The San Francisco call., 1907-02-22
Progress of the State
Noted by Press

-HE Mammoth Copper Company IS
rushing work with a vim along
tho route of it's new railroad
u from Central Spur to the Quartz
H;u mine In Old Diggings. Over
15O men are now at work and
the Old Diggings section never
presented a more active appear
anca than it does today. The right OF
49, hos been brushed out for the en-
tive distance and actual work Of grad
ing for the roadbed is being rushed
along at a lively rate. There are two
crews at work one at each end Be
sides this there are two crews or orldge
men at work on the new bridge across
the Sacramento River at Centfal spur
There are twenty-five men on each side
The excavations for the oflose are
about completed and the piers Will be
set in a very short time. This bridge
will connect the new railroad with the
Southern Pacific, and in order to make
the connection the banks or the cut at
that point will have TO be dug away.
This is being done as fast as men and
shove1s can do it. Trains will be run
,jrsr over the new railroad early in the
coming year.-Redding Courier-Free
Press
notwithstanding the fact that only
a few years Ago there were no oranges
grown in this country, there IS at the
present time a large acreage planted
to the golden fruit, and from statistics
recently prepared oy tne Poa[o -O6 Ol
Supervisors IL is shown that 10000
acres OF oranges are now being grown
in this county and 423 acres OF lemons.
TINS is a remarkable showing when
il is taken into consideration that
where the orange and lemon trees are
now growing and where citrus fruits
are raised to perfection, only
few years ago there was nothing but
bare lands, and at that time IL was
not known that the golden fruit could
be raised to such perfection as il Is
being now produced. Many
acres of citrus fruit are being planted
yearly and it will only be matter
of time until Tulare County VIII De
recognized as the greatest orange
raising section in the State of Cali
fornia and, in fact, in the United
States.-Visalia Delta
What will be the greatest reclama-
ton district in the State, If the plans
Of ten prominent capitalists OF New
York, Sacramento and san Francisco
do not miscarry, is shortly to be formed
in Sacramento County, Just to the
north of Sacramento, and $4,000 acres
of land which is now practically
valueless for agricultural purposes,
but which will be worth probably not
less than S1O.OO0,O00 when reclaimed,
will be brought under a system Of
dikes and Ievees which will insure its
perpetual use The district
will be about eight miles long and
ranging in width from four to seven
miles The company promoters have
already purchased more than $4,000
acres of land in the district, and other
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sands of acres have agreed to the
formation of the district. so that a
majority of the acreage is already
pledged to the reclamation project and
as it is thought there will be little Op-
position on the part Of other land
owners whose land may come within
/ the borders. there seems to be no OBJ
stacle in the way of an early con-
summation Of the desired results
Benicia Herald
Lively times in a town denote. pros
perity and that being a criterion POr-
terville is suffering to the fullest extent
from that malady. Lands are changing
hands and are being cut up into small
tracts and new people coming in; money
is pouring into the treasury and being
distributed for labor. property and
produce. The season for every industry
has been good and the banks today are
loaded with money, dSSreSAJlNS LnFee-
quarters of a million dollars. No more
prosperous community exists anywhere
in the State than here and with the
prospects OF many buildings. new
cOmers. land developments, planting OF
hundreds of acres TO oranges, more
dairying undertakings and many new
industries ahead for the coming year
everything indeed looks most encOur-
aging and bright-Porterville Enter
prise
stockton can boast of the largest and
best equipped glass factory in the West
and the many improvements recently
installed at the local plant in addition
to the buildings represent an expendi-
ture of more than $40. 0.O00 Many more
blowers and assistants are expected to
arrive next week and when the plant
is in full operation it will employ about
225 men. At present there are 160 men
engaged at the works and the weekly
payroll amounts to nearly $4,000. Ev-
erything pertaining to the plant has
been purchased in California and the
special grade of sand which has hereto
fore been taken from Monterey will
after the first of the year be secured
from Tesla. so 1t is safe to say that the
factory is now in every sense an abso-
luteIy local affair.-Stockton Indepen-
dent.