The record-union., 1896-06-07

tie forenoon. The guests were swiftly
conveyed to the plant under the imnle-
date escort of the Bureau of Highways,
Marsden Manson, Chairman, and ]. l..
Maude and r. c. Irvine, and Prison
Director Hayes of San Francisco. In
the cars were business men, farmers,
engineers, educators, State officials,
manufacturers, Judges, city and county
officials, commercial men, fruit grow
ers and others.
Prominent among the guests were
President Steffens of the Chamber OF
Commerce, Chairman Morrison Of the
Board of Supervisors and Supervisors
Dreman and Curtis, Trustees Devine,
Kent and TcZer, Private Secterary to
the Governor McCabe and other State
officials, Mayor Bag2s of Stockton and
members of the Board OF Supervisors
of San Joaquin County. Messrs. Griffin
and Rogers of the Board of Supervisors
of Yolo, Surveyor Ashley of Yolo. Su-
perintendent of Streets F'rodden of AL
ameda. The State Board Of Public
Works was represented as follows:
Chief Engineer Price, Assistant EnGi-
neer Nourse and Draughtsman Ran
dali. There were present also Secre-
Draughtsman Watkins of the Bureau
of Highways, W. W. Seaman of the De-
partment of Public Instruction, Pres
ident Lane of the City Council OF Stock
ton, Senator Mahcney of San Fran
cisco, George T. Marye, Jr., of the Uni
versity Regents, San Francisco; Rev.
j. H. c. Bonte, Secretary Of the Univer-
sity Regents; Judges Catlin, HinkSon
and Johnson of the Superior Court,
Sacramento; Professor Martin of STAN
ford University; members OF the State
Board of Equalization, Chairman Mar
riner of the Board of Supervisors OF
Placer, Thomas Mcconnell, Assembly
man Cutter of Yuba County, II. NJ. La
Rue of the Railroad Commission, Su-
perintendent of Streets Bidwell of
Stockton, c. H. Holmes, Ed F. Smith,
Superintendent of Streets z. J. Croly,
of Sacramento, also F. T. Dwyer,
w. D. Knights, G. M. Mott,
T. C. Perkins, A. 3. Hum
phreys, w. H. Williamson, George I.
Bromley, San Francisco; Arthur Thorn
ton, New Hope; w. w. Douglas, Secre-
tary of State L. II. Brown, Colonel K.
L. Pealer, ex-Judge r. O. Cravens,
Major Nichols, State Prison Director
J. H. Neff Charles a. Luhrs, c. c. Du-
hahn, ]. E. Berry, Frank Miller, j. H.
Buck Of Vacaville, j. H. Maggard,
George c. Jennings, Thomas Deebie,
William Weeks, Joseph Johnson, H. K.
Williams. NJ II. Merrill, J. T. Stat
ford, w. r. Hall, C. H. Platts, j. II. Nc
Clure, NJ H. Dunn, F. w. Judson, c.
c. Robertson, Surveyor-General j. NJ.
Wright, w. H. Govan, John Barrett,
w. d. Lawton, George C. McMullen, ex-
Senator Routier, George B. Katzen-
stein, j. A Blair, Philip Knight and
others.
Arrived at the plant in less than an
hour, the company was met and
greeted by Warden Aull, and escorted
to the second of the crusher platforms.
and the machinery was then started,
Mayor Baggs throwing in the first
piece of rock; after which all hands
took a turn in shying stones into the
Unsuitable NAV of the crusher.
The machinery has been operated
for some time, but yesterday was set
apart for the official opening, that so
important an event might take some
formal place in State history. The
company inspected every part of the
massive works, from the compressed
air engine that is the motive power, to
the crusher turning out vast quantities
of road metal every hour, to the lofty
screens where the crushed trap rock
Is separated into three grades, and
thence shot down into the bunkers,
from which the cars are loaded; to the
small crusher for second-class work
to the bunkers themselves, and the
heavy foundations on which they rest.
and finally to the train now being
loaded with road metal for the city of
Stockton, the first place to put down
cash and take stone in return.
A quarter of a mile distant is the
State Prison and its works, to which
Warden Aull then escorted the guests.
Here it will be in keeping to describe
the rock-crushing works examined by
the company, as outlined by Chairman
Manson to a Record Union" re-
porter:
THE GREAT PLANT
On the advice of General Stone, who
appeared personally before the Senate
and delivered an address upon the sub
ject. bin was passed. warranting the
setting aside of S30.0 .0o0 for the con-
struction of a rock-crushing plant at
Folsom by the last Legislature, and re-
ceived the signature of Governor Budd
who was an enthusiast upon the sub
ject. The bill provided that 10 per
cent. above the actual cost of crush
ing be charged for the rock until the
$50, 600 or any part thereof used should
be replaced In short, il was proposed
e ~, g..
which the cost of crushed rock would
be reduced to a minimum, owing to the
plan of employing convic; labor to op-
crate the plant.
Plans for the plant and bids for the
construction of the rock-crusher were
accordingly advertised for, and were
opened September 30, 1885. and re-
ferred to a Board of Engineers. con-
sisting of w. r. Eckert, Charles Mat
thewson and Marsden Manson, which
was instructed to report upon the mat
ter as early as was convenient which
was done. and on October 4th the con-
tract was let to the Union Iron Works
or San Francisco and signed Novem-
Der 21st.
The engineers of the Union Iron
Works had submitted five plans and
specifications and the one accepted
called for two Mccullough crushers of
the rotary type; one No. Z. the largest
size, and one No. 4, or medium size
The engine called for was of 125
horsepower. and is operated by COM
pressed air instead of steam, which is
supplied from the State Power house.
which is about 200 feet distant, by
means of piping, and it is needless to
say that the air to feed the engine is
pumped by means of the incalcula BILE
water-power assured by the immense