The record-union., 1897-06-13
COULD NOT MAKE A LIVING.
Why Ferryman Hadley Wanted to Move
His Plant.
OnIy Made $40 Since Last December
But the Supervisors Said
s'Nay, Nay"


ferry about ten miles down the river, to
remove the ferry a few miles farther
donw to a point between the land OF
Mrs. Terrio on this side and that OF }.
III. Glide on the Yolo side.
The matter had been partially heard
before, but was continued till yesterday
for the purpose of hearing testimony py
residents living down that way.
The result of the matter was that the
petition was lost on tie vote, super
visor Morrison being absent.
Elwood Bruner, representing the pc
fittoner, addressed the board in behalf
of the proposed change. He SAID the
matter had been before the board TWO
or three times, and he had yet heard no
reasons given why the petition shouId
not be granted.
w, NJ. Sims, representing the persons
who are opposed to the change, sald
he had not heard the arguments pre-
scented by the petitioners, and would ike
TO hear what they had to present.
Mr.. Bruner replied that Wilbur George
had been before the board on behalt OF
the remonstrants and promised TO De
ready a week ago to go ahead with the
case. Mr.. Sims had taken up the mat
ter where Mr.. George had left 1t, ana
should go ahead and present his case.
Accordingly Mr.. Sims opened up ana
stated his side of the case, prior to the
hearing of the testimony of residents
along the river.
He contended that, outside of j. Ii.
Glide, his employees, and two or three
families, the petition for the change OF
To- T.aTarpCpntR6 DI1t thlr-
teen residents. He claimed that in re-
ality the change was asked chiefly Tor
the accommodation of Mr.. Glide. 1t is,
said Mr.. Sims, asked that the ferry be
changed because Yolo County refuses to
make its river road passable for persons
living south of the Heiser place. he
presented a remonstrance signed py
forty residents or property owners on
the Yolo side of the river who object to
the proposed change of location
In response to a question by Mr..
Bruner. Mr. Sims admitted that among
those represented on the remonstrance
is Mr. Soto, the owner of the ferry at
Freeport, of which the proposed new
ferry would be rival He claimed that
the ferries, as now established, accom-
modate the greater number Of persons,
and it would not be fair to Mr.. Soto to
place a ferry so close to his as to reduce
his revenues.
The first witness examined in behalf
of the petition was Mr.. Hadiey the
owner of what has been known as the
Peters ferry He said the reason he had
asked to have the ferry removed farther
south was that he could not make a liV-
ing at its present location. In order to
live he had been obliged to have assist
ance from his brother. The road is so
bad on the Yolo side of the river that
people cannot get to his ferry. Farther
south the roads are better and the pat
ronage would be better.
Mr.. Hadley said that AlSip, Babel,
Enos, Mcdowell, Jacinto, MCGOWAN,
Van Tassell, McGregor-and a host of
others who had signed the remon-
strance-do not use his ferry. Some of
them he did not even know, and others
own no land down that way. Others
cross his ferry perhaps once a year, and
one of the signers of the remonStrance
had not crossed there in thirteen years.
Mr. Bruner read through the list of
names on the remonstrance and Mr..
Hadley declared that only a few of
them ever patronized his ferry.
From the first of last January to this
time Mr. Hadley said, he had not
taken in over $40 from residents on the
Yolo side of the river, and is running in
debt all the time
In response to questions asked by Mr..
Sims, Mr.. Hadley said that if the ferry
were removed farther down the river
TO the Terrio place he hoped to have a
much greater patronage.
Name me one person, said Mr.. Had
ley, "of those north of Babel Slough
who use my ferry where it is"
Mr.. Sims found four or five names of
persons on the remonstrance who some
times use the fry.
Mr.. Bruner said he had no further
testimony to offer at that time.
E. B. Wall, one of those who oppose
the removal of the ferry, was called.
He lives near Babel Slough. on the
Yolo side of the river. The Hadley fer
ny, where it now is, is in the most con-
venient place for him and his neigh
bors. His ferry expenses amount to
from $50 to $100 a year. If the ferry
We're removed to the Glide ranch he
would have to go four miles out of the
way.
ferry is profitable in the fall of the
year. but not in winter. His neighbors
all use the ferry more or less.
To Mr.. Bruner Mr.. Wall said that
since last Christmas he had crossed the
ferry ten or twelve times. One person,
he thought, had crossed oftener than
dents on the Yolo side come to Sacra-
Nv Of
He did not know that if the ferry
were to cross at the Terrio ranch there
would be a straight road to Oak Hall
over the Pocket levee. If the ap-
proaches to the HadIey ferry were bet
ter he thought it would be better pa
tronized
Michael Ignacio. who lives near the
Hadley ferry, testified that he did not
use the Hadley ferry often because the
approaches thereto were bad He had
crossed three times the last three
months, hauling wood.
Manuel Content testified that he
crossed the Hadley ferry frequetly with
as high as 1890 pounds on his wagon.
and had no fault to find with the APP
proaches.
He would rather go down the river to
the new ferry and come up to Sacra-
mento over the short Pocket road
than use the ferry where it now is.
The matter was then argued at
length by Attorneys Bruner and Sims.
at the conclusion of which Supervisor
Curtis moved that the prayer of the pc
titioner be granted.
Chairman Jenkins said he preferred
that the matter should go over until all
the members were present, but was