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ki jTEH 8g4 MinrtiKs jBEAiljOliSOd QSROmjCmr WnTi eTASHMBY 1892 tmmm ieta ilF Rlf III tSSfl 10 connected tyi tJtahd telegraph lines witfrall parts There are tbree telephone UnesJorinrronndinjr towna and daily Uses to xbe vcoufitr Awt Or ovlllei Aa electric Caroline to OroTillei Is talked of fine wbeat landi Ori lb ast are about MOM acres of lhef Feathers iiiei auByiai ion pisniea ana Being pUntedjto irniti ofali varieties 400q acres are now in bearings On the norths eastaretbousandsof acres of the red lands adit and soon toberplanted to oranges iWitbCtbe completion otthe Feather metcanal many thousands acre will tedeTOtedto frnif ndalfalfai arid Induce cntttog up oflarge Uhd fioldings VFruit culture has a irt that is boand to make fthlathfrnitciBection Lthecouhtyv tiplendid opportunities are offered for men ot family andfsmaUpitalirrtbe fruit rbaslnestf yy rr filli PierinoiV Although this town wjisnot laid rot uri viitltnoyJiaVapspnlation df600i iArnbbgthenoiablestroctnresstnce erected retheIIriloDiChoircn five private yresl den51tInffJfrom 3b6Qto 10009 eac manyprettrtcotiajrai TOstingAjirjopj tr 1500 eacbj nandsornevc 10000 brlct achbolhouse nearly completed etc There ar two general merchandise tore wagbriand blackamith shop tTrpUiyery aUbfe lumber jsrd boot and shoe rrtorei carpenter shop poultry farm printing officereal estate office etc Thejeadinsrffirms are Ji Jl Schram jHayik ClaftyHaroy Cox A Braselton Rl GraveL Fsrant Atkins Onyett A G8mith Coy JEuwne Calkins and ShetafcThomasi The whole population is actively engaged in irntt nlturei principally citrus They have transformed 500Q acres of sheep range into many beautiful oranvgroves The Southern pacific Railroad connects the place with the outside World In the tributary region are some good gravel and quartz mines while in the mountains are valu able forests Palermo needs more Imml gration arid agoodhoteL It has all the essentials id make it the Riverside of Northern California Kerry Creek This old mining town has a present population of Some 300t and a general farming mining lumbering and freight ng business is carried on Among the leading citizens of the place may be mentioned Messra Kastner Orton WJnsor Fiyriri Mower Moseley Bmgham Gunnr Meachara Ross Lathrop Williams Wyman Palmer Osbora Noyes Warner and Johnson All transportation is confined to wagon roads and park trains In the adjacent county are nu merous mines both gravels and lodes limited in extent and fairly remunerative The forests are too limited for long con tin ued lumbering The Ian ds are fully as fertile as those of the lower valley and Equalities of prodncts infinitely superior As to climate there can not be found Better orrearth With mining unenjoiried and undestroyed this neighborhood craves only this for its development Bangor Ten years have added fifty people to the population of this little town which now has 250 inhabitants Daring the decade a hotel a blacksmith shop a distillery and twelve dwellings have been erected The business of the town is in Cattle hay and fruit Among the leading houses are the following Alien Gov general merchandise Mrs Potter and Mrs Countryman hotel proprietresses Dueeins Brothers blacksmiths John Kelson shoemaker Rehfuess distiller Those who have contributed most to the prosperity of the town are Allen bv general building and improvement Upon land and Osgood by planting large quantities of fruit and maintaining trade with the mountains The town has no nulroad communication the nearest station being a considerable distance away The country surrounding Bangor is rich and varitd with timber land on the hills and great fertility in the valleys where fruit nuts and oranges are crown in abundance The Blue Lead which thirty years ago fave forth considerable gold is again bang prospected Money is greatly needed and the people feel that the future of their town will be what it is now healthy moral and prosperous CALAYER AS COUNT This county sustaina within its borders some of the best known mining camps in the State such as San Andreas Murphys Angels camp Copperopblls Sheep Ranch etc While the rich placer mines have been nearly exhausted there are a number of good quartz mines that are successfully worked In the foothills Is much good fruit land while in the mountains AMADOR Size Ni 1 5 swasiAuS irealnable forests and large aressof good grazing land JTbe only railroad in the county has its terminus at Valley Seringa giving connection at Lodi with the Southern Pacific The population of this county shows but little change In 1830 It was 6024 nd last year the census gave 8882 The assessed valuation has increased from 2608316 in ISaCtto 417783 for 1891 8n Andreas This is one of the oldest mining towns in the State and at present the number of inhabitants is lithe vicinity of 600 The most important buildings In the town are awes Toirn allv the Coiombft Hotel of stoneX the iPhcenix andrWashburn 8Uhlesr JJjaiso Tiscorniaa store of atpnej the CalaTeras CUiteti office the engine house the Courthouse brick and numerous office buildingsbuildings end idwellihgr of framevv For manyjysarstha principal business here wasminlng This has givea wayih6w ijTertO stock raising fxuit growing and general faralner there beinetnanv fine horsejs raised ierfe To September 1868 tnere ws a nre wntcn aestroyea a large vsrt of the town end maar business men removed la consequence All tbeprinr xipai ouuauigs in town nave seen erectea mcethatjrearJ lAmong Ithe jpubliei spirited Jneni whor Jiave contributed te the growth I of San Andreas are BViB awes LOnetcviWhittocki HowortbDsssoTiscornia and others berah no railroad commnaicatingdi rectljr wiUi San VAndreaiilbttt aceess is afforded by the Stockton and Copperopolls ine to MiltpnV twenty three miles distant w4 bytheparrowgautte 8an Joatjuln Til Jey road to Tailey Sprmgseignt miles distant There is considerable mining still done here both quartz and gravel Among the mines are thei17nlorj BodePioneer Chief Thorny Benson and others All kinds rOf fruiti thrive in tMsreeionand mUchattenUon is devoted tohertieulture iAning lb principal Jieedaof the town a flour miliand alsaan extension of the TUroad from Taltoy Springs torthe biff trees and the Umber and mineral belt in tbateectioru JWltb Railroad communlca tlon Saa Ahdreas wouldpecome a place Of considerable Importance Copperopoliii Worn p6puhtiw6ftel880i Cop Tjeropolis hai Increased 1Vi atthepresi erft Umfc A3ncoibelnBdBgiflfiIm of jMt orieyiiJryistablejsf EBon nlfield and many dwellings Mining for copper aiid quartx are the leidlng Industries The principal business men are Joore Moore StHutt MpyA iFon tana Cepperopblis Tradinsr Comoany generalmrcriandise GK Bodges hotel ilHoney hotel Mi Baker lumber yard tvBaker and Cobb livery Cv Blahcliard andJ Morris The nearest railroad is MiltonVfifteen miles distant Freight la transported by team and tbere is a daily foor horse coach running from that point About fifteen tons of copper matte are sbipped daily by the Union CopperIiniirgCompanyi Thepinejl og uarti mrne is a promising property The cbnntryvsurroundlng is principally aKricultnral and some fruit is nuted The great eeds are water and a railroad With plenty of water all the land would be good for raising any kind of cerealv With a railroad the wood and timber could b8blppedf Mliton ThispaceThaa population iome 20 The finest bailding in townis the Masonic TemplejaJoistbiy structure The other bdingSiraraTchlefly one sipry Taere are jtocbo tetsv several general merchan dlsestpres and the usual number of busi ness establishments found in towns of this sizv iBrbwniBrbthers Peterson i Duke Thomas Mead and CCBnssellhave all contributed materially to the grow tblof tne place The Stockton and Copperopolls Railroad has its terminus at this place The reEion tributary to Milton contains much good grazing agricultural and fruit I and while bydraulicf andquarts mines are alsofonnd which are very Talu i able Among the latter is the Plymouth Rock which is a Tery rich minei Bfri cently good water has been found at a depth of 300 feet and a great difficulty lias thereby been removed More settlers are needed to engage in fruit cuttnre which promises an abundant reward and in time this entire region will become noted for its choice and abundant horticultural products Talley Sprloga This place is at the terminus of the Lodi branch of the Southern Pacific Railroad and was first laid out in a88Vno having a population of abont 10a Among the leading citizens are TJ Frencb Johnson Lamb Berry Smith Pattee Brothers and Missener The section tributary to this point is of considerable importance both for agriculture and Training Several gold mines are worked profitably and about twenty tons of copper are shipped daily The Satellite the Gwin and the Slate Creek gold mines are all paying properties Considerable grain and frmt is also produced COLUSA C0TJNTY This is another of the old counties and untiLef year ago was a large one Including some 1700000 acres The last Legislature however authorized its division and the formation of Glenn county from the northern Half of Colusa For years Colusa bore the honor of being the largest wheat producing county In the J3tate immense crops being raised on the fertile land of uETvi rvi Vi st I i the Sacramento Talley On the west the county reaches well Into the Coast range and there is considerable mineral wealth mostly undeveloped Several extensive irrigation enterprises are under way and it is expected they will stimulate the growthof the county very largely The population of Colusa in 1880 was 13118 and by the census of 1890 It was 14612 The assessed valuation has decreased from 17875773 in 1580 to 13117731 in 18SL The figures on population include the portion set apart as Glenn conn tjr In taxable wealth the figures for 1891 exclude that section Colusa In the decade just closed Colusa shows an increase of population from 1200 to 1400 The advance in the appearance of the town has been much more radical however modern buildings having taken the place of the old style of architecture to a great extent The most notable buildings in the city are the Courthouse County Jail and Hall of Records the Colusa House and Neil ODonnells hotel Morris building Cooke Mitchell building Washington block Pearts corner Colusa County Bank Catholic convent Masonic Hall the Colusa cannery flour mills a four story building the Phoenix block and many other structures nearly all of which are of brick Among the leading business men Of the city are Peart Morris Rnramelshnr merchandise Hawkins llicbk hardware Hayter Cooper and Arthux livery stable Brooks cigars etc 8 Kirschner cigar manufactory OTonnell hotel Allgaier gro ceries Cherry fc Maze restaurant Mogi insurance Misses Gilmour and Alien milliners Prominent among the men who have built up Colusa are 8 Green editor xn father of the Central Irrigation district Hawkins Hiook Hlcok superintendent Colusa Cannery Harrington cashier Colusa County Bank Ct Peart merchant 1 Gildmacher Cosnarand others Colusa has communication with the restof the State by both water and raiL The Sacramento river is navigable to thi point hile the Colusa and Lake Railroad connects with the Northern Railway ten miles west of the city Agriculture la the leading industry in this section but wheat growing Is rapidly giTing way to the Tarioui branches of Horticulture which havebeeniocmd admirably adapted to this regioni With more small farms the prosperity of Colusa would be assured ijWUllams The populatioa of Williams hasiin creased ttom s50 Ia JL8S0ta 500 jn 189CI Amongthepminent buUdingsjarei largebrickwarehoase that cost 40000 a frame ilJwaShpuse flbfeTrnabrick scboolnooje a brick ho teU opera house seTeral soUds rbrick Jmsiness blocks ancljotner happrtanf strtictuies WheaV grbwlnglsnowttie chief purauiVand the immense crops raised can be judged from the lact that over 25000 tons were stored atTonj time inJthe warehbusesVthere Man Dublic stilrited men have united in the development of Williams and amoag them are AV Hi IVilllams JW SovaC Oaptalri WiUlam Ash Crutcher FTouch RummelSburg LevyMi Ai Long SofiirZ iU Anthony Graham Cooper andjQtbers who haTO erected buildings invested in real estate and done all that layin their power The Northern Railway a branch of the California and Pregonroadisktaesbie means of com raunicatibn procured by this place The region tributary to Williams is fertile and 1i derbted principally to grain growinit though much stock is raised In the fobt hillB An important factor in the growth of this place will be the completion of the Central Irrigation district canal now be ine excavateu wnicn wnen compietea win the slity one miles long and 10O leet wide ana win pass aoout tnree mues westot Williams thus affording means for irrigating alt the land about the town By the aid this canal it will be possible to derion the horticultural interests of thi section to their fullest extend wUich will insure Winiams ucalnwndiind prosperous growth Vbari ha been expert eneeajdarihgthe pastecadei College Ctty This town doubled itspopulation in the last tea years and hbvr has one if 6C0l Its prpsperity islargetydae to the generous btquesV of one rof Its first citizensy Mr Pierc who endowed a college noif in operation ana gave a sum sufficient to build a handsome ciUrch This public spirit was an impaHe to progress and the town baa recelvea many substantial Im pro vementsi Among the leading dealers are the following Haines Haines Green i Brothers merchants Julius Martin drnggistf Hainmum butcher norseman ana noteipropneior ut uid bons and a number of large corapsnies The Industries of the place include raisin grape and fruit culture iTh littJetown has communication with the outside world by a road leading to the Sonthern Pacific Railroad station at Arbuckle three miles away Water is one of the greatest needs of the town and those in the district feel that with the subdivision of large landholdipga will come proaperityi i sUTaxwellJ Maxwelfiiatownof500 jnhabltahts whlebvtpraagiipAwheniherallre built through Colusa county The country surroundihg It is devoted to grain grow injr and stbct raising but las In many other parts orttie Btate norticuiture isnpwat trsctlngand increasing withv the growth of irriratian An irnzation svstem that will water 100000 acres is now being built xne town has a number otgooapuuaiDgs including a town hall four churches a hne Schbolhonse bbtelsstdrestc Thepros i pects ot the piece are good coyTBA cosTcouim Contra Costa county once Included all theterritorynow comprued in Alameda It lies on the opposite shore ot the bay from San Franciscowhence its name and comprises sorpe 450000 acres of territory TheSputherh Piciflo Railroad foli lows tne shor line from the Alameda county boundary to Martinez and along its route several important places have jjv Vslae ii i sprung into existence At Port Costa the line of the Central Pacific crosses to Behlcia and here and elsewhere are immense shipping warehouses where the bulkof the wheat grown in the interior is put aboard ship Back from the hills ejpng the bay snore re several fruitful valleys in which are the towns of Walnut Creek Concord Clayton and Pacheco A branch of the Southern Pacific passes through this part of the valley fromLiV ermore to a point near Martinez The population has increased from 12625 in 1880 to 13515 in 169a The assessed valuation was 8170523 in 1880 and 16137079 inl89L Martinez Martinez has a population of some 1600 and there ia a st ady ratio 6f progress notable Some of the new buildings erected since 1830 are the Hall of Records County Hospital Martlnei Hotel and on the water front are the warehouses at Nevada Docks Tort Costa and Grangers Starrs Mill Selby Bmeltihg Works and Union Stock Yards The character ol business transacted here and in the county is agriculture coal mininp ship pinjr canning smelting and general mer cbandising Among the leading business housesara Lasell Co Blum Brothers 1 Weiss Anderson Son Bank of Martinez Cole Cot Rouse Beede Co of Antiorh 8herburn Co ot Walnut Creek Neusteaderbf Concord and Rhine of Clayton The late Dr Strentzel was one of onr most public spirited eitizeniC Jle was a large subscriber tb the building funds of the Congregational and Methodist Churches and gave to the free library a building rent free for five years Also to Dr Strentzel Bunker Thomas and Others are owed the gas works To the energies of Thomas and McNear the present system of water works are due and to the ladies ot Mar tihez the Free library As a means of transportation there are two railroads the Southern Pacific and the California and Nevada and seventy five miles of coast line gives facilities by water for sailing vessels and the steamers of the California Transportation Company Coal mining is carried on at Black Diamond and Stuartville the Output being about 28000 tons each per year but the county is mainly agricultural given to the raising of fruit grain bay and Stock The county needs competitive railroads through the interior valleys and the building up of the water lront Martinez needs to offer every inducement to manufactories to locate here and the Initial step to luture prosperity has been made Horace Davis has secured a wharf franchise and the boring has been successfully done to find a substratum lor a oundation on which to build the Golden Gate Flour Mill at present located in 8an Franciseo Martine2 should be by its natural advantages one of the best Jowns in the 8tate instead of the Iquiet resttui piace it nas naa me reputation ofbeingv Concord This town has a populatioa of upward of C00 having increased materially since 1SS0 Among the structares erected dor ing the past ten years are Randalls buildr lng and hall firemensibuilding and hill bakery Presbyterian vndr Christian churches and about fifty residences The bhiinessnbtransactedlherrlslthepr ducUbnnahd hshdllng of ihayj and grain semi tropical and other fruits paving and lime stone wineand dairy products The leading business houses are Randall Brothers Breckenridger Boyd JaquithBrttdi Smith JJ January NavasFoskett tfc Elworthjiv LSoto HiLortoft GollerandJiMMJllert Amongthe most public spirited citizens are SUpervUor Gslindo Sand Foskett School Trustees why largely aided by their popularity the successful bonding of the district for a 15000 school house which will be erected next year JudcreJohn Bbxke a Lohso McCieIlaDycA Bsrret Foskett sEk worthy hare encouraged the cuuaine or a rallroau through ConcoriL In 1882 Farfion established a good newsbaper here the fitin which has been largely instrumental in drawing attention to the fine Wines and other products of this section Transportation facilities are afforded by the Sin Ramon branch railroad of the Sontn ern Pacific Railroad stage line of Ma honej A Itey between Xtoncord and Mar llnez schooners at Tormeysf two miles from Concord The region tributary to Concord produces large quantities of irult and crain the grape output for the sea sonoflS91 being 1000 tons Olive growing IS In ita infancy Busbys olive orchard of eighty Acre the largest la the county is near Concord The Glens Ferry Martini Cereghino arid Mount Diablo wineries are tributary una are ana me largest in the county Citrus fruit growing is in its infancy and riiiain production la increasing Thousands of tons of basalt paring andllmerocksreeiuarried every year A beet sugar lactoryt cannery and Winery are needed abit wpolit psywhich if es tablishedy would largelydeyelopbtherin tereslv Artesian springs and natural gas apounu AAuciNi iaim uu mero is abundance of oil in the vicinity There are jhinetat springs In all directiohi Millions of tons otcoalare still nominee steam coal being laid down in the town at not to exceed 3 50 per ton There are splendid opportunities for manufacturing tranportation facilj tiee to all pahs of the world being penect Concord needs several we men to fake advantage of the numerous natural resources The establishment of a bank would pay Goverri ment aid is needed to clear Walnut Creek a navigable stream which has been partly closet up through dehria coming downfrom MountDiabla Ah appropriation of 25000 wohld give Concord and Pacheco water communicatlott in con nection with the railroad wnlch they now enjoy Port Coita Armost the euMr town of port Costa has been built since 1880 In that year its pbphlatlbh wis 150J in 1890 it was 726 Many large bundingsnaye beent erected in the last eleTeriyearsV Among these are thejNevada warehouse with a capacity of 100000 tonsp Stafrmills and warehouses 100080 tons Grangers warehouse 60000 tons Callfoniia warehouse 50000 tons Eppirrgers warehouse 40000 ions McK ears warehonse rebuilC60OOQ tona Port Costa Lumber Companys wbarf Blacky Diamond coal bunkers capacity three shiploads The business or Port Costa is mainly the receiving of barges and cars nd the transfer to ships of nearly all theexport wheat of the State Besides a large business Js done in the shipment of lumber and coaUi The leading firms and merchants of the town are GW McNear Eppinger Cc California Warehouse Company8taiT ACo Gran gersAssociation Nevada Dockand Wre housey Company Porf Costa Lumber Company Black Diamond Coal Company Girvin Bald win Eyre and El deiPne The towaispeenliarlyiarofed as to communication with theiestf the world By the Southern Pacific lines it has direct transportation Fast via Sacra mento to Oregon tor the southern part of the State and to Bah Francisco To Bacramen to arid Stockton river steams era run regularly and besides there are lines of barges on the Sacramento and San Joaquin The sur rounding country is principally grazing land thouch some wheat and Iruit is growhiThe development io1 be desired le establish tnpnt of fsctofies along the Btralts of Carquinez Whether these come or not1 Port Costas future as the wheat shipping point of California and as distributing center for lumber and coal is assured Ciayton This prosperbris to wn Is located almost aiJhefodtrbiMbnrit Diablo It is admirably fitted for a summer resort for It hasahnedimate excellent spring water and facilities forcampers uot surpassed in the State In 1S80H had a population of 375 nowlt has 900 peopU Among the buildings erected there during that time are Charles Rhines home the Glen Terry Wine Companys winery the Mount Diablo winery and summer reslr dence and Martini Cergbinos wine cellar The chief business houses are thoseof Charles and Jacob Rhine and of John Condies The general industries are farming fruit culture and winemak ing Among those who have used their enenries and money to build up the place are Teroy Charles Rhine Julius Newman and Mr Hamilton of the firm of Baker Hamilton of San Fraucisca Communication with tbe large business centers is afforded by the Southern Pacific Railroad from Concord six miles away and from Martinez by rail or bv steamer The surrounding country is largely agricultural It has prosperous fruit orchards aiid vineyards and almonds and prunes are extensively cultivated A large hotel would make the place one of the most desirable summer resorts in the county DELNOECOIJNlY TWsfc5theTiBxiremev hbrthwesteTly county in the State being bounded on the north by 0regon on the west by the Pacific ocean on the east by Siskiyou county and on the south by Humboldt Settlbmentwasmade here very early and at first this wis Included in Klamath county but In 1857 the county of Del Norte was organized There are no rail ri is MftCukstW ij roads access beiph entirely by the ocean to the harbor of Crescent City The prin cipal resource Is the immense forests of redwood and other timber which cover the entire western portion of the county Hardly any impression has been made upon them as yet and there is enough timber to last for century or longer The population of ibis county shows little change having been 2531 in 18S0 and 2592 in 1890 The assessed valuation has in creased from 820250 in 1880 to 2076027 ini89i yy Crescent City This place one of the oldest In the State has a population of 1200 the population of the entire county of Del Norte being about 3p00JbeDuUdbgsof lihr portahce ertctedsmce4880indudeanew courthouse schoolhouse the Del Norte Rtcord building and varlo as elegant private residencei a sawmill giving employ men to a leas 100 a alx a Shingle mitliimplaying fifty inen The business transactedeonsists of general merchandising andhippihg There are two newspapers the Del Norte Rteordi established in 1879 apd the iTeirt in 1890 Tlie ieadingbusiness bouses are Hobbs Wall fc Ccv Wenger Co4 West brook Bros HGasquetLMcLarenCv FI Goodrich Hodgkins StetzerJ Tryon and MUllcMtirray Among the most public spirited citizens are HobbsV Wall Coi who built a rail road to Smitn river distant eighteen miles JJL MnrphyD Tryoni Darbh JWertgerjll Yates Ji Al LeonJiMc Lauehlin Cornn it Liponitzi A lately organized board of trade is exerting every influence to haVe improTe ments made iri the harbor and through but the county CrescentCiiy has both water and stage transportation py water to San Francisco direct by the Crescent City Transportation Companys steamers The steamer Emily from San Francisco to CJobs3ayf calls in to Creacent City each trip GasquetS stage line ruus lofthe nearest railroad station Grants Pass Or 80 miles Stages to Coos Bay are also runv The principal industry is ianibering There are about 190000 acres of redwood in the connty exciusite of tan oak forests andfOtber timber Dairying Is alsoone of the leading industries of the county the amount of butter shipped annually being in the neighborhood of eooOoa Dounds Fruit of Various kinds is raised to supply the home market Crescent City needs above all else railroads one raft to run across into South ern Oregon to extend to Boise City Idaho also a coast road Harbor im jprovemerits by Gorefnrnent aid irould mate crescent wtytueoistrtDUting point for ahinPers tor Nortneru California and Idaho andLSoathem Oregon Tlii aidis now being asKeu tor iromtnis yongress MiDOBApixNTYr ThUisthe couniy In which the discor irrrH piilrl wsa rharli iawjVtah Hstifienla owes its existence as a Stats of the Union It some 1150000 acres within Its boundaries of which the greater portion is foothills and mountains Considerable mining is still done In various sections both quartz and placer The tillable foothills of El Doradoare particularly nblable for the fine quality of the fruit produced thereon and horticnltnral pursuits are constantly Increasing in Importance A railroad from Sacramento has its terminus at Placer ville passing through Xatrobe and Shiagle Springs eh route Georgey PLACER jklf SPS 9 mj tpwr TCblorha arid Keiseyare among the prominent towns El Dorado had in 1830 a population or 10683 while the census of 1890 shots 9232 The assessed valuation snows Van increaeffbrfl 2989733 in 1880 to 3 849571 in 1890 Vlsicervnia The population of Placerville in 4880 was20aj an4 ii 1890about i000i Iriclud Irig thelflpatirig population The public buildings arid business houses remain mtifh the same butVprJfaie residences have been greatly improyed arid beautifiedbeautified Juring this time a large arid com modibus opera house two vhoxfactories a foundry and machine shbp packinghousepackinghouse railroad depot and roundhotue have been erected The businessitrari sac ted ia much thesamo as that in Other inland toWns consisting ot manufactures mechanical works and shipping the products of the farm the orchard the quarries and the mines Among the business men may be found JV A Blau Inmoerraer Thomas Anderson andMur son Jewell bankers arid drygoods Simon Sonr clothiers Barss 8onA Sigwartand A Heath jewelers Falrchild and A WashV burn drugirists Mason Kobl Granaers Union Hogan and Sheff oV Lemperisit grocers Wv Deneh barness maker 8 Mbry arid Alderson Jr Hardware Saelly Inch and Donald books and stationery Placerville Is indebted to the following named gentlemen who by their untiring efforts have removed the incubus so long hanginr over the place in the form of the railroad bonded indebtedness that hs been the subject of litigation and legislation for more than twenty years caused by the failure of the railroad company to complete rthelr road to Placerville but instead making Shingle Springs the terminus ieavinga distance of twelve miles to be tilled by the old stage method Judge George Williams Judge Irrin James Blair UL SMorey and HL Robinson They took the matter in hand and effected a compromise with the bondholders arid perfected arrangements by which tbe railroad was completed to this city This affords easy transportation by rail for the products of the couniy and the distribution of merchandise and machinery for our mines The country tributary to the town is composed of agricultural and mineral lands Cereals of every variety are grown In great abundance arid are of the best quality Fruits ot all varieties except citrus are produced In great perfection arid command the highest prices the market affords for any product of the State The mines are both quartz and gravel The mother lod runs through be county nortn arid south crossing Placerville and Is dotted with mills in operation the entire width of the coiinty On either side of this belt are found grand deposits of vast extent and rich in gold being in the old beds of rivers of iormer ages The forests are extensive there being Urge tract of sugar pine tna best quality Several lumber companies are operating largely and thousands ot acre are still open to the market Slate quarries are located within a few miles of Placerville near the railroad and are inexhaustible producing the best quality in the world What is needed is a first class hotel to accomodate pleasure seekers in the hot season a cannery to absorb the fruit and give employment to the boys and girls a sash and door factory a flour mill and more than all an increase of population to cultivate the lands and develop the mines Georgetown The pouulatiori of this place remains about the same as for the past decade the number of inhabitants being some TOO Among the buildings of importanca erected since 1880 are a church school house ten dwelling houses two livery stables improvement of the Masonic and Independent Order Odd Fellows build ings and a quartz milL The businoss transacted here is of a general mercantile character The leading business houses are omberger 1L Barklage Jewett Jackson Sherrer Shepherd Dbbbas Charles Fornl a flotchkisS George Heuser Le Boufe A A Francis A Onelli Forbes Jr Dobbas and William Stephens Communication is afforded by daily staee to Alburn IS miles connecting with the Central Pacific Railroad and also by daily staee to Placerville 16 miles con necting witn tne nacemiie orancn oi tne Southern Pacific The country tributary to Georgetown is largely devoted to quartz and placer mining agriculture and fruitgrowings The various sawmills haye greatly Increased their product the last year and there are thousands ot acres or forest untouched Among the prominent mines are the Van the Beattie the Parson and the Georgia Slide Surveys have been made for a railroad to this point and a feasible route was obtained but It is thongh that SO0O extra Inches of water down the divide wltlbe of riiore permanent value bothfor water sunoly and water power The California Water Com pany is enlarging its ditches to meet moKrowiiig uctuauu This Is one of the largest and most en terprisingcountlesin the State haying an area of 5 600000 acres and stretching entirely across the San Joaquin valley from the Coast range on the west to the Sierra Netada oh thejeast la watered by the Saa Jbaquiri Cnowrlilay Fresno and Kings riyers arid is one of the most pro auctiTe portions of the State It Is the jSsS SLSiiift iii aarW AftagA StattSfe raisia center of California while pther fruits are also raised in great profusioni The Colony system of settlement has re ceived a high deyelopment and as a result many thrlnns town nave eprung up The principal of these are Fresno Madera Selmi Fowler ReedleySangerj etc Three lines of the fcbuthef Pacific traverse the county with a branch in ad dition to Raymond fa accommodate the YoMtaite trfii Th ppulatlba it Fresno shows the large Increase from i iiilPEiA 8478 iri 1880 to 3240lrs189tyrbile the assessed yalnatibn has jBcreased from 7fi3i327inv 18804O 11702975 to J89L Fresno One of the most rapidly growing cities Ia the State Is resncv Thepopttlttioa has Increased IronillW In ISSOJo 10752 at the present Ume and it is rapidly being added to Among the buildings Of Jrii pprtance erected since 1880 aretheX sireet pttWlo school sfreet public school Baptist Advient and Presbyterian churches Citv HalL Edtrerlv blocks Kutcer Goldatein hloclc Braler Jouri son ulockv Einsum Gos btjcKjruM block First NaiioriaL Farmers Fresno National Fresno Loan and 6a vines bank blocks Hugbes Hotel Fleasanton Hotel and many othet large blocks and bulldr ihgs The business now transacted consists of packing raisinehandllng lumber turnishing supplies for agricultural districts drying irulti arid shipping canneries flouring millvetc -The leaping business houses areKutriefe Goldstein Company merchants Fresno Business Uolleee rortaus Agricultural Works Louis Einstein fe Co merchants AjX Wiener1 dry goods TromanyHooker Coagricultur4l Implements Donahoo Emmons A Co bird ware Barrett Hick A Ci hardware John House grocer First NationSl JarmersV Fresno Loan and Ravin Fresno National Bank iof Central California and Peoples Barings banks Wellman Peer ua Wholesale grocers Among IDS most punuospiriteu uuzsna ere Thomas Huibeg capitalist owner of the Hughes Hotel Hughes block and foremost in improvement matters Berry leader in ail matters of public im provementf Griffith public spirited capitalist Wbodward banker and leader in improvements Phillips capitalist Marcus Pollasky projector of the mountain railroad The Southern i Pacifio Railroad is the onlyIine to the restof the world at present but Fresno baa great hopes OITlbe immediate future The adiacent reeion is devoted to raisin growing fruits farming stock raisin and lumbering Id the mountains are fold and iron mines the Jatteryery jrich ut undeveloped Gold mining is mostly in lodes The estimated extent ot the lumber forests in the coaatr is 4 0CK 000000 feet Fresno heeds railroads leading Into the mountains and names to bring down lumber additional canals for irri gation brewing msnuiactones pi iron and wooden Wares water transportation to uae water lower rates oi transportation cheaper rates of interest Her manifest destiny jis tobethe Itrgest city be tween Ban jrrancisco and Los Angeles Hadera Maderawith a population of about 1500 is located In the northern part of Fresno county on the main line of the Southern Pacific twenty three miles north of Fresno and 187 miles south of San Francisco Ma dera is the distributing point for the principal mining towns of fesno county The unt ouiiomg was ereaeu nere in uwo wnen tne Calitornia Lumber Company decided to make the terminus of tneir sixty five miles of flume here That company ws succeeded by the Madera Flume and Trading Company in 1878 This organization witn a capital stocc or zauuux own two steam saw mills one situated on the headwaters of Fresno river the other on the north fork of the Sah Joaquin river both sixty five miles distant from Madera These mills are connected witti tho mills and yard here by a flume the longest of its kind in the world which transports lumber cheaply fromimountain to rail ey uaptam Ji aiace Duut the nrst Hotel here in 18661 Tttia venerable pioneer is yet a resident of Madera and now conducts the Yosemite HoteL JiIi William opened the first general store bere in 1877 The Madera Postoffice wis established in 1878 with Moore as Postmaster The town did not grow to any extent until the1 Aiaosma crttiementbompiny commenced the cultivation of lands la this vicinity fruit and roridnctsihis biilriessjniiilj4l a small tnnving xonniry town Amoni it JeadiBg bttins people ar following Ik HIrschfeld Cohm Jsl CoQD Diekeyv Wheeler Miim ewsr ft JBiiloti iiswanaer iSrota Monroe Muncyi White Son and Cutler Dinuba has tiot many people tl naa a news paper pooiunw ty vome lord Amona those who have helped lh mtant town along are oimey laxoaryi who built the new hotel and luv dona crest deal to ad varies the Interests of thai place John Toler who built the pott 3 office building and has convincfrl ouiu i number of Eastern settlers that Dinuba i a gooa piace on ivnicn to live An ener gene puouc spiruea ciuzen aiso is ur xi sLGebbarti Thetowri ison thelina nrS the Southern Pacific Railroad and in the 1 mldstotaaagncuiiurai region devoted to cereals grapes att kinds of fruits andJ raisin curing A dirision of targe bdd ings Into small farms is prgeritly needed Klncsbure Iiirigsburg colbriy was organized by Roseodahland A A Bmlth Trijl88j the little to wn had 128 people now it hail 400 7the increase being most rapldrslrieaf 1S87 when the most substantittlimproTe ments were also beguny The busraesej trthsacted here is gfneralmerchandisaaudi exchange shipping grain arid packing raisins The leading business homes area the foliowingi SDavis Co EIristeiaJ Wormser Co Clark Cark LeviGar 1 BF Royal and Kingsburg Bank The Southern Pacific Company affords traas a portation and a country ncn in agntui i tural producta in grainano trusts coaj tributaryto its interests Alfalfa pasturl age is rapidlv aasumiog prominence in thai district The town is destined to be a graat shipping ondtradiiig point lor ttwj adjacent uuis coiopies nnrbo Huron is la the midst of a prbsperousj agnculturst region the xesourcesol whichl will be much more largely developed tlri the progress or lmgatton upon WMclt about 250000 has already been expended Nearly 60000 acres of wheat are now grown the tributary region Trie place is oa the faifrokdr and besides grain tlwlargsJ shipmenta include coal of which ten or i more carloads are shipned daily and evnl sum of which there are large deposits ri lie population is some aw mm mwTx The Legislatuo of 1891 authorized ibel segregation of the northern half of Cblusal into a separate county to be called Glennf Willows was chosen as the county seat The idiTisionTwas bitteriy opposed tlis1 people of the southern part of Colriaa and the question has been carried in to thai courtafor adjustment Glenn partakes off the samegeneral characteristics as its par merits as sn agricultural region when it was ascertaineU that Fresno county land was peculiarly suited to vineyard culture A dam was built acts the Fresno river and a system uqala constructed which lurnished waer for about 15000 acres Madera at XYU time lias many substantial buildings two largo churches an excellent puoiic school system a cane a Jdasonic temtile a number of fraternal societies and several good hotels During the pbst ten years the town has grown ivery rapidly ana tne surrounaing country improves wonderfully The inadequacy of the water supply has heretofore Deen the principal retarding element In Maderas growth and prosperity This dlmeulty seems to hare been obviated in theor caniza tion of the Madera irriea tion dis tricts which comorises an irrigable area of 7 7 SOo00U acres and whicn in spue of oppo sition wilt pe carried to a succestiui con elusion Amonrihe public spirited men who have contributed to the growth of Maaera mignt oe mentioned it aiace and Chapman ThomasE Hughes Sharp RbbertE Moore Meyer and Maze Madera has One newspaper the JtfifrcttryJ owned by YincenW ganger In 1S88 the ground upon which the town of Sanger Is located Was Jyasti wheat field In 1891 it has a populatioa of 1500 with fully 200 buUdirigsj ofrhich seferat are substantial brick structures The sur rounding coantry is being rapidly planted tb ylrieyards and orchards Moo cV Smith have constructed a inmber flume fifty two miles iongtermteatingatvthelr mills in xne mountains1 ana nare erected planing millv iBash rand door factories bor factory etc at this place Two mlliioa dollars Is being ln Tested and 600 menl findi emjploy ment WaterAworks and eleetric lights will also be put In The railroad has constructed a mile of side track to accommodate the mills Within the two years of its history Sanger has been supplied with two hotels lour general merchandise stores a hewspa per wo llyeryr Stables two meat marketsf two warehouses a 10000 Bchoolbouse two lumber companies and numerous other business establishments burat nd JX Patterson laid out the town and have done much to advance its interests Sanger is located fourteen miles east of Fresno on the branch of the Southern Pacific extending from that city down the east side to Poscv Wheat raising is till the chief industry about Sanger thonch horticulture is now being exten sively engaged in Fifty ralles east are some or the nnest forests or reawooJ fir nine and cedarin the country There ar also valuable placer arid quartz mines in the same locality There is a solendld system of irrigating canals here arid water in abundance is furnished the year round CH AW A vt Mivr VMS it vi COLUSA erit cqunty extendinglike ItJ from 1he Sacramento river on the east to the Coast fariee bri the west The valley lands are largeljdeyoted jtb grain growing thongh fruit culture is increasing a stimulus hav ing been given by the organization of Irri gation enterprises The population of Glenacounf is about 5000 and the assessed yaluationll14l938 TTJllows TeaJyears has Increased the population Since then tnetowahaa rrowffvmitl ofWltlowfronii4S5 to 12S9 Alt the fielma Fewbfthetwris of thS State hayef showp better development than this little city which has grown from 200 people in 1880to Over 1500 in 1890 Architectural changes during that time hare been of the most substantial character In the place of one story wooden itrtictures have come two story brick blocks among them the followini Whitson Hotel the Masonic Templer the Bank block Hauptif Hotel and a score of others General merchandise fruit packing grain arid stock raising keep the people profitably busy Among tne Jeadtagfirma are the Kutner Goldstein Company Bank of SelmaRos Hall and Brownstone Ca The Son toern Pacific Railroad passes through the city and district which is oue well qualified for agriculturecereals raisins fruit and alfalfa A good market made possible for jlslha and iruit arid Selma will nave all ij needs to render it a prosperous and progressivatotrh TJlnuba Three years ago the tawa of Dlriuba was founded andnowhasJOO any amourit of eriterprisawlthliilta limits Durinejts short existence a hotel wbrih I10000ty schooihonse that cost aa 5hrichV two large cnurches a 5000 postdffice buhtllrig and a number of haridsame we llintrs hive been ertctdi Tha invri teceives lorge shipments of grain arid buildingaC In lS80werewooderiyhbw there ate several brick business blocks and fmifresidehceaav been buiii by AiHochheimer JL Wi Sehoin i1 Gels Silvey IcV Devenpeck Hugh Neilson arid others There are six general stores two large hardware arid agricultural implefrieut houses three hotels five restaurants one foundry arid machine shop The leading cosiness houses art Hocbheimer Cov GW Freeman Bar lor Sr LovelyyBank of Willo Pntmari cV WaiKer a tr atton newman vy Noble Geores Meifor and Lindstrom Among the most public spirited citizens are aj hl xjeutr cries a tiocn 1Im A tlUm 1 man- rG Crawford Kelley all of wuomare worung iox tne puotie good The Soutnem acinc line passes tbrougn the town anoroing tne oniy transportation facilities now enioved The Im mediate country is all devoted to wheat and barleys The Hills and Stony creek country is largely planted to iruit aridj vines and is not Inferior tb any place brii the globe The completion of the Central irrigation canai now sdou tnree ionrtni finisned ia all that is needed to insure prosperity Orland There hasbeen little change in the pop ulation of Orlarid during the past ten years thu number remaining at about 450 Among the new buildings of Import ance erected since 1880r axe the Bank of Ofiand Oriand College public school building Methodist Baptist and Catholio churches Odd Fellows and Masonic hall two larea mercnandise stores one llr ery stable an two blacksmith shops 1 one hard ware house and about twenty are permanent residences besides other build ings including railroad land office and lumber yard The business transacted here is or the nsnal character found in the trade centers of agricultural communities The leading houses are Scribaer 4 Co WC Crawford Co Coltoh jPren ties Diggs Eastwood Brown Winnie James Lawler JJ Mar dock Bishop a Bender and a Ballard Among tba most public spirited citizens may be raen tloned CLR3allardj whd with JL Logan was partly InsumeriUl in put ting up the largest warehouse north of Port Costa Murdock Saban Scear ess CL NelsbaB Nf Scribner and Gi Murdoct were instrumental in building the bank and the OHara Brothers and Morrissey Brothers as well as Brown Brothers are strong iirigation ists The only transportation facilities are af joried oy the jortnern railway running nortn ana soutn tnrouga tne town ana daily stage lirieJrom Chico Id UewTille crossing the Sacramenta riyer twelve miles east of Oriand The region tributary to this place Is devoted chiefly to wheat growing though frnit culture is in creasinir Tne preat need is water An irrigation district has ba orgnUedtut the bonds have not been sold witn faculties fbf irrigation this would hecbrae one of the most prosperous districts in the Sute Bntte tarV Butte City had a ifpalationi la 1S80 of 100 and how has S5 Ari additioa 6S the territory of Butte City 4was made of tea acres in 1880 Iruuiediatelyitwai coyer edj withiineresidfneeaaada large au4 coto mciiibus brick store was erectVitwo stories high 80x60 feet iiShg heftisi bustriess building in thecurity Twd genersi merchan Ise stores one cash grc cery hotels restaurants saloons drug atbrej hcksinith ehopsi Iraplement itotes insurance and real etita offices three Immense grain yards and warehouses all transact good bustriese The leading business nbusestare WVF Mills1 Coi Gstliff LT Ballard John1 Jepsen JohnO Bryan Di Vatklris Isaac Miller A Libor A Jseobs and Hale Among the rgbst public splritedcitizeris are Dft WttMtiasraia dealerahd traction eriginesWiFT Milter merchant AL Jacoo warehduse man and Li BallarrL Tbsy have Ulredto build tip the townandVlieifJ persistent effort secured thebuilding ut the fi drawbridge across the Sanamehto at this titm Th Steameri and barirea of the i BacranMnto Traosportarlcn Comnan afford the readiest anippiog iBciii wv BieBBJtrrtribntar to Butte Ciirxom ortees aoaM of the fineat agricultaial land In tb State A grand future la expected for this phtee if an infusion of progressive bleed ftais attpplaat ih backward spirit maoiiMt inpaat yesra but the change is oosiiBgaragoaiiy This greatcountyocouplee the western oceJifrOBaageoftbe8tateforoTetahun eedmilev It cctatosneariy two and anrdfmMonacrM a Is particularly iibtablfor ibdrig iithV csjte the ied wwtedMtry of the st5here are rieerly Uire quartersof asaiillon acreiof thlsbetltf HttrahoWt jbourityalone JumbbIdtpayisoaHrtebtl Jujii on the coastand the amount of commerce transacted Is enormoui Th ountyis well watered lelrigiraversed by the EehT ltfaiTrijUtyipamathTanDuser4Be Yager and Mattoletiyers and many smaller streams The principal towns are Eureka Areata FerndaleyFottuus Hydesyille Scbtla and Petrolist The population of the county has increased from 15612 lit 1830 to 2319 lrilS90Vftad 5 ihe isxabls wealth has growh irona 4607386 Ui 1880 to 16S65417Itt18Sl Eureka The population of Eureka Was 2688 iSSo and 483tln l890 according the Federal census but during the summer ot 1891theiImItsof the city were extended and a careful enumeration conducted by the diy attthbrities lustmpleted gives apbpulatlbn b700t The teridency hssi thelast oecade ieeri toward greater abildityin Jbnstiess atrticturesand hand Jaomer designs in residences The more notable buildings erected since 1880 are the county courthouse grammar school buildlne Bnbn hlbci Eureka Bant jjulldlriir Carson Opera hotise nearly completed and the residences of William Carson and PL Buhne But a vnumber of substantial business blocks and numerous fine residences have been erected in the last eleven years In fact the city has been completely transformed is appearance durinitthe time mentioned Chinatown obliterated and the area occupied by both business houses and dwellings more than doubled Enreka Is distiactitely manor factaring and commercial cityher com merce depending entirely on her man facturea of lumDerrsm4ftjaiaor produetsij The most prominent business bouses are Dolbeer and Carsbtf XnmberCpmpanT ExcelsiorBedwobd Coriipany John Yance lrniganIBrosusA Xkx McKay ifcCo all manufacturers and dealers In lumber JM Burs leethermanufacttiferf Behdixen ahipouilderrKichaxd Bweaser general merciiandise and shipping Loveren manufacturer and wholesale dealer In shingle snd Humboldt County Jianlr isurexacpntains a numoer oi puo llc jpiritedciiizerisproyided with ample meansr which they have remployed liberally iri measure for local development and improvement First iiu order is William Carson to whose means and en ergy are the people Indebted fOMhe Eel River and Eureta railroad the only railway that terminatfes in the city who lrr iea mauguratea tna ten nonr system of labor Ia bis mulsj and who is now buildissr a handsome brick opera bouse at a cost of 5125000 jonn vance tne aiayorot tne city has distinguished his incumbency by iriiproTingthe streets rextendirig the boundaries arid providing better Dzhls arid protection against fire To Richard Sweasey la it largely aue tnat tne city nas tne nnecourtnouse ana a pienuiui supply of water Communication witb the outerwpildis effected by means of witert Two Weekly lmeaor steamers carrying mails and passengers connect with Ban Francisco and some 125 vessel are engaged in trade on Humboldt bay taking over 700 carcoesaTeari Eight railroads With a mileage in the aggregate of over 100 miles terminate ipn Humboldt bay near Eureksv Connecting thelinteriorof the county withvtidei wafers The country im mediately tributary toEnreta is a forest region co verinc an area of 933000 acres of which 500000 acres are redwood estimated to contain eoOuoOOUtXXJ feet of timber Pour billioa feet basTalreadybero re movedlroni 40000 aerss andforty five lumber shingle arid other mills are now engaged converting the timber into com mertial brbdricts The more remote re gidnj which Ifc be5pmihg tributary tosEureka by the extension of local laiiroadSjt is richV in agricultural possibilities Present products re prin cipally Jbhttert wool pataarid potatoes run cnieuj prunes jm ap pies ia now oeing eiiensirei piaoicu adcubdhti mineral reribti is also tributaryto Eui telra embracmg the OirregioDS of Maltate and Sobth Fork thewat regions of Mad rivery thestone qhsrries of Jacobjpcreek arid the gbid placer imineaibf Klamath riverand WiBow creeltv In ill of which operatwttsareribwprogressmg What is most needed to develop Eureka and the ftgriy tributary lo it iss firstV art adequate appropriation Jo complete the improvement of the eatrarice tcf the harbor and seeondr a raiiroad to connect Httmboldtay 5 with Saalrancisco oronr Of the UaDscontt nenUl lines With these attained Eureka hopes to become Vbe most important seaport towu in the State jutsidft fof Sari Francisco and the metropolis of jthat section of the Paciflccoast lying between the latter tyaridPortlahd0r Scolii Isa towri of abontajx hMdred ipeopleat was established JalSSi Its ri iifelstosinlye tovthe large sawnlllai the piaceybut elwreii bMom thb businese center for a district extending up 3eL rlyer fby nearly fiftyf Itriilesi Tha i buildings consist Oftheicdllstore Jost telegraph ari express omrarehouiesl Ulptthlcjh tJBecc5sydwlJih a CorapariyTris a little over seven miles where it connects 5S wlth thSEer River aad Eureki Railroad rUnitbeftd Enreka tba couritr seat and 6therpiflfn Huaibbldt bayi whence communication is had with Ban FrancUro ri bytworegur lines of steamers besides llBiaesjtJieetr 5he t0untry imme Htely inrrbuftding Scotitti ascoyere wHbredwoed oTwhich thew awmsriyr Uwmsand of acres yet Untouched Ther iiSjJaofcxder3bla uanUtoftsgri osOtttf at lead which Is ule vpted to both i eereala awt frati arbwiriilthe latter pre5 dosoina tieg and the pructwich are BosHaettned tee vicinity nnd aruar tne raiiroad sDotemen Ifitol SaU hinnlnir hAint ZnmmfrrTm Bet lv the lands are fJ i0yssjxsBStUci.