and
the closing down of the Good Hope and
Santa Rosa mines have cast a gloom of de-
preston over the Perris Valley country,
but with the vast resources which this Sec
ton contains the blackness can only be
temporary, and we hope before many
weeks to be able to chronicle a revival of
interest in every line of business"
West Berkeley, according to the Gazette,
has organized the West Berkeley Progress
sive Club for the purpose of making the
place more inviting by securing more street
railroads and a better water supply. For
these and other Improvements the residents
must lend vigorous hand and an open
pocket-book. Charles A. Bailey, large
property-owner and progressive citizen, is
trying to work up feeling of enterprise
among the people. and has offered $1,000 as
a subscription toward fund for building
a power-house and making some railroad
company a present of it. II there were
many more such residents as ne West
Berkeley would soon become favorite
place of residence and even more prosper
Gus than at present.
The Ventura Press announces that Ven
tura is on the eve of a healthy boom. The
oil refinery is to be built at once, the new
railroad to Nordhoff is practically assured,
and agents looking for site on which to
establish a sugar refinery have been
busy. 1.-The SOIL" says our contemporary,
''is well adapted to the culture of the sugar
beet. and if a sufficient number of land
owners can be induced to plant the sugar
beets, so that there will be at least 1000
acres to draw on, the sugar works will be
erected. We understand that nearly the
required amount of acreage has been Sc
cured" When to all this is added the fact
that Ventura is to be on the southern over
land line, there is every good reason for
our contemporary prediction.
The Fresno Erpositor says that every
recently developed oil region in the foot
hills near Huron. Captain Barrett's wells
are more than 300 feet down and the indi-
cations are excellent. Other companies
are actively preparing to bore. The indi-
cations are that the fuel problem of the
San Joaquin Valley is soon to be solved.
The charms of Hayward are familiar to
those who have enjoyed them, among
whom are many wealthy persons. The
Evening Mail has this to say: Hayward
being suburb of San Francisco and Oak
land we number among our residents many
merchants who travel daily between our
city and those business centers in the
transaction of their affairs. We offer
special inducements to these, who. after
finishing their days labor in the hum and
hustle of the larger cities, desire to lay
down the cares of life and enjoy home
life peace in q neighborhocd of ger teeI
respectability.
The Santa Cruz Penny Press announces
the important discovery in that county OF
a large bed of clay suitable for all kinds of
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discoverer, Alfred Bowman, says there is
about twenty-five acres of clay beds on the
tract, and he knows it is twenty feet deep.
He says the land is easy of access and con-
venient for fuel and shipping purposes.
This should be welcome news to capital