The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-01-06
THE GOAT ISLAND JOB.
Indignation Meeting in San Francisco and
q Protest Against It.
Sueeches bv Governor Booth and Others-The
Central Pacific an Overwhelming
and Dangerous Monopoly.

SAN FRANCISCO, CAL, Jan. A. 1873.
The Chamber OF Commerce was thronged tonight
BY q crowded assemDlage Of the most wealthy and
influential men OF the city and State, to give gen.
eral expression to the overwhelming popular SEN
timent adverse to bill pending In the United
States Senate, ceding Goat Island in our harbor,
to the Central Pacific Railroad Company. The meet
ing was thoroughly representative in every re-
spect, embracing men OF all shades OF political
sentiment and all classes of the community.
Mr.. Newton Booth, republican Governor OF tho
State presided, supported by Mr.. AlvOrd fndepen-
dent democrat, Mayor OF the city, and by q.
Adolphe Low President of the Chamber OF Com
merce.
Governor BOOTH made very powerful speech,
which was repeatedly and vocierously applauded.
In the course OF it he said:-
tits my deliberate that the public sentiments
tsoa to the Goat Island bill as over any
position Of the Central Railroad In hands
AN ovERsHADowING AND MOST DANGEROUS MONOPOLY,
he already holds or csSs 49, acres IN MIS-
sity in The full faith that its actual terminus would DO
!G'SssH :%s sSntrSs Ssary
bay r.
sy er !hi n"a proauss
aa .9sam sss with ali the sss
centres of California population and business. There is
nothing in the whole OF possibilities for the
company get except Goat Island to make their power
over the people complete. This Goat Island BILL he
the company to compel still further concessions to its ra
Ge fear, s hs PsSP j. bdy
Island 70 the main land would 70 sh9f tle haTbor In
some places and sweep out Its bottom In others per-
faps 10 destroy It. Upon this point he cited the opinions
create the false impression that public opinion In this
State has undergone change ana now iaVorS
GRANT OF GOAT ISLAND
IN the railroad company Is pushed in Congress at the
present time because the company fears that any post.
of the measure They well know that the proportion 81
our people who favor the bill ~ as one to o Ihe rai
road company have admitted what we all know iull
we'll that their use Of island Is not public necessity.
for they offered to abandon the effort 70 pass tno
them a donation Of $25O00W and give them certain al.
ditionaI Mission Bay such as would make
any future competition with them by that route pracu-
caly impossible
SPEECH OF MR.. c. A Low.
Mr. q. ADOLPHE Low, President OF the Chamber
OF Commerce. followed In a speech expressive Oh
the opinion OF the commercial classes against the
cession OF Goat Island, which, he showed, wOud
result dsastrously to the commercial and otner IN
terests Of the city and State.
A motion was adopted directing that the speeches.
ana proceedings be telegraphed to our Senators IN
Congress- A committee on Ways and Means wae
appointed one OF whose duties Is to solicit lnnu-
entaI citizens to proceed to washington forthwith
and protest to Congress in person against the
measure. Resolutions were adopted unanimously
expressive OF the sense OF the meeting against the
passage OF the bill.