The record-union., 1897-03-02

and the nomination was confirmed.
The Senate concurred to the Assem-
bly, amendments to $. BIS 155 and 14O,
by unanimous vote. 1t was explained
by the authors that the amendments
were unimpOrtant
CAPITOL BUILDING.
Committee substitute for S. b. 419,
by Henderson, to provide for the pur-
chase and erection of a complete sys-
tenn of apparatus for the proper and
perfect ventilation, automatic tempera-
ture regulation and sanitation of the
State Capitol building, and appropria-
ting 5000, was taken up.
Flint offered an amendment reducing
the appropriation from $4,000 to 500
600.
Mahoney said while he had not made
up his mind as to voting for the BILL
he felt that 5000 would be necessary
to perform the necessary work, and it
ought to be S75, 600 or nothing.
Bulla said he was willing TO accept
the compromise of SEC, 1000, but that
he could not support the committee
substitute.
bill ordered printed.
5. b. 400, By Smith, authorizing the
State Treasurer to furnish his office
and the vault therein, and appropriat-
ing 81 800 for the purpose, was passed
by vote of 30 to 2-title approved
THE DREDGER BILL.
Only few bills remained on the
special appropriation file, and when the
dredger bill was reached, Aram moved
that further consideration of the file
be made special order for $50 o'clock
to-day. The motion carried, and the
provisions Of the dredger bill will be
discussed to-day.
S. B. 416, by Gleaves, relating to
pilotage, Pilot Commissioners and pi-
lots, was taken up and the substitute
offered by Gillett and Luchsinger read
Gillett contended that the substitute
ought to be adopted, and that it tended
to keep down fees to a reasonable limit
and prevent discrimination by pilots in
the harbor of San Francisco.
Dickinson submitted that the substi-
tute applied only to San Francisco har-
Dor and did not reach to Humboldt
Bay. He thought cutting down pilot
fees was like cutting the hair from the
tip of a dogs tail When a vessel tied
up to a San Francisco dock to load and
unload, the master was charged the
highest dockage fees in the world If
reform were to be inaugurated, he con-
tended, it should begin with dockage
fees. The master should be punished
and not the servant. If the master of
the vessel forced the pilot to discrimin
ate he should be punished and not the
pilot
Gleaves thought pilotage legislation
for the bay of San Francisco ought TO
be done away with, and competitive
pilotage substituted. He was informed
he said, that there were 400 pilots in
San Francisco thoroughly acquainted
with the bay. Pilotage fees in the
bay of San Francisco amounted 20
about 100000 per annum, and these
charges made the average citizen think
there was something wrong. The pilot
age fees he submitted, We're 100 per
cent. higher than at any port in the
United States, and the harbor was
easier to enter than any of the others.
He contended that while his bill pro-
posed to reduce fees about 30 per cent.
the substitute offered by GiIlett
and Luchsinger made a reduction of
about 20 per cent.
Morehouse opposed both the substi-
tute and the original bill, and scored
number of substantial points against
the measures, and he was followed by
Dickinson, who turned loose the flood
Of his sarcasm upon the heads of Gil
lett and Gleaves
Wilmington, Gleaves and Gillett spoke
for the substitute which was lost by
vote of - ayes, % noes. Gillett
changed his vote and gave notice of a
motion to reconsider.
The Assembly having refused to con-
cur in Senate amendments =, 3 and g.
of the mining debris bill, and request
ed that the Senate do recede, on motion
Of VOORHEES, the Senate refused to re-
cede and a Committee on Conference
consisting of VOORHEES,, Prisk and Chap
man was appointed to confer with a
like committee from the Assembly and
at 10:4o o'clock the Senate adjourned
to 10 O'Clock this morning.