THE COMPANY HAS AT ALL TIMES IN STOCK AND FOR SALE
LUMBER OF ALL DESCRIPTIONS, GRAPE STICKS, POSTS, SHINGLES,
SHAKES, PICKETS AND LATH.
ORDERS SOLICITED AND PROMPTLY EXECUTED.
WATER TOWER AT LAKE YOSEMITE.
YOSEMITE COLONY.
This Colony is two miles from Merced City, California. Merced, from its fine fountains, is now known as “The Fountain City.” It is the county seat of Merced County. The Southern Pacific Railroad, a transcontinental line, passes through this place, from San Francisco to New York. The Oakdale Line from the north also starts from Merced City, giving direct communication by rail with Sacramento Valley, Oregon, Washington, and all points north. Merced City is the nearest point in the San Joaquin Valley to the great Yosemite Park, and commands the only passable railroad route to this “World’s Greatest Wonder.” Merced City also lies in a direct line from Yosemite, through Pacheco Pass, in the Coast Range, to Del Monte, on the Bay of Monterey. These great natural advantages are now being developed on a scale commensurate with nature’s own great gifts. The largest and most costly irrigating canal in the United States has been completed, and is now discharging the crystal snow waters, fresh from the Yosemite Falls, into Lake Yosemite, one mile from this colony. Thus we find ourselves in the possession of a combination of nature and art, which present advantages in climate, health, water privileges, wealth of soil and their productions which are not as fully possessed by any other locality in California. And, as an enduring crown to our prosperity, we point to the late Act of Congress of the United States in setting apart the Yosemite Park, with her giant Sequoia and sugar-pine forests, insuring and perpetuating the annual snow and rain on the watershed of our canal system. The Yosemite Colony contains about 5,000 acres, and is beautifully situated by the side of Lake Yosemite, and bounded on the north by the fine Colony of Rotterdam. “The Yosemite” was the first colony subdivided and placed on the market after the perfection of our irrigating system, two years ago; and a large main ditch was then brought by the proprietor from Lake Yosemite to and through these lands. Young Orange Groves, Almonds, Prunes and Apricots, Figs, Pomegranates, Peaches, etc., etc., have already been planted; also several fine young Raisin Vineyards, of only two years’ growth, which this autumn produced raisins of the most superior quality. The soil is from four to twelve feet in depth, with under strata of heavy, rich clay, which will always insure an abundance of moisture, when with proper irrigation. These lands are all free from alkali, and about one-half of them situated on the rich, alluvial plain; the other half are gently rolling, and extend into the red gravelly soils, so much prized for Olives, Oranges, Lemons, Wine Grapes and Strawberries, while the lower levels are especially prized for the famous Muscat Raisin Grape, as well as for the Prune, Almond, Pear, Apricot, Alfalfa and Vegetables. Merced City, situated one hundred and fifty miles from San Francisco by rail,—one hundred miles from the coast,—in the center of the San Joaquin Valley, is also the exact geographical center of the State—north, south, east and west.
We are not offering you land that has not been thoroughly tested to produce what we advertise. Neither are we offering you hog wallows, salt grass and alkali flats; but we offer you a block out of one of the richest fields of California. As to health, we challenge the whole world to surpass us. Our locality is free from malaria; and fogs in summer and autumn are unknown in this dry and equable climate. Not only is our locality free from fog, and fanned by the gentle invigorating sea-breezes from the south and southwest, but we are protected from the harsh, desiccating northwest winds, offering a retreat to the weak and ailing; and its rich and attractive location contributes greatly to its charms.