The San Francisco call., 1897-11-30
MAJORITY WILL
Vote FOR BONDS
Bright Outlook for the
Folsom Boulevard
Proposition.
Marked Change in Sentiment
Throughout Sacramento
County.
Gait the Only Village Where
Much Opposition Has De-
Veloped.
Special Dispatch to THE CALL

SACRAMENTO, Nov. 29-The reports
coming i'll from the country tonight
show an immense gain in favol OF the
Folsom road bond issue. The missionary
work of the County Commissioners and
the State Board of Highways is beginning
to show results. In all portions OF the
county the sentiment seems to be chang
ing rapidly in favor OF the project, unless
it is in he locality of Gait. This little
town never seems to be in harmony with
The rest OF the county. Perhaps 1t Is be-
cause Gait is on the very outer border, or
perhaps it is due to the peculiar d1sposl-
ton of the people there; but it is fact,
nevertheless, that Gait has never been IN
touch with Sacramento city and the rest
of the county.
The most recent exemplifcation OF this
strange fact is the following letter sent by
few of The people down there TO the
editor of the Bee:
CALF, Cal Nov. %. 1897.
To the Editor of the Bee-Sir: We nave been
reading why the city needs the road 10 Fol-
som. We the undersigned, think we need
some work down here. From Dry Creek
bridge to Gait is almost passable in winter.
This is the first road the San Joaquin people
stri Ike when they want 10 drive up o the capt.
tai and one trip will do them. They VIII ship
their rig and team home on the railroad BE-
fore they will drive back. The road from Dry
Creek brIdge to Hicksyille is a disgrace to any
State, and we taxpayers VIII remember Nj.
jenkins at the next election II he should want
our votes again. We are in favor of good
roads, and will put in part OF the time Tree
gratis 10 have this roa1 nXeQ now before lhe
rain sets in.
Mr. Price speaks about the people of San
Joau uin and other southern counties or tour
lists d living up through Sacramento city to
EO1 md a don't
ever drove over the road from Dry Creek 10
Sacramento city in the winter. We don't ask
anything only chance TO help hx this road:
Mr.. jenkins snould come down here before
asking US to vote. for bonds to fix the road
from your city to Folsom, when we cam get
from Gait 10 Sacramento half OF the time
from Decem Der TO the / st OF May.
We are, undersigned, taxpayers along the
road from Dry Creek bridge TO Gait, only one
and one-half miles, and from Gait TO McCon-
nells
! This is disgrace now. We hope to see this
! in the Bee before we vote for bonds 10 help
| where we never expect to use.
J. WHITAKER,
DR.. A. MONTAGUE,
A. J. MONTAGUE.
w. STooPRACK,
W. D FRANK,
W. DUFFY,
c. TRACY.
F. ROBINSON,
JAMES D. FURNISH.
They seem to have made but little i'm
preston
! diately following the communication is
! an editorial, from which the following is
an extract:
| That Is the spirit of silurianism with q
vengeance That is the embodiment of an
idea which has done so much 10 retard this
county when she should have progressed ana
kept pace with any In the State. This Is
certainly a dog-in- -tne-manger policy. These
men virtually say: "The proposed road does
no go right past our doors, and, therefore, it
will not go past the doors OF any one else, II
my vote can prevent it
II these correspondents from Gait will only
pause and consider they viii see that they
will have formulated doctrine antagonis tic
TO the very best interests of the entire coun-
ty their own section included.
Speaking of the awful condition of the
roads around Gait the Bee continues:
1t is to inaugurate the removal of these
damnable diSgraces to our county that the
people are asked to vote Tor this modern road
from Sacramento to Folsom, the building OF
which will be he best bit OF economy in that
line ever accomplished, and the repairing ana
maintenance OF which will have 10 be attended
forever by the State.
But while this '.dog-in-the-manger" atti tude
comes from few in Calf there other por-
tions of Sacramento County which, be it said
to her everlasting honor and prs Use, Will carry
her through and save her from disgrace in the
eyes OF the Stale.
Down the river. CourtIand. Walnut
Grove, Isleton, Franklin and all the small
settlements are alive and awake 10 the
best interests OF the county, and will give
to the proposition an overwhelming vote
in the affirmative. The same feeling pre-
walls at Antelope, which is located at the
extreme northern border Of the county.
Senator GiIlis Doty, the author of the
bill, has joined the crusade against silur-
ianism and the splendid speeches he is
making have brought many doubling
voter into camp.
Only three more days remain now, but
those who are fighting say there viii! be
more vim put into those three days than
has ever wound up campaign in Sacra-
mento County.