Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1880-01-21
STATE ENGINEERS REPORT.
Outline of the Contents Of the Report
to be Filed To-day.

to be Filed To-day.
State Engineer William Hammond Hall
I will to-day, it is expected, submit a large
portion OF his report to the Legislature. By
way of introduction it is learned that the
| Engineer will point out what his report con-
under which his work has been prosecuted,
and which Act directed what particular sub
| jects should chiefly engage his attention, to
wit: statement of facts and conclusions re-
garding irrigation, relief of rivers from floods,
and the question of the flow of debris from
the mines into the streams, and the injury to
| agricultural lands by the flow of debris
thereon. The work began, May 1873, and
the examination embraced the flow of mining
debris, its extent, effects, and the possible
remedies therefor, the rapid drainage and i'm
| provement of navigable streams, the irriga-
ton OF the dry plains These subjects, he
says, are intimately related, and references
| are necessarily made from one to the other
departments of the report. He is also by the
law required to report history OF operations
and to give an account of "the present
condition OF the inquiry" and this latter
necessltates statement OF what remains to
be done. The report has been divided into
five parts as indicated above, and the data
and special discussions have been grouped
outside of the general argument or statement
OF the reports-into certain separate papers.
An outline of the subjects reported upon
may be thus stated: Part l. History of
operations 2, drainage of the valleys and
Improvement of navigable rivers 3, flow of
mining detritus; 4, irrigation of the plains !;
., present condition of the inquiry.
PART FIRST
Gives history of the operations of the en-
gineer department, the objects, nature, ex-
tent and manner of performance of the work
undertaken, set out under these subheads !:
Objects and work of the department 1.-THE
problems of drainage; the debris problem /;
the problems of irrigation the field of ex-
animation; organization of the force; the
drainage surveys and examinations the irri-
cation surveys and examinations miscella-
neous surveys, examinations and observa.
tions synopsis of results; re-examination
and observations office work.
PART SECOND.
Drainage of the valleys and Improvement
of navigable rivers, general discussion and
review of the situation, and consideration
of the various possible plans for remedying
existing evils, particularly in the Sacramento
valley. Also touching on the flow of debris,
so far as essential for the general line of argu-
ment in the drainage problems. On the
drainage question the subject is treated I'M
Ger these sub-heads Sacramento and San
Joaquin valley floods; Typographical descrip.
ton of the Sacramento valley drainage of
the Sacramento valley, the subject reviewed;
the streams and food waters of the valley;
the causes of r(e ent changes in the valley
rivers the possibilities in the drainage of the
valley the present condition of the Sacra-
mento and Feather rivers; leading defects of
the Sacramento river; extent of recent
changes in the Sacramento and Feather riv-
ers the floods of the valley effects of the
low land basins the three drainage prob
lens of the valley the first and second
problem; the intercepting canal; the relief
canal; the drainage canal relief into the
San Joaquin river increasing the capacity
of the lower river; channel improvement,
influence of the tides chanlel Improvement,
securing action of the current.
Also, the upper valley drainage problem,
which the Engineer will treat under the fol-
lowing sub-heads: Channel improvement
above Colusa to Chico creek channel improve
ment below Colusa to Feather river; IN
fuence of the upper valley food waters
conclusions concerning the Sacramento valley
drainage. Also, the San Joaquin valley and
its floods; the San joaquin river channel
improvement; conclusions /; and, as appen-
dices, typographical and Autographed data
of the San Joaquin river i; topography Of the
Sacramento valley; low lands, basins ETC.,
the tributaries and their floods Topographic
cal and photographed data tables; food
observations lof 1879; capacity of the chan
nels changes III the channels; re-sounding
work; channel improvement: protection
from flood; levees; policy of preventing
ever-hOods.
PART THIRD.
In part third be will treat of the flow of
mining detritus, giving all the general data
thus far collected concerning the extent, ma
ture and effect OF the fl wv of mining debris
under this head, with some suggestions for
remedying the evil las much in detail as can
be made at this time
PART FOURTH.
This will treat of the irrigation Of the
plains, and will embody the general results of
the irrigation inquiry and be suggestive of
some legislation which the Engineer believes
to be essential to the solution of the irriga-
ton problem. This part will also embrace
the special information gathered, which is
statistical and descriptive in its nature, as
represented by the assistants Of the Engineer,
and which will appear under these headings:
Irrigation in San Bernardino Los Angeles
Kern; Tulare and Fresno Fresno and Mer.
ced Yolo Neurological data.
PART FIFTH.
In this part he will treat If the present cor
dition of tine inquiry, setting out in briet
review what has been done, and pointing out
what is yet necessary to be done in order that
the full benefit may be derived from the work
of the engineer department, and that some
definite conclusions of plans may he laid
down.