Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1880-04-24
LOCAL INTELLIGENCE.

How IT WAS DoNE.-The heavy land slide
quarter of a mile east of Alta which re-
Gently covered the track of the Central Pa
cifc Railroad, rather staggered the regular
pick and shovel brigade. 1t was realized that
such an enormous mass would not yield in a
week to the ordinary methods, consequently
the officers in command accepted the services
of old and experienced hydraulic miners.
These men, with unexampled rapiditv
brought streams from adjacent bitches with
heavy fall to bear upon the hill of earth and
rocks. The fall at the point is 116 feet to the
mile, and hence the force of the water Is
very great In every sense of the word. The
miners constructed in a few hours several
hundred feet of flulning to carry the used
water beyond the grade of the road, because
to play upon the mass direct and let the
water flow off down the grade would soften it
so much as to endanger the entire super
structure on which the track has to rest. In
this work they were aided by the railroad
gangs of workmen, and then the streams were
set to playing upon the slide, which wilted
before the terrible streams like snow beneath
blazing sun. In an unprecedently short
space of time the mass of the slide was
washed off, aud but little remains now to be
removed. When this is done the road grade
and bed viii be at once repaired and commu.
nicatiOn reopened, and this viii probably be
tomorrow. Gentlemen who have seen much
of the removal of distractions and much of
railroad engineering, and who were witnesses
of the work OF the hydraulic miners related,
pronounce 1t to be the most rapid and effect
i've work they have ever seen, and are warm
in their praises of the energy, skill and
daring of the men of the mountains.
ARRIVAL or TRAINs.-The storm has en-
tirely ceased in the mountains and valley,
and some of the damages Of the elements
have been repaired On the Oregon route
yesterday the road at Bear river was re-
deemed from the water, and trains arrived
and departed on time, so there viii be no
further delay in that direction. All the slides
and snow were cleared from the main line of
the Central Pacific Railroad yesterday, and
trains were put in motion. Last night, about
1880, four trains heavily loaded with
passengers, express and mails left Truckee
These viii all come to the place of the slide
east of Alta, where the passengers and the
contents of the four trains must be trans
ferred to the trains on this side of the slide,
and vice versa. This of course viii be slowly
done. As fast as the trains on this side re-
eeive their loads they will be started for this
place, and will arrive here between noon and
O'Clock this evening IN the following order:
First, an overland train consisting of ten
cars ; second, an immigrant train of from six
TO nine cars; third, special train of seven
cars of excurslonist5 from Boston aud lastly,
the overland train of seven cars, which ac-
cording to programme time would have ar
rived early this morning. The trains will
all be crowded and heavily loaded in con
sequence of the large amounts of mail, bag
gage and express matter that have accumu-
lated during the blockade
BASEBALL AT FLoRN.-Another game
of base ball was played at Florin last Sun
day between the second nine of that place
and the second nine of the Oronoko, D.
Wilson acting as umpire and Charles France
and E. Buell. as scorers. The following
scores were made: