The San Francisco call., 1895-12-31
A Great Convention of Super
visorS and Delegates From
Many Counties.
THEY WILL SOON MEET HERE
Delegation to Be Appointed and Hur.
ried On to Washington to Urge
Necessary Appropriations.

counties will meet in this City January 15
for the purpose of arousing public interest
in the improvement of the waterways
branching from San Francisco Bay. A
delegation will be chosen TO go on to
Washington Immediately after the big
convention and present before Congress in
the most effective way the necessity for
spending some of the Government money
in improving the Sacramento and San
Joaquin rivers and their tributaries. Pet
aluma Creek, Napa River, Islais Creek and
Alviso Slough.
Such is the result of long and closeted
conference with the executive commi ttee
OF tie California river-improvement con-
vention. The meeting was held expressly
10 discuss the advisability of calling
large convention, and nearly all day yes
terday was spent upon the subject. The
difference of opinion was not upon the ad-
vaniages to be gained from general
public discussion, but upon the time for
the meeting Several of tie committee
men expressed their opinions very
strongly that it is great blunder to call
convention on such short notice before
the time the delegation must act in Wash
tions and agreed to support every effort
that might be made to boom the need of
improvements and arouse public interest
in the request to be made for Californias S
good
The delegates present were: Senator
William Johnson of Sacramento County,
L. B. Adams of Yolo, H. II. Rose of
Colusa, E. A Denicke OF San Francisco,
William P Edwards of Sonoma, L. P.
Farmer OF Sutter, DR.. ]. 7. Mclean of
Alameda, f. McGettigan of Solano Sen
ator J. NJ. Gleaves of Shasta, and W. S.
Green and George Ohleyer, at large.
E. E. Drees of Petaluma and ". A.
Cooper of Santa Clara were admitted as
mem bers of the executive committee.
Much of the for enoon was consumed by
an inquiry into the financial condition OF
the committee, and ex-senator William
Johnson was appointed to make detailed
investiga ton of the finances from the in
ception of the committee down to the pre-
sent time.
William Johnson also reported his
action as a delegate to the Trans -Misss-
sippi Congress that met in Omaha No
VEN Der "a. He said that he had presented
the matter OF the improvement of Califor-
MAS rivers and harbors and that every
measure introduced by him had been
approved by that congress. He had talked
mainly to impress the other delegates with
the claims of Sacramento and San Joaquin
rivers and Petaluma Creek to Govern
ment aid.
The result of yesterdays long executive
session in the Grand Hotel was the lorna
tion of the following resolution, which will
be sent to the counties Immediately con-
cerned:
ResoIred, That the California River Improve
ment Convention be and is hereby called to
meet in the City of San Francisco on Wednes-
day, the 18th day of January, 1896, at IL a. NJ
and that the convention be composed OF the
members of the several Boards of Supervisors
of the counties OF Sacramento, Yolo, Colusa,
San Francisco, Sonoma, Suffer, Alameda Ma
dera San Joaquin, Butte, Solano, Tehama,
Stanislaus, Glenn, Shasta, Merced, Santa Clara,
Napa, Contra Costa, and of five citizens Sc
lected by the board of the counties above
named, and of the Board of Trustees OF the
cities of oakland Stockton. Petaluma, Santa
Clara San Jose, Alameda, Marysville, Napa and
Redding, and the Merchants Association and
the Chamber OF Commerce of San Francisco,
and the present executive committee of the
California River Improvement Convention
and five citizens of each of the above-named
cities.
San Francisco secured this convention.
Sacramento was to have been the meeting
place, but E. A. Denicke moved to amend
the resolution by substituting this City
for Sacramento. His principal arguments
were that the large City dailies would have
a better chance to give more notice to the
sessions, and that in consequence the State
generally and the East would be more i'm
pressed with the interest taken in the en-
terprise.
johnson was equally ardent for the cap
ital city.
Dan Mclean spoke for San Francisco,
declaring that the metropolis would be the
most convenient place, and then Farmer
tried to turn the tide back toward the cap
ital.
Chairman A. H. Rose said that this City
was not interested enough in the subject
and should be made to hear more about it.
II Sacramento could furnish free hall, as
stated, he believed San Francisco could do
as much.
When the roll was called San Francisco
won by one vote, the following members
voting aye: Rose, Denicke, Edwards, Nc
Gettigan, Roberts, Gleaves, Cooper.
An effort will be made to get the Cham
her of Commerce Hall for the meetings.
Should there be as full an attendance as is
expected there will be over 200 delegates in
town.
The business of the convention will be
to choose six or perhaps only three repre-
sentative men as a delegation to go to
Washington: 1t will also elect a new ex-
ecutive committee to succeed the incum-
bents.
California has sent $297, 100000 to the
General Government and only S11 600 900
has beea spent on this State for Govern
ment purposes" said Senator Gleaves.
There is no area of arabic land in the
world so great as tat drained by the
Sacramento and San Joaquin rivers. Few
people know it, but there is actually more
traffic annually on the Sacramento River
by 81 000, GOO than on the whole Mississippi.
The business is enormous. The people of
the State do no. realize it. We want them
to appreciate these things and become
awakened TO the Importance OF the i'm
provements to be asked for"
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