Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1885-02-06
LEGISLATIVE NOTES.


| unsheathed his knife and gone upon the war
path in quest of the official scalp OF the State
| Engineer. He has a bill before the Senate To-
| abolish that department OF the state Govern
ment, and il has been referred TO his Drainage
| and Water Rights Committee The committee
met last evening to consider the matter. state
| Engineer Hall was present and answered
| such questions as members of the com
niltee saw fit to put, regarding the
| operations of his department. Langtord
| said that when the Office of state Engineer was
created it was not intended to continue IT more
| than two years and he pfoiesscd his inability
| to discover any practical results accomplished
| up to this time. NJ. Hall asked the Senator il
he had taken the trouble 70 visit the State Engl-
| neCr Office and examine into the character and
extent of the work done by himself and assist
ants. The Senator had to admit that his con
| illusions were based upon outside and general
| observations Senator Parker. another member
OF the committee, said he had never been i'll the
| Engineers Office. Senator Whitney, one of the
members Of the committee, who appears to
/ have inquired into the character of the state
Engineers work. took strong ground against the
| proposed adjustment Of the department. Mr..
| Hall $ work. he said. is of the highest char
! actcr and is work Of which the STATE should
| be proud. 1t would be 81 disgrace for California
/ to dispedse with the Office al this ;iulc. have
| great fear that we shall lose Mr. Hail if an un-
| wise and uniustiliab,c warfare be made
! upon his department. Other countries
| are DESTROYS of securing that gentle
| mans services, and VIC may realize.
! when too late the extent of our loss Mr.. Hall
| said it made no difference to him per .Onally.
whether or not the Office were abolished. as hc
had in his possession written offers of positions
at far better salaries than that paid him by the
| State But he is engaged in work in which he
| mas taken great interest: he realized its value
| for the future, and fell q pride in completing il
properly. senator l.9ngiOrd intlmatrd that Mr..
| Hall had failed to complete his work as prom
| iscd two years ago. Mr.. Hall replied that he
! had kept his promise to finish his maps and
| compilations with the so NWthcu appropriated;
/ the printing Of the maps ana books should he
completed. or else the great labor and expense
| of preparing them would be wasted. Senator
| Whitney said that the irrigation interest is des-
| tined to be one OF the most important in the
| State ana must be under the general manage
Ineut OF Il competent state Engineer. Senator
| I.augtord took the peculiar ground that it was
never anticipated that the Engineers data and
maps should be published. Indeed he treated
the subject as if it were some insignificant thing
| that the Legislature had thoUghtlessly insti-
| tuted and never intended to encourage Mr..
! Hall declared that the people whose interests
are affected by the labOr> and researches OF the
! State Engineer have never taken such q shallow
| view of the matter They did expect he said,
| to haNe done all that has been accomplished,
and not Il day passes but citizens come or Write
| to his Office for such Information Is cannot be
| had elsewhere. These people want to see this
| work completed. After frequent solicitation by
| Mr.. Hall, the members Of the committee finally
agreed to postpone further consideration Of the
| subject until after visiting the state Engineers
Office. After the meeting had adjourned, Mr.
nan talIcN inc attention "a liit ftuibtiS 10 II
statement that had been made 10 the effect that
| he had surveyed private lanes at the public cX-
/ pense He desired to say that whoever was re-
| sponSibc for any such assertion was guilty OF
! infamous iaischood.
! Its understood that to-uight's overland train
viii carry hence to the roaring lruckee river
| the Fish and Game Committees or so many OF
| the members rs may desire To 60. Some OF the
san Francisco papers have seen iit 90 make light
of The proposed trip. but the object in view Is
! one OF considerable Importance. There appears
| to be q wide diversity Of opinion rs 10 whether
! or not the great suWdUSt deposits from the lum-
| Der mills along the iTuCkce are destructive to
/ the valuable trout therein. AT the earnest re
! quest of MIR. NCtra>hau, the committee has de
| cided it wise 70 90 there and investigate and
| hear testimony on the subject for if an anti
sawdust bin should be passed il must seriously
| affect the CREST numbering industry now carried
! on along the TrGckec, The committee recOg-
nizcS the fact that the trout interest must be
| protected, but does not wish to impose unneces-
| sary burdens upon the lumbeImen.
The Assembly Committee on Public Buildings
| and Grounds is OF on another inspecting tour.
having yesterday been granted leave OF absence
! until Tuesday next.
| Asscmblymau Douglas says he wants to stop
the luHheT slaughter OF children and aged peo-
| pie in the cities by dummy or cable cars. He
| has introduced blll requiring street cars to be
| provided with safety brakes and other devices
| Tor the better protection OF human life.
THE gentleman from the Sierra" was the re-
| Spouse from the Chair yesterday when Nc
| lila>han called " Mr. Speaker
Beard of Stanislaus is one Of the quiet mem
| bcrs of the Assembly, bat when he does speak
| he is apt to say something. Referring TO Fire
| baughs anti-fingernaIl-lead-pe bill
| Yesterday, Beard said he had not tt very high
| opinion of the san Francisco voting population.
nor of the bill in question and if the author of
| the latter would only so amend it to have its
provisions inflicted upon and restricted 10 San
| Francisco voters he would gladly vote for it.
JoIdan's Assembly bill in relation to teachers
! city certificates, introduced on Wednesday has
| orits object the recognition by city Boards of
| Education of diplomas granted by the normal
| department of the san Francisco Girls High
School
| The Shasta and Tehama representatives are
| at loggeTheads over the matter of the location
| of the proposed branch Normal School in north
ern California. If they could agree upon the
plan to have the school built wheels and
toted " about between Red Bluff ard Redding
every year. much sectional hostility might be
allayed.
The Senate Committee on Irrigation and
Water Rights held a meeting last evening at
which Senator Cross gave notice that al the next
meeting he would make q motion TO have all
bills before them referred back 10 the Senate, to
be discussed by that body in Committee of the
Whole.