The San Francisco call., 1897-10-24

Aoust, hall OF hecofQS, a 0ne t0eater,
seven churches, splendid blocks of build
ings, a fourmill, wooien- mills planning
mills. foundry, harvester works. fruit can
merry, steam laundry and bag factory.
There are in the city three large hotels
and three smaller ones with capacity to
accom- modate large numb of people.
The water supply of the city is pumped
from well into large tanks at an eleva-
ton of fifty feet. and thence distributed
through pipes to every part of the town,
never having failed in the dry seasons.
The water is clear as crystal. and as near
pure as can be, as shown by analys sui
phur and magnesia being present to a
healthful degree. To this fact is at
tributed the other fact that Marysville
has never been visited by an epidemic.
The official monthly reports fled with the
State Board of Health show a mortality
far below the average To insure a con-
tinuance of these conditions a new sewage
system has just been com pleted at a cost
OF $4,000
There are three regular banking insti-
tutions, viz: The Rideout Bank, the
Decker, Jewett & Co. Bank, and the CALI
fornia Northern Bank of Savings-all
doing large business. The public IL
brary, located in the City Hall building, has
been in existence many years. To the
many valuable volumes additions are
made each year.
At the mile racetrack and fair grounds,
including sixty acres. and located inside
of the corporate limits of the city, are
found all of the necessary buildings for
holding fairs. The fairs of the Thirteenth
Agricultural District are held here annu-
ally, always being we'll attended.
United States Land Office is located
in Marysville, and the eport of the officer
for the year jut closed shows that there
are nearly 1000 900 acres of unclaimed
Government land in the district. Consid-
erable manufacturing is carried on; still
there remains good field for others, par
ticularly for the manufacture of farming
utensils, carloads of which are brought
here every year by rail from the East and
sold at large profit The splendid farm
ing country on all sides of the city causes
large demand for farm implements, boots
and shoes, harness, pottery and many ar
ticles which are brought from distance
and which should be made at home.
Not a few men who have been promi-
nent in the affairs of this great nation
figured in the early history of MarysviIle.
Justice Stephen j. Field was the first Al
calde of The city. He wrote the first deed
to property in MarysviIle. He used to tell
many stories of when he ran the place.
On December 90, 1549, he walked the
streets of San Franei, CO with just 81 in his
pocket. Ninety days later he was the
possessor Of $25, 600 from the sale of town
lots in Marysville.
AS first Alcalde of Marysville Field drew
up the contract by which General John A.
Sutter sold the township. 1t was during
his term as AIcaide that George G. Cor.
ham, then a penniless lad of IL, was the
private secretary OF Field.
At the present Marysville is governed
by q Mayor and four Aldermen, who are
on their second term, having been inau-
gurated in April, 1894. William T. Ellis
Jr., only son OF the prominent grocer ana
young man o! admitted executive abil.
ltv, is The man honored with the highest
ofhce within the gift of the people OF
Marysviile. He is native of the city and
~ years OF age. During his administra-
tion streets have been paved with mac
ADAM and bitumen as the result of his en-
ergy and that OF his four associates. and
the sewerage system and stretch of side
walks OF which any city might feel proud
have been constructed.