The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1893-02-16

( County claims that a true statement has
never been made to it in this matter.
/ The bill would give Sacramento nine per
cent. and Yolo one. Why should Yolo
: give Sacramento her land and everything
else?
If 1t is to be used as waterway, they
would be foolish to consent, and would
/ interfere with the reclamation bill. If 1t
is annexed and the Sacramento Board OF
| Supervisors organize a reclamation dis
trict, 1t would knock Yolo County out
under the law.
SUPERVISOR KING OF YoLo
Stated that it is the unanimous sentiment
of the board that the strip should not be
annexed, as it would alter the status of
the county under the County Govern
ment Act.
ANNEXATIoNIsTs AGAIN.
Those favoring annexation had their
turn again, and DR.. Dixon answered
Senator Dray's arguments. He said that
Dray had finally admitted that the mat
ter OF the river was in the hands of the
Government. Engineers had stated to
him that the best way to control the water
was that permanent waterways should
he constructed on the Nolo side. Mr..
Lubin was very far from having such
thing in his mind in advocating this plan,
but had been actuated purely by the
business side of the proposition, and
what he considered the good of the COM
munity.
The landowners, said DR.. Dixon, in
the strip who favored annexation repre-
scented $500 out of $500 acres, and the
majority OF acreage in Washington fav-
ored II. He dehed contradiction on this
point. Senator Dray's proposition with
7 regard to county division is true, and this
would give these people q chance
TO be close to their county government.
He agreed with Mr.. Beamer that it would
be better to take the whole river front.
he thought that when the people of this
county came to consider the matter, they
would undoubtedly favor it largely. He
could not understand the statement of
Mr.. Adams, that this plan would inter-
fere with or hamper the reclamation bill.
He thought it would make no difference,
nor lessen the protection of Yolo County
i'll the drainage scheme. "There is
a POLITICAL SIGNIFICANCE
} In this matter" said he, land l wish to
read an article from the Woodland Mai,
before the politicians get walked up" lie
read the article which stated that Wash
ington belonged to Sacramento rightly,
and there was no reason why the latter
should not have it.
: Mr.. Lubin had canvassed capitalists
thoroughly, said the doctor, and they re-
fused to invest money here unless they
could have room on the river front. The
. little cannery in the city had spent dur
! ing the past year $4,000 for drayage in
carting fruit to and from the depot, repre-
setting 10 per cent on 100000 capital.
! THE COON IN THE wooDPILE.
, David Lubin then paid his respects to
the speeches of Dray and Abbott, and
t said they would have been beautiful if
} they bad been sincere. When an early
J meeting was held on this subject Senator
: Dray spoke, and as he (Lubinj was going
, home with another gentleman the latter
t remarked: 1T is too bad Dray gave il
: away" Lubin did not at first know
what was meant, but by conversation
l and questioning finally found out.
9 II said, on, see; buy the land and
9 punch a hole in to let the water run
i, through; that is fine scheme
r And this is the man who comes home
t and talks about God and his devotion tc
t the peoples interests. Abbott had his
= projects, too, to run street cars down tc
5 the Winters ranch and sell it for factory
= sites and build it up. These are the men
7 who talk of concealed motives in my
= actions.
/ "Who," he asked, fought Stubs fol-
you truit-raisers, in order that you might
get carload rates TO the East for your fruit
+ that would allow you to ship it? Was il
: Dray? Was it Abbott? MOI it took Z
q | commercial man to do that, and they are
not commercial men.
LAS to the accusation that I am doing
+ this for personal ends, let my seventeen.
n years record in your midst speak fol-
= me-"
Mr.. Lubin said he had read the works
of the old sophsts who could make black
| look white, and these charges reminded
. him OF them. When the early meetings
. were held the papers and the citizen:
told them to go ahead. Now he supposed
o the people would require the massive
n brains OF Reese and Mcconnell to tel
$ them what to do. If this is decided ad
Il versely will industries come and sit dowr
g in Washington? Merchants and manu-
e lecturers must be where their goods are
e You cannot compel capital which tax e
1t so per cent. of the risk, to settle on th,
= Winters ranch, nor in the eastern part o
: the city. A negative vote on this prOpo
stion means that Sacramento must stan(
still.
V KINDERGARTEN CROSS-EXA MIN ALTON.
e Assemblyman Owen asked Mr.. Lubil
IS if he considered that Sacramento Cit.
l. comprised the whole county, or if Their
% were any people outside the city, and Mr.
d Lubin replied that he thought there were
II owen said that there were 5000 to 10,
l, 900 people in the country who paid nearl,
e half the taxes, and asked why they wer
not notified Of this matter. Were they
IL not entitled to representation?
Mr.. Lubin said there were severa
meetings, and they were extensively ad
vertised in the papers, and these peopl
[e could have come if they wished, but b
10 knew of no way to compel them to come
~ Every publicity was given to the matter
~ as the movers had been anxious to get
~ full expression of public opinion.
l. NEUTRALITY DEFINED.
l. Brusie asked Owen if he had not toll
him two weeks ago that he intended to b
neutral on the question, and owen ad
mitted that he had said he would be $
~ during it's consideration, but he shoul
u =, now try and defeat it in the House.
70 FACTORIES NEED TRANSPORTATION.
lie Irving Bentley, manager of the Sa
Ii Jose Packing Company, placed no valu
TO on Mr.. Dray's statement that the woolel
IS mill and beet sugar factory had bee
N failures here. Both wooden mills an
he beet sugar factories in other parts of tin
If State had been largely failures of lat
r wears. If factories were such utter fail
ia ures here, how did it happen that th
er railroad shops, with all their fuel an
IS material to bring from distance, coul
give work to thousands here? II
u thought Sacramento would be in mourn
ee ing if the company proposed to remoy
er the shops. Why would the people pei
err sist in giving themselves no other indus
try to depend on for their prosperity an
er tor work for their hands. 1t is far bette
II. for them to encourage manufactures, ST
s. cure water front and offer bonuses
ne capital to invest here. Factories must
adj as near to transportation as possible I
save expenses, which would eat up th
profits.
lie thought if Mr. Dray really feare
sy the oasis in the midst of the sea that
ne would be realizing on his Investment
~ and preparing to get out.
eo Chairman Morrison here called a ha
III in the argument. Two and half houl
10 had been given in the morning for di
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