The record-union., 1892-11-22
H0RE ABOUT ANNEXATION.
Joint Meeting of Sacramento and
Washington Committees.
The People Across the River Beginning
to Like the Proposition
The Debate.

the citizens committees of this city and
Washington for the purpose of further
discussion of the proposition to annex
the town across the river and surround
ing neighborhood to Sacramento County.
The meeting took place at 325 street.
There were present AIessrs. Bucking
ham, Todhunter, Moffett and Thiel of
Washington, and Messrs. Lubin, Stein
man, Lawton, Peterson and Miller Of this
city.
David Lubin called the meeting to Or
der and stated its objects. He suggested
the election of officers to preside over the
joint meeting.
On motion of Mr.. Moffett of Washing
ton Mr.. Lubin was elected to the Chair.
Frank Miller was chosen Secretary.
SEVERAL SUBJECTS INVOLVED.
Mr.. Miller was the first to adsress the
meeting. He said there were several
important subjects involved in the
scheme, namely, factories. reclamation
and annexation. The debris question
was also involved, but this was the most
remote subject. Engineers state that The
river would scOur itself out ii no more
debris were thrown into it. Yolo County
had never shown much interest in the
welfare of the Sacramento River, and the
question naturally arose, would not Sac
ramento County, if Washington were in
cluded within its boundaries, do some
thing for the river? A good bridge could
be had if annexation were decided upon,
and many other advantages would ac-
crue.
Chairman Lubin thought that the ques-
ton of whether or not annexation were
desirable should be settled first.
Mr. MptfaFt Of Nnln bo a
and said that he and many others of the
town across the river could not see how
annexation was going to benefit them.
Taxes were higher in Sacramento County
than in Holo, the Courthouse and iail
here were almost condemned and the
County Hospital cost about $40, 900 year.
Eolo had no such heavy expenses and
had no new buildings to put up. Then,
too, if Sacramentans were anxious TO
build factories across the river. why not
do it now? What difference did it make
what county the town was in? There
was plenty of land over there and it was
all for sale.
SIMPLY LOOKED HIGH.
Messrs. Peterson and Lubin replied to
the gentleman. Mr.. Lubin went to some
length. He said that the supposed high
tax was not oppressive when it was un-
derstood. Sacramento County had taxed
for a steel bridge at Folsom and other inn
provements. Next year it would not be
so high. II would be impractical for
Sacramentans to go across the river and
establish factories, because the citizens
would get UP howl and want to know
why the industries were not established
in our own county and help raise it.
Manufacturers are 10th to go across the
river, because of the unsafe condition of
the place, owing to Yolo County's lack of
interest in Washington
Mr.. Moffet said mis- constituents could
not yet understand Sacramento's sudden
interest in Washington's welfare. Sacra-
mento was saying to Washington, ''You
must be part of us before we will do
business with you Still, the town
across the river was doing all of it's busi-
ness now with Sacramento, and its taxes
were low. The people over there could
not understand how they were going to
be benefited by simply changing the
name of the county they were in, and
have their taxes hoisted.
LIKED THE IDEA.
Mr.. Todhunter said he was in favor of
annexation. Washington was not a part
of Sacramento County, but he thought it
ought to be.
Mr.. Buckingham said he was not pre-
pared to vote on the subject just yet,
but he favored annexation. He had been
living in Washington some forty years,
and was in favor of anything that would
help the town. He was satisfied that an
neXation would help Washington.
Mr.. Thiel also favored annexation.
Something should be done for the town
across the river, and he thought that an
nexation was just the thing needed.
Mr.. Mottett wanted it understood that
personally he was not opposed to annex
alton. In raising the objections he had
mentioned, he was simply voicing the
sentiments of those of his neighbors who
were opposed to the scheme.
The committeeman next talked about
the boundaries OF the probable territory
that would be annexed. 1t was generally
conceded that strip should begin at FIRE.
mont on the north and extend south to
Cache Slough, and westward about q
mile.
Mr. Miller wanted the committees idea
on the advisability of holding public
meeting in this city, to which the people
of both cities should be invited.
The gentlemen from Washington, how
ever, thought it would be better to have
another meeting over in their town first.
and it was so decided. After that meet
ing big gathering will be held in this
city. Notice will be given in the news
papers of the dates OF these meetings.
After some further talk, most of which
was simply devoted to going over the
same ground previously traversed, the
meeting adjourned.
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