The record-union., 1896-12-29
PRISON DIRECTORS
AND ROCK -cRUSHER.
It's Charged that the Former are Not Treating the
Latter Fairly.

! Iltduc Oll tli IOCh SHl4lpSd AioiAA SAAN = -
som State Prison, said charge being to
| cover the cost of switching and hauling
| the rock from the prison to the town OF
| Folsom.
| commissioner Maude, to whom this
| statement was made, asked Warden Aull
| if this could in no way be obv1ated, ana
| was informed by Mr.. Aull that the only
| other remedy would be to raise the price
of rock to say % cents per ton tthe price
| of the rock itself had been already
| fixed at % cents per tom. and the addi-
| tional charge of cents be paid into
| the State Prison fund to reimburse it for
the expense of hauling the rock from the
prison to Folsom. To this Commits
sioner Maude also objected, saying that
| he would prefer that the charge of 81
per car for switching be levied, rather
| than raise the price of the rock.
THE ground taken by Mr.. Aull was
| that the railroad from the town of Fol-
| som to the State Prison is directly under
| the charge of the prison and has no con-
/ nection whatever with the rock-cruSh-
| ing plant: that the hauling of the out
put of the rock-crushing plant is bur
den on this railroad, and that the Prison
| Directors had found it necessary and
would make this charge, and that they
notified the Bureau of Highways to so
notify all contractors.
we would respectfully set forth that
| the Bureau of Highways was not con-
suited in regard to the levying of this
additional charge, but was simply no
| titled that the Prison Directors would
| levy this charge.
Commissioner Maude, under date of
July 9th, wrote to Warden Aull as fol-
lows:
Sacramento (Cal), July ), 1896
! Captain Chas. Aull, Warden Folsom
| State Prison, Repressa-Dear Sir: In
regard to the additional charge of 81
| per car for switching [ find that there
| is considerable complaint just at pres
! ent in regard to it, not SO much that
| il is an unjust charge as the fact that
/ the contractors have not had due no.
tice of it.
The status of the case is this: Con-
! tractors have received the official rates
| published by us, and have also re
| CeiVed notification that the cost Of the
rock would be - cents per ton on board
| cars at Folsom.
The competition for street work
| has been exceedingly active. AS con-
| sequence, the margin of profit has been
! figured very low. Particularly is this
the case in Stockton. A number of con-
| t,acts have been let, based on the form
| er rates, for which orders have not
| been sent in, but probably will be with
! III the next few days.
This additional charge will, rough
| ly, make a difference of $50 per block.
The complaint is made by the con-
| tractors who have been awarded the
contracts that the imposition of this
rate is practically an ex-post facto law
| in their case, and that as a result of it
| they will lose money on their contracts,
! owing to the fact that they bid on the
lower rates, and did not receive proper
notification of the additional rate at the
time the contracts were let. AS a con-
sequence Of this, we have not yet had
| the notices printed on the bottom of
! the circulars, as was suggested when
You We're last in the office.
/ Do you not think it is advisable to
| print notice Of this additional rate,
making the same take effect for all
! contracts let after July 10Th? | think
| the small amount of money that will
be lost had better be lost than to have
a howl raised on the subject, which
could not be raised if these parties were
given a proper nOtificat ton. / do not
| think contracts have been let in any
! great quantity. although quite a num-
| ber are ready to be lost.
VIII you please advise the Bureau
| what you think in the premises by
tomorrow mornings mail? Very truly
yours, j. l.. MAUDE,
Con missioner
I'VE inclose herewith, marked 'Ex-
hibit A. the official freight list as is
sued by the Bureau % Highways by
! and with the consent pf the Honorable
| Board of State Prison Directors.
To the communication above quoted
Warden Aull replied that it was abso-
lutely necessary to levy this additional
charge. in the opinion of the State
Board Of Prison Directors.
Nothing more was done in regard to
this matter for some days. Commits
sioner Maude in the meantime visiting
Stockton in the discharge of his official
| duties While there he found great
| complaint about the levying of the rate.
7
18th. wrote Mr. Aull a letter, of which
the following is an extract:
MAUDE TO AULL.
Modesto. Cal, July Il, 1896
| "'Ny Dear Captain: ! wrote you some
days since to the effect that there was
! considerable complaint regarding the
charge of 81 per car for switching--not
! that the charge is excessive but oU ing
To the fact that proper notification had
not been given of the levying Of this
charge. / found the kick very much
| emphasized when l reached Stockton.
81 again ask: Do you not think it
would be possible in sending out our
notices TO make these charges cover
| contracts let after a certain date, say
the 10Th Of this month. or. it being now
that time. the 1st of August? 1t seems
to me that the loss to us would be small
in comparison with the complaints that
! 1 find are being raised in Stockton. =
/ Sincerely yours, j. T.. MAUDE.
Commissioner
STILL NO REDUCTION
There being still an unwilingness on
the part OF the Prison Directors to re-
/ cede from the ground first taken by
| them, the rate cards issued by the bu-
reau were then sent to the State Printer
ard notices printed on the bottom OF
| them in red ink. as may be seen by one
inclosed herewith, and marked Exhibit
! b
I'm this IT can be seen that the charge
is expressly levied by the State Board
of Prison Directors. and the Bureau of
Ina