Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1888-02-23
BOOMERS.
An Enthusiastic Meeting Held at Free
port YESTERDAY.

port Yesterday
Yesterday afternoon at 2 clock a
score or more of landowners and farmers
met at Phil. Rheil's store, OF Freeport, to dis
cuss the plan of graveling the Freeport
road. Among those present were Senator
William Johnston. d. F. Lufkin, J. Y. Da-
Wis, Phillip Rheil and other interested
parties and a reporter of the RECORD
UNION The Freepo1t road is, for the most
part, at present in a very bad condition
and these enterprising men have resolved
to better it. II is very important drive
way out of the city, and no doubt many
Sacramentans will be interested in the mat
ter. The unanimous wish of the assem-
blage was that d. Il. Lufkin be elected
Chairman, and be so acted. Phil. Rheil was
chosen Secretary.
]. Y. Davis opened the meeting by say
ing that it had been called for the purpose
of resolving on plan of improving the
Freeport road where it was necessary.
The Chairman then called for few re-
marks from George Hack, an cid and re-
spected farmer of that place. Mr.. Hack
said: Gentlemen, can state nothing 10
you that Will be of much interest, but l
will say that if We are going to DO the work
let's do it with q will. II will cost money,
like everything else, and it is only by pri-
vate subscription that we can raise it. |
understand that the gravel can be obtained
and delivered here by barges at So per cubic
yard but | think the cheaper way would
be TO hire teams and haul il from the pit.
At any rate the work should go on"
Mr. Rheil said: I'VE have lived here a
long time and have travelled over bad roads
long enough, and | think it is about time
we should remedy matters. We have sew
eral times considered the matter, but we
have taken no action. The work should
go on and l think it can be accomplished
for 1000, il only the worst places are grav-
eled. We have already subscribed 5000,
and l am certain there are hundreds more
along the river who would donate such
sums as would increase the amount to a
large figure. Let's go at it little by little
and make rod if we can't do more"
j. Y. Davis, who owns an extensive brick
kiln near Freeport, said he was much in
terested in the matter and believed that
81 500 could be easily raised by subscrip-
ton along the road He also thought that
the Supervisors would be willing to raise q
sum equal to the amount they would
gather, and thus double the sum. He esti-
mated that the gravel could be obtained
loaded on the barge at San Francisco at
81 10 per cubic yard and the cost of haul
ing would be about 81 per cubic yard. He
had talked with Captain Dwyer, and that
gentleman said he thought the San Joaquin
Company would haul the gravel at IS cents
per ton.
The Chairman then called on Senator
Johnston for few words. Mr.. Johnston
said Gentlemen, l am interested in this
road as well as you are, though perhaps
that when we get all the money we can
towards the work, we can go before the
Board of Supervisors and receive a like
sum. Each should consider not what his
neighbor pays, but should ask himself the
question, How much am / to be bene
| fitted, and what is it worth to me to have
| the road improved? If he asks him.
self these questions he will readily
determine upon an answer and be will see
what benefit he will derive If all will
work energetically, think we can accom-.
| plish the work this year, but we want tC
go ahead in manly, neighborly way and
| though the benefit may not come at once
or while we live, We can have the satisfac
ton of knowing thai our children will bt
benefited. If we can't do it all at once, we
| VIII do as much as we can. | believe By
inquiriDg that we can get good grave
cheap at San Francisco and let US keep oul
roads up by our poll tax, and if that will
not suffice, am one of the willing one:
who will go down into his pocket anC
make up the deficiencies. The bed of the
road will have to be leveled before we pu
on the gravel, but at any rate, let the worl
be commenced as soon as possible. / nov
move that a committee of three be ap
pointed to take charge of the affair anc
lave all power to act"
The motion was seconded and carried
and Messrs. Lufkin, Davis and Rheil wer
appointed. Afterwards Messrs Hack anC
| Meyers were added.
/, Senator Johnston was asked to be on tn
committee, but said that his bushes
affairs were such that he could not attenC
as he would wish. He said he would d.
as much talking, however, as anybody, ant
he hoped the matter would turn out sue
cessfully.
| 1t was then ordered that the committe
appointed inquire as TO where they coulc
get gravel cheapest and at the same tim
get as many to subscribe as possible.