Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1890-11-13
IN MEMORY or OLD.
Suffers FORT NOW IN A FAIR WAY
TO BE RESTORED.
The Deed to the Property Finally Passed
to the Native Sons-Eastern Pio-
neers who Subscribed.

The last obstacle in the way of the final
purchase of the Suffer Fort property has
been removed. There were filed yesterday
in the County Recorders Office two deeds
One from John Rider to Benjamin Nor
rill, and the other from Morrill, TO G. E.
Grunsky, E. ]. Gregory, F. D. Ryan, E. E.
Gaddis and Charles McAllister, the COM
mittee appointed by the Grand Parlor OF
the Native Sons of the Golden West to ne
gotiate and receive the same in trust for
that organization.
When the committee set about its task
of securing the property it vas confronted
with several slight clouds upon it. One of
these was a claim by John Rider upon
what remained of the old Suffer Fort, and
there were also San Francisco heirs to
an estate which had some sort of claim on
the property.
While none of these people demanded
remuneration to release their claims, still
the latter were of such nature that certain
procedures were necessary to legally re-
move the clouds upon the title. All this
caused delay, but at last every obstacle has
been removed, and the property secured.
The next move will be for the Legisla-
ture to accept it on behalf of the State and
appropriate the necessary funds to restore
the fort AMI grounds to their original con-
dition and keep them ID repair.
The purchase price of the property was
500. COO. About 5000 was subscribed, and
then Colonel T. c. Croker, native son OF
Sacramento, placed $751; COO in the hands of
the committee with which to complete the
purchase OF the historic landmark. The
subscriptions had not all been paid in when
Senator Stanford was last in this city, and
learning that fact he gave his check to the
committee for the balance necessary to pay
for the deed some S250) and secure the
property.
ABSENT PIONEERS TO THE FRONT.
Among the receipts to the purchase fund
may be mentioned one of 500 cash recently
forwarded by the Associated Forty Miners
of Boston," through there Secretary, George
s. Spur, to President Lawson, of the Sac
ramento Society of California Pioneers.
Secretary Spur, who was here in 40, and
whose father was buried at the old Fort,
writes to President Lawson as follows:
Boston. November 8, 1890.
PoiDeR s. LdioSon, EsQ-MY DEAR SIR: On the
principle that it were better to do good late than
never do it at all, have inclosed you at this
Late DAY q cneck payable 10 your O1uer lOr StUV,
as our mite towards preserving that venerable
structure suffers Fort once the outpost to civil
Hzation, but now swallowed up by the march of
Improvements. This sumis the result Of a call
upon our young society of genuine torty-niners
possessing membership OF only seventy. 1t is
possible may be able to forward you some
thing more by-and-by, but dare not promise,
as / lind many of the men of old who dug for
gold'' too poor nowadays to carry out the best
wishes of their own hearts. In memory of old,
when we dug for gold, way back in 40, l am
my dear Lawson, fraternally yours
GEO. G sPURR Secretary
60 Commercial street, Boston, Mass.
The names of the donors how they came
and when they arrived in the country have
peculiar interest TO US here, and cansot
fail to awaken memories of the stirring
events that were transporting while they
were en- route to this much favored land
Henry 1. Lawrence; barque Lanark; Cape
Horn; September, 1919; SIS.
Solomon :. Rowe; barque Lanark; Cape
Horn; September, 1919; SO.
Edwin P. worster; barque Lanark; Cape
Horn; September, 1919; s..
Samuel Snow; ship Mantle; Isthmus; July,
1919; IS.
GrenviIle Il. Child; barque Carib; Cape Horn;
June, 1919; S.
James q, Bennett; barque Oxford; Cape Horn;
George G. Spur; ship orpheus; Cape Horn;
July. 1919; IS.
Joseph Holmes; ship Sweden; Cape Horn;
Marshall Russell; steamer Oregon; Isthmus;
June. 1919, s..
William whytal; St. Louis Trading Company;
overland; September. 1919; IS.
Henry NJ, Chase; brig Forest; Cape Horn;
July 1919; So.
Mary sinclair Davis Captain Joseph Walker;
overland; December, 1918; 81.
Stephen a, Cornell; brig sea Eagle; Cape
Horn; September, 1S49 81.
lothian Salisbury; brig Sea Eagle; Cape
Horn; September, 1919; 81.
Warren Fletcher; barque Alvira Cape Horn;
June, 1919; 81.
Edwin Litchfeld; ship Sweden Cape Horn
August, 1S49; 81.
Benjamin F. Griggs; brig Tairanta; Cape
Horn; September, 1919; 81.
Newton s. Ingalls,; Sandwich Islands; Decem-
Der, 1919; 81.
Eugene B. Attwill; ship Sterling; Cape Horn;
July, lsI9; 81.
Isaiah Graves; ship Sterling; Cape Horn; July,
1919; 81.
Isaac B. Kirby; emigrant overland septem-
Der, 1917; 81.
: Peter Cook; -barque Lanark; Cape Horn; Sep
TENDER, 1919; 81.
August 1s49; 81.
Solomon Rhoads; through Mexico; July,
1S49; 81 Total 500