The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, March 30, 1896, Page 4

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, MONDAY, MARCH 30, 1896. WOODLAND, YOLO COUNTY'S PRIDE, The Wealthiest City of Its Size on the Pacific Coast. ITS VARIED RESOURCES. Banks, Fruit Exchange, Cream- ery, Armory, Opera-House and Big Ditch. FINE CLIMATE AND RICH SOIL. Water Storage and an Irrigating System Alone Needed—Career of the Founder. WOODLAND, Mare —Wood- nd, one of the prettiest littie cities in of Yolo r» of over county, whic ti 4000. It is the wealthi of its size in the nd excels the number and | cost of yme residences. There are | fou ng institutions of almost un- limited resourcesand credit, that represent | in weaith more than the six b houses of Stockton, a city three tir size. Thefstreets are wide and cle ness thoroughiares are paved wi nous rock, and the residence streets and avenues are adorned with shade and orna- mental tre: it i v miles of ex- cellent dri 3 is illuminated by splendid electric light, incandescent and gas systems. The water and sewer- age systems are first class and are both controlied by the city. The business blocks are of imposing masonry and of a substantial char. Woodland 15 justly proud of its volun- teer fire department, and insurance com- panies credit it with being remarkably ef- ficient. Journalism is represented by the Daily Evening Demo newspaper, owned and edit Leake. The Demoerat is the city and county official paper. The Home Alliance is a bright little eight-page weekly, ably and success- fully edited by Mrs. 8. A. Huston. The Mail is a morning paper, edited by J. H. Dungan, and is a good local journal. Woodland is noted as a city of schools, churches, conventions and literary socie- ties. Its free public liorary affords large, airy and comfortable reading-rooms and is replete with standard and wholesome literature. The public schools and the bigh school are well organized and are in charge of an efficient corps of instructors. The High School, which is now in its first vear, already shows results of a grati- fying nature, and is an excellent addition to the school system of this city. The closing of Hesperian College, which for many years was the leading educational institution of- the Sacramento Valley, made a public High School a necessity. The school draws pupils from all parts of the county and has a constant attendance of eighty or more. This is remarkable when one considers that three-fourths of the pupils are in the first or junior class, and bespeaks a widespread interest in educational matters on the part of the citi- zens of the town. The Holy Rosary Academy ranksamong the best educational institutions in the State and affords thorough discipline and educational opportunities. The leading denominations possess fine and well-ordered houses of worship. Al- together Woodland’s advantages from a social, religious, educational and literary point of view are of a superior quality. Any account of Woodland, either as to her business or social life, would not be cemplete without reference to Major F. S. Freeman, the founder of the cit His career, dating from the earhest history of the city, is an open book to our citizens, and one on which his many friends dwell with pride. In 1852 Major Freeman purchased from the Government the land upon which Woodland now stands, and in the same vear purchased from N. Wyckoff the country store and stock of merchandise then just established on the site of our beautiful city. This was the first store- house ever built in Woocdland. In 1 Ma jor Freeman was married to Miss Gertrude G. Swain, a niece of Mrs. Charles W. Crocker, now of San Francisco. The Crockers and Demmings were then residents of this county. The town site of Woodland was iaid out in 1860 ana christened Woodland by Mrs. Freeman, from the abundance of oak trees which then extendea for milesin all di- rections. In 1872 Major Freeman was chairman of the Ways and Means Committee of che General Assembly. The gallant fight he made in advocacy of the “Freeman fare and freight bill"’ of the most conspicuous figures in the State. The measure was carried through the lower house, but through the strenu- ous efforts of the railroad lobbyists was de- feated in the Senate by only one vote. At that time he had the support of all the live journals in the State, except perhaps the railroad contingent, whose advocacy of railroad interests was grounded on most substantial considerations. g The kindly, genial nature of the major, . his broad and generous humanity, ‘are roudiy remembered by hundreds who Enew him in those early days. Friendships cemented there were of the lasting kind, and when recounting his many good | tem, e him for a time one | qualities, the old residents seldom forget to mention that none were turned away from tbhe major's store cold or hungry because they had not the means to buy. Such memories in the hearts of a grate- ful and appreciative people are of more worth than monuments of bronze and marble. . ! The Woodland Fruit Exchange was in- corporated June 5, 18%4. It is oneof the leading institutions of the county and an important .factor in the development of the local fruit market. Itwas organized on a co-operative basis and aims to reduce the cost of materials used by buying in large quantities, facilitating the market- ing of crops by concentration of products and uniform grades of cleaning and grad- ing at one place, thus largely cutting un- der the expense of individual shipments. The association incindes neariy ail grow- ersin the county. The latest improved cleaner, stemmer and grader for raisins, and grader and dipper for prunes, all_pro- pelled by steam power, have been added. Large quantities of table grapes are shipped to New York and the evxehange has established a reputation for Woodland grapes excelled only by one packer in the State. During the past season forty cars of green fruit, mostly Tokay, Cornichon and Emperor grapes, ten cars of pears, peaches and shipping prunes and twenty- iive cars of seedless Sultana raisins—ac- knowledged by the trade to be the finest Sultanas in the State—leit the Woodland market for Eastern points. In addition to this the exchange sends out about forty carloads of dried fruit—raisins, prunes, apricots, peaches and pears. . The association has been a big saving to the growers in securing prices in advance of those obtained by 1individual growers. It is espesially beneficial to the small | srower, as he receives the same price for one ton as the man who has fifteen cars, if quality is equa During the pas women, girls and boys are given employ- ment. The capacity of the building will be doubled this season. The board of directors are H. C. How- ard (president), L. G. Rhodes (vice-presi- dent), C. T. Bidwell (secretary and trea urer), W. H. Dowd (superintendent), L. P. Hoag, A. J. Thomas and E. Gallup, all representative business men and orchard- T Woodland Creamery is an enter- rise in which every fariner within a radius of ten miles of this City ifests a deep and growing interest. in- corporated last October and is now fully ablished as one of the leading features Woodland’s industrial life. The stors are: G.N. Merritt, presi- dent; T. cretary; Isaac Fisher, E. 8. Rasmussen, E. A. Dopking, J. H. Powell and H. E. | Coil. $5150. com- The original cost of the plant The manufacture of butier was menced November 1, 18¢ Turner, the veteran butter-maker, at the | helm. On the opening day 950 pounds of | farmer | milk were received from nine patrons, To-day the institution hassixty x patrons and the daily receipts of milk 8500 pounds. he industry is operated on the toll sys- Patrons are charged 314 cents peri pound for the manufacture of the product, which is marketed and sold for the patrons y the association. At no time since operations were com- | ing season about 100 | | 5, with W. M. | patron alone furnised the creamery 18,677 ounds of milk from twenty-five cows. }l)‘he butter was sold for 25 cents per pound, and after deducting 3!4 cents per pound for manufacture, the amount dueand paid him by the directors was $184 20. While eight acres are required to feed a €ow on coast range Jand one acre in this valley will keep a cow in splendid condi+ tion. In Yolo County butter can be pro- duced for 10 cents a pound and leave & profit to the producer. Woodland is under obligations to Cap- tain H. M. Prindle and the officers of Company F, N. G. C., for the commodious armory recently completed. The building is of brick in the form of a fortress.. It is a two-story structure with a frontage of 90 feet and a depth of 130 feet. The west 60 feet constitute an immense drill hall and a large hanging gallery that will accom- modate hundreds of people. Other por- tions of the building constitute an armory, dressing-room, assembly-room, -banquet- hall, ete. No company in the National Guard has more complete or-comfortable quarters than has the local militar. ‘Woodland’s opera-house, now- in course of construction, will be as complete and perfect in its appointments as any of the metropolitan theaters. The exterior will be unpreten- tious, but the interior will be elaborate and tasteful. The interior of the building will be 60x 104 feet. The stage will be 30 feet, which is unusunally commodious for the demands that will be made upon 1t. The orchestra will seat eighty-eight people, the | dress circle 224 the gallery 300 and the | boxes sixteen. The interior will be beau- | tifully decorated, presenting shades ana | tints "of the most delicate colors. Every department will be perfect in detail, which will make the new Woodland opera-house | & delightiul place of amusement. When the building 1s completed none but the most pulnulur traveling companies will be engaged. lLocated as this city is, | between Sacramento and San Francisco, the high-class companies that visit the Coast will find it both profitable and con- venient to present the best they have in their repertoires to the enterprising pcople of this locality, who are capaple of ap- preciating the favor. S0 much for the town’s community life— a life built upon good schools and good | society—blessed with a healthfui climate and surroundeda by the richest and most fertile lands in the Sacramento Valley. But there is a serious question_which pre- | sents itself whenever Woodland's con- tinued growth and prosperity are matters for consideration. It is irrigation. It is a satisiaction to know that the out- of-date methods of the old-time wheat rancher are becoming a thing of the past and that the immense ranches are being subdivided and converted into small bold- ings of 10, 20 and 40 acre tracts. The bolders of these small tracts especially and the farming community in general are be- coming aroused to the consciousness that their prosperity depends upon irrigation, and in this growing belief or opinion we | see evidences in every section of this fer- | tile valley. No other place on earth presents such | splendid natural advantages for irriga- tion as does Yolo County in Cache Creek, with Clear Lake as its storage reservoir. | But the stumbling block lies in the owner- | ship of the Moore ditch, the proprietors of which control the exciusive right, prac- menced (four months since) has Woodland | tically, to use the waters of Cache Creek ” F §. FREEMAN creamery butter sold for less than 40 cents aroll, and during the winter as high as 80 cents a roll has been realized. At no time has there been an accumulation of. butter. In fact, the reverse has been the situation, and to such an extent that preparations for enlarging the factory are now being made. That well-appointed creameries through- out the Sacramento and San Joaquin val- leys are flourishing institutions is indi- cated by the following figures furnished by Butter-maker Turner of the local enter- prise. They extend overa period of four months, from November 1 to February 29: November. Decembe: January February Total... .1540,961 25,550 |85,119 29 During the month of February one 1 for irrigation purposes. The ditch is now, | and has been }or years past, in litigation, and the welfare and substantial interests of our farmers have suffered and are now suffering therefrom. _Thousands upon thousands of dollars, figuratively speak- ing, daily loat down in the unused waters of this stream. | It is not often that the affairs of one | family so largely affect an extensive com- munity, but in the case of the contentions of the heirs of the late James Moore, for- mer owner of the Moore ditch, the mater- ial interests of thousands of people suffer. ‘When Mrs. Moore, wife of the late James Moore, chose to remarry, her children | made desperate opposition. The old lady | was compelled to come into court and_de- | fend herself against a charge of mental in- | competency preferred by her children. The effortto prove her irresponsible and put ber under guardianship failed and re- | sulted only in intensifying the already overheated feelings between mother and children. Having, after her marriage, relinquished the control of the ditch to her son iobert. she instituted legal proceedings against him to keep him off the ranch and ob- HOME = 11182155 I arm i SAVINGS BANK OF N VN T o WOODLAND. J‘[J struct his work as manager of the ditch. The son sued his mother for $6000. Pend- ing this litigation the court appointed a receiver to manage the ditcn. Subse- quently the mother sued to have the re- celver removed and herself reinstated as manager of the J)ropert . In answer Rob- ert set up that during tie time his mother managed the ditch, the two years before her seccnd marriage, she wantonly neg- lected the ditch with the avowed purpose of depreciating the value of the sproperty to the injury of the rights of the Moore | .children, and in violation of the provisions of the will of the deceased James Moore. The mother’s petition to have the re- ceiver removed was denied by the court, and the Judge, in rendering his decision, took occasion to say: “It is to theinterests of the mother to curtail the amount ex- pended in repairs to the minimum limit 1n order to increase her annusl income. It is.to the interest of her son Robert to increase the amount expended in repairs to the maximum limit in_order to make the property more valuable, as he has an interest in the remainder after her dgath. The court isof the opinion that undef the circumstances of this mass of litigatiorn, and the peculiar relation existing between the parties, it is best for the trust property that their claims and management 1o the Woodland ditch be set aside and ravoked, and some disinterested person beappointed to assume full control and management thereof.” At the present time the ditch isin a deplorable condition and it is difficult to understand how it is to be improved. The dam was built by James Moore in 1881 at a cost of $50,000." Will the mother rebuild it at a cost of $35,000 or $40,000 simply to increase the value of property that is not hers?. Will the children re- build it so long as the mother lives and re- ceives the net income? In view of all this, in view of the litiga- tion that disrupts all peaceful relations among the Moore heirs, the wretched con- dition of the ditch property, the poor pros- pect of its being improved, it seems doubly | imperative that the people along Cache | Creek for whose happiness and prosperity God traced that beautiful stream down from the hills shall oreanize themselves under the State law and proceed at once to construct an irrigation system commen- surate with their needs and the grand op- portunities which nature offers for the de- velopment of this county and city. | A SORE THROAT, a Distressing Cough, Asthma or: auy symptoms Indicating a Puimonary or Brouchial affection. are speedily removed by Dr. D. Jayne’s Expectoraut. | | are remarkable,’”” an important observation, | indicating that the development which will | ensue in the vicinis | to encourage his skill, the report enters THE NICARAGUAN CANAL. Interesting Digest of the Repori of the Congressional Committee. FRIENDLY TO THE WATERWAY Healthfulness of the Route and Its Availability to Sailing Craft Commended. By CAPTAIN W. L. MERRY. When the Board of Engineers appointed by authority of the Fifty-third Congress to examine the Nicaragua canal made its re- port to the President, an incorrect version of its contents was given the public through an Eastern journal. The publica- tion of this important paper by the Gov- ernment has consequently attracted much interest, and has been, in some particulars, an agreeable surprise to the friends ot the canal. The healthfulness of the Nicaragua canal route is commented upon as an im- portant factor in its favor. The Teportsays: ‘There seems little reason to believe that the general conditions in Nicaragua involve any special rate of mortality. So far as statistics are atiainable toney indicate healthrul condi- tions and the absence of epidemics. * » * Only human ignorance and the neglect of sanitary arecautions would oceasion an exces- sive mofiality.” (Psge 18.) ‘The commission stales that “there seems no reason 1o apprehend danger from earth- quakes that will imperil the stability of canal construction,” thus dismissing one of the theo- retical objections occasionally alluded to. (Page 15.) fhe erosion by the action of water (heavy rainfails, whicn are copious on the At- lantic’ Coast and decrease rapidly inland) is founa, by observation, to be so inconsiderable 2s 10 remove all anxiety on that score and, with a surface canal, the water encountered will be under the control of engineering skill. (Page 59.) The variety of products produced in the country, ‘‘natural and cultivated, in striking contrast with Suez and Panama, f the canal after its con- struction is activ commenced will soon | create a commerce whicn will pay the cost of maintenance. (Page 16.) The prevalence of steady trade winds over the line of the canal and in the ap- proaches to both terminals is remarked upon, Pproving that the Nicaragua canal will be available for sailing vessels again in con- trast with Suez and Panama. It is largely due 1o these perennial winds that Nicaragua en- joys & healthy marine tropical climate, with cool nights and minimized malarial influences. (Pages 18 and 29.) The availability of labor to be obtained at Jamnica from a population of 400,000, from which 15,000 to 20,000 excellent negro labor- ers can be contractéd forat fair wages, is noted as an important advantage. (Page 18.) After thus commenting upon the great | advantages which the canal engineer rinds upon the criticism of the work already done, and of the plans outiined for the completion of the work. I may here re- mark that the éngineers who have adoptea the present plans are, like those who make the report, mostly in the service of the United States Government and using, aside from their own surveys, those of other American, English and French en- gineers, since Child’s survey for Vander- bilt in 1852. The commission was only forty-one days 1n Nicaragua, of which about one-half were used in examination of the canal line, and the residue ex- pended in visiting Managua, the capital of “THE CALL” RACING GUIDE. To-day’s Entries at Bay District Track. In races where the Lorses have no record at ihe distance 10 be run the records at the next nearest ¢lstance aregiven. Abbreviations—F., fast; Fa., fair; H., heavy; m., mile; £, furlong: % about. FIRST RACE—Fiveand a furlongs: sellin; Index. Name. Lbs | Best | \record.| Dist. |Lbs| Tk | Rocket . | Raphael Captain Al-Gold Cup Hary O-Fall | .RuthRyan ood-imp. Bridget rank Rhoades-Delta Duke Norfolk- - | Wildidie-Rosetland raham . & Butler . Sam Wildidle-Rachel Sid-Mollie Capron Wildidie-Nightbawk Wildidle-Agnes B OND RACE—Half a mile: two-year olds; non-winners. Best Index. Name. Lbs record. | Dist. "th Tk., Owner. Pedigree. 903 | Modestia. !100]..0 rec. Prince of Norfolk-Eda 993 |Dr. Martin |103ino re El Rio Rey-Florence A #90 |Tortoise. 103|no re Brown Fox-Turguoise 897 |Jerilderio.......|100 no rec. Rathibone-Miss Melbourne 903 |Senator Morgan| 100 no rec. Apache-Madam W heatley |Lady Hurst.....|100 no imp. Martinburst-Cheerral Tmp. Merriwa-Raindrop pSirModred-sistJim Dougls erald-Eileena 0e Hooker-Oxil] Tmp. Midlothian la 0 -Starlight D. A. Honig t. Carlo-Marilee Burnse Waterhouse | Take Notice-Picnic THIRD RACE—Five and a half furlongs; selling; non-winners in 1896. Best. Index. Name. |Lbs|record.| Dist. |Lbs|Tk. Owner. | Pedigree. 923 |Hanford . alifornia stabl |Im aly-Visalia 918 | uny Johnson 915 |M |Tmp. Bratus-Young Jule ©25)| ‘Alu-Dizzy Blonde ........ IR Imp. Darébin-Mura 959 |Gracie Prin Nortolk-Gilroy Relle 916 | ... | Peregrine-Lady Foster #00 | Faustus-Lady C 918 | Mt Roy. | Faustus-Mt 759 | Americi Red Tron D. in Hood I . 01 Duke Norfolk-Vedette Imp. Saxon-Gold Basis Jack Brady-Dolly Varden Circassian-Revelry Duke Norfolk-Neilson John A-Early Kose 835 |Charmion ... -|Tyrant-Unit FOURTH RACE—One m Index. Name. [Lbs Owner. Pedigree. (896)|Tar and Tartar. | 109) -|A. 6. Morris. Hindoo-Brambaletta 901 (St. Le 94 s.C. Hilareth Tmp. St. George-Levee 898 . P. Miller. John A-Lowena R 80 Dr. Rowell. Togic-Biue Stockings 915 Woodlawn Fresno-Rosa G 919 M. Johnson El Rio Rey-Valerie 909 M. F. Donovan. ... Linden-EIl See Ess 628 S.'Merriweather.... H dalgo-Veracity. (923) urns& Waterhousé | Surinem-imp. Paloma 854 L. Ezell... Imp. Rossington-Unite (893) (Monita M. Sehwartz. t. Saviour-Nighthawk | 3 3. G. Follansbe reano-Sister Jim Douglass (916) | Fiirtilla.. 103(1:42 1 Peel-Faustine 902" |Malo Dial 108(1: 4834 (11-26m| Joe Hooker-Oxilla FIFTH RACE—Six furlongs; selling. Best | Lbs|record.| Dist. |Lbs|Tk.| Owner. Pedigree. 106|1:0432(6¢ |114/IL.|A. Y. Stephenson..|Prince Norfolk-Avondale 92/1:004,5¢ [110F.]|W. Earp. -’ [Rathbone-Victoria L et e 3 T, Imp. Inverness-Dora 103 b 8 Kingstoo-Lady Golden 98 514 Imp. Mariner-Cantensc 1001 514 Imp. Sir Miodred-Gypsy 103 5% Prince Norfolk-Haidee 97. 61 99 Imp. True Briton-Lillle 8 87| 150 .3& m |108(F. Ben Ali-Ezza 106[1:1814/6 ¢ 110/H..| Antrim stable.. Joe Daniels-Miss Hooker SIXTH RACK—Seven furlongs; purse. | Best Index. Name. |Lbsjrecord.| Dist Owner. Pedigree, 848 |Bellicoso ... | 10° [T Pueblo stable. Peel-imp. Janet N (9043 | ey di Bandidos| 106 et Lone Stable. Ip. True Britton-Em Collier 894’ | Benham 8 61 C. Dougherty. Flambeau-Geraldine i Figaro.... 103! Im Dr, Rowell. Fonso-Medge Libertine. 107 1m J. G. Brow Leonatus-Falalse 920" | George Mil 117 71 L. stanfield, .. | Loftin-Emma (920) Sallle Cliauot...| 87 7% . |G.’B. Morris & Co..|Salvator-Widow Cliquot SEVENTH RACE—Six ; selling. Index. Dist. Owner. Pedigree. 926 6t L|SF. Capps. .| Wildidle- Blue Bonnet. 857 71 F..|BurnseWat Day Star-Miss McGregor (801 6t El Primero stable. . | Fitzjames-Charlty (873)| 6 G. B. Morils & Co..|Strathmore-Flowr of Meath 914 6t White & Clarke.... | 1mp. Cheviot-Lurline 508 I Taip. Blariner i mp. Maj aranett (907) %1t Livingsion stabis..|Stratiord of L. Unian v etes 811 [1] J. C. Humphrey.... [1mp. Cheviot-Imp. Zara NEW TO-DAY. Cwo Suits Tor the retail price of ones Oregon €ity all-wool Gassimere made in our own made in our mills = Suits own shops= ew cut, patierns, colors= Retail price $18=0ur wh clsewhere, olesale price for single suit or a bun- dred suits, $1o ¢each BROWN BROS. § €0 21123 Sansome S, P Al Blue Signs PropnetoT's 0re§on City Qloolen Mills olesale Manuracturers the republic, and other 1Eomi:s of interest; a fact'in contrast with the years of pains- taking work by Menocal and other engi- neers associated with him. The commis- | sion remarks that their predecessors have | paid too much attention to hyd;ogm)fhgc I work and not enough to hydraulics. This is possibly correct, since over 4000 miles | have been surveyed with instruments of | recision before finally deciding upon the | ine of the canal. The technical criticism | of the plans adopted by the company’s | engineer cover too many points to permit | more than a brief allusion thereto. | While the general plan is approved, | some details are objected to, notably the | construction of the Ochoa dam, on the | San Juan River, where the board would} prefer a cut-stone masonry instead of a | rock-fill dam. But, admitting its feasi- | bility as arranged, recommendations are | made for its improvement and for increas- | ing its dimensions, necessarily also its cost, Many other minor changes are sug- gested as improvements, among them in- | creased dimensions of the canal in some places, an increase in the number of locks, { some changes in harbor plans, etc. A recommendation is made to raise the summit level two feet, from 110 to 112 | feet, a change often suggested beiore, and | apparently advantageous. Carefully con- | sidering the various changes recommended | the impartial reader and student of the questions presented will accept some and reject others, but it is proper to note that every change suggested materially in- | creases the cost. The apparent inconsistency of the in- creased cost estimate has sttracted public attention, but a careful examination of the report makes the reason plain, Itis evident that the commission landed in | Nicaragua with the Panama fiasco im- pressed upon their mental vision. They were to append their names to a Govern- ment report, and naturally decided to take no chances on cost; to err on the right side if any error occurred. With ‘“standard double-track construc- tion railways’’ at each end of the line; locks increased in number; additions to dimensions of sections of the canal; $4,000,- | 000 for management; $1,000,000 for sani- tariums; $500,000 for lights and buoys, etc.; the estimates are gfeatly increased. But the greatest change, which has in- creased the company’s estimate of §69,- 893,660 to $133,472,893, is caused by the in- creased units of cost, arbitrarily fixed. The units of cost used by the company’s engineers are 30 to 40 per cent higher than are being paid at.the Chicago drainage and ship canal, and, to the company's figures, another 30 to 40 per cent is added by the commission! 1 may make two comparisons to prove this: Chicago drain- age canal—Dredging per cubic yard, 54 to 8 cents; rock excavation, 59 to 74 cents. Nicaragua Canal Company—Dredging, 25 to 30 cents; rock excavation, §1 25 to §150; Commission report — Dredging, 40 cents; rock excavation, $5. The fact of a day’s labor representing less work in Nicaragua than at Chicago or any other acceptable reason will not explain these increased units of cost, es- pecially as the crude labor in Nicaragua is payable in silver at about 40 per cent re- duction. The San Francisco Harbor Com- mission officially reports its dredging to cost 6.87 to 12.97 cents per cubic yard, and both coal and labor are higher here than any part of the country, while the class of dredges used by the Harbor Commission is antiquated. Why shoultd it cost 40 cents old in Nicaragua? More than ever be- ore, machinery will do the greatest part of the work on the canal, and in hydraulic work, which is impeded by ice and cold weather at Chicago, machinery will cer- tainly do as much or even more work in Nicaragua, although it has to be taken there, and fuel will cost somewhat more. The enormously increased units of cost cau only be explained on the basis of hav- | ing “a dead sure” estimate, to secure pro- fessional reputation, and even then a con- tingency estimate of 20 to increase the figures to the total com- er cent is added | 70 BOY CHNO BANCHD Agents of an English Syndicate Come for Final Settle- ment. G.Wilding and J. V. Gilmore, of London, representing a big English syndicate that is making negotiations for the purchase of the Chino Rancho of 40,000 acresin San Bernardino County, arrived here yester- day and are at the Palace. The visit of these two men is for the pur- pose of making final investigation into the title of the property, and is believed to be only a formality preparatory to the con- summation of the sale of the extensive estate. Some little time ago the ranch was put in charge of Easton & Eldridge of this City, with directions_to sell it. Shortly after taking charge Mr. Eldridge left for England, where he purposed to interest Eneglish capital in the enterprise. The price then understood was $1,600,000. The return of Mr. Eldridge and the pres- ence of these representatives of an English syndicate would indicate that the saleis alt but accomplished. " The idea of the English purchasers is to subaivide the ranch and to form a colony of settlers that will be brought out from England to develop the land. Several hundred acres of the ranch have for some time been devoted to the raising of sugar beets, a factory for the extraction of beet sugar being located on the place. It is not, however, the intention of the syndicate to buy the beet sugar industry already in operation, but to extend the cultivation of sugar beets throughout as much of the section as is well suited to that particular product. If everything proves satisfactory the Englishmen will take possession at once, paying the whole amount during the first year, and not taking advantage of several vears originally suggested in the terms of sale. Do You Use A Battery? EAN ELECTRIC BATTERY, BY THH | exercise of much patience, you spend | fifteen or twenty minutesin its application | daily. You get good results from it, of mission estimate. It is su%gesfive in this connection that a responsible Chicago con- tractlng firm has offered to construct the western division of the canal for the con- pany’s estimate, inclading the con- tingency, and to give bonds for faithful performance. The Government can easily test the matter by inviting bids in subdi- visions for the entire work, under proper restrictions. The mercantile mind, equally cautious as that of the engineer, has accepted the cost of the Nicaragua canal as approxi- mating $100,000,000, and it is-easy to prove that it will pay a handsome return on even | more than the commissicn estimate. But a thorough knowledge of all con- ditions involved, resulting from an in- vestigation of years and of a thorough personal acquaintance with the canal route, justifies me in the opinion that con- tractors engaging for a ‘completed canal at $100,000,000 will make a profit of $10,000,000 to $12,000,000. Under conditions of con- | struction, at times permitted by the Government, it might cost more. But the People of the United States are willing to eave technical details to engineers. As President Cleveland lately remarked to one of our Congressmen, ‘“‘The canalis the most popular work before our people,” and they demand its constructiom because it has become a necessity, which will ulti- mately overcome all opposition. Even the transportation interests that now oppose it from the fear of competition will finally admit its beneficent results to the pro) erties intrusted to their management. 'an; the Pacific Coast the canal means rapid devaloplr::en;, and ti:il’ :iu increase the prosperity of every inlan i interp:sf. y y tr.lnsportanun San Francisco, March 24, 1896, course; but the time spent, the inconveni- | ence, the jarring, jolting sensationsit gives | your nerves, ungleuam, and not always satisfactory. The battery sometimes causes injury. 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