The San Francisco call., 1897-03-14

/ an congregation, congregation OF Free
Methodists and Salvation Army barracks
Salinas has excellent public schools.
| Their superiority is attested by the ex-
tremely small percentage OF the scholars
who attend private schools. Students
from the High School may enter the State
| university without further examination.
There are three school buildings here.
the High School, in the western part OF
town; the East End School, in the east
ern portion of town, and the primary
| building, which is located near the center
OF town. Fifteen teachers are now en-
ployed and there are about 800 pupils en-
rolled.
Salinas is amply supplied with gas.
| water and electric light The incorporated
company supplies these great necessities.
| The water is pumped from wells l5O feet
| deep into great reservoirs placed forty-hve
to seventy-tive feet above the city grade.
and from which water-mains extend all
over town. Hydrants connect with the
| mains along the principal streets for fire
| purposes. 1t costs a private .amily on an
average about 81 per month for water.
Many persons have wells and wlndmilis
| OF their own. The wnter comes from
stratum OF coarse gravel and is OF excel
| lent quality.
Two parks are owned by the city, and
| they constitute an element Of beauty that
the people fully appreciate. One OF them,
Sherwood Park, 10 on the east side CT the
Santa Rita road about mile from town,
] and is sixty acres in extent, including
| the fair grounds. It contains numerous
! eucalyptus and cypress trees large enough
for shade, also good well, tank and
| windmill and q stand for celebrations,
| picnics. etc. The other is called Central
Park, and is pleasantly located on the
| north side of Central avenue. Ibis park
has not yet been fully improved. but 1t is
destined to be principal place for recIea-
ton ere many years.
| A narrow-gauge railroad connects Sa-
Iinas with Watsonville by way of Moss
Landing on Monterey Bay. The South
| ern Pacific from San Francisco runs
| through Salinas to point not far from
Santa Barbara. When completed this
will form another overland route and
short cut to the Santa Barbara region. 1t
| is believed also that railroad will soon
| be built across the country from the San
| Joaquin Valley, through Salinas to Mon
terey. With these great transportation
facilities, and surrounded by the rich az
ricultural lands of the great Salinas Val
ley, the resources of the Gabilan range on
one side and those OF tue Santa Lucia on
the other, Salinas City cannot fail to be-
come a very important trade center and
one of the finest business localities in the
State.
AS commercial center it is certain that
there are very few cities OF its size which
attract the trade that Salinas commands.
More than 1000 square miles of fertile ter
ritory pour their produce into this thriv-
ing little city of $500 inha bitants in ex-
change for the necessities OF life, while
those who inhabit an area OF more than
5000 square miles depend upon this town
for wagons, plows harrows. mowers,
rakes. threshing machines, headers and
Food and clothin@ supplies are sold in
larre quantities and at remarkably low
figures.
1t is wonderful what resources of cattle,
hogs, wool and dairy products are annu.
ally added to this county's wealth from
the rich acres contributing to this city's
prosperity.
Superintendent w. G. Waters, who has
charge of the construction OF what will be
the worlds greatest sugar ia tory, is now
East arranging for the manufacture of
b ,ilers that are to cost $150,000, to be used
for the monster engines that will drive the
machinery that is to make this region
prosperous and known the wOrlc over for
It's prod nc s..
"On Mr.. Waters return" said Real
| Estate Agent Lang few daysago which
will be in about month, work will begin
| in earnest. 1t will require 1900 tons OF
rock for the foundations OF the buildings,
| and all this has to be obtained at once.
| Then q railroad seven miles long is to be
! built to the limerick quarries, which will
supply 5000 tons. of lime per year for the
| factories here. All this means work, and
! when it beg ins the town will feel the good
effects OF the revival in business"
The site of the factory is to-day an i'm
j mense and fertile field. The buildings are
to be picture quely located four and half
miles southeast of this town, on the banks
Of the Salinas River. On three sides lie
the rolling plains of t. rich valley, while
Immediately south aud just across the
river Mount Toro begins its ascent from
the gentle valley and rears its head 800
feet above the quiet hills below. Within
the shadow of this mountain the great
buildings will stand as monuments OF
| human ingenuity and commercial am
bition.
1t will be year before the great factory
will be finished. Fully 600 men will be
required to do the building witnin that
time, and-when the factory is IN operation
from 600 to 700 men will find steady occu-
patton within its walls or abont the great
shipping yards. Three miles of switches
will be necessary to carry on this traffic.
While the eyes OF the commercial world
are on the great schemes now going for
ward here the people are enthusiastic over
the outlook and proud Of their town. Just
ahead they see betters times and greater
fmportance tor their town, meantime
trudgin, the streets busy with their own
affairs, dreaming now and then OF future
uiteu WIN SunS0lne anu gOiQ.
+. ii. Lang AMI others at the head of
the proposed electrician line to run to the
great beet-sugar factory, have called a
meeting for the comins events.
1T is our purpose to raise the additional
$25,0 600 required said Mr.. Lang to-day,
'and it is almost positive that the cars
and the road will be owned by citizen
com pany."
This means good news for Salinas and
almost certainly Guarantees that etown
will have a population of 5000 or 5000
within the nexttwelve months. 1t means
that the 600 or 700 workmen who will be
employed at the factory will live here, and
ii means that the town will take on new
and rapid growth in the direction of the
great enterprise.
1t has recently been estimated that the
new factory will be able to utilize the crop
from 100000 acres OF land. Though the
beet product of only so, 600 acres can be
used each year, vet the land must have
rest. In this way 100, 900 acres will be sub
lect 10 sugar uses. IL Is the intention of
the company to lease 20 000 acres in small
holdings to suita BILE tenants