The record-union., 1897-11-25

Was asked, Is there HOW dNdiidoiS
funds on hand for constructing the
road?" and the answer came, There is
not
There was then, Mr.. Price said, but
one recourse left, and that was to go
| before the people and ask them to come
| to the rescue by the issuance of bonds
| in the sum of $50, 600, and it remains
| with the people to say whether they
have patriotism and business capacity
| enough to advance the interests of the
| county.
| In speaking Of the cost of the road,
/ the Commissioner said it is the de-
| sire of everybody to keep out of debt,
| but in the Folsom road proposition
| there is another consideration, for If
| the people Of the county can save mon
| ey by borrowing $4,000 by putting it
into a paying investment and quit win
ners, that is business.
| Mr.. Price explained that the cost
| of the road, when figured out upon the
assessed valuation of property in the
county, amounted to practically moth
ing to taxpayers. He showed that the
| interest on the bonds will amount to
8 mills On 500, 8 cents on 81 600. 30
cents on $4,000, and SO ON 100000,
| and if anybody chanced to- be worth the
latter amount, they might we'll afford
to pay their quota towards building
the Folsom road
Sacramento County, Mr.. Price stated,
spends from $4,000 to $4,000 annual
ly upon its roads, and that amount of
money, he said, would, If property ex-
pended, build a long string of road
which would never cost the county a
dollar after completion.
Mr.. Price explained that in 1896 S14.-
500 was expended on claims from Road
District As fund, and $17, 400 from Dis
trict 5's fund, besides $500 from the
general road fund; $500 out of the
general county fund for sprinkling and
$4,000 for the bridges and repairing,
also from the general county fund.
Altogether, the speaker said, the
amount of money expended in Sacra-
mento County for road purposes in
1896, was nearly S56,0 900, and for the
year 1897 the total will foot up about
$4,000.
Then Commissioner Price turned his
| attention to affairs in the Fifth Super
visor District, and took an open fling
at Supervisor Thomas Jenkins 1t SO
| happened, he said, that in the latter's
district a new steel bridge was needed
| over the Costumes River, and with the
! necessary 300 feet of railing, it cost
S2o,U0O. AS matter of fact, only S3.-
0O0 of the amount has been paid out
of the district fund, leaving an indebt-
| ednesS of S1l, 900, which Supervisor
Jenkins expects will be wiped out by
dip into the general road fund and
the general county fund. but if this
| Folsom highway proposition is defeated
at the polls, the Commissioner contin-
ued, he will have to call long and loudly
upon the Board of Supervisors before
they Will listen to his appeal, and yet
he is responsible on his bond for those
contracts.
Sacramento County, Commissioner
Price said, cannot afford to spurn the
offer made by the State, and if, in af-
ter years, in a more progressive Pc
riod, an attempt would be made to con-
struct the road, 1t would cost twice as
much as at present. The county can
not, he said. afford to let slip the pres
ent opportunity. 1t has, he said lain in
its silurian shell for forty-seven years,
and the man now at the head of the
county government ought to be brand
ed as the most miserable, worthless and
contemplate human in the State for his
opposition to the attempt being made
to usher in new and progressive era.
The Chairman of the Board of Super
visors, Commissioner Price said, is the
bitterest enemy the friends of the ma
cadamized road proposition has to deal
with, but he had studied him sufficient
ly to know that he has not as much
brains as a chipmllnk
Commissioner Price called attention
to the fact that a telegram had during
the day been received to the effect that
the Oxnards would no longer consider
the proposition of erecting a sugar beet
factory in this city because the people
had hesitated to subscribe the land to
the culture of beets necessary to Sc
cure its erection. He hoped to see no
such hesitancy in the matter of the
Folsom road
The speaker further reminded his au-
ditors that the City of Sacramento pro-
poses 10 advance sixteen -thirtieths of
the funds necessary for the construc-
tion of the road. leaving only fourteen
thirtieths for the county to raise, and
said that never again could the county
have such chance offered, as in reality
ii would get the road for less than one
fourth the actual eost-tne State put
ting in half, and the city over half
of the remainder.
In conclusion Commissioner Price
called upon those present to vote for
progression and for the good of the
county, and not to get frightened at
the bond bugaboo, which in reality
meant money in their pockets and a
good road with very little cost.
Commissioner Prices address was
punctuated with applause of a most
decided character, and that the people
OF oak Park are a unit on the Folsom
road proposition was shown by the
warmth of his reception.
Chairman Brooks next called out Su
pervisor William Curtis, who prefaced
his remarks by relating that while he
IS no speaker he usually gets there, just
the same
Mr.. Curtis said if Messrs. Price and
Luhrs had known how the people of
Oak Park feel in relation to the bond
proposition they would probably not
nave considered it necessary to address
them, but he could answer for 1t that
all present We're glad to have listened
TO the thorough explanations of the
subject given by the Commissioners.
Mr.. Curtis said he had asked Super
visor jenkins the cause of his opposi-
uoh to the road and the latter had
SAID ne did not believe in building a
road and then giving it to the State.
All e1iorts TO explain matters to Jen-
kins had ended in dismal failure.