The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1911-12-21

much IL guessed about IL, and ] don't
want the market 10 Jump up out OF
sight. You see that hill over there
It's my hill running clear down Its
slopes through Piedmont and halfSay
along those rolling hills into Oakland
And It's nothing to all the things I'm
going 20 buy"
He paused trfumphantly.
THE ferry system between Oakland
and San Francisco Is the worst one
horse concern In the United States
You cross on II every day, six days
In the week. That's say. twenty-five
days q month. or three hundred a
year. How long does It take you one
way? Forty minutes. II you're lucky.
I'm going to put you across In TWEEN
" minutes II that amt making two
minutes grow where one grew before,
knock off my head with little apples.
I'll save you twenty minutes each
way. That's forty minues a day. times
three hundred, equal to twelve thou
sand minutes year, just for you, just
for one person. Let's see: that's two
hundred whole hours. Suppose | save
two hundred hours year for thou
sands of other folks-that's farming
some, amt is? Come on. Let's ride
up that hill, and when I get you out
on top where you can see something
I'll talk sense
A small footpath dropped down to
the dry bed Of the canyon, which they
crossed before they began the climb
The slope was steep and covered with
matted brush and bushes, through
which the horses slipped and lunged
Showers of twigs and leaves fell upon
them, and predicament followed pre-
dicament, until they emerged on the
hilltop the worse for wear but happy
and excited Here no trees obstruct
ed the view. The particular hill on
which they were, out-jutted from the
regular line Of the range, so that the
sweep of their vision extended over
three-quarters of the circle. Below. on
the fat land bordering the bay, lay
Oakland, and across the bay was San
Francisco. Between the two cities
they could see the white ferry-boats
on the water Around to their right
was Berkeley, and to their left the
scattered villages between Oakland
and San Leandro. Directly in the fore
ground was Piedmont, with it's desul-
tory dwellings and patches of farming
land, and from Piedmont the land
rolled down in successive waves upon
Oakland.
Look at it," said Daylight, extend
ing his arm in a sweeping gesture.
"A hundred thousand people there,
and no reason there shouldn't be half
million. There's the chance to make
ave people grow where one grows
now. Here's the scheme in nutshell.
Why don't more people live in Oak
and? No good service with San Fran
'isco, and. besides, Oakland is asleep.
It's a whole lot better place to live in
than San Francisco. Now, suppose l
my in all the street railways of Oak
and, Berkeley, Alameda, San Lealdro.
and the rest-bring them under one
head with a competent management?
Suppose | cut the time to San Fran
cisco one-half by building a big pier
nut there almost TO Goat Island and
establishing a ferry system with nc
ern upto-date boats? Why. folks Wi.
want to live over on this side. YER
good. They'll need land on which tC
build. So, first l buy up the land
! But the lands cheap now. Why? Be
cause it's in the country, no electric
roads, no quick communication. no.
, body guessing that the electric roads
! are coming. I'll build the roads That
will make the land jump up. Then
I'll sell the land as fast as the folks
, will want to buy because of the i'm
; proved ferry system and transporta
ton facilities
You see, l give the value to the
! land by building the roads. Then
sell the land and get that value back,
and after that, there's the roads, all
| carrying folks back and forth and
earning big money. Can't lose. And
| there's all sorts Of millions in 1t. I'm
, going to get my hands on some of that
water front and the tide-lands. Take
/ between where I'm going to build my
| pier and thu old pier. It's shallow wa
ter. I can I'LL and dredge and put In
system Of docks that will handle
hundreds Of ships. San Franchises
water front Is congested. No more
room for ships. With hundreds of
ships loading and unloading on this
side right into the freight cars OF
three big railroads, factories will
start up over here instead OF crossing
to San Francisco. That means factory
sites. That means me buying In the
factory sites before anybody guesses
the cat is going to Jump, much less,
which way. Factories mean tens of
thousands of workingmen and their
families. That means more houses
and more land. and that means me.
for I'll be there to sell them the land.
Then there's the water I'll come
pretty close to owning the watershed.
Why not the waterworks too? There's
two water companies In Oakland now,
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