Los Angeles daily herald., 1889-02-08
The 0Herald,s,, Letter from Sac.
ramentO.


| Special CORES pondence of the HERALD
SACRAMENTO, February 4, 1889.
If present indications are to be relied
upon, the several Southern California
interests will claim no little attention
from the Legislature during the week
just opening.
The fight for the changing of the
boundary line between San Bernardino
and San Diego counties is already on,
and promises to grow warm before the
ammunition of the factions has been ex-
hausted. San Bernardino county is rep
resented by Hon. Will A. Harris, late
Prohibition candle date for Congress, and
San Diego sends champion in the per-
son of James L. Copeland, the County
District Attorney. These gentlemen
locked horns in the Acknowledgement s
Office this morning for the first time,
both having reached the city by last
nights train from the south.
San Bernardino County is the aggres-
sor in the fight and, to disinterested on
locker, seems thus far to have a shade
the worst of it. The proposition, as laid
down by Mr.. Harris in his argument to
the Attorney General this morning is
briefly as follows:
| In 1858 the surveys which marked the
dividing line OF the two counties were
made by Deputy United States Surveyor
Hancock. These lines were located with
reference to certain ranch corners and
natural landmarks. Years later, in 1876,
another survey was made when it was
found, so it is claimed, that the location
of these lines, as now shown by the maps,
was not in accord with the original sur
vey. 1t is fact by no means to be de-
spised that this discovery was made
about simultaneously with the compile
ton of the Southern Pacific Railroad.
According to the old survey, as shown
by the existing map lines, that portion
of the railroad lying between Banning
and Yuma is in San Diego county and
yields in taxes the snug annual revenue
of about $4,000. The lines run at the
subsequent survey place the whole
line of railroad between Cotton
and Yuma in the county OF
Jan Bernardino, and take in the towns
of Perris and San Jacinto. It is against
the permanent location of this line that
the San Diegans are fighting. They
claim that the proposition to change the
existing dividing lines is mercenary
one pure and simple, backed up solely
by grasping desire of the San Bernar-
dinoans to corral the $4,000 which the
railroad people yearly drop into the
county till.
THE BOWERS CHARITY BILL.
Senator Bowers pet measure, provid-
| ing for the ratification Of the conveyance
of certain public property by City Coun-
ellis to trustees for charitable purposes,
came up in the Senate to-day, and the
San Diego Senator made most eloquent
and forcible speech in it's support.
The city of San Diego owns q
a public park containing l 400 acres.
Some years ago the City Council con.
veyed to certain trustees 100 acres of
this property, the trustees agreeing to
build thereon, at an expense of 100000
an institution for the instruction, train
ing and care of orphaned, abandoned
and destitute children. The money has
been at the disposal of the trustees for a
long time, but the enterprise has been
at a standstill, until the Legislature
should have ratified the conveyance Of
the property. The same bill was intro
duced in the Assembly by Young, of
San Diego, and received favorable re-
port from the unanimous Committee on
Judiciary. 1t is now on second reading
in the House, and will pass easily. Some
doubts were entertained as to the success
OF the bill in the Senate, as the Judiciary
Committee of that body refused to re-
port upon it favorably, some of the
members holding it to be unconstitu-
tional. On this account Bowers victory
to-day is considered great one. The bill
passed by vote of % to IL. Edmond
T. Dooley, of the San Francisco Boys
Aid Society. has been selected as man
ager of the San Diego institution.
COUNTY DIVISION.
The measure looking to the slicing off
OF section Of Los Angeles county is ap-
claim attention within q few days. The
only dayelonmeut in tho rnoftar Ia th o. I