Year: 1872




which in every wise was a most success
ful affair. Invitations were extended
to all the members of the Legislature
and attaches, under the direction of the
Chairman of the Committee on Corpor-
ations. The weather, at the start, was
not very propitious, but cleared up in the
course of the day. At seven in the morn
ing, a special train of nine cars and three
engines left Sacramento, having on board
about two hundred and fifty persons, and
every possible arrangement for their COM
fort and pleasure had been made by the
Railroad Company. A commissary car
in front contained everything that could
be desired in the way Of edibles, drink
ables and smokables, and a most boun-
tiful supply. The train stopped at the
many interesting points along the road,
at Cape Horn and Shady Run, and again
at the Summit, where splendid dinner
was served. Here the snow was piled up
to the depth of fifteen or twenty feet, and
such fun as the exursionists enjoyed with
it. He who didn't get christened, and
well christencd, was decidedly out OF
luck some perhaps, got a little too much.
At Truckee we stopped but about an
hour, during which time an opportunity
was had to see the town, TO take short
sleigh rides, to enjoy good laugh now
and then when some one of the sleighs
would capsize its burden Of human freight
into the snow. Here, also, one of the
monster snow-plows of the Company was
brought out, and with three engines at
tached, an explanatory illustration was
given of its working. Quite large num-
Der Of the excursionists stopped over Sat
urday, to enjoy a days sleighing and
skating on Donner Lake, returning on
the regular train Sunday afternoon. The
special train returned on Friday night,
arriving here shortly after l o'clock A.
NJ, all more than pleased with the trip.


1t may not now be amiss to allude to
the bills concerning fares and freights on
the railroad. They were made the spe-
cial order for Tuesday next, but on Sat-
urday, without opposition, were post
poncd till Friday. The report of the
Committee on Corporations is to be a
very voluminous one, and to save time in
reading, is being printed. The State
Printer having his hands full of work,
cannot possibly return the report before
the middle of the week, hence further
delay became necessary.


STATE PRINTING OFFICE.


Among the bills introduced this week
was one by Mr.. Luttrell, Of Siskiyou, to
establish State Printing Office, and to
create the Office of superintendent of State
Printing. After a blank date, all print
ing at the expense of the State is to be
done under his superintendent. The su-
perintendent is to be appointed by the
Governor, to hold office for four years, is
to be competent, practical printer, and
is required to give bonds in the sum Of
plV,OoV iOl tilc lulllluI ulsCIuTSc Vi MS
duties, and shall receive a salary Of 3d.
600 per year. The sum of $4,000 is APP
propriated for the purchase of the neces-
sary machinery and printing materials,
and $l2, 900 for the purchase of a lot and
the erection Of suitable building. The
Office of State Printer is abolished, and
all acts in conflict with this, repealed
The act to go into effect on the first Mon
day in December, 1878.


THE TEHAMA BRIDGE.


Your representative in the Assembly,
Mr.. Tinnin, made very forcble speech
on Monday last, against the passage of
the bill allowing the Central Pacific Rail-
road to construct a temporary bridge
without draw across the Sacramento riv-
or at Tehama. He said:


l am opposed to the passage of this bill
on constitutional grounds. In the first
ture, or any other Legislature has the
the Legislature has the right to close up





or ten months, it has the right to close it
for all time. Now, let us see what will
be the effect of this bill. 1t closes up the
Sacramento river twenty five miles be-
low the ihead of navigation. Three
fourths of the freight that goes up the
Sacramento river from this place goes to
the town of Red Bluff, and from thence
is distributed throughout the counties of
Tehama, Shasta, Siskiyou, Klamath and
Trinity, and the southern portions of the
State Of Oregon. If this bill is passed as
it now reads, it is true that the freights
will not be increased to Red Bluff, SO far
as the railroad tariff is concerned. But
there are great many farmers who live
on the east bank Of the Sacramento, who
went there in early days and maintained
their places against the Indians, and es-
tablshed their permanent homes there.
And now that they begin to reap a har-
vest from their labors, it is proposed to
close the market against them, to n great
extent. They settled upon what they be-
lleved to be navigable stream. They
supposed they were entitled to the unin-
terrupted benefits of that stream for all
time TO come. But now comes up this
bill to cut them of, for many months at
least, from the benefits of the stream as a
channel for conveying their produce to
market. If this bridge is constructed
they will have to haul their crops across
the country to the railroad depot, cross
ing the river to one depot and travelling
long distance to another so that it will
cost them about as much to get their pro-
ducc to the railroad depots for shipment
as it now does to get their crops fairly to
market. 1t may cost more to get some
of the crops to the railroad depot than it
does now to get them to San Francisco.
l don't believe that we have right to
pass any such bill as this. 1t is claimed
that the railroad company will remove
this bridge when the time mentioned ex-
pires. / don't believe they will. | think
this railroad company will, by that time.
manage to claim that they have a right
to maintain permanent bridge. / ask
you II you ever knew n cornoration in