Amador ledger., 1907-01-25
Five Cents Per Copy.

-"oAioa, nave WrltCen TO the. delega-
} tlon concerning the needs of that
institution. Appropriations are re-
quested for q quartermasters' store-
mouse. dining hall and kitchen. a
morgue, a pipe line, and an iron
renee around the grounds, this last
being needed on account of the rapid
encroac hment of neighboring towns
on the grounds of the Home. AL
ready settlement is pressing upon two
OF the boundary lines, and a perman-
EFT fence has become a matter of
necessity. Congressman McLachlan
and senator Perkins will go before
the house committee and endeavor to
secure the insertion of the needed
appropriations in the Sundry Civil
Dill, and If this should not be suffici
ent, Senator Perkins and Senator
Flint will without doubt have the
amounts inserted when the bill pets
to the Senate.
A few days ago Hon. j. G. HamiI-
ton of New York, whose sons are
interested In the Alta California Beet
sugar Company, which has establish
ed at Hamilton, near Chico. the
most complete beet sugar factory IN
the world, wrote to senator Perkins
concerning the immediate necessity
OF securing permission to build a
steel drawbridge across the Sacra-
mento river at the point where the
old bridge stood which was destroyed
few years ago. This bridge is for
the purpose of getting the tracks of
the Northern Electric Company across
the river. The company has con-
tracted to build from Chico to HamiI
ton and to have rails laid on both
SIDES OF the river by July 1st. Steel
for the bridge will be delivered by
May 18th, and the bridge should be
finished so the road can take care uf
the beet crop this summer and fall.
Senator Perkins at once took up the
matter with the chief OF engineers
OF the war department, and has been
informed by General Mackenzie that
he had Immediately placed all the
papers in the case in the hands of
Col. Heuer for report. He says this
report may be somewhat delayed for
the reason that Col. Beuer has been
summoned to Washington, but that
he is sure there will be no unnecess-
ary loss of time.
The railroad referred to is necess-
ary for the success of the factory, as
sugar beets are being grown on both
sides of the river and must be taken
by 1ail to the factory at Hamilton.
Later on the Shasta Southern, which
is building from ReddIng to Colusa
will open up very rich territory and
will supply the factory with large
amount of raw material. Very nearly
81, 900, 600 have been invested at
Hamilton by the Alta California Beet
Sugar Company, and a town modern
in all respects has been built, with
a $50, GOO hotel, streets graded and
oiled, cement sidewalks, a beautiful
park, over 1000 shade trees, and an
irrigation ditch over thirteen miles
long. There is being erected build
ing tor bank with $780, capital,
large cattle yards have been compltt-
ed, and all stores and dwellings ale
supplied with electric lights. All
this is what follows the beet sugar
industry wherever ,sstablished-the
erection of modern clty,,with thou
sands of busy inhabitants, dependent
upon the cultivation of the beet in
the large surrounding area. 1t is an
unanswerable argument against free
sugar from Cuba or the Philippines.
A few days ago Hon. Abbot Kinney
of Los Angeles wrote to Senator
Perkins suggesting the advisability
of establishing a government bio
logical laboratory at the Venice Of
America, which present unusual
facilities for investigating marine
life. The senator took up the matter
with Hon. Geo. M. Bowers, comniss-
ioner of fish and fisheries, and today
commissioner Bowers said:
81 beg leave to call your attention
to an item in the estimates Of appro-
priations for this Bureau for 1908,
providing for the establishment of
fish cultural station on the Pacific
coast. The proposed station, while
intended primarily for the artificial
propagation of the food animals of
the region, could very properly serve
also as place for biological research.
In the event of congress authorizing
the establishment of this station
shall, of course, take great pleasure
in giving full consideration to the
advantages possessed by Venice of
America.
Hon. A. +. Fitzgerald, president
of the chamber of commerce of San
Luis Obispo has telegraphed to each
member of the delegation resolutions
favoring the Henry ranch for camp
site tor army maneuvers. Should the
matter come before congress at this
SESSION the delegation will give it
hearty support.