The record-union., 1899-10-03

Mrs. John We'll, Miss NJ. Curry, Mrs
E. p. Colgan, Mrs. Truman Reeves
Mrs. c. n. Post, Mrs. M. J. Wright,
Mrs. T. j. Kirk, Mrs. w. H. Seamans,
Mrs A. J. Johnston, Mrs. f. d. Ryan,
Mrs. j. l.. Gillis, Mrs. Anne Campbell
Mrs A. L. Blanchard, Mrs. NJ. M.
Yount, Miss M. Eastman, Miss SADIE
Breen, Miss Clara. Lennon, Miss Edith
Cowden, Miss Eudora Garoutte, MISS
Amy Hopkins. Mrs. Frank Miller, Mrs
William Schaw, Mrs. A. A. Van Voof-
hies, Mrs. l.. Tozer, Mrs. r. d. Ste
phens, Mrs. r. b. Hall, Mrs. 0. W.
Erlewine, Mrs A. J. Bruner, Mrs. L. l..
Lewis, Mrs Fl. c. Fisher, Mrs. L. l..
Enwright Mrs. A. Heilbron, Mrs. J. O.
Coleman, Miss Small and Mrs. r. l..
Peeler.
President Frank Miller of the Cham
ber of Commerce raped the audience
to order at $50 and requested that
they stand and sing America" the
orchestra struck UP and the patrlouc
air was rendered with spirit. Then
Mr.. Miller made a few happy remarks
concerning mining engineers, great
workers whose achievements had been
celebrated by Frank r. Stockton in a
story crediting them with marvellous
exploits; so he called on DR.. James
Douglass of New York to respond for
the mining engineers.
DR.. Douglass made a brief, meaty
address. He said Yesterday was
Sunday, but 1 did not go to church.
However, was reminded of Paul $
saying that we should not think too
highly of ourselves. The speaker said
California had developed a mining sys-
tenn of it's own, reyolutionizing metall-
urgy Works visited were mar
wells of ingenuity and skill. He was
glad to have seen Suffers Fort and
was pleased to see the historic spirit
wide awake. He saw a great future
for the State in agriculture and man
ufacturing, as we'll as in mining. me
entire party were delighted with what
they had seen and with the hospital
ity of the people.
Secretary of State Curry was called
upon to respond to DR.. Douglass, and
he made a charming and felicitous lit
tie speech. He said that it was but
d
said he did not believe California would
be a valuable acquisition to the United
States. He did not think clearly on
the question, however, for nobody III
the United States would now DOUBT
that California was a great acquis1-
ton. Among other things, Secretary
Curry said
I'm mining, as we'll as in other de-
partments of industry, there has Deen
great progress. Most Of the great min
/ ing enterprises owe much to mining
engineers. They have revolutionized
mining operations. Mining was prac-
ticed in prehistoric times, but the i'm
provements have been SO great in re-
cent years that it is scarcely an ex-
aggeration to say that the art of min
ing and it's associate arts of mining
engineering and metallurgy are the
products Of the last hundred years.
| Chemistry furnished the means OF test
ing ores and metals in purity, ana
mining engineers drain mines by the
steam pump. Mines full of f1re-damp
/ and choke-damp are ventilated by the
steam blast. Steam hosting apparatus
saves miners from the old rotten lad
ders, and gun powder and dynamite
cheaper the opening Of shafts, drifts
and tunnels. Mines are lighted by
| electricity, and yet both mining and
mining engineering are in their in
fancy in this country. Mining anu
agriculture should go hand in hand
What helps one should help the other
/ and l hope some of you gentlemen
win be able to solve the hydraulic
mining problem, so that the almost
| inexhaustible hydraulic mines Of Cali
fornia can be worked without detri-
ment to the agricultural industries OF
the State"
DR.. R. W. Raymond, the well-known
New York expert, made an eloquent
| speech. Though he was assigned The
Union" he insisted that he had a
greater subject, Sacramento. He
said he was proud of the city before
he ever saw it, and he saw it first
thirty-one years ago. AS a student in
| Germany nearly half a century ago
/ he met an old Professor who invested
in Sacramento bonds. The town burnt
down, but the Professor still had faith
| in his investment, in spite Of the
laughter Of his co-workers. Some years
later it was drowned out by floods, but
! the Professor still had faith.
Il honor your city because it has put
honor above gold" he said; because
you have paid your debts only this
/ year clearing away the last cent. Man
| hood is above gold, and you have held
| up American honor like heroes; that's
/ why / am proud of Sacramento"
| Professor n. W. Lord Of Columbus,
+ O., rejoiced that the same sturdy spirit
1 that had achieved American victories
/ in industry had made California what
/ it is. "The same race that made New
England" he said, SIS making Califor-
/ MIA. and it's great universities. To the
/ energy of New England, or of the Eng
/ lish who made it, you have added the
4 experience Of the United States, and
YOU are building an empire here"
| Mr.. Reardon Of Arizona told few
! anecdotes about his great Territory
/ after which the party viewed the SEN
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