The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-02-02
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But mum Is the word. I'll be buying
a long time to come before anything
much is guessed about It, and | don't
want the market to Jump up out OF
sight. You see that hill W there.
It's my hill running clear down Its
slopes through Piedmont and halfway
along those rolling hills into Oakland.
And it's nothing to all the things I'm
going to buy"
He paused triumphantly.
THE ferry system between Oakland
and San Francisco Is the worst one
horse concern In the United States
You cross on It every day, six days
in the week. That's say. twenty-five
days a month, or three hundred a
year. How long does 1t take you one
way? Forty minutes. II you're lucky.
In going to put you across In TWEEN
ty minutes. If that amt making two
minutes grow where one grew before,
knock off my head with little apples.
III save you twenty minutes each
way. That's forty minues a day, timea
three hundred. equal to twelve thou.
sand minutes a year. Just for you, Just
for one person. Let's see: that's two
hundred whole hours. Suppose ! save
two hundred hours q year for thou
sands Of other f0lks-thats farming
some, amt is? Come on. Let's ride
up that hill. and when | get you out
on top where you a see something
I'll talk sense"
A small toOtpnth dropped down to
the dry bed Of tho canyon. which they
crossed before they began the CLIMB
The slope was steep and covered VIII
matted brush and bushes, through
which the horses slipped and lunged
Showers OF twigs and leaves fell upor
them. and predicament followed pre-
diCament. until they emerged on the
hilltop the worse for wear but happI
and excited Here no trees obstruct
ed the view, The particular hiil OF
which they were, out-iutted from tn
regular line of the range, so that tn
sweep Of their vision extended owe
th]ree-QuartCrs of the circle. Below, OF
the fiat land bordering the bay, Ia!
Oakland. and acros the bay was Sal
Francisco. Between the two cite
they could sec the white f~erry-boat
on the water. Around to their rlgh
WAS Berkeley. and to their lett tn
,auFt.Rnl p1i,ua, hatuFhnn Oakland
and San Leardro. Directly In the fore
ground was Piedmont. with Its desuI
tory dwellings and patches OF farming
land. and from Piedmont the lam
rolled down in successive waves upo'
Oakland.
Look a, It," said Daylight. extend
ing his arm In a sweeping gesture
"A hundred thousand people there
and no reason there shouldn't be hal
a million. There's the chance to max
Ave people grow where n grow
now. Here's the scheme In a nutshell
Why don't more people live In Gal
land? No good service with San FraI
cisco, and, besides. Oakland Ia ASLEEP
; It's a whole lot better place TO live I
than San Francisco. Now, suppose
T buy In all the street railways OF Oal
land. Berkeley, Alameda, San Leandr'
, and the rest-bring them under on
l bad with a competent arrangement
a suppose ] cut the time TO San Fral
cisco one-half by building a big pie
out there almost to Goat Island an
establishing a ferry system with mo-
: ern upto-date boats2 Why. folks vi
u want to live oyer on this side, Vel
} good. They'll need land on which
D build. So, first | buy up the Ian
! But the lands cheap now Whyg D
! cause it's In the country, no electr
y roads, no quick communication. U
body guessing that the electric roat
IS are coming. Ill build the roads, Tn
y will make the land Jump up, Tht
10 I'll sell the land as fast - the foil
will want to buy because OF the II
proved ferry system and transport
g. ton facilities.
ITO DE CONTINUED