Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-11-03
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"The ferry system between Oakland
and San Francisco is the worst n
horse concern In the United States
You cross on 1t every day, six days
In the week. That's say, twenty-five
days a month, or three hundred a
year. How long does it take you one
way? Forty minutes, IL 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.
III say 0 twenty minutes each
way. That's forty minues a day, times
three hundred, equal to twelve thou
sand minutes a year, Just for you, just
for n person. Lets see: that's two
hundred whole hours. Suppose | save
two hundred hours a ear for thou
sands of other folks-that's farming
some, amt Is? Come on. Let's ride
up that kill. and when I get you out
on top where you can see something,
iii talk sense
A4small footpaths dropped down to
1.-THE dry bed of the canyon, which they
erosseds before theys began the climb.
The slope was steep and covered with
matted brush and bushes, through
which the horses slipped and hinged.
Showers of twigs and. leaves fell upon
them, and ~predicament followed pre-.
Edicament, until they emerged on the
hilltop the worse for but happy
ard excited. Here no trees obstruct-
led the view. The particular hill on
which they were. out-jutted from the
Irregular line of the range, so that the
Eweep of their vision extended over
ithree-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 9 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
lsround was Piedmont, with its 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
10 million. There's the chance to make
five people grow where one grows
new. Here's the scheme in a nutshell.
Why don't nor people live in Oak
iandg Nosgood service with San Fran.
cisco, and, besides. Oakland is asleep.
It's q whole lot better place to live in
than San Francisco. Now, suppose l.
buy in all the street railways of Oak
land Berkeley Alameda, San Leandro.
,,ands the sTest-bring them Mnders8one
head with a competent management?
Suppose / cut the time to San Fran
cisco one-half by building a big pier
tout there almost to Goat Island and
establishing . ferry system with mod
ern upetosdate boats2 Why, folks will
want to live oVerpon this side. Very
good. They'll need land onewhich to
build. So, first ] buy up the land.
Butsthe lands cheap now Why? Be
cause it's in the country, no electric
roads, no quick communication. no
body guessing that The eleetrieeroads
are coming. III 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, / 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 the old pier, It's shallow wa
tel. I can MI and dredge and put in
q system Of docks that will handle
hundreds of ships. San Francisco's
water front is congested. No more
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 W. 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 workfngmen and their
families. That means more houses
and more land, and that means me,
Cor I'll be there to sell them the land.
Then there's the water. III come