Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1890-09-03

SidereQ II q QlsSrdCe uOiu W tuO lily one
county. The citizens of that locality, ht
said. had threatened several times to sue
the CITY if relief were not afforded. o.
course, he said, the water belonged to the
county, but how did it get there if MOI
through that very canal of the city'si
Everything now runs into pocket" ano
there it stays, and reeks with foulness. He
was satisfied that the Board Of supervisors
would agree to make an appropriation fol-
the purpose of dredging the canal, and he
hoped the Trustees would join with them
] Mclaughlin disputed Mr.. Tebbets' asser.
| ion that the city had built the canal. Il
was built by the county, but was afterwards
turned over to the city.
Supervisor Ross next gave his views
"As far as am Individually concerned.
he said, II earnestly believed that some
thing has to be done in this matter I will
vote for the plan suggested by the COM
mittee, as l have heard complaints enough
about the condition of that canal, and want
the people down there to have some re-
lief"
Mr.. Greer said the matter had been a
long time agitated and ought to have been
attended to years ago. But the people were
ripe now for the improvement, and ne did
not think either the city or county had the
right to deny their demands. The best
lands in the county were lying beneath a
reeking bed of filth, and by judicious ex-
penditure of money they could be re-
claimed. They would become valuable
and the county at large would benefit by it.
He did not think the proposition of the
committee so expensive as it seems. He
had talked with engineers and persons who
understood dredging and was satisfied that
the work could be done for about 81 900 q
month.
William Johnston. interrupting, said he
thought the work could be done FOR less
than the amount suggested by Mr.. Greer.
Mr.. Greer, continuing, said the city
should be Just as much interested as the
county in the proposed improvement, be-
cause it would derive Just as much benefit.
He thought that if the two Boards would
start in Immediately with small appro-
priation-say enough to purchase a good
dredger-the work would surely be finished,
even if the people down there had to pay
for it themselves.
Supervisor Bates thought he had a solu-
ton of the entire matter. He suggested
that they find out right off if the Trustees
would do their share, if the Supervisors
would do their share and if the people liv-
ing in the vicinity OF the canal would do
their share. He added that they should
start in with the Trustees, and turned in
quiringly to Wolf.
The latter, after some hesitation, said he
partly agreed with Mr.. Greer that the mat
ter should be remedied and he thought
Mclaughlin would vote with him for an
appropriation, provided it was apportioned
so as not to hit the Trustees too hard.
Supervisor Tebbets said he thought the
apportionment could easily be agreed upon
and suggested for a starter that the county
could pay 50 and the Trustees 81 for every
81 put up by the people living near the
canal.
This seemed agreeable to Supervisors
Bates, Ross, Black and Greer, as well as
the canal people and Mayor Comstock.
Wolf and Mclaughlin. however, shook
their heads in the negative.
]. NJ. Stephenson then took the floor and
offered suggestion that the Board of Su-
pervisors take entire charge of the matter;
that they levy tax, so that the city and
county would both contribute and there
would be no hardships on either.
Trustee Wolf did not think this fair to
the city. The city pays taxes as well as
the county, he said, and should have some
thing TO say in the matter.
Mr.. Stephenson, however, insisted that
the Supervisors should manage the affair.
LET the money come out of the general
fund.-" he said. Don't wait for So-and.So
to do his part, and So-and-So to do his. If
you do the work will never be done. Let
the Supervisors levy the tax upon the city
as well as the county"
Supervisor Bates did not like this plan,
either. He thought that the city should
take some OF the responsibility.
well, wouldn't the city pay its share in
Al. IT
You couldn't make the people in the
country think So" said Bates. They
would roast the Supervisors alive and say
we were throwing their money away"
would they say that if a special tax
| were levied? p asked Wolf
"Of course they would" replied the SUI
pervisor.
William Johnston then made quite g
speech on the general subject. He sai6
| that nearly 100000 had been expended
within a few years for bridges and othel
| improvements in various parts of thu
county, and those persons living near the
canal, although paying their share of thu
| cost, never were benefited particle by
these Improvements. Yet they never
kicked" and now why shouldn't thu
others treat them in thesam generous way
when they needed improvements? Mr.
| JOnDSlJA COIlc luC WIODS III pr oolOL
regarding who constructed the canal. He
said the county originally constructed it
but subsequently, by an Act of the Legisla'
ture, it went into the hands of the city.
A. Abbott also addressed the conferen ce
He said the expense of constructing the
canal must be distributed. The people
down there could not build it themselves
and must get some assistance. Sacramento
county was suffering great losses every
year through the canal. But the people
down there could, he said, compel the city
by going to law TO either improve or abol
ish the canal. He thought the matter
should be settled now while the time was
ripe and when it could be done amicably
George Hack related how the canal had
ruined his property, and Committeeman
O'Neil said that the Supervisors and Trus
tees should at least purchase dredger anC
show the people that they were alive tC
the situation. He said he felt contiden
that if such were done the people would see
that the work was DONE
The Supervisors and Trustees jumped a.
this suggestion, but Mr.. 0'Neill modified
his statement.
Colonel MeNasser and several other gen
tlemen who were agitating the matter Of
improving the canal at this point adjourned
TO quiet corner or the room and had 8
conference. At its conclusion the Colone
stated that he and four others were ready
to guarantee the payment of 81 toward the
work for every 81 paid by the city and S;
by the county.
| Quite a lengthy discussion followed anc
the superintendent was finally all bu
agreed upon as follows County, SIG, 900
city, 5000, and the canal people 81 600
The Trustees then withdrew from tn,
room tor private conference and every
thing looked like smooth sailing for tn,
improvement folks.
But they were doomed to disappoint
ment.
The Trustees soon returned, and it wa
learned that Mclaughlin and Wolf hat
changed their minds again. They woul,
apparently agree to nothing, while tn
Mayor would aecede anything. The com
mittee and Supervisors gathered arount
the Trustees and talked themselves hoarse
bnt Mclaughlin and Wolf were obstinate
1t was now after 5 o'clock. and as Their
was no prospect of any sort of an agree
ment the conference broke up withou
even formal adjournment.
A Young Mans Ring.
Nora Wright was in the Police Cour