The record-union., 1897-02-17
VOICE OF THE PRESS.
Extracts From Editorial Expression Of
Journals
OF the State and the Coast on Sub
iects of Living and News
Interest.

Interest.
| Stockton Independent: The PROPOSE
! ton to send agents to Los Angeles to
distribute literature advertising Central
| and Northern California does not strike
| the average reader as fair one. 1t Is
| too much like the trick of a storekeeper
| having a man stand in front of his
competitors place of business distrlbut-
| ing dodgers to coax his customers
away 1t would be better to make the
effort along the lines of all the rail-
roads leading to this State.
| MRS. STANFORD'S GIFT.
| San Jose Mercury: Mrs. Leland
Stanford has placed the people of Cali
fornia under further obligations to her
by presenting to the Stanford Unlver-
sity her valuable family mansion in San
| Francisco adjoining the Hopkins In
stftute of Art. which is the property of
the University of California Inc
| transfer includes not only the house IT
self but also it's contents, comprising a
library, picture gallery and numerous
works of art, all valued at many thou-
sands of dollars II was the desire OF
| Senator Stanford that this property
should in time go to the university, ana
in carrying out his will Mrs. STANFORD
has followed her own inclinations. Her
urselfish devotion to the interests OF the
university is well known, so that TINS
new evidence of her noble liberallty
does not come as a surprise to the pub
lic
STATE HIGHWAYS.
| Placervile Nugget: II is to be hoped
that the pretended objections Will De
overcome and the original bill reported
back to the House, passed and signed
bv the Governor The bureau has done
a good work and will do still more II II
is perpetuated We need a State sys-
tenn of highways. and there must be
some correct method of bringing about
this desirable condition. 1t seems to us
that the plan proposed by the bureau
with one or two alterations VIII more
readily meet the requirement.
SAN FRANCISCO AND PUGILlSM.
| Oakland Enquirer: If San FRANCISCO
must amuse itself with pugilism it may
be better to have to do it over in the
State of Nevada than at home. III Is
| going to cost something to go over into
| the neighboring State to see the mll'
and the persons who go will not in
clude so many clerks and bookkeepeTs
as went to make up the crowds VINO
formerly attended fights in the athletic
clubs Anyone who goes will be Obliged
to submit to the imputation of being
! sporty, and we do not think the cara
van will include many solid business
| men.
PUBLIC PRINTING.
Redding Free Press: The comparison
that some of the writer's in the cosmo-
| poitan press of this State insist on
making in the cost of the public printing
is unfair. The conditions that exist are
entirely dissimilar, and the cost of the
States printing in Georgia, Ohio ana
New York cut no figure in the matter
when compared with the expense of the
public printing for the State of Cali
fornia. The reason is that the Legisla-
ture has called into existence a large
number Of special commissions and pre-
scribed duties which those commissions
are required to perform that naturally
entail a heavy burden upon the State
Printer that he is compelled TO bear, ana
there is no way he can evade the respon-
sibility The remedy lies entirely with
the law making power, and 50 long as
Gus Legislature continues to keep alive
the multiplicity of these commissions
so long will the office of the State Prin-
ter be burdened with extraordinary eX-
pense.
FOR BETTER ROADS.
Wheatland Four Corners: We are in
receipt of bulletin issued by the Bu-
reau of Highways. The bulletin con-
tains. in addition to other interesting
matter the four bills presented to the
present Legislature. The first bill pro-
yides for the classification of roads. Ac-
companying this is q map showing the
proposed lines of State highways which
will be constructed and cared for by q
tax of one quarter of a mill on each one
dollar Of taxable property. Another bill
provides for the location of these roads
and the third provides for a department
of highways and a commission of three
competent men to take charge of the
State road system. The fourth bill pre-
scribes the width of tires and is known
as the wide tire bin.
An examination of these bills
strengthens our belief that the pres
ent members of the bureau are awake
to the needs of our State and have
taken the right course to do effective
work in road building. The system o1
| classification is q noble stroke and Is
. the foundation for future work. Sc
numerous are the public roads and com
plex the system, if system it might be
called. without classification no syste-
matte work could be made general. The
creating of a system of public highway
is next in merit to classification. The
small tax of a quarter of a mill will not
be felt by the property owners Of this
State, vet it will furnish a fund if prop
: erly managed which will pay for a sys-
TEN of macadam roads on the main line
of travel throughout the State.
GOOD FOR HER
Los Angeles Times: San Jose has SCI
, the rest Of the State a good example
by making an ordinance requiring al
. wagons tRt come into the city to trade
to be equipped with tires ten inches il
width and to have the forward wheels
, track inside the rear ones. This makes
Therefore, a total Of forty superficial
inches rolled down and hardened by
wagon tires. San Jose knows thing
or two herself, especially in the matter
of wagon roads.
: SUGAR THOUGHT.
: Santa Cruz Sentinel: California
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