The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1897-04-10
THAT SANTA CLARA BLUFF
Supervisor William McLaughlin'S Idea Of
Retaliation.
Riverside Road to be MacadamiZed-
Justice Candy flakes an
Explanation.

w. e. Lovdal and others appeared be-
fore the Board of Supervisors yesterday
and asked that the Riverside road be
improved as was requested some
months ago.
Supervisor Morrison explained that
the road could not have been macada-
mized in the winter months and the
work would have to be done IN the
summer months 1t is a summer drive
way, and there would be many COM
plants at tearing up the road in the
summer time, but the highway is an I'M
portant one and should be fixed. He
had no doubt the road would be i'm
proved this summer.
Mr. Lovdal said the people down that
way would not object to having the
road improved during the summer.
They need it most for winter purposes,
and while there might be some obJec-
ton by summer drivers, still the people
who have to use the road in winter
want it improved as soon as possible.
James O'Neill said Mr.. Morrison had
expressed his idea and that of the peo-
pie who live south of the city. The
road could not be macadamized in the
winter, and while it would cause some
Inconvenience to city people who want
a summer driveway to have it torn UP
in the summer, that was the only thing
that could be done.
Supervisor Curtis explained the con-
dition under which portion of the
road was macadarnized during last
winter and the difficulties he had to
contend with
Mr.. Morrison moved that it be given
as the sense of the board that after
July 1st the road be macadamized from
the canal down to where the other work
was done, distance of nearly three
miles. 1t was so ordered
BAD PIECE OF ROAD.
Dennis Dalton of Costumes complain
ed of the condition of the road which
runs from the Junction House north
west to the Perry House. Culverts
were washed out, and about two miles
of it was in bad condition. On motion
of Supervisor Morrison, the Commits
sioner of the district was ordered to
have the road repaired, the cost not TO
exceed $40.
OAK PARK HOBBS.
Justice Candy of Oak Park appeared
explain some things in connection with
the bills for trying and convicting va
grants.
He was asked by Supervisor Morrison
if he deemed it proper to allow Con-
stables to swear to complaints against
hobos, and replied that he did in cases
where others had complained of acts of
vagrancy He admitted that Migrants
Of
of the Constables In most cases the
defendants pleaded guilty.
They have no alternative, have
they?" asked Morrison. 1T is either
plead guilty or be convicted on the
Constable's testimony, isn't it?'' asked
the Supervisor
Justice Candy replied that it was not
always so. When defendants desired
trials and asked to have witnesses they
We're allowed to do so, but almost in
var1ably they pleaded guilty.
Last month, said the Justice, there
We're thirteen cases tried in his court.
Two were for cruelty to animals, two
for petit larceny, and the others were
chiefly for vagrancy. There We're some
chickens stolen out there, and arrests
were made, but evidence could not be
had to convict. The defendants how
ever, pleaded guilty to vagrancy, but
We're allowed to leave the county
Frequently two or three men are tried
in his court at one time when the
charges are the same against them, and
costs charged only for one commitment
He declined to issue warrants in many
cases that did not seem to warrant pros
ecution, and in all things he tried to
comply with the advice of the District
Attorney, whose office he frequently
consulted.
Mr.. Morrison said all the board de-
sired was to get at the facts, not to GEN.
sure any official unjustly, but there had
been instances of apparent collision in
certain townships between Justices and
Constables in the arrest and conviction
for vagrancy of men who are merely
passing through the county, and this it
was desired to stop. both in the interests
of justice and of the taxpayers.
Justice Candy said that men are often
arrested for stealing chickens or veget-
ables, but even when the articles are
found on them it is impossible for the
owners to identify them, as for instance
where they are in process of being
cooked, yet there remains no doubt of