Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1881-02-21
CARD FROM C. E STONE IN REPLY TO
HON. JOHN b. JEWETT.

HON. JOHN b. JkWETT.
EDS. RECORD UNION: / ask the use of
your columns to reply to the ungentlemanly
article written by the Hon. John II. Jewett,
and published in the RECORD UNION on the
10Th inst Mr.. Jewett says l have mistated
facts regarding the filling of the slough run
ming through this town, and then says ::
1.-THE truth is that no man ever did offer to
perform a work for $1,000, or any other sum
for which Mr.. Parks asked $4,000" Mr..
Jewett then goes on to say that MIR. Parks
did make proposition to ELL the slough in
1871 for $50, 900. My statement was correct
in every particular, except as to the cost Of
the G-street DAM which should have been put
at 81, 600 in place of 81, COO, ndwas madeupon
the authority of a number of the Common
Council to whom the proposition of MIR. Parks
was made, and who again this evening reiter-
ates his statement that he and another MEM
Der of the Common Council proposed to do
the work for $1,000, and says further the
first dam did not cost 1000. | found no
fault with Mr.. Parks proposal. neither did
| say the slough had been entirely filed but
the work of filling commenced, and showed
conclusively that the work proposed by Mr.
Parks for $50, 600 could be done for one tenth
of that sum-" / still believe the slough
could have been filed completely il dam
| twice as high as the original one had been
constructed, and the cost would then have
been So, 600, provided the same parties who
did the work in 1871 had been employed sub
quently, for, by using the old dam as a base,
they could have raised it five feet higher for a
less amount than the cost of the frat work.
In this l only claim for the G-street dam what
| - scientific enoinaarsS claim for the Vrtha
! aud Bear river dams. Mr.. Jewett says
The work was commenced In 1871 and was
| so lar successful that a considerable
| deposit was made, and then he goes on to
/ state what was done subsequently,. If
! bunglers had charge of work after 1871 | am
not responsible for any extra expenses they
may have incurred, neither are my friends,
| the Councilmen, who are both in this city
| and viii substantiate my statements. If a
| dam 700 feet long and feet high was put in
| for less than $1,000, my figures concerning
! the cost of the State dam upon the Yuba
should have been less than S45, 600 instead of
| S5l, GOO. Mr.. Jewett says: Zone other
statement in DIR. Stones somewhat remark
able communication | wish to notice. The
dam put in by the Council in 1871 is still in
tact, its alignment and crest are perfect, and
yet the writer has frequently stated that the
best engineering talent In the State or United
States could not construct dam that would
not wash out. :" l will not say Mr.. Jewett, in
making the above statement willfully tells an
untruth, but he draws largely upon his
imagination. have often stated hoped the
dams upon the Yuba and Bear rivers would
stand, that their cutter worthlessness might
be demonstrated so far as retaining even
coarse material was concerned" / have
never stated brush dams could not be made
to stand, but | did and still do say dan
constructed like the State dam upon the
Yuba river, and with the same foundation
in my opinion cannot be made to stand
So much for the dam. Mr. Jewett agar
says: 1.-The truth is, the whole article, like
the Doyle communication, shows the animu.
Of the writer. He disagrees with and does
not like Mr.. Parks, politically or otherwise.
Mr.. Doyle In his communication INDUCED il
ungentlemanly language toward Mr.. Parks
| although his main statements are correct re-
garding the brush and earthwork State dam.
| Mr.. Jewett INDUCES in the same kind oil
language toward myself, and here the SINH.
larity of the aniaus between Messrs. Doyle
and Jewett is shown. | now challenge Mr..
Jewett or any one else to state one
ungentlemanly remark l have made
concerning Mr.. Parks either to our
citizens or in my communications.
| have not even accused him of making an
effort to swindle the city" l simply COM
pared MIR. Parks plan for filing the slough
with the one adopted by the Council, as had
right to do. | did not know what Mr..
Parks plan was, but as Mr.. Jewett has now
explained that plan, which was to take the
water from the Yuba river at point above
US and carry it to Marysville through ditch
or aume, will say that upon that plan
Mr.. Parks, in my opinion, would
have made a neat little profit of from
$40, 900 to S25, 600, When Mr.. Jewett says
1 do not like MIR. Parks politically or other.
wise he makes an assertion which pronounce
positively an untruth. Hon. VIM. H. Parks
aud myself have never passed an unfriendly
word, personally, to my knowledge, and
think Mr.. Parks will substantiate this. The
citizens of Marysville with whom / have con-
versed regarding Mr.. Parks cannot say ever
spoke of him except as good neighbor and
my personal friend. 1 think Mr.. Parks
does not consider me socially his enemy,
for not long ago he did me an especial
personal favor. AS far as Mr.. Parks private
character is concerned, l defy any one to say
l have ever assaulted it in any way. In my
| intercourse WITH Mr.. Parks L have always
| tried to be gentlemanly toward him, and
know he has always been so TO me. As a
| public man l have right to differ with Mr.
| Parks, and l do not agree with him politi.
cally. Mr.. Jewett has hobbies of his
own, and presume he thinks those who
| differ with him are wrong" c.. L. STONE.
Marysville, February 10, 1881.