The San Francisco call., 1904-03-14
Workers
Are Promoting
Counties.
Efforts to Cause
Betterrnents
Are Wise.

tee relatlVe 10 the means to make
greater San Jose. The procedure re-
garding the extension of the city linn
its, so says the San Jose News. is to
have a special election to ballot on the
question of annexation. An anti
knocking committee has been appoint
ed by President Scheller that includes
II. c. Doerr, w. 7. Brooks, w. p.
Lyon, ]. r. Ryland and ]. E. AuZerais.
At meeting of the directors of the
Pajaro Valley Board of Trade several
questions OF Importance to the valley
were discussed. According 10 the Pa
jaronian, President Hall reported that
the committee, consisting of w. Il
Porter. T. A. Kilburn, O. d. Stoesser,
A. A. Hoyt and himself, had called on
the California Fruit Gamers Associa-
ton in the interest of the proposed
cannery and that the conference
proved very satisfactory. The pea
seed had arrived for the sixteen ex-
pertinent stations, and had been dis
tributed and a few had been planted.
AS soon as the weather will permit the
others will be planted. The question of
procuring sites for the pronosed can
merry and condensed milk factory was
discussed to some extent and it was
the concensus of opinion that it would
be well to look around for sites so as
to be prepared in case of the establish
ment of one or both of the enterprises
President Hall appointed the following
committee, of which he is an ex-off1cio
member, to take up the site matter:
w. r. Porter. F. A Kilburn, o. d.
Stoesser and A. A. Hoyt
The Woodland Democrat saws. of a re-
cent meeting of the local Chamber of
Commerce: IF. A. Kaufman and w
P. Craig of the finance committee SUBJ
mitted a report. The matter of supplv
ing the increasing demand for YoIo
County literature was discussed, but no
definite conclusions were reached. In
this connection it may not be out of
place to remark that this demand
comes from all parts of the world.
There never was a more propitious time
in which to advertise our resources.
Mr.. Reith reported that the California
Promotion Committee is preparing to
do some pictorial advertising, in the
Ladies Home Journal, and has request
ed lot of Photographic views taken
during December
has refused to indorse any land or
colonization schemes. Members claimed,
at a recent meeting, that to indorse any
private project would create dissen-
sion and hostility on the part of real
estate agents.
The Woodland Democrat claims that
no finer oranges are raised in the
State than those that grow in Yolo
County
Hollister expects to have a condensed
milk factory established within it's
borders.
The Martinez County Paper says that
the progress during the past year at
Black Diamond, formerly known as
New York Landing, has been phenom-
email. The town possesses fine sites for
manufacturing enterprises. The plant
established on the south bank of the
slough, above the old town, by the
Redwood Lumber Company employs
200 men on the average. There are
stacked fully S40.oOo.0OO shingles in the
company's yard. Many new buildings
have been erected. A brick building
will be constructed for the Contra Costa
County Bank. A creamery has been es-
tablished west of the town. Above the
lumber company's location a site has
been selected for a mattress factory.
An artificial stone plant will be estab-
lished near Pittsburg, in the direction
of Pittsburg Landing. A 10000 school
house will be built The plant of the
Sacramento River and Packing Com
pany is giving employment and, wealth
to the place. There is good farming
land in the vicinity Altogether the out
look for Black Diamond is excellent.
The Producers Bank, at Fresno, will
be housed in a new structure to be
erected at cost of about s45, 900, ac-
cording to the Fresno Republican.
The Sacramento Bee figures out that
100, ,0O0, 900 feet of lumber were cut in
SiskiyOu County last year.
Buhach may be grown on a large
scale in San Joaquin County says the
Lodi Sentinel.
The Los Angeles Times gives the fol-
lowing figures relative to the shipments
of celery by the California Vegetable
Union: For November, 219,227 dozen.
selling for $4,000; December, 499s05
dozen. selling for $4,000; January, 4O4.-
293 dozen, selling for 81, 400. This makes
a total of ], ,123, 325 dozen punches selling
for $1S1.20o. This represents net cash
to the growers after all the shipping
expenses, have been paid.
According to the Nevada County
Miner, three new railway lines will
pierce Nevada County. and their ad-
vent is expected to bring livelier times
to the county.
The Antioch Enterprise says that i'm
provements will be made in both of the
brickyards at Antioch. so that they
will be able to turn out great supplies
of building materials.
Redding. Shasta County, expects to
have a plant for the manufacture of
concrete building stone.
The Modesto Herald says that work
will begin at once to complete lateral
2 of the Turlock Irrigation District |
system, of which three miles remain
for excavation, and headgate, nine or
ten drops and a siphon are to be put |
in The lateral is nine miles in length, |
in the Ceres main lateral |