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person any information which you pos
sessed as a Grand Juror?"
"I decline to answer."
"Upon what ground do you decline to
nnsv v: ■?"
"My reason is that my friends told me
there is a determined effort beinj; in.ide
: . i inch n;e for my action in the Grand
Jury room."
4 You put it on that ground? Do you
c to answer on the ground that your
answer may incriminate you?"
"1 simply decline, witn all respect to
the court, to answer, because I do not
want to do so."
HsraJurox Flannery was marie to run
the pauntlet, but nothing of interest was
developc I.
Carroll was again put under fire, the
proceedings being as follows:
lbs court — I will make some further
inquiries. Have you imparted to any
person whomsoever any instructions
given to the Grand Jury by the court at
any session ?
Carroll — I respectfully decline to
answer.
"Ucon what ground ?"
"On the ground that I don't want to
answer. I stand on my constitutional
rifcht and I don't propose to answer any
on that I don't want to answer."
Liuphter.]
"Have you stated to anybody wiioruso
cver your own action or the action of any
other member of the Grand Jury with
refi'ri*nc j to any indictments under con- i
ition by that body?"
' 1 decline to answer."
i the same ground as before? You
: !ec!ini» to answer because you would
incriminate yourself by your answer?"
•T h:ive been given to understand that
t eciiiise of the part I have taken in
the Grand Jury room 1 was to be cii;ched
and that, no matter how I answered, they ]
were goins to cinch me, and 1 decline to I
answer, with all due respect to the court."
"Have you been approached by any
one solicitinj* information regarding
Grand Jury matters?"
"I decline, also, to answer that ques
tion?"
"You decline that on the same ground,
I >u;>pose, as you did before 7"
"I decline to answer that. I have con
stitutional right*. lam not represented
by counsel and there is no charge against
me as an individual.', 1
"I>o you know one L. Seidenberg, pur
porting to represent himself as a reporter
oi Thr Call? '
"Well, I know a man who calls himself
M r. beidenberg."
"Have you had any conference with
him as to matter in the Grand Jury
room ? '
"I most respectfully decline to answer?"
"'Do you know Charles Keane?"
"Yes. sir."
'•Have you had any conferences with
him regarding what occurred in the
Grand Jury room?"
"Nothing, only in connection with his
testimony."
■ S > other conferences with him?' 1
"I decline to an-wer."
"And you put that on the pror.nd you
have already stated? '
"Jf your Honor please, I am placed in a
peculiar position here, and 1 am not rep- i
resentedjby counsel."
"You have not bpen guilty of any in
fraction of the law?"
'■I decline to answer for the reason that
I am told that there is an intention to j
cinch me."
"The court has simply asked you
whether you violated your oath. Any
honest man would answer." [Applause,
which the Judge made an effort to stop.]
"I have a great deal at stake."
"1.-'not the honor and good name of all
the other members of the Grand Jury at
stake?"
"I have been approached by certain
persons to stop me from acting as I havo
done in the Grand Jury, and thoss men
must have been told by some one who was
in the Grand Jury room."
"1 am seeking to find out why you re
fuse to answer. Is it because you have no
counsel?'
"Y< s, sir."
'•Gentlemen, you will return here at 2
o'clock, and I wiil make a proper disposi
tion of the matter. You may retire
now."
JUROR CARROLL
BITTERLY .SCORED
Judge Lorigan Snys He Is
Morally Guilty of
Perjury.
SAN JOS?:, Nov. 22.— At tne afternoon
pession the courtroom was even more
crowae:! than <imi:ig the morning. Judge
Lorigan was as prompt as he had been at
the earlier session, lie rim read an affi
davit from Lyraan £. Bare, the absent
juror, setting forth that the latter had
never in any manner divilged the secrets
of the Grand Jury, nor been approached
to do so. Then came ihe most sensational
scoring probably ever delivered from
the bench in a Slate court.
Addressing the Grand Jury, he said:
"After your examination this morning I
continued this matter until 2 o'clock lor
the purpose of making some reflections in
order Unit I might make a proper disr>o«i
lion of it. As I informed you when we
commenced the proceeding, the court had
called you here because the reuort had
been spread abroa t that tome member of
tha Grand Jury had violated his oath;
ana that the imputations so cast upon tne
whole jury might be visited upon U:e
proper individual, and that the other gen
tlemen of the Grand Jury should not rest
under ths imputation that they had vio
lated their oiith.
"All your body, with the exception of
o::e individual, have responded that you
had kent your oath, had obeyed the court
and had violated nc duty imposed upon
you by me. In the conduct of all proceed
ings the court endeavors to act judiciously
«nd impartially, without resentment,
without a desire to ru*h blindly into any
thing that might be characterized as im
proper, and the court simply aesires to
maintain the proper dignity of the court
and the honor of the Grand Jury. It is
solely for that purpose I havu you here.
"While this matter has assumed some
magnitude, you will find that it i< simply
an initiatory step ns to what the final
outcome will be. Tbat one juror stands
upon what he calls his constitutional
ri?ht— his right not to answer questions
which it must strike any one no lioue.'t
man would lie* tate to answer. People
may stand on their constitutional right?,
and it is one of the laws of this country
that where a person is asked questions
which may criminate him he may refuse
to answer.
"The rosson this juror refuses to answer
is because whatever his answer may be he
says he will be involved in some ulterior
proceeding. It is idle drivel. The law
protects every juror in his individual ca- j
pr.ci y as a juror. If any man is approached i
and an attempt made to terrorize him for
his acts in the Grand Jury room he should
come to me and I will s?e that ho is prop
erly protected.
"Whi c those statements ol a Grand
Juror are punishable ai a contempt it
i* of a criminal nature, and as it was not
committed in the presence of the court it
cannot be acteci upo:i summarily. When
this is the case tome formal preliminary
action must be taken. This iuvesti^ati n
i^ blmpty for the purpose of determining
what mrther action may be had.
"While there is no legal testimony, yet
the developments show that there is
moral guilt. I say. gentlemen, that while
there i- ho lejral testimony, there is un
doubtedly a moral dereliction on his part,
aderelc i on Which mer:ts punishment.
"1 \v;is disposed at lirst to strike liis
name from t!ie jury roli and to let him
ko, as being an improper person to asso
ciate with hones: men. But i find that
the jury is only composed of nineteen
members, the necessary nuniDJr, and as
no business can be attended '.o with a less
number, I don't see why there should bo
any neglect of it by the (jrand Jury.
'As a grand juror, having taken an
oath not to disclose any of the secrets of
the body of winch he is a member, he is
puilty oi perjury; when he refuses to
obey the instruction" ot the court he is
guilty of contempt; when he makes
known any of the proceedings of the
Grand Jury he Is sui'ty of misdemeanor.
But there are other proceedings Which
must b;- taken first.
"No, gentlemen; while I say that there
is no legal evidence, I insist that ill '-'re is
moral evidence, and the action of this
court must be controlled solely by the
leirai presentation of facts. But I nay to
yuii that no hoiusr man will refuse to
answer these questions. It is unfair to
tne jury, to the court and to himself.
"When n man will perjure himself and
act the Judas for his fellow traitors lie Is
p. man actuated solely by the motiv?s of a
scoundrel and is deserving ortly of the
consideration due a cur. He is not en
titled to the consideration of honest peo
ple, but is fit only for their contempt.
"We have undouotediy lixetl tne moral
cuilt where it ought to be and it is now
the prosecuting oflicers' duty to prosecute
him legally. Idou't propose to have the
proper instructions and orders of this
court vioiated.
"1 have to call in another Grand Jury
the tim of this month and 1 wish you
getitiemen to proceed wiili your duty and
wino up your business as soon as poss'
ble, that you may be discharged. Tiiere
is nothing that requires you to be longer
In session. It is e-genti.il before I can
call another Grand Jury that this Grand
Jury be discharged.
"This morning an unseemly acciden', I
;im told, occurred in the courtroom. If
the court had been in session i should un
doubtedly liave sen it anil taken notice
of it. I hay« heaid some criticism be
cause the court has no: called the matter
up. In the bustle and excitement I did
not see what took p ace and shall there
fore let the matter d
A FIST FIGHT
IN THE COURT
This Is the Incident Judge
Lorigan Diet Not
See.
SAN JOSE, Nov. -J2. — "That fellow
ought to be in Sin Quentin!' I—biftlaml1 — biftlaml
Councilman J. I. Fay was sprawling over
the desk which stood behind nim.
Th;s exciiiim incident followed hard
upon the adjournment of Judge Lorigan's
court at toe conclusion of the morning
session.
C. \V. Collins, president of the Purity
Club, was advancing toward The Call's
representative when Councilman F y
pointed his titter at him and made the
remark which o] ens this story.
Collins uttered no word, but made his
reply with tm right fist, which he shot out
straight from his shoulder, catc hing Fay
on the jaw. The latter was dazed by the
blow anil thrown irorn his balance. He
(ell over the desk at his back, and before
i'ollir.s coul 1 strike another blow he was
seized and borne ruvav t>y friends of the
Councilman. Sheriff Lyndon hustled
Collins quickly out of I'.ie couruioubc and
the episo !e was over.
' The entente Ui?cordial between the two
men dates from thi> last election, at which
Fay dsfeated Homer Prindle, whjo wu«
Coillns' candidate :or Councilman. On
the face of ihe re. urns Collins claims that
Prindle was elects I h: thirteen votes, but
that on a recount before Judge Lorigan
Fay was decided to be the victor.
JUDGE'S LENIENCY
EXCITES COMMENT
Six Months Imprisonment for
a Man Who Attempted
Murder.
Victoria Press Arj-aigns the Court
for Infllctlnar Light Punish
ment.
Special Dispatch to Thi l'ai.t.
VICTORIA, Nov. 22.— "Itovolver shoot
ing :s not as serious an offense as it used
to be here," is the comment which the
Times of this city is bold enough to make
respecting a sentonce pronounced to-day
by Juigr McCoil in the Assize Court here.
The prisoner wa3 Thomas Curnmings, n
sealer, wno had been found guilty of nt
tcmpiing to murder a grocei y clerk named
Haliett Bayley, whom Cuiuming9 sut>
po'od to have been ros'ionsib.'e for ihe
flight of his wife to Sail Francisco.
CumrainßS iifod three shots at Bayley
after deliberate preparation, and, not
withstanding that the jury had recom
mended him to mercy, the public looked
for a long imprisonment. There was gen
eral surprise this morning when Justice
McCoil imposed a six months' sentence
without hard labor, with the requirement
in addition that Cummiiuts should be
bound over to keep lac peace for two
year* from the expiration of that time.
Tills sentence was in striking contrast
to the one imposed immediately preoed
lng on an unfortunate Italian, who, after
great provocation, had nssauited a coun
tryman with a knife, and w:iß condemned
to serve three years, with two years ad
ditional in tietanlt of providing security
that he would keep the pence. The
case ol tne Italian, however, tried
at the same Absize, was not heard
i-y Judge McColl, but by Chief Justice
Davie, by whom the sentence was pro
nounced. It is not olten. that the news
papers ot this province presume to com
ment upon the actions of tbo courts, but
THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 23. 1897.
respecting the Cummings sentence the
Times soys:
"Six months' imprisonment for at
tempting to murder a man by shooting it
him four or five times at almost arm's
length seems to us not only absurd. in
adequate, but a most dangerous exercise
of jndieinl leniency that has passed over
the judicial bench lately."
YELLOW FEVER'S RAVAGES.
During the Epidemic in the South
There Have Already Been
446 Deaths.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 22.— According to
the last weekly report issued by the sur
geon-general of the marine hospital
service, giving the returns up to the l'Jth
mst., there had then appeared during the
yellow fever epidemic in the South a total
of 48J.3 cases, of which 440 had proved
fatal. Of the total number of ca es, 1847
were reported from Louisiana, 1625 from
Mississippi, 740 from Alabama, 52 lrom
Tennessee, 1G from Texas, 4 from Illinois-,
S from Geortria and 1 each from Florula
and Kentucky. All Cut ten ol the cases
repone.l from Louisiana are credited to
New Orleans.
A computation shows that a^out lO'£
per tent of the cases proved fatal. In
Mississippi the death rate was less than
6 per c-iitof the total number. At New
Orleans 14% per cant of the patients died,
and nt Moo c .cms i ban 13 | c: 1 cent.
PENBACOLA, la., Nov. 22.— Three pri
vates of the First Artillery are now in the
hospital at Fort Barrancas with yellow
lever. Trained nurses have been sent
from here to attend tsiem, and they are
all reported to be doing nicely. The
opinion is gaining ground that the present
infection Originated at tan fort from tear
ing down the past summer of the old hos
pital, in which many yellow fever patients
wer • treated years ago.
NEW ORLEANS, Nov. 22.— There were
six new cases of yellow fever to-day, with
one death, that Of George B. B ackford at
a private hosnital. The" Texas and Paci
fic attempted to run a passenger train
through to Texas to-day, but it was
stopped nt Boyce, La/ Through service
will again be abandoned, but the road will
run a tram to Baton Route Junction to
connect with another train goiue west.
TEACHERS ACCUSE
SCHOOL DIRECTORS
Scandal in Los Angeles Edu
cational Circles Grows
Apace.
One Instructor Says She Was Dis
missed for Refusing to Pay
Bribe Money.
Special Dispatch to The Call
LOS ANGELES, Nov. 22.— As the days
so by the evidence of extortion and black
mailing, which seems to have been a char
acteristic feature of the conduct of lie
School Department, continues to
increase and .".ccumulate. fillsst Emma
Griffiths, for nine years an in
structor in the Olivo street
School, claims now that she was displaced
for her failure to submit to an assessment
of one month's salary. The chairman of
the teachers' committee, bchool Director
Webb, assets that Miss Griffith was re
moved for the reason that City Superin
tendent J. A. Foshay said that her work
was not satisfactory.
Foshay denies that he ever said any
thin;: of the kin i, and on the other hand
statrs that Mi-s Griffith* worK was in ;
every way satisfactory. He says that hi
knows of no reason why th» board failed
to re-elect her. Mi?s Griffith says she
knows a good reason, and that it was her ;
failure to pay bribe money.
Miss F. A. Anderson asserts that she
was removed from the principalship of j
the San Pedro-street school for thrashing
the unruly son of Dr. Mathes, the presi
dent of the board.
Superintendent Foshay denies that lie
paidftHX) for his position. Tins charge
was maJe openly, but it has been as
promptly denied. The investigation before
tho committee of the board will continue
to-rr.orrow evening.
Those who have made disclosures look
upon the board as a farce, but they it-el
certain tnat tiie Gr^nd Jury will take
some action. Over sixty witnesses b&va
been examined by that body and tho Dis
trict Attorney states that he mends to
probe t lie affair to the bottom.
The investigation will be carried Dact
to the Hoard of Education wtiieh pre
cvled this one. In t lie meantime the city
jchoois are suffering as a result of the dis
organization attendant upon the revela
tions that have been mode.
ARRESTED FUR THEFT.
The Widow of Ccmmodore Rudd of
the Navy Confesses to Having
Stolen Several Articles-
NEW YORK, Nov. 22. -Mrs. Eraeline
Rudd, wuiow of Commodore John H.
Rudd, United States navy, a woman of
education and refinement, and highly
connec:el both here and abroad, was ar
rested ni this city for theft and locked up
in the police station.
She confessed. Actuated perhaps by i
stress of circumstances or perhaps labor- j
ing under some affection of the mind she
took from the trunk of a woman in whoso
house she was stopping several pieces of
jewelry, as well as costly wearing ap
parel, and on her finger when arrested
she- wore a little gold band, a cheap trinket, j
which had belonged to a serving maid.
Most of the property was recovered in
pawnshops.
Mrs. Iluiid is about 62 yep.rs old, has
four grown daughters, all of whom have
contracted brilliant marriages, two of
them being wives of titled officers in the
British Army, and the others of officers
in the British navy. Mrs. Rudd is tho
daughter of Divi i Paul Brown of Piiila
delphia, ft lawyer of national reputation.
She will be forma, examined in the Po
lice Court in the m.>rnine.
Aam I Ufficr* < hanard.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 22. -The follow
ing oilicers have been detached from the
Yorktown and ordered home with two
months' leave: Commander C. H. Stock
ton, Lieutenant-Commander H. Winslow,
Ensisrn G. C. Day, Passed Assistant Sur
geon T. B. Bailey, Chief Engineer H.
Web-ter, Passed Assistant Engineers E.
H. Scribner and T. K. Robinson. Lieu
tenant Young has been detached from the
YorHtown and ordered to the Alert.
Lieutenant T. S. Pneips Jr. hns been de
tached from :he Alert and ordered home
on two month*' leave. Ensign A. H.
Scales has been detached from the York
town and granted two months' leave.
Pacific Co ant Prnilom.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 22. — Pensions
have been granted as follows: California:
Original— Walter 11. Eager, Ban Fran
cisco; William M. V. Young, University.
Mexican war survivor, increase — Abrnrii
C. Kainey, Banta Rosa.
Washington: Original— Albert Guy, Ka
lama. Original widow, etc. — Mary J.
Stafford, Mavtield; Elijah D. Farnuin,
father, Puyallup.
Heath Sirin«t in Tulare.
TULARE, Nov. 22— S. Housman, a pio
neer resident of Tuiure, died suddenly to
day. He had been cuatodian of the pub
lic library for nmnv years. lie was a na
tive of Ohio and 07 years old.
CAMPAIGN FOR
THE BOULEVARD
| Sacramento Good-Road
Fight Opened in
Earnest.
First Meeting in Outlying
Townships a Great
Success.
County Highway Ccmmlsslon Is
sues a S irrirg Address
1o Voters.
* Special Dispatch co The Call.
SACRAMENTO, Nov. 22. — The first
meeting of the eood-road campaign was a
great success. J. R. Price, Madden Man
son arid W. L. Artie of the State board;
C. A. Luhrs. N. Lauridson and Charles
Hughes, secretary of the County Com
mission, visited tho people ol the Amer
ican River Grange Saturday night, and
were given a hearty and enthusiastic re
ception. After the addresses were made a
vote was taken of those present, and out
of the entire audience which tilled the
hall to the doors there was not one single
ballot cast against the Folsom boulevard.
Committees were appointed to canvass
the immediate neighborhood, after which
the meetine adjourned, and a general dis
cussion was carried on by those who still
lingered in the hall and felt the impor
tance of what has been offered the people
of Sacramento by the State. The Count?
Commi-sion hasissued an address which
is as follows:
To the Citizens and Taxpayer* of Sacramento
Count]/: We take this opportunity of address
ing you on the subject of tue Folsom high
way and the special elpftSon to be held on
Saturday, December 4, 1597, for the issuance
of $75,000 in county bonds to be used in de
fraying the cost of the construction of this
highway. You have heretofore been ad
dressed on this subject by the State Depart
ment of Highways, in. which address we con
curred.
The bill introduced in the Legislature by
our Senator, Gilhs Doty, and passed through
UK' energy of trie Senator ana our Assemb y
men, provides for the construction of a model
macadamized road from Sacramento to Fol
suni. and before any work is done or materials
are furnished upon the roadway the necessary
legnl rignt of way is required to be first vested
in the state of California.
It is further provided that the road shall be
built under the direction of three Commis
sioners designated as Folsom Highway Oni
roi'-sioner*, and that they serve without com
pensation ; that the roadway b« built in ac
cordance with the most approved methods of
modern highway construction, and upon the
easiest grades, with proper drains, culverts
and bridges; that the "width, suould not ex
ec d twenty leet
Ttie Fo'.BOßa Highway Commissioners are
directed localise the work to be done by con
tract or day's work is they deem best. The
rocK and granite necessary for this road ami
bridge «o.it I* direc.id to be furnished to this
commission by tie Mate I'rison Directors from
the State rock-crushing plant and quarry at
Fol.^om, and so much of materials are appro
printed as will be necessary to complete the
work.
; It Is further provided that accurate accounts
' of every item of exp^nsa paid, incurred or
contracted be kept, and that iho road be com
pleted before th* next session of the legisla
ture, so thai the road may be exhibited to
them us a sample of modern and improved
highway construction.
.Tup Governor appointed the undersigned, C.
A. I.;ilirs, resident in- Sacramento city: I'hil'p
C. Colin, resident a; Folsoni, and N. A. Laurifl
son. resident at Hangtown Crossing, Poison!
Highway Commissioners. We have accepted
tills office and th' 1 trust therein reposed in us
onto! a true spirit of progress and that this
county mar reap the advantages (iff red by
the Legislature in appropriating this rock.
We have d voted our t.me and our energy to
the accomplishment of this road construction
as we would have done for any other road had
a similar provision been made by the Legisla
ture, and "we would and will as willingly work
for the construe lion of good roads in every
section of the county.
We have decided that this roadway shall be
twenty feet wide and the macadam at least
one foot deep; that a thorough system of
sprinkling be constructed and maintained;
mat trees be planted upon each side of the
roadway ami a thorough system ol drainage
be established.
We recognize the source from which the
money necessary to construct this rond is to
come, and have, therefore, decided that Sacra
mento County contractors, teams and laborers
will bo sriven the -work to the exclusion of
non-resident contractors and Help. Wo have,
decided to construct substantial stone bridges
across the three creeks on the road, and,
wnerever necessary, stone culverts will be
placed.
The appropriation in rock and granite is es
timated at $30,000, but since no money was
appropriated lor the construction of this road
there is only one pace from which such a
fund can be obtained, and that is from the
county. We are, therefore, called upon to re
quest the citizens of our county to raise the
sum necessary to avail ourselves of this rocK
appropriation and to profit by the advantage
this opportunity affords to obtain for the ex
penditure of $75,000 a road which, under
other circumstance;, would cost nearly twice
that sum.
This commission appeared before the Board
of Supervise! on several o< cations and asked
that thelund be created by direct taxation
upon thu property of So -no County. The
board directed the County Surveyor to make
an estimate 01 the cost of this work and so. I
cited the co-operation of the Commissioners of
the Department oi Highways. The joint esti
mate was that such a road could be con
structed hi wns contemplated by the Legisla
ture for 75. 000,
On cue advice of the District Attorney the
board refused to levy a direct tux. In the
opinion of the District Attorney the city could
not be taxed for road, purposes and the board
did not desire top ace the "hole oi this bur
don of $75,000 on the county alone We then
fiskeu that they cull a special election for the
i sui.nco of bonds In this amount and tlio
b>ard, acting under the opinion of the Attor
ney-General, on the 27th liay of October de
cided to cull an election lor Saturday, Decem
ber 4, 1897. and therein submit to the people
of the c unity the question whether they
would authorize the issuance of bonds In the
amount of $75,000, running lor a term
period of twenty yi-arn, rc<lueinnb - c nfter the
expiration of tea years, and bearing interest
i-t 4 I*»t cent per annum, the fund to be used
in the construction oi this road.
Let in look nt this matter from a business
sta dpoint When we analyze the proposition
we tii.d that many advantages will resultfrom
this particular bo;Ki issuance, but we arc* not
to be understood as beiiw In lavor of all bond
issuance. Here is a c«se Where the matiorcan
only bo reached t.y an is>.u -nco of bonds --.nd
where the good that results more than offsets
the amount invested incliKliug the payment
of interest for the full period. Now the value
of properly in this county, as shown bytho as
sesHmpiitrollof 1895, 1s $30,000,000 and w«s use
this valuation lor t:i<; reis>i pro|«rty will
not decrease in the coming twenty years, and
in the course of urogrtss . 11 1 increase.
Th« bonds will be of the denomination of
$7500 each, the payment to commence at the
end of the tenth year, and the law provides
for the redemption of at '.east one bund ot this
character eacu year after the termination of
one-half the peflod of tho bonds. The inter
est on $75,000 at 4 per cent for the first ten
years will be $3000 per year. For the first ten
years then the annual rate of taxation will be
00 cents on $10,000.
At the end of the tenth year your taxes will
be increased $0,031 on $100, or $3 10 on 10,
--000, because tlie Mind to be raised will include
bom the interest ($3000) and the first bond
redemption iuud ($7500), making a total of
$10,500 At trip end ot the twentieth year
your tax win be $0.25 on each $100.
Now, at a low estimate, in llie coming twenty
Tears it will cost more than $2000 yearly to
uprinklo and repair this road, and if this road
way is constructed, as i* hero proposed, then
the county saves this expenditure, or more
than the $40,000 in twenty years, ,'or the
reason the State will maintain, repair, sprin
kle and euro for the road after its construc
tion by us. "Were the county to pay this the
payment would be made, ns it is now, out of
the general county lund, which la the fund
raised by tho taxntion of the entire property
In the county. What are known as road funds
are rained by country property taxation, and
"liy property cannot be taxed for road im
provement. Then traffic demands that nt
least two bridges be constructed on this road,
op.o over each of the two largo crooks, and
over the principal or Alder Creek there will of
necessity be constructed a deep span bridge of
probably seventy feet.
The Deportment of Highways has estimated
that these bridges, at the lowest, will cost $10,
--000, but to place the cost at!}-2J,000 would be
nearer the actual cost. And we may say here
that over each creek we intend building such
a bridge as will Irri until all of us aredt
pnrted. Now, bridges are paid for out or the
general county fund, but In theory they
should be paid for out of the rood funds, trie
I-rovislon of the law being that by » vote of
two-third* of the Supervisors >ucn coi!s:ruc
tion can te paid tor out of this fund. The
procedure, however, has been in the main 10
expend the moneys in the general county
lund upon bridge*, and to tnke little for that
purpose out of the road funds.
But in this deduction of tax rates we will
leave this element of taxation out of consider
ation, and the reason we do so is that there is
no way by >\'hicn we can estimate the expendi
tures for this purpose, from the fact we do not
know whether the Supervisors will construct
these bridges out of* this fund or leave the
matter of the Improvement of some pnrticular
road go for a period oi years and ilevote the
funds to the bridge construction. This can be
done by the Supervisors, but they have acted
upon the policy that the county at lr.ree is as
much interested in bridge construction as are
the country people.
We will late, therefore, only the $2200 per
year estimated cost of sprinkling, wnich Is
paid out of the general fund, find in the
twenty wars this \v,l. amount to $44,000. To
raise this sum would necessitate a tax levy of
two-thirds of a rent per year on each $100;
therefore, in the first ten rear* your tax rate
would be increased only .0024. instead of .009
on each $100, or .24 on each $10,000, and lor
the tentn y.'nr .021 instead ol .021 on the
$100, or #2 10 on $10,000, and the reduction
lor the rest of the period of twenty years
would be at the same rate. The increase in
the tax rat- averaged per year would not lar
exceed .015 on $100 per year, or #1 50 on
$10,000.
This, us Is stated above, is based on the cost
of sprinkling and repairs only, bin instead ol
the general fuid payini! $44,000 in twenty
year*, if we place the figures at $75,000, it
will reach nearer the actual expenditures that
will accrue, and «> may here strtte that in the
year 1890 $10,000 was expended irom the
general county fund tor bridge purposes ana
$5500 for sprinkling, while so far in this year
$7500 hos b'.-en expended from this account
for sprinkling.
But hat will be the benefits accruing for
this increase of tux rates? Let us enumerate
some. If this roadway is maintained by the
State the general road fund Arid the district
road funds will b: relieved of the entire ex
penditures now made upon them, and there
fore those funds will bo applied, out of the
district road fund, to the improvement of the
roads in that district, and out of the general
road fund to the improvement of all the roads
in the county. li this results, and there is no
other procedure governing the expenditure
of lunds, then good roads will bo made with
this money, or at least some other road will
be us much more improved, as the district and
general road funds are relieved of the burden
of expenditures on this road.
Then, -gain, good roads increase the valua
tion of the property of the country and of the
city, and if the building of this road will cause
all other roads in the county to be improved,
then there is reason for voting for tni-> partic
ular measure. It is a known fact that among
the legislators strong objection Is urged ;o the
maintenance of the rocs-crushing plant r.i the
Folsom prison. If, therefore, by the construc
tion of this road wo can demonstrate to the
esislators that this pl*nt is a move y-saving
establishment what will result?
One thing— and that a good resulting to the
benefit of Sacramento County more than to
any other county — a substantial reduction in
the price of broken rock. For by this plant
wo now receive our crushed or broken rock
for very little more than one-half the former
cost, and as & result our .street and road con
tracts are proportionally less. What would
this mean to our county? To Sacramento City
nlone it would mean rnura than $100,000
'aved In twenty year* and to the county out
side an equal amount in one-third the time.
Can the residents Of Sacramento City doubt
but that this road mean* much benefit to the
city? Let them but ask the hotel men, the
livery men, and all others who come in con
tact with our visitor?, and they will be con
vinced that the construction of such a high
way means very mucn to the city. The good
resulting would not alone benefit the town
more than the country, for among our visitors
are those who, upon a favorable impression of
the country, would permanently locate in the
country; whereas, now, nothing run induce
such a person to take a ride over such dusty
and ill-kept roads as we have In the country,
Lei there be at least one good, substantial and
serviceable road in the county, and others will
sown lollow. m
This election will cost but little; the services
of trie election officers nnd the pulling places
in the First, Second, Third, the most part of
the Fourth, and some of the Fifth Supervisor
District precincts have been donated to the
cause of this good road construction.
C. A. Luhrs.
P. C. COKK,
■ K. H. Lauridsok,
Folsom Highway Commissioners.
Charles T. HTJGHSS, Secretary.
HAWAIIAN PACIFIC CABLE.
// the Desired Legislation Is Secured
the Line Will Be in Working
Order by 1898.
NEW YORK. Nov. 22.— A Washington
special to the Sun says: The proposed
Pacific cubic between this country and
Hawaii wiil be up before Congress this
session. A bill was introduced' in ihe
Fifty-fourth Congress authorizing the
Pacilic Cable Company of New York to
lay this cable.
After being reported favorably by the
Committee on Commerce in the House it
was sent to the Postmaster-General for a
report. This report has not as yet been
given out, but it is said will be presented
to Congresa soon aiter it assembles.
Edmund L Bayllss, vice-president of
the New York Company, has been in
Washington looking afier the interests of
his aspociaie?. In an interview tr-aay he
saul the Government had completed a
survt :v of the route ns far as the Hawaiian
Inlands, and if the bill is passed at the
coming session 'he cable will De in run
ning order in 1M)8.
CHAIRMAN HIGGINS
VISITS CLEVELAND
Says Conditions Are Much
Better in the Wes: Than
In the East.
Hopes That the Money Question
Will Not Be an lssu • In the
Campilgn of 1900.
Sprcta! Dispatch to Tun CAt,t»
CLEVELAND, Nov. 22.— M. R. Hig
gins, chairman of tue Republican State
Central Committee of California, arrived
in tho city yesterday and registered at the
Hollenden. It is supposed be came
here to see Mark Hanna on
some important political mission. He
declared that his visit East . had
nothing to do with politics or political
situation?, either dirnctiy or indirectly.
He sail ho hoped the memey question
would not be the issue in 1900 unless n re
markable wave of prosperity sweeps over
the country, "for," he declared, referring
to the result inj California in 1596,
"we just got through by the skin 01
our teetli. The monetary question is a
long ways from dead in the Wes*."
AsKrd if he thought it would be the
issue in the next Presidential campaign
he replied :
•'lt ought not to be. The Republican
oarty pledged itself to adjust the mone
tary s tualion, if it could be done by in
ternational agreement. It has been
learned that it cannot be accomplished, so
that oujrht to :-etile ttie matt?r for coo.i.
Give us two or three go'ui crops in the
West between now and 1900 and we won't
care anything about gold auu silver."
Renaming business condit f ons be said
he has found taem to be much better in
the We>t than ihe Ea-t. "We don't hear
much complaint out our way about har i
timei," h6 said, "but we hear a great deal
about them in the East, and the lurther
ea3t one goes tho more he hears it."
Ituralart ttnen a Safe.
SAN JOSE, Nov. 22.— The office of the
City stables on Santa Clara street was
iooed by burglars test night. A small
safe was opened and $18 taken.
TEN THOUSAND
NAMES ENROLLED
Monster Petition to the
Los Angeles City
Council.
Citizens Appeal for Municipal
Ownership of a Water
System.
Ask That an Election Ba Called to
Decide Upon the Question
of Bonding.
Special Dispatch to Thk Call.
LOS ANGELES, Nov. 22.— A petition
bearing the signatures of 10,000 of the
leading business men and residents of the
city was presented to the Common Coun
cil thi3 morning, ask;ng that body to call
an election to vote bonds to erect a mu
nicipal water-distributing plant.
TLie petition is the largest o:ie that has
ever been presented to the Council of this
city. It was laid before the Aldermanic
body by Judge 0. C. Wright, who ma ie a
brief speech appealing to the Councilmen
to take favorable and immediate action on
the prayer of the petitioners.
The city owns trie water of the Los An
geles River. Thirty years ago that water
was leased to the water company. The
lease expires next July. One of the pro
visions of the lease was that at its expira
tion the water company should sell its
distributing plant to the city. The com
pany is prepared to do so, but it asks
$3,000, 000 for the plant. The City Engi
neer, after a thorough examination, says
it is worth $1,200,000. The water company
declines to arbitrate tne price, and pro
ceedings to acquire a municipal plant
have been in abeyance for some time.
The Counciimen were all elected on the
issue as friends of municipal ownership.
They still pretend to be, Dut their failure
to move in the matter caused the circula
tion ol the petition asking them to call a
bond election to vote bonds for the con
struction of a distributing plant inde
pendent of that owned by the water com
pany,
The 10,000 .signatures were obtained in a
few days. When tiie petition was liled to
day the Council Chamber was crowded
with cit'zens wlio wero there to urge the
necessity of immediate action, Lvi the
Councilmen referred the petition to the
waier committee. This was not satis
j factory «ni caused considerab c discon
tent, which the spectators were not at all
Slow about expressing.
The officers of the water company will
oppose the erection of any independent
j plant with all the power and influence
; they can control on the ground that the
paralleling of their distributing lines
would be a verit&ble confiscation of their
property.
Two Councilmen — Baker and Nickell —
who have not in tne past been actively
j identified with the movement for munict-
I pal ownership, nave announced that they
are in favor of giving the company one
more opportunity to arbitrate and if the
corporation fails to avail it-elf of the
chance, then, they say, they will vote and
work for trie construction of an inde
pendent plant. This is a change of front |
and would make a majority in the Coun
cil with those members already in avor
of independent action. Tliecour-eol the
water committee in handling the petition
is awaited with deep interest.
WILL QUALIFY TO
ACT AS A BIDDER
Attorney - General McKenna
Preparing to Protect the
Government.
It Seems Certain, However, That
the Kansas Pacific Will Pay
All Debts.
Ppeclftl Dispatch to The Call.
NEW YORK. Nov. 22.— The Herald's
Washington correspondent telegraphs:
Attorney General McKenna has definitely
decided lo qualify as a bidder for the Kan
sas Pacific Railroad, which is to be aoid at
auction under foreclosure procse lings on
December 15. Tnis action is to be taken
in order to insure the protection of the
Government's interest in t lie road and to
enable him to bid it in for the Govern
ment in the event of the failure of the
Union Pacific reorganization comtuittee
or any other syndicate bidding enough to
cover the Government mortpuire.
The administration •till believes theconi
mitteo will bid the full amount of the Gov
ernment's claim, so tnat the Government
will gei out oi ihe road without the loss
of a dollar; but, in order ihnt there may
be no failure, to protect the Government's
interest, the Government itself will be
prepared ior it.
E. Ellcry Anderson of New York and O.
\V. Mink of Boston, '.receivers of the Union
Pacific road, had two hours' consultation
witti Attorney-General McKenna to-day
to pive liini such information as thpv pos
sessed bearing on the value of the Kansas
Pacific road. Mr. McKenna questioned
them at length on the value ana tquip
meiit of the road, iis earnings and in
come, ami they gave him all tic data th.y
had. This infoi mation will by used by
the Attorney-General in arriving at a def
inite conclusion as to tne value of the
property. _
STEWARD YOUNG SCORES A POINT.
Demurrer to the Agnews Attache's
Writ of Prohibition Overruled
by the Court.
SAN JOSE, Nov. 22.— The demurrer
filed by Deputy Attorney-General Carter
to the writ of prohibition obtained by
Steward Young of the Agnews Insane
Asylum to prevent the trustees from dis
charging him without a proper investijja.
tion wa« overruled by Judge Lorigan to
day. The point raised in the demurrer
was that the action could not lie and thai
the court ha<i no jurisdiction. Ten days'
time was given the tuuti-es to answer.
The case will now come up on us merits.
Young was urante<l a writ of prohibi
tion on the ground that under a legisla
tive act of 1891 an ex-Union soldier or
sailor could not he removed from office
without charges being preferred and sus
tained after a thorough investigation.
This, it is claimed, was not done wlien
Medical Director Sponogle dismisso'l him.
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