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SacramentO; and goes south on the east side of the valley. The 

 main line continues dowTi the west side of the valley. The distances 

 gi\ren for the stations as far as Davis (p. 77) are measured by way of 

 the main line. The distances given for stations south of Davis are 

 measured by way of the Marysville line, which is 27 miles longer. 



Surrounded by gram fields and groves of oranges and olives, Rich- 

 field lies to the left (east) of the railroad, m the valley of Thomas 



Creek. On this newly colonized tract welL have 

 Richfield. ^^^^ g^j^ ^j electric pumps installed. About 800 



slTft^7?Q^rn^^^^^^ acres were irrigated in 1913. An electric pump and 



water flowing from an S-inch pipe can be seen at 

 milepost 181, on the left. In the 3 miles from Richfield to Coming 

 the track follows a swale of recent alluvium, in which the soil is finer 

 and darker than that of the gravel plains. 



Corning is the center of the Maywood colony and has probably 

 doubled its population since the last census. It is the shipping point 



for large numbers of turkeys raised on the neighboring 

 Corning. plains, and for much dried fruit £uid olives. The 



Elevation 271 feet.' locality has loug bccu famous for peaches and prunes, 

 s^^nf7^f^,^^ ^^* present interest centers in olive culture. The 



white buildinsr of mission architecture on the left of 



Seattle 749 miles. 



Seattle 753 miles. 



the track south of the station is an olive-pickling factory. Eucalyptus 

 trees are abundant here, and palms line the streets. 



Three miles south of Coming the railroad swings toward the east, 

 passing through Kirkwood and over the plains to Malton stafion, 

 where it crosses the Ime between Tehama and Glenn counties. The 

 road here runs over a gravelly deposit (alluvial fan) built up, during 

 comparatively recent time^ by Stony Creek, which has its source in the 

 Coast Range. This deposit extends eastward from Black Butte, a 

 basaltic crater 6 miles west of the laihoad, to the rivei. Gravel from 

 pits along Stony Creek is shipped to many parts of the valley for 

 high-class concrete work and for railroad use. 



Near Orland appear the weU-made ditches of the Orland project of 

 the United States Reclamation Service. Storage reservoirs have been 



constructed m the mountains to conserve the water 

 Orland. of Stony Creek. The substantial concrete buildmgs of 



Elevation 255 feet. Orland attest the faith of its people m the permanence 

 SLIS'Ss o^ prosperity under a Government irrigation project. 



The project is one of the smallest yet undertaken by 

 the Government, the land to be irrigated mcluding oiily about 14,000 

 acres, but it is the first unit in a vast scheme to reclaun a large portion 

 of the Sacramento Valley. The soil and climate of tliis locahty are 

 adapted to a great variety of agricultural and horticultural products. 

 The general elevation is 190 to 300 feet above sea level, the tempera- 

 ture from 26° to 114°, and the annual ramfall 17 inches. The tract 



