The record-union., 1892-11-17
PROPOSED ANNEXATION.
A Joint Meeting Of Citizens Of Wash
ingtOn and Sacramento.
Speeches About the Project to An
mex the Town Across
the River.

the ktyer.
There was a large meeting over in
Washington last night for the purpose Of
discussing the proposed scheme to annex
that town to Sacramento County.
The meeting took place at Churchill's
Hall and was presided over by G. \.
Moffett. a committee of Sacramentans,
consisting of David Lubin. Frank Miller,
W. d. Lawton, w. f. Peterson, DR.. g.
i. Simmons and Curtis, was also in at
tendance and each one of them addressed
the meeting in favor of annexation. Mr..
Lubin was the first speaker. He talked
for some time and very earnestly. He
said the project was likely to prove to be
more important one to the State than
anybody is aware of at the present time.
Sacramento had been trying for years to
get some more factories and other indus
tries within her limits, but the high taxes
scared OIL every prospective manufacturer.
1t would not be fair to other investors to
remit the tax on the newcomers. These
factories We're needed, and besides, many
people were anxious to 90 into business
in this locality. The idea Of an
neXing Washington was conceived
through an effort TO Obyiate the difficulty.
BY anneXing that town to sacramento
County, another waterfront would be
opened up-just the thing that was
needed-and still the heavy city taxes
would be escaped. Some might ask why
the factories could not start up now on
the Yolo side without any annexation.
but the speakers answer would be that
most any industry that should start up
would want Sacramento capitalists to
help out by taking stock; ana II these
capitalists subscribe for an industry
which is going into olo County, the
Sacramento public would kick and howl
about being injured by their own towns
men. No definite plans had been agreed
upon, but the speakers idea would be,
after annexation, for the citizens OF Sac
ramento and Washington TO make up
fund and purchase some tracts OF land IN
Washington, the purpose being to give 1t
to anybody who would build and Oper-
ate a factory thereon. This, in connec-
ton with the reduced taxes, would be in
ducement enough for anybody. lie
hoped the people Of w Washington would
see the good that would come to them i'll
the way of building up their town and
enhancing the value Of their property,
and help the project along.
Mr.. Miller addressed the meeting next.
He said the people of Washington should
not run away with the idea thar Sacra-
mentans had all become good Sanaritans
and were dying to do some wonders lor
Washington for nothing. That was not
the case. It was simply business
proposition, which if carried out would
greatly benefit Sacramento, and would
also have to benefit the people OF Wash
ington. That was all there was to it, and
it was a case where both should pull to-
gether. The people Of Washington had
10 90 to Sacramento for their necessities
Inv nd rNra a llXv
Sacramentans now. The town should
have been included in Sacramento
County long ago, he thought. There was
land in Washington now that was prac-
tically worthless, but if several factories
We're located there, doubling the popula-
ton, there would be demand Tor this
property and it would have value.
DR.. Simmons, Messrs. Lawton, Curtis
and Peterson spoke briefly in about the
same vein as the other Sacramentans.
Then the Washington folks were given
chance to talk. They did, and it devel-
oped that good many OF them are look
ing at the proposition with half an eye
and apparently are on the gu UiDe for a
Joker" Mr.. buckingham headed the
list of opponents and made a unique
speech. He said the whole thing looked
nice, but he could not see where the
"nigger on the fence" was. He could not
understand this sudden good feeling on
the part of the Sacramentans. Every
winter the Yoloites had to patrol their
levees with shotguns to keep the despe-
radoes from Sacramento from cutting the
embankments. But now, all Of a sud
den, these desperadoes wanted to do
something nice for them.
1--WE don't ask no odds of yOu.'' he
said, warming up as he progressed. I'VE
folks over here in Washington are the
most independent sons o. guns on earth,
we are. You talk about worthless lots
over here. Just come and try to buy
some of EN-, and you'll have to 90 down
in your jeans. I'd like to see the town
go ahead-you can't boom it too strong
for me-but let us stay the way we are.
1t don't make any difference what county
we are in, if you want to boom us. We
are pretty good people over here, and we
are not kicking about our condition.
Thomas Harrison said he had been en-
lightened considerably by the Sacra-
mento committee, and he was satisfied
that the motives behind the scheme were
good ones. He was satisfied that. while
Sacramento was looking after herself in
the matter, Washington would have to
be benefited.
Captain w. NJ. jerks made a strong
speech in favor of the scheme, and then a
general discussion was INDUCED in, the
Sacramentans replying in a spirited way
to some of the objections to the project.
At the conclusion of the talk it was an
parent that the Washington people had
begun to realize that the project was going
to be beneficial to them. One of them
moved that they appoint a committee
shortly to confer with a like committee
from Sacramento with the view of agree
ing upon plan of action and reporting
rs soon as practicable to the citizens Of
both cities. The meeting then adjourned