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August 20, 1888. — Stated Meeting. 



The President in the chair. 



The President addressed tlie meeting as follows : — 



It becomes my p.iiuful duty upon this occasion to announce to the mem- 

 bers of this Academy the death of one who has ever been an esteemed tiieud 

 and benefactor, Mr. Charles Crocker. 



I need not recall the many evidences of his regard and attachment to this 

 Society, as it is known to all of you that to him we are indebted for such 

 timely aid as has largely contributed to our material progress. 



The death of one who has been so helpful to us is deserving at our hands 

 a tittiug tribute to his memory, not only that his family may be apprised of 

 our high estimation of his worth, and of our gratitude for his many acts of 

 beneficence, but also that such testimonials may be preserved in our ar- 

 chives, so that coming generations may be informed that we, his contem- 

 poraries, fully appreciated his kindly acts. 



Immediately upon learning of the death of Mr. Crocker the Trustees and 

 the Council of the Academy met in joint convention for the purpose of de- 

 termining upoD a plan of procedure, such as the occasion seemed to demand. 

 At said meeting a committee was appointed whose duty should be to draft a 

 memorial and a set of resolutions which should b6 suited to the occasion. 



I have to announce to you that the committee have completed their re- 

 port, and they are now ready to present the same for your consideration. 



The resolutions were then read and unanimously adopted. 

 They are as follows: — 



The California Academy of Sciences desires to record its grateful tribute 

 of respect to the memory of its late member, Charles Crocker, who was born 

 at Troy, N. Y., September 16, 1822, and died at Hotel del Monte, Monterey 

 County, California, August 14, 1888 



His eminent services as one of the great pioneer railroad builders, uniting 

 the Pacific Coast with the Atlantic borders, have become matters of public 

 history. 



His talents and industry surmounted early cBsad vantages, and soon gave 

 him position among prominent business men, until the emergencies of the 

 great struggle for national integrity demanded the transcontinental railroad. 

 In this enterprise he enlisted and ventured his then moderate fortune with 

 a courage and energy boru of faith in his own convictions and in the patriot- 

 ism of his countrymen. This design of constructing a great railroad system 

 in this country he pursued with unabated zeal for more than a quarter of a 

 century and until the close of his life. 



