The San Francisco call. [volume], February 22, 1913, Page 12, Image 12

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FOOTHILLS MADE VALUABLE BY PIPE LINE IRRIGATION
WEST SIDE OF SACRAMENTO
VALLEY TO BE DEVELOPED
Reservoirs Will Supply Water to Rich Lands Above
Frost Line, Opening Up Great Possibilities for
Citrus Culture in Tehama County
RED BLUFF, Feb. 21.—The develop
ment of the foothills along the west
side of the Sacramento valley is mak
ing marked progress through the pos
sibilities of irrigation under pressure
of pipe lines. The construction of
f-torage reservoirs has been planned
along several streams on the west side
of the valley.
One of the latest projects to be put
in shape is on the south fork of Cet
tonwood creek In Tehama county. Nor
man R. Smith, civil engineer of Red
"Hluff. ia completing: plans for a very
« omprchensive system of pipe line Irri
gation in Tehama county that will
supply water to an area of approxi
mately 50,000 acres.
A natural site for a storage reservoir
has be?ln selected in the low foothills,
where a retaining dam less than 300
foet long will conserve 54,000 acre feet
of water. From the reservoir the
v aters will be carried through wooden
stave pipe and broken up Into lateral
distribution, where light hydraulic
joining pipes will be used.
Los Angeles people are becoming in
terested in the project and have In
view the planting of 1,000 acres of
orange trees. The thermal belt of
northern California lias never known |
the effect of destructive frost and the
oranges and lemons grown in Tehama
county are among the earliest.
In addition to the planting of orange i
and lemon groves, a wide area will be
made available for the planting of !
French prunes, which, it is anticipated,
will become one of the great industries
I.ama county,
Ifoat of the land under this system
WOULD EXTEND CITY'S
LINE THROUGH MISSION
Proposal to Connect Van
Ness Avenue Line With
Ocean Shore
Following s<-oral conferences with
Traffic Expert Bion J. Arnold and the
public utilities committee of the board
of supervisors, the Mission Promotion
association's committee on street rail
ways and railroad transportation has
submitted a lengthy report on the
proposed exteris-ion of the municipal
lailroad throughout the Mission district
for the purpose of affording ample
transportation faciJities from that sec
tion to the exposition grounds.
The report recommends that a mil- I
nicipal road be constructed in Van Ness
avenue from Market street to Bay, and
that it be connected with two or three
municipal lines running through the
Mission district, for without such con
nections the Van Ness avenue line
would only bring a small fraction of
its? proper results.
As the construction of several road
throughout the Mission would en
tail a considerable expenditure upon
that part of the city, the committee
recommends that an agreement be en
tered into between the city and the
Ocean Shore officials, under which the
city could, immediately upon the com
pletion of the Van Ness avenue line,
connect with the Ocean Shore tracks
at Twelfth and Mission street and run
tome of its cars over this route.
The committee believes that such an
arrangement with the Ocean Shore
company would be feasible. The re
port and recommendation of the com
mittee in this particular will be con-
Btdered at the next meeting of the
association and will be then forwarded
to the mayor and the board of super
visors fur their approval.
* The board of public works has noti
8t d the association that it has re
quested tiie finance committee of the
board of supervisors to set aside $23,-
O'O to reconstruct the sewer in Mission
from Army .street to Virginia
avenue, and in Twenty-ninth street
from Mission street to Tiffany avenue.
This request was made following the
.mendatioi: of the association, and
the city engineer tiiat the work be
done In order to permit the recon
struction of raiiroad tracks on these
i ighfares.
RICHMOND EXTENDING
STREETS TO FACTORIES
Twenty-third to Reach Har
bor and Preliminary Work
Done on S. P. Line
RICHMOND. Feb. 21. —Opening of
more !-treet« into t!ie factory section in
the northern part <>i U.e riiy i≤ being
taken up by the dtjr council. Seventh
street is to be extended into this local
ity, the preliminary official steps hav
ing- bees taken in the last ten days.
The Western Pipe and Steel works,
Pacilir Sanitary Manufacturing com
pany's bathtub plant, R. C. Berkeley
Steel Works, California Furniture
lory and the Standard Carbon Products
company's new plant are in the terri
tory affected by these street extensions,
iity-thiid street and Sixteenth
streets are (<> be extended to the new
harbor. Official proceedings bave
alrtitdy been taken in connection with
Sixteenth and the extension of Twenty
third to the harbor area will be taken
up as soon at; this street has been
wid< ned to SO feet its entire length.
which U now under way, the council
- ordered the widening.
Twenty-third street each day adds to
!t8 promise of being the big crosstown
business thoroughfare of this city. It
traverses a territory that is developing
with great rapidity. Recent building
of factories at its northern extension
Is helping its commercial development.
Gangs of men are already doing , pre
liminary work on the Southern Pacific
extension into Richmond over Cutting
boulevard and Tenth street. On Wash
ington atid Richmond avenues, in the
northern part of the city, the roadbed
Is boing- ballasted and the rails will be
laid at once, as these streets are being
newly paved.
The new line will reach the inner
harbor section, and there is little doubt
that some industrial plants will follow
It. There i* a sufficient natural depth
of v.ater at the inner harbor site for
bay shipping. The company has the
privilege, though the new system is an
electric passenger service, to do freight
iwltehinj? in the early morning hours,
is in a?, electrical power.
of irrigation 13 low rolling hill land,
adaptable to a great variety of fruits
and ather crops. The promoters of this
enterprise are enthusiastic over the
development of hill lands. They claim
that in less than five years the low hill
lands will have a greater value than
the flat bottom lands.
There will be less difficulties to con
tend with. Where water can be ap
plied to the leaf, Instead of root irriga
tioii. larger and better crops will be
obtained. It is sincerely hoped by the
people of Red Bluff and vicinity that
the projected enterprise may find ready
support, as it will encourage others.
Land values In T?harua county are
lower than in most parts of the valley,
and the Red Bluff Chamber of Com
merce and Boosters' club will use every
effort to secure a large immigration
for the coming summer.
Mr. C. L. Donahue, president of the
Sacramento Valley Electric Railway
company, left Tuesday evening for Los
Angeles to confer with his associates,
in connection with the more rapid de
velopment of the Sacramento valley
electric railway, or what Is generally
known as the "west side" line. Rights
of way are being secured rapidly
through the northern counties of the
valley, and it is a question of very
short time until definite locations will
be made and rapid construction will
follow.
Resident land owners in Tehama
county are seeking to Induce the com
pany to construct its line as far from
the Southern Pacific as possible, so
that the territory lying along the low
foothUls may be brought closer by rail
way transportation.
EXCURSION FOR BUYERS
PROVES GREAT SUCCESS
Valley Oaks , Attractions
Caused Many Home Seek
ers to Locate There
Judging from the number of sales re
corded at Valley Oaks last Sunday, it
will be but a short time until the tracf
will be dotted with the homes of new
comers. This date marked the open
ing Bale, when a Bay city excursion
was run by special train to the prop
erty.
Valley Oaks adjoins the town of Gait
on the north and west, and is one of
the best known pieces of land in cen
tral Sacramento valley. The proximity
to Gait, aside from furr, _hrng a
$50,000 high school, possesses churches,
stores and all city conveniences at the
very door of the Valley Oaks farmer.
This tract in the latest acquisition of
Stine & Kendr.ck. San Francisco realty
operators, who are the selling agents
of the tract.
This is the first instance of a special
train being , employed in California in
the sale of country lands. After a
thoroug-h investigation of the property
and adjoining ranches, where ample
proof of the value of an investment
was evident, a large percentage con
tracted for farms. The largest single
purchase comprised 90 acres. The
owner takes immediate possession and
will engage exclusively in dairying,
raising hogs and alfalfa.
Speaking of opening day, Stine &i
Kendriok's sales manager, Frank G.
i Mitchell, said: "The sales recorded for
j the day fully came up to my expecta
tions. Deposits were taken on $80,0u0
worth of farms on the property. Sev
eral who visited the tract opening day,
but did not make a selection, have since
taken out contracts for several thou
sand dollars worth of land. These and
pending sales to other excursionists
■will aggregate $30,000 additional to
I the first day's sales. Outside of the
merit of the land, the free installa
tion of an electrical irrigating plant is
considered an important factor by the
buying public. It relieves the pur
chaser of this initial expense, giving
him added capital with which to stock
and improve his place."
HOME BUILDING GOING
AHEAD AT RAPID RATE
150 New Houses to Be
Erected in Fourth Ave
nue District
Careful estimates prepared by the
building department of Wickham Hav
ens Incorporated indicated that during
I the coming spring and summer at least
150 new residences will be erected in
tiie Fourth avenue district of Oakland.
I Without exception, the building activity
I in Fourth avenue is the greatest of that
in any part of the east shore cities at
the present time.
While January is normally a dull
month in the building line, activity
reaching its maximum only in May,
more than 20 houses are now iv course
Jof construction in the Fourth avenue
I district, and those which are being
I built for sale by contractors are being
sold before completion.
This activity has been stimulated by
various causes, among which are the
proposed extension of Thirteenth ave
nue, which runs through the Fourth
avenue district as a boulevard leading
through the delightful hill districts of
Oakland and Berkeley. The Fourth
Avenue Improvement club is very active
and has recently succeeded in its cam
paign to secure the planting of trees
along the entire length of Thirteenth
avenue. A par-t of this expense will be
borne by the city, part by the improve
ment club and part by Wickham Hav
ene Incorporated, the original owners
and developers of this entire district.
SALES MADE BY HIND & CO.
Hind &. Co. report the following
recent sales:
For J. 8. Herman to a client. 88 lot* in Co
lumbie Heigbte addition, at a price of $37,500.
For tlie account of 11. L. Eldridfte to Murray
Vamiall, lot in the north line »f Halgfet etreet,
TM West of Cole, at a price of $20,000, and Im
provements, consisting of a two story frame
buiiling of stores ami fiats.
For the. account of Murray Vandall to 11. L,
Kl.lrirtjje, lot in the sooth Hue of Filbert street!
112:0 west of Pierce, siie 36:6x62:6, at a price
vt J3.T.".0.
For thf> account of a client to R. B. Johnson,
tnu southeast corner of Steluer and Waller
THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 1913.
PHOTOGRAPHS OF TEHAMA COUNTY'S HILL COUNTRY. WHICH IS BECOMING SCENE OF BIG DEVELOPMENTS.
streets, lot 48x81:."». an<l two story improvements,
consisting of flats ami stores. Price paid,
117.500.
For the same account to B. B. Johnson, lot
situated in the east line of Gough street, 55
sonth of Ureen, 29x100. at a price of $4,250.
For the account of Marie P. (iensoul to a
client, 09 lots in the Sunset district. Terms pri
vate.
For the account of William C. Crittenden to
RADUALLY rising from the level floor of the Sacramento Valley in gentle slopes to an elevation 01 700 feet above sea
, level—and backed by the oak covered hills and snow capped mountain range, above which comes nature's water supply for
irrigation, THE GALLATIN HILLS form the central setting of a district that will become one of the great productive centers of
the Sacramento Valley.
No other locality so conveniently located approaches the possibilities for intensive cultivation and settlement, such scenic
beauties, such picturesque sites for homes, such excellent soil and climate, such ideally perfect possibilities for irrigation and de
velopment, as the GALLATIN HILLS.
Twelve miles from Tehama, west of the great State Highway, which'will eventually run the entire length of the Pacific
Co as t—with an extensive system of boulevards that will branch from this great highway to the hill lands, and farm homes, winding
around on easy grades, eventually becoming more beautiful and picturesque in surroundings and environments, with the Sacramento
Valley Electric Railway projected through the lower land to the terminus at Red Bluff; contruction of these great improvements will
materially advance values.
We Are Forming a Syndicate
For the purpose of developing the unusual possibilities of this unique tract of fertile and productive land, consisting of 32,000 acres in the vicinity of
new and rapidly growing settlements in Tehama County.
We are forming—FlßST: A purchasing syndicate to be known as the GRIFFITH FARM LAND SYNDICATE. The syndicate will
complete the purchase of the property. The purchase price is much below the value of the land and less than 10% of the price asked for lands not
so good in other parts of the valley. SECOND:It is proposed to receive subscriptions to the syndicate on the exact terms of purchase, expressed in
the agreement.
To the purchase price of the land the subscribers to the syndicate will contribute a working capital of 5% on the purchase price that will be
used in further development of the property by surveying, platting, and preparing same for sale in subdivisions.
Following out this plan, which we as experienced and successful subdividers know to be an unusually profitable and safe one, the syndicate
members will receive a profit many times the cash investment.
NO CASH PAYMENT UNTIL ENTIRE AMOUNT IS SUBSCRIBED
When the land is purchased a corporation will be organized to receive the title in trust for the benefit of the subscribers, and shares of the
corporation issued for the purchase price.
There is no question of doubt but this investment when fully understood by the investor will be universally conceded to be the safest and by
long odds the MOST PROFITABLE EVER OFFERED IN SAN FRANCISCO. Each member to the purchasing syndicate will acquire a
direct interest in fee ownership- in one of the most valuable tracts of land in the Sacramento Valley, CERTAINLY FOR,IRRIGATION AND
SUBDIVISION.
SUBDIVISION CERTIFICATE EXCKANGABLE FOR LAND
The whole acreage will be appraised in such a way as to make the total appraisement equal the purchase price, and subscription certificates may
be exchanged for land, as many undoubtedly will wish to own outright a portion of this wonderful property.
SAFETY, CASH CONVERTIBILITY AND A WHOLESALERS' RETURN
Full details concerning this syndicate plan with a description of the land can be had at the office. It is impossible to get them all into an adver
tisement, but we will say just one thing further —that in the course of the next year the GALLATIN HILLS and Tehama County land will be the
most talked of and widely advertised sections in California, and until this syndicate is closed, which will be but a short time, a few fortunate investors
S are going to have the REALLY, TRULY, GENUINE OPPORTUNITY OF A LIFETIME TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS SYNDI- J
I CATE PLAN OF BUYING LAND AT ITS UNDEVELOPED PRICE OF $25 PER ACRE.
We Do Not Believe that there is any other Firm in the /r^^l
x sfafe that Would Give a Man with $100, $1,000, i ajgM I
SwwScL $5,000, or even $SO 9 OOO, an Opportunity to GET IN I W%i
on the REAL inside as We Are D ° ing in this Case iff
OBk CALIFORNIA COLONIZATION CO. JM
W San Franciso ° Office Sacramento Office V>!
B^^^mml^ 143 Montgomery St. 1114 10th St f<r^^s
R. W. Walbey, lot at the southeast corner of
Stelaer and Chestnut streets, size 25x100, at a
price of $6,500.
For the account of Paul B. Fay to A. S. Hum
phreys, lot in the north line of Union street,
size 25x100. and Improvements tbereor, at a
price of $3,750.
For the account of a client to Robert M.
Hardin and Stephen C. Asblll, the property
known as ibe Ben-Hnr stables,' situated In the
couth line of Pacific avenue, 136 feet west of
Polk street, size 120x127, Improved with a two
story brick building under lease. ITice paid was
$00.000.
They also report having made a number of
small sales of lots in the -Sunset and Richmond
districts.
For the account of Hans Rohweder to John C.
Graham, lot at the southwest cojner of Seven
teeuth and Noe streets, 50x100. Improved with c
two story frame building. Also resale of the
same property for the account of John C. Gra
ham to J. A. Williams. Terms private.
Ilinci & Co.. in addition to the above, report
an active demand for country property, they
having sold 1,920 acres In Stanislaus county, at
an average of $65 per acre. They have also sold
900 acres near Uncolo, In Placer county, at a
price close to $37,500.
TELL ANGELENOS
ABOUT ORANGES
Natomas Company Spreads
Information of Northern
Thermal Belt in South
Dr. Thomas I* Hill has been sent to
Los Angeles by the Natomas Consoli
dated of California to convince th*
southern orange grower that better or
anges can be raised and grown mor*
safely in the northern part of the stata
than in their territory.
In the light of recent events thiswfn
not be as difficult as might be sup
posed. The cold snap and consequent
frost has shaken the faith of a greet,
many growers In further planting In
the south. The crop loss alone ran
into many millions of dollars, and when
we consider the enormous expense that
the grower was put to In smudging it
would hardly be deemed advisable for
him to put out many more trees. Frost
is the one great enemy of the orange
grower, and to find an orange district
where frost is not known is to Insure
him of a big crop and thus financial
prosperity. Doctor Hill Is exploiting
just such a locality.