The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-01-12
NOT FOR PRIVATE USES.
Crushed Rock From Folsom Can
Be Had Only by Public
Bodies.
The Highways and Prison Commits
sions Settle Important Points
at Joint Meeting.

A joint meeting of the State Board of
Prison Commissioners and the State Blu
reau of Public Highways was held at San
Quentin prison yesterday. Prison Com
missioner De Pue presided.
The purpose of the meeting was to have
a thorough understanding of the law on
providing rock at Folsom prison for pub
lie highways, to adopt measures looking
toward an approximate estimate of cost of
rock to counties and other public bodies,
and also to definitely settle as to whom
and under what conditions the rock might
be sold and the cash obtained.
Marsden Manson, C.E., OF San Fran
CISCO J. l.. Maude, C.E., of Riverside and
r. +. Irvine of Sacramento, com prising
the Bureau OF Highways, were present and
took an active part in the discussions,
which were of interest to the whole State
Mr. De Pue remarked that he supposed
the first thing necessary would be to de-
fine the authority for using the broken
rock quarried at Folsom. He desired to
have that point determined so that no con-
tractors could use the rock for private pur-
poses.
Marsden Manson said: "a matter | re-
gard as being very important is, what is
going to be the cost of the first half years
production of rock? I'd rather we esti-
mated a little over COST because it would
be very difficult to get excess money back
if we estimated below cost; whereas, 9TH
erwise it would be an easy matter for us to
refund to contractors whatever small ex-
| cess there might be at the end of the SIX
months. We have to operate and fix
| price as it goes out, and we want to avoid,
+, as far as possible, having counties owing
! the State without any definite fund to pay
| it from. We must cover the cost of pro-
duction in the first half year and after that
we can very easily settle small differences"
1.-The cost at the start is going to be far
| in excess of further operations, 4" replied
| Warden Aull. Say $50 cubic yards at first
! would cost as much as 500 later on. | can't
say what the cost will be"
| Manson announced that Sacramento city
| and county, Stockton, San Joaquin and
the State Capitol Commissioners were
ready to take enormous quantities of the
rock for roads.
| A discussion ensued as to what limita-
tons should be placed on the sale of the
rock 80 as to keep within the law, and it
ended in the adoption of the following COM
posite resolution, presented by Director
| Devlin:
Rssolued, That highway "metar' shall be sold
only when to be used on public highways, end
| that every contractor doing public work shall
be allowed to purchase on certificate to That
effect from the proper public authorities, al
prices to be hereafter fixed, all rock to be paid
| for before being shipped.
| Maude moved that Warden Aull of Fol.
som be instructed to estimate the approx
mate cost of crushed rock for the frs t
three months and report thirty days be
fore operations begin. Aull replied that
| he would do as desired, but would GER
tainlv make out an underestimate for the
meeting in February at Folsom.
1t was stated that all money receive
from the sale of rock must be paid to
Aull.