Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1881-12-12
Mr. Hart)-The sand from those bars was
washed into the Sacramento river. One bar
washed away entirely.

pole. L also Judged by the velocity of the
current. I did not sound the river at all
points of the river channel. The current was
SO strong and swift | could not use boat.
sounded the river at eight different places
between the point opposite Thirteenth street
and its mouth. The banks just above the
mouth OF tha American river were from eight
to ten feet high, and my pole being only IF
teen feet in length / could not reach the hos-
tom. 1 measured the length of the bars By
stepping them off. The only thing had to
measure with was foot rule and pole. To
make exact measurements of the eubical con-
tents of o sand bank you would have to use
surveyors instruments. My measurements
were made during the rise Of the water. The
river raised four feet during the rise. meas
ured these bars in August last TO ascertain the
amount of debris they contained.
E. J. oRoLY
Sworn-I am of the firm of Carle & Croly,
contractors. We had the contract for the
closing Of the Lovdall break. We also had
the contract OF pumping the water out of the
city last winter. We had eight China pumps
at work on the Y-street leyeo near the
drainage canal, and pumped on an average
20, ,000, COO gallons per day for forty-nine days.
We started the pumps on the 9th of February.
There was considerable back water below Y
street from the Mesick and Fern breaks. Burns
slough rises in the northeastern lpart OF the
city, runs southwesterly and passes though Y
street at Eighteenth street. The ground
water, as attested by excavations, rises and
falls with the rise aud fall of the river. Cess
pools and vaults are usually dry in Septem-
Der and. October. We have made a great
many excavations in the city The sand OBJ.
served st the Lovdall break was coarse black
sand, something like this sample Henley,
No. n
Cross-examina alton (5y A. P. Catlio)-We
made a contract with the city for pumping
out the water On the list day of February,
1881. don't think any OF the water within
the city came from the
FERN OR MEsIoK BREAKS.
At one time the water was two and g
half feet higher south of the Y.street levee
than within the city. The water expanse
within the city was chiefly within the area
bounded by r, Ninth, Y and Front streets
In one place it extended as far north as M
street. 1t covered, to the best of my recol.
lection, about thirty blocks. Burns slough
collects its water from the watershed east of
the city, extending to Brighton. There were
very heavy rains at that time. At times it
would rain very heavily for an hour or so
In making excavations for the foundations of
to thirty inches. When the river is high
these excavations will be filed with water.
Thers ia small lake between Y and R street.
and another near the City Cemetery, that
formerly served as a portion of the drainage
canal.
JOHN RIDER,
Sworn-I have lived on the American river,
about three-fourths OF mile from Rabel's
tannery, for great many years. My place
is opposite Eighteenth street. I own the land
between Fourteenth and Twentieth streets,
north of the levee. | have been cultivatine
that land since 1856 Rabel's tannery is
about on line with Twenty-seventh street.
The water broke through the levee in two
places during the flood of 1862. The highest
water in 1862 on my place was about one foot.
and the old A street levee stood intact and
dry. In 1881 the water was eight feet higher
than it was in 1862. dug well in 1864
feet to water. Now the water is less than 16
fac q owing deposit of eight feet in the
river Tue old :A.strest levee was entirely
dry in the food of 1862, and afforded place
for keeping stock during high water.
Cross-examinatiou (by A. p. Catii1) There
were perhaps 150 head of cattle kept on the
A.street levee for some time. The food of
1862 first broke in at Thirty first street, and
after wards at Ra5ers tannery. The land
near my house was covered to about one
foot in depth in other places on my farm it
was deeper. In 1881 the water was much
higher there then in 1862 In 1881 the north
levee remained unhroken. The water came
up against the north levee within q feet Of
its top. During the winter my well is full OF
water. In the summer time the water rises
in the well to the hight of Is feet.
e C. ROBINSON,
fr--.
No 5lis taken from niue one mile directly
north OF Iowa Hill. It is what ia called bIus
gravel took the sample myself, and it is
au average of the bank. Sample No. 4 is
taken from the Independence Hill mine, and
is an average sample of the bank of that
mine.
Cross-examination icy A. P Cstlin)-Inde.
uendence Hill is about half mile from
Iowa Hill. These samples were taken from
that portion of the bank in each mine which
considered an average. Some portions of
the material of the mine differ in color from,
others.
]. W. WATT
Sworn-I have been City Taper since 1870.
NY duties are to tend all the tapping, lay all
new pipes, look after the repairs and have a
general supervision of all the water mains
and pipes outside of the engine-room. | re-
filed at its lower end with sand and sedi-
ment. That was about 1871 or 1872. The
engineer woke me up in the night. TIE
pumps were stopped; we could get no water.
We went TO the river and commenced raising
the suction pipes. After we raised them four
or five feet we got water. The American
river was up at that tins. The water has
been growing muddieT and dirsier every year
since 1870. The water this season, since
along in June, has bssn comparatively clear.
The pipes fill up rapidly with mud. Have
seen three and four-inoh pipes filed up three
fourths full. Have also seen larger pipes
nearly filled with mud, The mud that
settles in the pipes near the works is heavier
pipes have frequently TO be blown off.
During high water we endesvor to clean
out the pipes every three or four weeks.
When we clean out tho pipes We find i'm.
mense quantities Of mud and sand. Have
known one hydrant to blow off a wagon-losd
of sand in less than thirty minutes. At one
time there was bar formed near the suction
pipe. We employed the steamer Dover to
cut it away.
Cross. examination ito Mr.. Catlin)-The
time when the suction pipe was choked or
filed up was during the first part of the win
ter. I judged the sand to come from the
mente river had not at that time raised. The
time the steamer Dover was engaged cutting
away toe bar was during the summer of 1876
or 1877. l don't know anything about the
Spring Valley Water Works.
L. f. BAsSETT
Sworn-I am civil engineer and surveyor.
l hold the position of City Surveyor of Sac
ramento. On the 7th and S5h Of this month
I made a survey of the American river from
Rooney's ranch to its mouth. At that time
there was twenty feet difference between the
surface of the water at the foot of K street
and the surface Of the water at Rooney's.
The water If raised enc foot higher than high.
water mark of 1881 would cover the Sacra-
r.ento and Placerville Railroad and the
Western Pacific Railroad, and cover vast
area beyond Florin. and also would come
through the city by the way of Burns slough
This profile made by the direction of the
Board of Trustees of this city, and was re-
quested to appear in this Court with the same
Ii is correct In all particulars.
Cross-exsminstion (by A. P. Catlin) -[Wit-
ness explained the entire survey] was on
the levee during the high waters Of 1880 and
1881 and set stakes, 60 know I have the
right hight for comparison. The north levee
does not run as far as Rooney's ranch. This
levee during the last two or three miles, near
Brighton. viii average from fifteen to twenty