Author: George C. Perkins

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2017-02-15

Total Pages: 26

ISBN-13: 9780243332458

Excerpt from Special Message of Governor George C. Perkins to the Legislature of the State of California: Twenty-Fourth Session Nor is this the whole of the situation, for the injury done to the Sacramento Valley extends, by a reflex action, to the low lands of the San Joaquin, and to the lands about the upper bays by a direct movement. It may, therefore, be said, without exaggeration, that the indirect damage actually embraces an area extending from Oroville and Chico to Benicia, on the Straits of Carquinez. So far I have only considered the injury done by the actual and prospective destruction of the fertility of arable lands. It is, how ever, impossible to confine the consideration of this branch of the subject to that channel. It is necessary to bear in mind that the destruction of the navigability of the Sacramento River is involved. This would deprive the whole of Northern California of competition in transportation. The wheat cro alone of that region may be estimated at tons. It may a so be fairly calculated that the removal of competition would result in a rise of freight rates to the extent of $2 per ton. Thus, then, an additional tax of a year on the movement of the harvest alone is involved in this ques tion as concerns Northern California. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.