The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1897-05-01
IMPORTANT APPOINTMENTS.
Auditing Board to the Commissioner Of
Public Works.
The Men Who Are to Manage the
Proposed River Improve
ment Funds.

Governor Budd yesterday appointed
ellis Doty, Thomas B. Hall of Sac
ramento, John Markley of Sonoma and
George w. Patterson and Hugh j..
| Corcoran of San Joaquin TO be MEM
bers of the Auditing Board TO the Com
missioner of Public Works.
| The appointments are of Importance,
! inasmuch as the members virtually
| control the actions of Commissioner
of Public Works Leake in expending
the $300,000 or any portion thereof,
appropriated by the Legislature for the
purchase and operation of a dredger to
be used in rectifying and deepening the
channel of the Sacramento River.
ellis Doty, whose name heads the
| list, is we'll known in Sacramento
County, where he has resided for many
years. He is a farmer at Elk Grove,
and at the present time State Senator
! from Sacramento County. Senator
! Doty has taken prominent part in
the matter of river improvement, and
devoted much time during the last ses-
sion of the Legislature toward securing
! the appropriation he is called upon to
regulate. His appointment is sur
prise TO him, as he has urged the APP
pointment of Joseph Thompson for the
position.
Captain Thomas B. Hall, of the firm
of Hall, Luhrs q Co. of this city, needs
no introduction to a Sacramento pub
| lie He has for many years taken an
! interest in enterprises calculated TO ad-
vance the interests of the city or the
State at large. He has large interests
in Sacramento City and county, and
has, it is understood, made the sub
| ject of river transportation a study.
The appointment of Captain Hall seems
to meet the approval Of all interested III
the reclamation of the river.
John Markley is at the present time
Secretary of the State Board of Ex-
aminers, and among his friends IS
\ known as Honest John" He has held
many positions of trust. Mr.. Markley
owns valuable orchard lands in So
noma County. He is understood to be
| Governor Budd's right-hand man.
George ". Patterson is a prominent
business man of Stockton, and is SD
perintendent of one of the largest man
ufactories in that city. He is said to
take considerable interest in river nav
igation.
u.
of the California Navigation Company
which operates a line of steamers be
tween Stockton and San Francisco, ano
another line from Stockton to points VI
the San Joaquin. He is a river man OF
much experience, and has long beer
interested in improving the navigablll-
tv of the rivers in the State. He was
member of the committee which sew
eral years ago was sent to Washington
to urge the General Government tc
make a suitable appropriation for the
Sacramento and San Joaquin Rivers
The other members of that commit
tee were Marsden Manson of the Bu-
reau of Highways, Senator William
johnson of Sacramento County, w. NC
Near the San Francisco wheat broker
and A. H Rose, eXCOmmissloner OF
Public Works To its labors were Que
the appropriation made at that time
The appointments of Messrs- Tatter-
son and Corcoran We're made seVera
DAYS ago. but owing to defect IN thell
commissions they have been reap
| pOinted