Evening star., 1911-06-11

come the center of the greatest develop
ment In California. No city on the
| Pacific coast except Seattle and Los
Angeles has ever experienced such an
| awakening. Sacramento is now begin
ming to fulfill the destiny prophesied for
it by Huntington. Stanford and Crocker,
the great industrial pioneers Of the Golden
state, who began their financial and COM
mercial operations here. Sacramento's
destiny. however, as seen by those or
ganizers Of the Pacific Improvement
Company. was deferred much longer than
| they thought. A good reason for this
existed. just as there is now good reason
| for the tremendous awakening that is
being experienced.
S. Glenn Andrus who recently severed
his connection with the Chicago Record.
| Herald to become secretary manager or
| the Chamber Of Commerce of Sacramento.
explains 1t in this eloquent and convinc-
| ing way:
There are abundant reasons why
| the finger Of progress is beckoning with
such great insistency to Sacramento and
to the Sacramento valley. This city Is
destined to become the logical dfstribut-
| ing center of the greatest agricultural
empire on the globe. No other city
stands at the natural distributing point
for 6,OOO,0O0 acres Of the most Fertile
land the sun shines upon.
within the past few weeks Frank A.
vanderlip, president of the National City
Bank Of New York.
Future of the made trip Of investi-
cation covering over
country. 1900 miles OF travel.
starting in with the south. coming
through the southwest, old Mexico and up
the Pacific coast to Portland. During his
investigations he stopped at Sacramento
upon the invitation of the chamber of
commerce, and at dinner rendered him
by the Clearing House Association said:
In describing the future OF your coun-
try you men of Sacramento have been
modest could not be modest If I
lived in city that was the center OF an
agricultural empire of 6000.OO0 acres OF
| most fertile land. This empire has bare
ly been scratched. and I do not think
you men realize what is ahead of you.
I am just completing trip of 12.0oO
| miles, and in the ride 1 took this after
noon about Sacramento I have seen the
finest illustration of intensive cultivation
| that 1t has ever been my fortune to see,
and I have ridden over the best roads
that are to be found anywhere In the
whole world
greatest money powers of the east. and
cannot afford to talk idly. He meant
what he said. and backed 1t up by pur-
chasing the famous Cone ranch of $4,000
acres at Los Molinos in Tehama county.
His visit has. undoubtedly, opened an
avenue over which millions of capital
is destined to come for the develop
ment Of the valley.
''Mr. vanderlip also told the bankers
of Sacramento that the most tre-
mendous lesson he had learned was
the value of an acre of ground. To
man brought up on an eastern farm
land values must be reconstructed
not at first conceive of soil so pro-
ductive as to create a value of 5000.
$500. $400 and even $500 an acre. Mr..
Vanderlip has learned this great les
son and he is going to teach it to his
fellow capitalists Of New York
''Updouhtedly the greatest factor in
the awakening of Sacramento is the
raDtd breaking up Of the great land
holdings. These vast holdings. making
hundred miles Of grain ranches, con-
stitute the greatest granary the world
has ever seen. Wasteful and extrava-
CANT methods of farming impaired this
!granary. to the point where the land
barons became willing to sell, and thus
open the way for the intensive farmer
One ranch after another fell before the
battering ram Of progress. and within
twenty-four months between 100000
and 100000 acres Of the land, formerly
included in the great grain ranches.
was broken and prepared for intensive
farming, largely under irrigation.
Among these was the Haggin grant
consisting OF $4,000 acres. lying across
the american river at the very doors
OF Sacramento. preventing it's natural
expansion and development
James B. Haggin refused to capitu-
late on account OF reduced grain pro-
duction. but could not Withstand the
reform wave that swept over the coun-
try and eliminated the business Of horse
racing. When that wave struck Cali
fornia, Hagg1n consented to sell and
syndicate from st. Paul under the name
Of the Sacramento Valley Colonization
Company. bought him out and cleaned
up more than 81 1.OOO.OOO in six months.
The breaking up OF the Haggin ranch
and Its settlement would add fully $1,000
to the population Of Sacramento The
Natoma Consolidated is reclaiming. close
to Sacramento. 10000 acres Of rich river
bottom lands. which will eventually be
cultivated by small farmers. Just across
the s,e. .lr river IN Holo county a new irrieation
district OF $1,000 acres has been created
and will result in still another influx of
population to Sacramento.
THE Improvement of the Sacramento
river between this city and the bay"
continued Mr. Andrus, '$will stop the over
flow onto several hundred thousand acres
of land and make their reclamation pos
sible. This improvement is perhaps the
second greatest factor in the awakening
OF Sacramento. The United States gov
ernment appropriated $4OO COO and the
state Of California made like appro-
prfation. The appropriation Of the gov
ernment was made. however, upon the
condition that an additional $2O0.OOO be
raised for the purpose of buying the land
Hecessary to the Strengthening OF the
river. This money has practically been
raised. as Gov. johnson has agreed to
the completion Of the fund, ana the gov
ernment has released its part OF the ap-
preparation. Work will therefore soon be
begun in Strengthening the river and In
deepening the channel SO as to permit the
largest ocean steamers to tie up at the
Sacramento docks.
''The third factor in the awakening Of
the city was to a new building era. In
one year three new mod
The Ruildino ern hotels were built. and
now Sacramento is we'll
heCOTO. equipped to take care of
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