The Placer herald., 1859-03-19
Mr.. Andersons Speech on the Bulkhead

made in the Senate on the 9th inst, on the
San Francisco Bulkhead bill, the one COM
monty known as Parsons bill This measure
has been before the Senate since early in the
session-has received very general attention
from the Legislators and the press-been
discussed and re-dscussed, viewed in all its
bearings, and by this time has pretty general
ly enlisted a feeling of support or opposition
In the city of San Francisco, against this
particular bill, a decided opposition has man
ifested itself, originated at first, so far as we
can Judge, by those who have pet schemes
of their own for the building of the sea
WALL and this opposition has apparently
strengthened until the passage of any bill at
the present session is matter of doubt
A year ago, it was generally conceded by
the people of San Francisco, that bukhead
was an early necessity to prevent the ruin of
the harbor; and it is not without surprise
the people of the interior now hear from the
same source, when a company considered
responsible offers to undertake the work.
that there is no immediate or remote ne
cessity for the improvement. 1t may be true
that the shoalng of the water at the wharves
of the city is not taking place so rapidly
as to require a work Of the kind to be com
nienced forthwith, but we submit to the can
did judgment of every sensible man, who
has seen the dilapidated and general tumble
down condition of the portion of the city
built over the waters Of the Bay, if a per-
manent wall in front is not the only way in
which the filling in of the lots inside can be
retained to secure permanent foundations for
the warehouses and other business structures
that in a few years will be required to ac-
commodate the wants of commerce.
The people Of San Francisco know this to
be true, but having generally committed
themselves to the rival interests at work to
secure what will possibly prove a valuable
franchise, or else having an interest in the
further extension of the city front, the time
that otherwise might be occupied in the
building the wall, will be fri:tered away in
quarreling over the interests Of particular
spectators. With these conflicting San
Francisco combinations constantly clashinr,
how are legislators from the interior to act
The safe course seems to be, if they are
satifed that a sea wall must be built, to give
the franchise to responsible company, at
the same time properly protecting the State
and city interest, without in the least regard
inc the whims and caprice of San Francisco
opposition.
OF the parties in San Francisco, who so
ndustriousy y maintain that it is not needed
at ALL we more than suspect them to be favo
rable to an extension of the present water
front; they knowing full well that if the
present. line is left a few years longer un
protected by sea wall, the shoaing of the
water at the present wharves, caused by
the wasl:sng away Of the earth from the filled
in lots, must compel.a further extension of
the front, and the water now claimed under
Peter Smith titles, and possessing no value
whatever, must become front lots worth un.
told thousands. This accounts for 10 small
part of the milk in the cocoa,nut'
OpposITIoN PosrroNED.-C. X. Garrison
& Co., advertise that the Opposition steamer
Cortes will not leave San Francisco on the
10th, (today,) as advertised, ION account of
mis- AXE about connecting on the other
sde) but will leave on the 5th of April. 1t
is reported that the Overland mail brought
news that the Mail Steamship Company has
again bought off Vanderbilt, and the oppo-
stion is to cease. We hope the report is i'll
correct, but taking into consideration the
previous operations of these steamship COM
panies, there is reason to fear of there being
too much truth in the rumor.
1t is doubtful whether there ever will be a
permanent opposition while these steamship
lines are owned and controlled by the New
York Commodores.
ALMOST A BURlAL.-A prisoner named
Dorsey, confined in the county Jail for petit
larceny, while working in the Jail yald on
Thursday afternoon, under charge of an Off
Ger, (whose attention being called away for
momenO, slipped out of the yard, and Sc
creted himself by jumping into the vault of
the Court House privy. After remaining
there several hours he crawled out, very much
disgusted with himself His Whereabouts was