The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-07-09
IN THE YOSEMITE VALLEY
Governor Budd Discovered a
Comb ine Between the
Hotel-keeperS.
HOW GLAsCOCK WAS SCORED.
The Commissioners VIII Permit J.
M. Hutchings to Return to
His Old Home.

| Governor James II. Budd, president of
the Board of Yosemite Valley and Mari
posa Big Tree Grove Commissioners, pre-
sided at the meeting OF this long-named
| body yesterday. 1t is the first time that
he has been present at a meeting of the
Commissioners and there was a rafting of
dry bones that astonished several people.
| The others present were: George B.
| Sperry, vice-president; Henry K. Field,
John Boggs, John 81. O'Brien, Max Gold
| berg, Charles G. Clinch, and John T. Shee-
han secretary and treasurer. The absen-
| tees were E. P. Johnson and II. J. Ostran-
der. The executive committee consists Of
| Field, O'Brien and Clinch.
| The first flank movement made by the
| Governor was during the reading of the
| minutes Of the previous meeting, when
| reference was made to what had taken
| place in executive session. He entered a
! protest against executive sessions of pub
| lie body such as the Yosemite Commission,
and as a result the bylaws were so
amended that hereafter there will be no
| executive sessions, and the records of the
last meeting of this character became a
part OF the regular proceedings.
The next surprise occurred when two Pc
| titions were read from the lessees of the
| Sentinel House and the Stoneman House.
| A. ID. Glascock runs the former and J. j.
| Cook the latter. Cook asked for more pas
| ture land for his cows, stating that Glas-
cock has more than he requires.
| GIascock was present with two attorneys
! to secure ten years lease of the Sentinel
House. He protested that be has no more
pasture land than he can use for his own
| stock. He was astonished when the Gov
ernor suddenly asked:
| 9'Mr. GlhseOck why has your hotel been
closed for part of this season, which is a
| violation of the terms under which you
hold the present lease?"
| Glascock answered that it was a bad
| year and the hotel had net been paying.
He had lost $500 month on the place.
"And yet you want to renew your lease
for ten years and lose more money" re-
torted Governor Budd. as it not fact
that you have pooled your interests with
Mr.. Cook of the Stoneman Hotel?"
mo. There is no pool; but"
Have you not received money from Mr..
Cook for keeping your own hotel closed?'
| Glascock wilted and replied: We'll, yes,
| THAT is, there is an arrangement"
| eyes, l have heard 500 sort of arrange
ment, as you say, which means that you
and Cook have pooled your interests and
put up a job on the public and this COM
mission. l am not in favor of granting
you lease if there is to be any pooling
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the public and there shall be no combina-
tons with public property"
One of Glascock's attorneys attempted
| to straighten out the middle, for his client
was apparently sadly cornered. While in
the middle OF q pretty little speech about
Cooks COWS the Governor broke il and
put the question point blank to Glascock
"What are your little arrangements with
the landlord of the Stoneman?"
Again Glascock began to founder around,
and, not giving. direct answer, the Gov
ernor continued by saying: There have
| been too many complaints from visitors to
| the valley, who said they could not secure
| was only short time ago that this COM
mission spent $1100 in repairing this hotel
the public's money, by the way. Here
again, the secretary has complaint from
| Mr.. Cook, alleging that when the Sentinel
is open Mr.. Glascock solicits patronage of
the passengers arriving on the stages.
This, too, is a violation of our rules, and
| is prohibited in his lease. ! shall protest
against granting Mr.. Glascock a renewal of
his lease except under bonds furnished by
him that he will not Violate our rules
again"
Julius Kahn, one of Glascock's attorneys,
denied for his client that the latter sollcits
patronage, and resumed his address, say
| ing that there should be two hotels in the
!
| The Governor said he favored two hotels
there, but he was not in favor of granting
q lease for SO long term as ten years. He
| did not want TO bind any such an agree
ment upon his successor, as he did not
propose to succeed himself. A four years
lease is long enough. Again he turned
upon Glascock and demanded to know his
reasons for Directing to tell what were his
arrangements with Cook. The informa-
ton was not given. A long discussion fol-
| lowed as to whether the Sentinel should
| be conducted upon the American plan,
and the Stoneman on the European, or
| the two hotels be conducted on both the
European and American plan. The final
decision was that each hotel should be
| conducted upon both plans.
Then came the discussion about the time
| for which Glascock should receive his
! lease. Several favored four or five years
and the Commissioners decided that the
lease be granted for four years at $500 a
year, with the privilege OF renewal; also
/ that clauses be inserted in the lease forbid
ding pooling or soliciting on the part of the
lessee on the penalty OF FORGETTING the lease.
| Attorney Coogan protested against the
! shortness OF the term and the rental price,
1 but the motion was passed.
The executive committee was instructed
| to draw up the lease and insert the anti
pool and anti-soliciting clauses and clause
|
on both the European and American plans.
More trouble was stirred up when petit
ton from James M. Hutchings was read.
The old man was the discoverer of and first
white settler in the Yosemite Valley. He
was at one time guardian of the valley. He
wishes ten years lease of his little old
log cabin and its five acres of surrounding
orchard. While he released all legal
claim to the property years ago on the
payment of 1900 from the Federal Gov
eminent, still he wishes to call the valley
his home. Other boards have denied him
| that privilege, but still he has lectured all
over the world about the beauties of Yo-
semitic, and he wants to entertain these
people he has met abroad. at last he
| went before the State Legislature and Sc
cured the passage of this resolution which
he presented yesterday with his petition
Senate concurrent resolution, adopted March
| 16, 1895: Resolved by the Senate, the Assem-
| bly, concurring, that the use OF the cabin
| erected in the Yosemite Valley by j. Nj Hutch
! ings and the orchard adjoining of ABOUT five
acres in extent, planted by him, be and the
| same is hereby granted ]. N. Hutchings for the
| term of ten years.
Governor Budd sat down hard upon this
| legislative act and said that the State
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