The record-union., 1891-10-05
General MARITIME on Improvement.


EDS. RECoRD-UNIoN The fire in Chi
natown last night has wiped out a lot of
rotten old rookeries which have been an
| eyesore as well as menace to the health
of this city for many year, and it comes
to us as blessing at this time. While
we sympathize with those who have been
SO unfortunate as to lose their all by it,
nevertheless great city like this, with
her vast possibilities in the near future.
cannot stand and weep by the wayside:
she must be up and onward and ever
progressing, and the time has now come
when this commercial center demands
that her port OF entry, which embraces
street from Front TO Fifth, shall be
cleared of the scums of China, which class
now inhabit 1t.
What an impression the stranger must
have as he leaves the trains and enters
this pest breeding Sodom and Gommorah
of filth and nastiness before reaching our
business center. l say what must his
opinion be? 1t certainly cannot be very
encouraging. Many of our old and re-
spectacle citizens will say | am iniuring
this city by giving the outside world
knowledge that such state of affairs ex-
ist here, but let me tell all such let-well-
enOugh-alone old Silurians that the keep
ing quiet OF just such evils as / have
above mentioned has kept this city back,
and the only way to remedy them is to
bring them to public notice
China Slough should be filled and at
once, and when this is done this prop
erty will be the most valuable of any IN
the city, but as a gentleman remarked to
me this morning where shall we put Chi
natown? This prominent citizen, at
least he should be so as he has lived here
some thirty odd years, asked this ques-
ton. why" said l. move them out
to Oak Park or down to Sutterville, any
where SO as to get them away from the
very gates OF our city,"
Yes, / say, move them and let / street
be made the passenger depot instead of
where 1t now is. This will be more con-
venient Tor the Southern Pacific Railroad
Company and will add thousands ofdol-
lars to those owning property on the
street, as well as giving a delightful ap-
pearance TO our city as the stranger
ahghts from the cars.
Let this be done and Sacramento will
have made a grand move in the wav of
progression, and let her not be content
with this. We must have a new charter
The people are clamoring for it. They
are sick and tired of the present form of
government. We want new charter
that shall provide us with a Board of
Councilmen not less than ten and not
more than fifteen citizens to be selected
from all over this city. Let every part
be represented and let it be the duty of
this board 10 hire every city official Just
the same as the merchant hires his
clerks.
This, of course, would do away with
the army OF political bosses and their
hirelings that are now fed at the city crib
at the expense of our taxpayers.
Dear people, you have no idea of what
saving this change of affairs would
make in the running expense of our city
government, and | will venture to say
that our city would be run for one-half
the expense that she is to-day. Take this
saving off our present city tax and it
would reduce 1t about one-third. Tax
payers. is this worth saving? If it is, let
us have new charter; and now that we
have called attention to these important
subjects, how about strengthening that
levee from II TO \ on Front street? [
admit see most every day a notice that
it's about to be begun, but why doesn't
work commence? Here it is the 5th of
October, and not sod turned yet. Soon
rain will begin and it will be too late.
''Procrastination is the thief of time.n
Gentlemen, remember there are many
good men with families who are idle that
would be glad To work on this Job and
since the people are over-an xious to have
it done, why waltz. j. G. MARITIME.