The San Francisco call., 1899-12-03
National and State Workers to
Serve Together to Succeed.
Thomas Names Finance Committee and
Says He Is Confident Bankers and
Moneyed Men Will Give Freely.

T7 S far as possible the executive
Il " committee of the California Wstcr
HA and Forest Association perfected
Its plan Of action yesterday at
the Palace Hotel The work lasted until
late In the night. William Thomas.
president of the association and Of the
committee. presided. The other members
OF the committee present were: George
H. Maxwell. Arthur r. Briggs, T. c..
friedlander, p. A. Buell. of Stockton, Ma
Jor Rice OF Bakersfield. ]. Richard Freud,
w. II. Mills, Mr.. Pillsbury of Tulare.
surveyor General n. z. Chapman, Philip
Lillenthal, William r. Eckert and r r..
McDoble Of the Whitney Power Com
pahy. There were also present ElwoOd
Mead Of the Irrigation Investigation OF
me Chlted states Department OF Agricul-
ture and j: b. Lippincott of the United
states Geological Survey.
CONSTITUTION and bylaws were adopted.
oihcers were provided for. the duties OF
the committee were defined TO be the adj
ministr8tion of affairs in accordance with
the policy of the advisory council OF
seventy. The work OF the association
was set forth in the following:
The objects of the association are
10 promote the conservation q the
waters of California by intelligent
methods of preserving and admins
tering our forests and the impounding
Of flood waters. also to devise the
most economical methods by which
the waters of the State may be ap-
Piled to mining, agricultural and me-
chanical uses, and 10 carry into effect
the platform of the convention held in
san Francisco on November IA and 10,
1889.
on motion of Arthur r Briggs the
chair was authorized 10 name commit
tees on finance membership legislation
publication, campaign and transportation.
w. IL. Mills moved the appointment of
a committee on engineering, surveys and
records, TO collate and compile all avail
able information from existing surveys
as 10 the topography of California and
70 consider all questions relating 10 the
further prosecution Of the Government
surveys which may have a bearing on the
objects of the association. This was
adopted.
The disposition of the first $4,000 10
hereafter come into the treasury took up
the attention OF the committee for an
hour or more. George II. Maxwell in
troduced resolution pledging that sum,
when II could be raised. above the neces-
sary eXoenses OF the association, to the
prosecution of the work now being car
ried on by the Irrigation Investigation
and the Geological Survey Pillsbury op-
on the ground that IL the committee on
finance could show the public what IL was
intended TO do with the money IL would
be easier 10 secure 1t. Several of the
committee spoke.
Messrs. Lippincott and Mead explained
that the amounts of money that the Gov
ernment devoted 10 the work they were
carrying on in California were small: also
that the policy of the departments at
Washington was to help localities that
helped themselves especially IL appeared
that the sum of $1,000 only had been ex-
pended in locating reservoir sites in this
State during the past year under the
Geological Survey: also that the en-
gineering departments Of both of the
universities in this State had offered.
through their engineering departments.
10 assist in the work pursued by Mr..
Mead. asking only pay for the actual ex-
penses in the field. the universities pay
ing the salaries of the men representing
them.
Elwood Mead reported for the irrigation
investigation that the work planned out
by him i'm this State for the ensuing year
would cost $500. The total appropriation
for the work of that sort in the entire
United States was only $4,000. One-sev-
enth of the sum he had planned 10 eXpend
in California. But the department, when
ever there was a large expenditure in any
one locality, always inquired why-if we
could show that there was great interest
in the work i'm this State and that the
people We're putting up their money that
would assist materially In getting future
Government aid. He understood that the
treasury of the association was empty.
but he was willing to take the pledge that
what could be done by the association 20
help would be done as satisfactory. Prob
ably what money could be raised for the