THE SUTRO TUNNEL.
ARGUMENTS DISPROVED   BROUGHT  FORTH   AGAIN—MINORITY
REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON MINES AND
MINING REVIEWED.
For the last seven years the Bank of California, as shown by the following extracts, has waged an unrelenting war against the construction of the Sutro Tunnel, the most important and interesting work now in progress on this continent. The work being of a highly laudable, meritorious, and national character, such war could only be successfully carried on by willful misrepresentations and misstatements a thousand times repeated. In order to set these finally at rest, a commission was sent out to examine and report the facts; and these commissioners even, by the strenous efforts of the agents of the Bank, were misled in some important particulars. This induced the Committee on Mines and Mining to examine the commissioners, as well as other experts, in person, for the purpose of getting at the whole truth. The examination lasted during several months; the testimony, embracing 800 pages, has been submitted to Congress, and proves conclusively that the allegations made by the Bank of California are not based upon facts. The views of the majority of the committee, consisting of eight members, are embraced in their report. The minority report is made by Mr. Sargent alone.
THE MINORITY REPORT ANALYZED.
Mr. Sargent says:
i. "The bill agreed upon by the majority is prefaced by a preamble, containing six distinct recitals, some of which are untrue, and all of which are immaterial."
The following is the preamble, which speaks for itself: