The record-union., 1899-01-18
AhT|-DEBRlS ASSOCIATION.
MANAGER PHIpPs PRESENTS
HIS MONTHLY REPORT.
Election OF Officers Postponed TILL
Next Meeting and Various
Business Transacted.

ouS10e8S xTa0SacIeOs
The Anti-Debris Association met yes
terday morning at the Courthouse to
consider the subjects outlined in the
circular published recently in the Rec
ord Union
There were present.
Members Stineman and D. P.
burst, Wheatland; H. Mcclure and w.
7. Phipps, Marysville; L. P. Farmer
and w. F. Hoke, Sutter County; VIM.
Curtis, Vim. Mclaughlin, d. Gillis and
Il. T. Devlin, Sacramento; Robert Cos
ner, Colusa
Visitors--C. X. Davis, Mr.. Wood and
H. Hale, Wheatland; d. A. Ostrom,
Feeds; T. L. Smith and J. E. Orr, Sut-
ter County.
William Curtis of Sacramento, Chair
man Of the Board of Supervisors, was
chosen temporary. Chairman, and Secre-
tary Cosner read the minutes of the last
session.
+. T. Devlin reported that the asso-
cietion is looking after all bills affecting
its interests pending before the Legis-
leture.
Manager w. T. Phipps, for the asso-
citation, presented his report, which is
partially as follows:
Immediately after your last meeting
Mr.. Devlin arranged with Mr.. Alardt
and Major Clark, as expert engineers,
to make surveys and observations of the
impounding works of the Kate Hayes
Mining Company at Sweetland and of
Spauldings dam in the Greenhorn
Creek, near Colfax. Accordingly, on the
morning of the 2Sth of December, 1898
/ secured a team at Kimbalps stable
ir .Marysyille and conveyed the engl-
neers to San Juan, where We stayed
over night. On the morning of the 18TH
We proceeded to the dams and settling
pools in Sweetland Greek, below the
town of Sweetland, where we prepared
to begin operations.
\ Mr.. Slack who was in charge of the
dam met US and refused to allow US to
proceed without an order from the Sup
erintendent. He telephoned the Super
i1tendent, who lives at San Juan, A. G.
Miller by name, who shortly Joined US.
and after learning the object of our
visit refused to allow us to make the
survey, or to take photographs, stating
that he had positive orders from his
company to prevent any thing OF the
kind
On our way up on the evening of the
2Sth, We had taken careful observa-
tions, in a short stop made at the dams,
and the Superintendent again permitted
us to take look over the situation, but
went so far as 10 object to Mr.. Allardt
taking any notes of his observations. l
assured the Superintendent that we
should appeal to the California Debris
Commission or to the court for the
necessary authority.
He then suggested that he would
send telegram to his company if we
We're not satisfied with his statement.
At about noon we returned to San
Juan, and at my request Mr.. Miller
wired his company, to which he re-
ceived no reply until about 4 O'Clock in
the afternoon. In the meantime l wired
Mr.. Devlin the situation and asked him
to get authority from the Debris Com
nission.
Mr.. Miller's answer from his COM
pany, as he stated to US, was a fiat
refusal. In the forenoon of the Both.
not having heard from my message 1
again wired Mr.. Devlin, and about 4
o'clock in the afternoon received word
that he had not heard from the commits
sion.
On the morning of the 31st after leav-
ing instructions to forward messages TO
me, we started for home.
We reached SmartsvilIe at noon,
where / received word from Mr.. Dev-
lin that the commission had refused our
request
We then visited the site for the pro-
Il 10
rows, near Smartsville, and drove to
Marysville late in the evening, where
received word from Mr. Devlin that
John Spaulding was willing to have US
make surveys at the Greenhorn dam.
1 then arranged to have Messrs Al
lardt and Clark stay in Marysvi1le over
Sunday, where they wished to take OBJ
servations of the Yuba River, and meet
me in Sacramento on the morning Of
the I'd, where we had a consultation
with Mr.. Devlin, and from there pro-
ceeded by train to Colfax, where we
stayed over night.
On the morning of the Sd we took an
early train on thei narrow gauge road to
YOU Bet Station, from where we walked
to the Greenhorn dam. Here we put in
a long day making surveys, taking
DnClOSrdplS ana observations ana re-
turned to Colfax by train late in the
evening.
Deeming this matter to be one of
special Importance on account of the
fact that we propose to proceed to at
tack the judgment of the Debris Com
missioners, on the 11th inst. sent out
communications, of which the annexed
is a copy, to about 100 prominent
property owners and Supervisors in the
counties interested in our work. So
liciting their advice on this matter in
the name of our association, and in
viting them to attend our meeting to-
day. These people are all interested in
the preservation of our rivers and val
ley property
/ take this occasion to say that it
seems most extraordinary for the Cali
fornia Debris Commission to be party
with the miners in refusing the right
of examination and surveys of the
work which is being done under the
Caminetti Act. That law expressly pro-