Sacramento daily record-union., 1882-05-04
ANTL-DBBRIS.
1z2 AErr-og3eIa, SUPERVISORS AID
CIFlz5tS' CoEvEHrI9a.
The Speeches and esolution5-Propheey
Is to Future and Present Dan
gers-Business.

/ and the Chair named Mayor Bingham, dr.
I Iogalls, Of san Joaquin. aud NJ. Brsck, oi
Sntter. Senator Davis. Of Yuba, moved that
the Convention take recess of fifteen
! minutes, and it prevailed.
ORGANIZATION.
Oa the Convention being again called to
order, the committee, by Mr.. Bingham
recommended Hon. William Johusson, OF
Sacramento county, as President of the Con-
ventior. Tha. Supervisors Wight Of Yuba,
ingalls, Of San joaquin, CUNT Of Colusa,
Bosch Of Suffer. BecAlsy et Sacramento,
, Newton OF Y 5io, and Mayor Brown OF o4crS'
msuto city, bs Nice-PTesiaeuts that /. II,
Bs,key ana A. 5. Grveulaw, of Sacramento,
be permanent Secretaries and that com
mittee OF five be named on resolutions. The
report was adopted NJ tyor Bingham. Of
Marysvills. was added TO the list of wee
Presidents.
Mr. Johnston was then called to the chair
aud as received with appliance. lie returned
his thanks for the honor conferred. Ihe D.
ject Of the Convention was 70 retrieve tue
damage being and that has bean done 10 the
rivers, hsrbors ard bays by reason OF by
draulio mining. Tne hydraulic miners had
organized to protect each other. 1t was more
filing that tie valley residents should organ
n 10 protect their homes. [Applsusel L
IS no. necessary to war against tae d piscsr
mines or quartz ,niues nor icdsed a9sla-t the
hydraulic mines tha5 have procured dumping
grounds and have taken care of the mine
debris.
seats On the platform. He then named rs
the Committee on Resolutions as foil ws W
5. Green, OF Coluss James McClatchY, Of
Sacramento; J. G. Campbell, Of San Joa-
quin; George Ohleyec, OF Sutter; and Z. A.
Davis, Of Yub4.
The Chair said it was ready to hear any
who had remarks to make.
Assemblymsn PaullI, of San Joaquin. ssid
the strangers in the city had come here at the
invitation of the Supervisors Of Sacramento
county, aud they expected those calling the
Convention to spssk cut ana mske such sug-
ysstions as they desire acted ono state
what iu their view should be the course OF
action.
Supervisor Beckley, Of Sacramento, said
the Sacramento Board had invited the Super
yisors of other counties TO come here and
advise Sacramento Supervisors. The latter
had no pTearranged programme Of action.
They expected the Convention to advise what
70 do and how to do it. Mutual consultation
ia what was aimed at and organized eff5r
Supervisor Blair, of Sacramento. thought
that during the recess Of the Convention
the Supervisors OF the different c1uaties
should meet and consult, and he moved that
that be the order.
Supervisor Beckley said the Supervisors of
Sacramento hal instituted war against hy-
draulic mining, and they wanted to sse-
whether they must stand alone. he liked
Mr.. BlaiI's suggestion, but thought it better
TO have the Supervisors TO await the action of
the Convention before nesting to consult.
The Chair here called on l.. f. MOultsn to
speak, but he declined, and
MAYOR BINGHAM.
OF Marysvile, was called out. He said the
object of the Convention was TO devise meth
ods of action to protect the bays, rivers and
harbors, aud eventually the harbor Of San
ErAncisco from destruction, ami the homes
OF the people from being desalatsd. APP
plause. Sacramento county instituted the
Gold Kun case. That was az exhaustive
trial, and in it the defendant claimed the right
80 use the heAdwaters of the streams as dump /
lug pisces, irrespective of the consequences. /
The question is, VIII the people Of the State |
submit to that claim. An injulc ion is now
on the Miocene Company. Ii removed its
works viii divert the Feather river at d in the
Butte basin destroy property worth ten
times all the mines on the Frashe II will
deprive the river b low Orovi.!e cf lis catry
ing capacity, and choke the lower river and
the Sacramento below tae mouth Of the
Feather. II the claim If the minsrs Is
allowed. aud work goes on as DOW in the Bear,
Yuba and Feather, 1t is certain that the Sac
rameuto river will leave its course at Gray
bend and run off through the tule basin, aud
Sacramento viii wake up some morning aud
find Itself without naylgable stream at l5s
door and the advantages il now enjoys.
[Applause II will also affect sll the rcrth
country, IS the competitive si,ulu Il benz
destroyed by the division and dispersion OF
the Sacramento river, the ra.lrcad conpsuies !
can charge what they please. and river
!ieights will be unknown. fApplauss,
A few years ago Sacramento looked up
river and saw property being destroyed ; now |
tie danger Is at her door it is at that OF |
Marysylle. So it will soon be with San |
joaquin county, unless it shall take action. |
The people OF y aba have the kiDdizst feelings |
ally towards the miners in the hydr1uic |
regions. It is not personal matter. Bat /
ege know we are damaged we know We are |
in the right 10 trying to save our homes. We |
have been mirepresented by the Miners |
Association and others In tbeir interest. |
lApplause We are not opposed to DRIFT |
and quartz mining for the rivers can with |
out detrimsut carry all such master pu5
into the head waters. lApplause The rea-
sou Of 30 much misc inception is because Of the |
statement that we are opposed to all mining
This is not true. Applause. The question
Of hy draulic mines that can taKe care of their
debris, and those that must dump into the
streams, if any where, is question between
cents and 10 cents yard in tde cost of
working. Sacramento is the capital city.
San Joaquin is the heaviest county in the
district. The property in the affected region
is valued on the assessment rolls at S100 000,-
coo Let those counties unite, or one or two
take the lead, and others cjme in afterward;
lei them spread the facts before the people,
and [ predict that soon thc sentiment OF the
entire State will be with us. ApplAuse.
MAYOR BROWN,
OF Sacramento, was calisd out next. He ex-
tended to the Convention his sympathies for
its objects. They involve vital questions
The who.e question is one of doing by others
as we would be done by-L applause or it il
this: shall men in corporate bodies bs al
lowed to injure their fellows by the main
tainance OF a nuisance? Applauss. 1t is
a matter OF common sense, and whether q
man has 0 free license TO commit depreGatious
upon his neighbor. Sacramento county has
acted in the matter by appealing to the law to
settle the question. 1t had gone into the
Courts, and from his knowledge OF the people
of Sacramento county he fslt that he could
say they are with their neighbors in this mat
ter. Applause.
SUPEhNloOh h1IoONY
OF Sacramento, said Sacramento county had
no set prosramrne. Il had entered into li,i-
CATION TO protect its III hts. It saw the prop
erty Of the people being destroyed. and that
a ike thing is going on In other ccuades,
The Sacramento Board had been greatly
slaudeyed even q Grand Jury had been
found to ask the Supervisors to resian, and
all because Of the steps it hsd taken t3 check
the A,w of debris. He was glad to see go
MANY present to advise together on the sub
j-cs of the common injury, ard its cause.
rhe Sacramento Supervisors need the advice
of, and want to counsel with, their brethren
of the other counties, and that was why they
had been called to meet together. Ap
plause
GEORGE oHLEYEB,
Of Sutter, was called or. he gave run
ming ekesch Of the early style of mining the
former condition of the rivers VII n they
were pelucid and unobstructed; how the
waters became dscolored; ; how and wien
the farmers first began TO realize that
hydraulic mining was doing damage to agr1-
cultural lands; how long it was before the
people recognized the matter TO be
OF greater thsn LEGAL importance.
At first the efforts Of the agriculturists were
4 Ineffective, because they worked by piece
meal-one here another there; but finally 1t
was seen that only urited action would re-
suit In anything. The State has not taken
the necessary step. TO make it do so, the
| counties must show the State what great
interests are at stake, and how her vital in-
! teEests are being involved in this matter.
I'll Applause. The Bear and Yubs rivers are
}aiready destroyed, and it will not he long be-
Hfore the Ccsumnes will be wiped out. a