The record-union., 1893-01-19
Whites election and paid him neat

Whites election and paid him neat
tribute.
OFF THE TRACK.
Mr.. Rose hoped they would lay aside
the Camnetti bill, and that the discus
sion should confine itself 10 reclamation,
ana that the members should present
their views on the subject. LET us nnd
out if they are willing to do 50. If any
good is to be done, the landowners must
put up their money"
Judge j. II. Mchune was requested to
read the Caminetti bill and explain it, and
did so. Then considerable time was
spent in discussing the bill.
! Judge McKune said it was impossible
4 to discuss the bill properly in short
speech. He could only refer generally to
the objects it was framed to provide for.
In framing the bill he had nothing to so
by in the work done in the past, and 1t
was framed from suggestions of friends
and reasonings of his own.
Provisions made heretofore had been
merely local in their effect and the work
done was to protect small and often iso-
| lated tracts. The law i'll regard to these
things was weak, and under the system
/ of levee work it was the strong against
the weak, but one man should not be
permitted to turn water out of its natural
course on to the lands of neighbor.
Money expended in levees to contine
the river to a channel 800 feet wide is an
unwlse and useless expenditure that has
proven useless time and again. There
was no end to levee building. You will,
he said, find it in time useless. In
general scope we know about as much as
the engineers on this point. We may as
well resolve that the two questions to
consider are engineering and finances.
We must endeavor to secure good en-
gineeriDg.
Judge McKune spoke at length on the
condition OF the lands and rivers and
offered many valuable suggestions. He
SAID there was no way but comprehen-
sive survey and provision for
AN AMPLE CHANNEL
For the water. A channel he thought
ought to be cut through the Montezuma
Hills. In forming districts he would
make 1t as simple as possible. The bill
provides tor three commissions. The
people are willing to be taxed for any
| reasonable amount in order to be made
secure. 1t is not wise to go into small de-
tails.
The bill provided that fifty or more
might petition, and the Commissioners
had power to fix the boundaries of dis
trlcts so as best to protect the interests of
petitioners. Districts might be made,
and two or more might unite to carry out
the scheme and make cut through the
Montezuma Hills if they wished. If too
much attention was paid to details it
would run them into endless trouble.
FINANCIAL ASPECT OF THE QUESTION
Had troubled him, and he had thought
that the joining of the Government, the
State and the people themselves might
solve the question. We cannot get money
from State or Government without a plan
being formulated.
He assured the convention that it was
an easier thing to tear down than to build
up. His bill is intended only as q nu-
cleus to be built up and perfected, and il
this were done a few years would effect
the results wished.
INVITATIONS EXTENDED.
The Chairman read an invitation from
the directors of the California Museum
Association to the members of the con-
vention to visit the Art Gallery.
On motion of d. Lubin, w. H. Mills
and General Bidwell were invited to
meet with the convention.
Senator Ostrom did not wish to be un-
derstood as wishing to memorialize Con-
g1esS.