The San Francisco call., 1909-11-13
SEEK LARGE TRACTS
FOR COLONIZATION
Eastern Syndicates Send Special
Representatives Here to
Look Over Field

One of the heaviest operators in
subdivision and irrigation projects in
the United States recently visited San
Francisco while on trip of investiga-
ton. He was looking at California
lands with an idea of purchasing two
or three large tracts for colonization
purposes. and stated to Baldwin &
Howell, where he made his headquar-
ters, that he was very favorably i'm
pressed. He represents millions of dol
lars of capital and is in a position
to swing as important colonization
propositions as any man in America
Il find that. dollar for dollar, Cali
fornfa offers a better field for the big
operator right now than any other state
in the union" he said to J. E. Green.
manager of the country department OF
Baldwin &c Howell. Our company
stands ready to put an almost unlimited
amount of money into big acrea ge
anywhere, providing it is capable of
subdivision, but from what I've seen
1 think California, for the present at
least, has the most to offer In the
first place, every one. everywhere, is
interested in California In fact. in
advertising Texas lands, we have con-
tinually harped upon the fact that they
were as good as California lands. The
word California acts like magnet
and attracts attention in the east
whenever it is mentioned
ssn,,r
hold Of the right type of land. We
can't afford to bother with small pieces
and are not willing to pay any exorbi-
tant prices for the large holdings 1
have instructed Baldwin & Howell to
locate tracts of from 5000 ito 10000
acres. and. providing they are what
we want. stand ready to purchase them
at fair figure
This is but one OF several who have
passed through San Francisco lately.
all of whom expressed themselves in
a similar vein.
These people mean business" said
F. M Pickering of Baldwin & Howell.
"They have the money and they know
what they want. Their greatest trouble
heretofore has been to find responsible
concerns who have specialized in To-
eating property of this description. All
sorts of wildcat schemes have been
presented to them, with the result that,
upon investigation, they've found al
most invariably that the land could
not be delivered at the quoted price
Land owners have a natural desire TO
boost prices the minute they know
there is buyer in the field, and un-
less he is signed up. in advance, in
businesslike manner, he invariably
adds blue chip or two when the sale
gets right down TO showdown Such
methods discourage the big operators
in trying to do business by correspon-
dence, and the result is the personal
visit of their representatives and the
installation of a country department in
our business. specializing in the list
ing, investigating and drawing up of
options on property of this kind.
We are receiving letters almost ev-
cry day from different parts OF the
United States. inquiring about Cali
fornia lands suitable for subdivision.
and our greatest difficulty. so far. has
been to find the time TO investigate
the propositions that have been pre-
sented to u.s. We do not care TO rec
ommeud land we have never seen, so
Mr.. Green is kept busy most of the
time