The record-union., 1899-02-09

and not in condition. to thresh Immediate
" upon cutting, as is done In California
through the use of the combined har-
vester and thresher."
AS these. facts become better known and
| understood 1t is reasonable to assume that
prices for good grain land in California
will materially advance, never depreciate
in value to the low rate that now rules
ase and now we 1srs 70 ea
cial attention to
SACRAMENTO COUNTY.
] Within its boundaries Is some OF the
richest and most productive land in the
world. The nature of the soil and cli-
mate Is such as not only to make it pos
| slble, but easy, to grow any and all kinds
OF agricultural and horticultural products
including lemons, oranges, pomelos, olives,
nuts, figs, peaches, pears, prunes, plums
berries OF all kinds, all cereals known to
the commercial world and vegetables in
| all varieties in abundance and of the
! finest quality
| The question as to whether citrus fruits
| of good merchantable quality can be
successfully grown in Sacramento Coun-
| ty and at good profit is no longer prob
lematical, for the result of tests made In
all sections of the county. and particularly
at Orangevale, and more recently at Fair
Oaks, where they are being grown on a
large scale, has demonstrated to the sat
| isfaction of all that it can be done, and
| that the fruit grown is OF superior quail
| ity is evidenced by the result of sales in
| New York, where it brought the highest
prices when sold in competition with fruit
| grown in other localities
/ One great advantage the farmers of Sac
! ramento County possess over those OF
many other localities is the fact that
| there has
| NEVER BEEN A TOTAL FAILURE
Of crops in it, but, on the contrary, they
| can always count with certainty upon a
] fair proportion of crop in the worst of
seasons, sufficient in fact to at least carry
them through the year without want or
severe financial loss. Such was the case
in the season just passed-189S-which was
| the direst we have had for twenty-One
years
What has been said about Sacramento
County will apply with equal force TO ad-
of the State to be as good as any other
section. Now, a few words about
THE CITY OF SACRAMENTO.
| 1t is one of the most prosperous cities
of the Union. 1t is the capital of the
State and possesses the advantage of be-
ing centrally located, not only from a
geographical point of view, but also from
trade or commercial standpoint.
| 1t is railroad center and the principal
| shipping point for California products
Because of these and other advantages it
possesses its citizens have been prosperous
through period of many years, including
| the last four or five years during which
depression throughout the country has
and gratifying when we take into con-
sideration the fact that the citizens of
| Sacramento We're burdened with an ex-
! ceedingly heavy tax levy, made necessary
to pay the interest upon heavy bond
ed indebtedness that accrued through dis
asters that befell the city in it's early
history-through fire and flood.
! In order to avert like disasters in the
future the city was heavily bonded for the
purpose of raising means to construct
| levee system so perfect and complete in
all it's apportionments as to guarantee
absolute protection against damage from
floods. and do other things necessary to
der the laws governing the city IS per
cent. of the entire revenue of the city
had to be set apart to pay the interest on
| those bonds. which meant not only So per
cent. of the municipal property tax but
also 30 per cent of the gross receipts from
| the waterworks, which are owned by the
city, harbor dues, sale of licenses and all
such sources from which the city derived
revenues. In order to meet these de-
mands it was necessary to levy high tax
rate, and yet during all the long years
that this condition of affairs existed the
people of Sacramento prospered, and none
/ of its permanent residents ever knew
what it was to want for any of the neces-
saries of life.
This result can be explained in one
way only, and that is that the citizens of
| Sacramento must have been especially
tions and resources of a superior nature
and character that gave them the ability
and power to successfully contend AGAINST gna
have existed until now.
| THIS YEAR-1S99
| In consequence of the purchase and
| cancellation of one million dollars of city
bonds the people of Sacramento will be
relieved of the 55 per cent clause in the
law, the enforcement of which was de-
manded by the previous holders of these
| bonds, thus reducing the tax levy from
what it has been over one-half, and yet
provide an equal amount for current ex-
penses.
The city has levee system that gives
| from floods. Its principal streets are
paved with heavy concrete formation,
made with crushed rock laid with heavy
coating of bitumen for a surface finish,
while many of its resident streets are ma
cadamized.
1t is claimed that Sacramento is the
street railway facilities-electric lines
| that are equal. If not superior, to those
of any other city. It has local gas
| ural gas wells, the product of which is
utilized for cooking and illuminating pur-
MOTIVE POWER IN SACRAMENTO IS
CHEAP.
This is attributable to the fact that there
are in addition to the companies named
two heavy corporations. each distinct and
| independent of the other, engaged in
bringing this power to the city over sub
lstantially constructed transmission lines,
extending into the mountains of differ
ent localities where ample water power
is secured at nominal cost. This power
| Is used to put in motion mammoth elec-
| trio plants that generate thousands of
| horse power that can be easily increased
to any capacity that future demands may
/ require
! The city lies upon the banks of the
| Sacramento River, a nayigable stream
! that is the principal river in the State.
| 1t extends the entire length of the Sacra-
| mento Valley. through rich horticultural
| and agricultural districts in the north
! and through similar districts in the south
to tide water. 1t Is near the southern
! limit of the Sacramento Valley, and just
| north of the great San Joaquin Valley.
These two valleys are one in fact, the
northern portion being named after the
Sacramento River, and the southern por-
! tion after the San Joaquin River, which
| rivers drain their respective territories.
This valley-assuming the two to be one
| extends from the Tehachapi to the Siskf-
| you mountains, a distance of about 900
miles, and varying in width from twenty
| five to fifty miles The fact that
| SACRAMENTO IS SO FAVORABLY
| LOCATED.
/ From a commercial point of view, it be-
| ing directly in line of travel and COM
| munication with the Pacific Slope States,
together with its great facilities for trans
portation, makes 1t, all things considered,
| the best location for manufactures in
/ the State, which fact, no doubt, Will be
/ fully appreciated in the future.
| Now that the city debt is virtually
| wiped out, there is no reason why Sac
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