The record-union., 1898-01-24

While the Record Union has this
morning given it's attention TO mat
ter addressing the business sense of the
people, and has given over much OF
its space to exposition of the trade
advantages of Sacramento, it is sensl-
BILE of the truth that there are some
things not so remote from trade and
barter which enter into the concern
of people when they consider the town
into which they are invited to trade.
That is to say, that while it is true that
there is
NO SENTIMENT IN TRADE,
yet it is also true that in visiting a
trade center, the buyer often has leisure
to devote to other matters than hard
and fast business. Many business
man has profound interest in matters
of art, literature and education; many
a man whose soul is supposed to be
absorbed by the vocation he has chosen
in business walks finds delightful aVo-
cation in matters not directly related to
bargain and sale. Happily for civ
ilization, there are thousands OF busl-
ness men who have leisure to devote to
the refinements and pleasures of life,
and do it; who rest and take pleasure
in literary research and study; who
look into art matters; who take pro-
found interest in educational questions;
who are concerned in matters of gen.
eral uplifting and general brotherhood.
To all such the town into which they
trade becomes an object of inquiry nat
urally as to it's social conditions, its
educational advantages, and it's moral
status.
1T IS THEREFORE, OF INTEREST
to devote some space to a rapid review
of Sacramento in these respects. The
city is one neither of great wealth nor
much poverty Like all commercial
centers- it has its temptations to evil
and its conditions that are opposed to
highest and best living. But these
are more than offset by the better con-
ditions surrounding and controlling this
community. Sacramento is essentially
a city of homes. It's visitors are asked
to give some time from business to view
the beautiful residence sections of the
Capital City These are not hours
misapplied thus devoted. One of
THE BEST EQUIPPED
and most rapid electrical railway lines
vic
itor through most of the better i'm
proved residence streets, which will dis
close to him the floral wealth of the
city the handsome cottages and spa
cious mansions, with their broad and
well-kept grounds, their luxur1ant
shade and their handsome surround
ings He will catch glimpses of the
peoples recreation forum, the City
Plaza, where for all the summer months
our citizens gather by the ten thou
sand for their open-air concerts; the
grand park surrounding the State Cap
itol, with its exceeding variety Of semi
tropical growth and its beautiful lawns
ana diversified floral plats. Whoever Is
park find a great deal to interest him
and engage some hours of waiting
most profitably.
THESE LINES OF RAILWAY
Operated by electrical power generated
in the foothills twenty-five miles away
will take him also to the great hive of
industry known as the railroad shops
where some of the most modern and
finest machinery ever built can be seen
in operation by day and by night in the
midst of a throng of thousands Of
skilled workers. SO, too, by these
same routes he can visit that spot Of
historic interest Suffers Fort, restored
in recent years. and now accurately
representing that land mark as ii was
when II was the house of refuge to
which the great body Of early overland
immigration wended its way. Within
its walls are many objects of historic
interest. 1t was from this fort that
MARSHALL WAS SENT OUT.
Who discovered gold at Coloma forty
eight miles distant, and the semi-cen-
1ennfal anniversary Of which discovery
is to-day celebrated in the metropolis
as a jubilee occasion. BY the same lines
the suburbs are reached, where the rapid
expansion Of the city is in evidence, and
many OF the industries of the town also,
such as the wineries, the great butch
ering establishments, the ice-making
and brewery interests, the nurseries and
the Conservatives, etc. If the visitor is
attracted by such features one of these
lines viii land him at the doors OF the
City Art Gallery. This beautiful build
ing was presented to the city with all
its rich contents by Mrs. L. L. Croeker
III the year 1885.
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