The San Francisco call., 1909-10-30
EXPECT A PROFIT
OF $4,000, 900
Kuhn Brothers of Pittsburg
CoIonizing Sacramento VAL
ley on Immense Scale

Sixteen million dollars profit on, one
colonization scheme in California may
safely be considered tidy sum-. Con-
servative estimates fix s16,0oo,000 as
the measure of profit that may reason
ably be expected. This is the turn thai
finally will be realized in the biggest
colonization project in the United
States. Incidentally, too, and importan'
as a consideration, is the fact that this
deal will result in bringing from 20,-
900 to $4,000 colonists into the Sacra-
mento valley in the next two years.
Within seven years the Central canal
and irrigation company, Of which c.
NJ. Wooster was president and manager
constructed 122 miles of canals in
Glenn and Colusa counties and secured
control, in connection with the Sacra-
mento Valley land company, OF 10000
acres of land. This great scheme was
financed in San Francisco before the
fire of 1906. The money was all raised
When the interruption came, c. NJ
Wooster megnanimously released all
those connected with the syndicate
from financial obligation and went east
prepared to begin anew in the finan-
cial part of the undertaking.
DEAL INVOLVES s7,OO0,0O0
To the Kuhn Brothers, bankers OF
Pittsburg. all the stock in the canal
company and all the stock of the Sac
r.-,ao+o ua1Ia1, Iaod ooroDonv ond cleo
such claim as had been acquired on
25,o00 acres Of land, were sold for
$4,000, 900. This leads briefly and con-
cisely up to the present operations
which promise to add very largely to
the population in the Sacramento val
ley.
Kuhn Brothers have been very large
buyers OF real estate, in addition to the
tract originally purchased from the
Central canaf and irrigation company
and the Sacra mento Valley land COM
pany. 1t is estimated that they have
bought additional lands to the value
of $1,000, 600. The operations. in which
they are now engaged, which include
the cutting up of the great acreage into
tracts OF 40 acres and less, and the
placing Of water on each and every
tract, also the construction of roads
and the extension of canals, will bring
their total expenditure up to $4,000
O00 Between s26 600. which will
be received for the land and improve
ments, and the s10,000,00O of expendi-
ture lies the handsome margin of $16,-
600, 900 in profit to which allusion has
been made.
SACRAMENTO VALLEY AROUSED
Since the. purchase of the canal
property and the land by the Kuhns
no land has been offered for sale. In
the meantime. however, there have
been manifestations of the size of the
enterprise that have interested people
OF the Sacramento valley very much
The Kuhn Brothers have colonfze6
tracts in other paris of the country
and, it is said, sold 200. 900 acres to
colonists in one summer at Twin Falls
in the state of Idaho.
Not long ago several touring cars
filled with eastern statesmen appeared
'on the scene of the operations in Glenn
county to get instruction at first hand
concerning the lands which they were
to sell TO colonists. Sixty engineers
are employed in laying out lateral ca
nails and laying off tracts OF lands fol
colonization.s The sum OF 81 900, 00C
purchased about 25,000 acres in addi.
tion to the tracts secured from the
canal and land companies. Under ths
direction OF the engineers large corps
of men are at work.
INCREASE IN POPULATION
Everything that can be done to make
ready for colonization is in progress
Probably 100000 irrigable acres will
be placed on the market by next spring
or possibly late 1.-THE coming winter
These 200, ,00e acres will accommodate
between 5000 and 10000 families. Pre-
sumably many of the tracts will be less
than 40 acres. The estimated increase
In population in the Sacramento valley
by, reason of this great colonization
scheme, is based on the lowest number
of families. BY making all tracts of 3
uniform size of 80 acres. If. the tracts
are made smaller by. subdivision In
many inttances the number of fa mile.