The San Francisco call., 1905-05-19
COMMISSION
VIEWS SITES
Tracts Offered for Uniyer-
sity Farm Are Inspected
by Those Who Will Choose
HAYWaRDS IN RACE
Governor and Members OF
Oakland Board of Trade
Accompany Investigators

OAKLAND. May 1s.-Accompanied
by delegation of directors of the Oak
land Board Of Trade, Governor Pardee
and the members of the State Univer-
sity Farm Commission to-day inspected
sites at t1aywards The commissioners
and other members of the party left
THIS city at s545 a m on a special car
ana were Joined al San Leandro by j.
=. Estudillo and j. y. Frank the COM
mlttee appointed by the San Leandro
Board of Trade.
On their arrival at the B-street depot
in Haywards the members OF the in
specting party were met by the recep-
ton committee of the Board of Trade
OF HaywarGs- Governor Pardee ad-
dressed the school children at the
grammar school and at the district and
high schools. after which the entire
party boarded the buses provided and
drove at once to the first of the pro-
posed sites TO be inspected. This was
the Stanton tract. which is located one
and half miles north of Haywards,
directly on the line of the new scenic
boulevard, which when completed will
form beautiful drive between Oak
land and Haywards.
ADDRESSES ARE MADE.
After the inspection of the tract the
party returned 10 Haywards. where
luncheon was served at the headquar-
ters of the Board of Trade. After the
repast brief addresses were made by
the president of the University of Cali
fornia; Edwin Stearns, secretary of the
Oakland Board of Trade; L. B. Parsons
Of the Haywards Board of Trade and
T. c. Barnett of the San Jose Chamber
of Commerce.
Each of the speakers expressed the
highest approval of the proposal TO To-
cate the State farm at Haywards. both
because of the geographically central
location Of the town and because of its
convenience, not only to the univer-
siry, but to the State Normal School at
San Jose AS the representative of the
San Jose Chamber of Commerce, Mr..
Barnett said that the people of the
Santa Clara Valley are just as much
interested in having the farm located
at Haywards as are the people of Ala
media County. AS the speaker was the
special representative of the San Jose
organization, his words should carry
considerable weight.
At the close of the luncheon the party
visited the remaining tracts offered as
sites for the farm The first inspected
was the Meek tract, which is located
quarter of a mile from the Haywards
terminus of the Oakland. San Leandro
and Haywards electric road and is di-
rectly on the proposed line OF the West
ern Pacific Railroad.
ALAMEDA CONFIDENT.
The other site offered is what is
known as the Sorensen-Harder tract.
This tract is located on the Niles road
less than two miles from Haywards,
and is also close to the line OF the
Western Pacific. The members of the
commission did not make any state
ment as to their opinion of the proposed
sites. but Secretary Edwin Stearns said
tonight that he was confident the State
farm would ultimately be located in
Alameda County. The commissioners
and the Oakland committee returned to
Oakland on the special car, arriving in
this city at p. m.
The members of the inspecting party
were:
Governor George c. Pardee: State Farm
Commissioners Elwood Cooper and B. r. Rush:
Benjamin Ide Wheeler. v. n. Henderson, sec
retary. Committee Oakland Board OF Trade
John T. Bell. C. j. Heeseman, a. j. Snyder
J. Tyrrel, F. w. CrandaiI; Edwin Stearns, sec
retary. Committee Haywards Board of
Trade-Charies Heyer, E. K. Strowbridge, L.
3. Parsons. It. W. Browning: George Kav-
anagh, secretary. San Jose Chamber Of Com
merce-volney Rattan, Charles P Brasan,
T. c. Barnet. University OF Caiifornia-Pro-
fessor K. j. Wickson, Professor E. W. Hill
gard: James T. Pardee and Hugh Hogan,
guests.