The record-union., 1895-04-26

VS.. North Bloomfield, in the Circuit Court of
the United States at San Francisco, before
Judge Lorenzo Sawyer: result, a perpetual in
junction was granted in January, 1884. with
liberty to plaintiff to apply tor a suspension
| or modification in case mining might be done
/ without injury.
Illinois has new law under which a citi-
zen may go before court and complain of any
| ofhcial for neglect OF duty For the first Of
| tense warning is given; for the second
| trlaI is ordered before jury, and verdict of
guilty renders the party offending liable to
fine or imprisonment, or both. Ofice-hoIding
! in Illinois does not promise to be soft thing
! for the negligent.
The principal hydraulic mines in California
are owned by non-residents. For instance,
! the No rth Bloomfield is owned by an English
! company, and the Excelsior Company at
SmartsvilIe is owned by the heirs of DR..
Ayers OF patent medicine fame. All the in
terest they have IN the State is to get all the
gold they can out of their claims and leave
ruin behind. To what extent therefore, are
they disturbed if they wash into the bed of
naVlgaole river debris enough to cover mile
square and twelve inches deep, every time
they mine 100000 cubic yards of earth,
containing to cents value per cubic foot,
provided the operation nets them from 81 600
to $4,000?
The total cost of levees along the rivers of
the State runs tar into the millions (incIuding
| levees to reclaim the islands, eighteen mill
| lons). The cost to the town of Marysvilie
alone foots up more than 100000, and the
cost TO Sutter County over $4,000 900. The
aggregate expense of levee districts, Sutter
County, for twenty-seven years is rs per cent.
of the assessed valuation of all it's property,
1he assessment for one year alone ran up to
6 per cent.
The telegraph people have been sending long
| dispatches from Kansas City about the claims
| OF one McMahon to the Bensley property in
San Francisco. The story appeared in the
California pa pers two weeks ago, and is now
coming back by wire.
One Of the chief attractions of California of
which we boast is the natural features and
the general aspect of the country In the
''sllckens" region we cannot harp upon this
any more. No streams in the world were
more charming and picturesque than our
rivers before the era of hydraulic debris; but
now, channelless and spread miles in width,
their unwhoIesome yellow waters are re-
pellant to the eye. In their present state. and
so long as hydraulic mining continues, this
spectacle alone, apart from the damage it
suggests. Will keep home-builders out of the
great valleys.
a dispatch from Columbus, Ind, tells of a
device shown there for sounding steam whis-
ties by electricity, so that all the whistles
In the United States could be sounded
simultaneously to give the correct time
Now here is a pointer for our City Trus-
tees. By applying this new agency to
the curfew ordinance practice every bell
and whistle in the city could be touched off
at O'Clock, and the entire population no
titled to count their children and see il all
hands are present or accounted for. There is
no charge made for the suggestion.
There is greater reason now than at any
time since hydraulic mining was enjoined
for vigilance and determined effort on the
part of the Anti-Debris Association. The
sharp appreciation OF gold quickens the in
genuity of those in search of it and renders
the people OF the' State less critical of irregu-
lar or illegitimate mining. There are many
! persons who would not object, if it were to
give up its organization; for they believe that
Illicit mining is going on all the time, and the
great majority of the people care so little for
the future that for present qualification they
might like to see the mountains coming down
to the valleys again, as formerly, under the
despotism of the monitor"
The hydraulic miners scoff at the sugges-
tion that the dams they are required to con-
struct are insecure. They say that water
dams may be unsafe, but that they are re-
qured to restrain nothing but debris. Apro-
pos of this, the English dam, built by the
North Bloomfield Co., gave way in June,