Sacramento daily record-union., 1882-01-17

stated Very little vegetation springs from She de-
brs sent from Imbucteo but after it is spread out
on the plains Don't know that it grows near
Marysvllle heavy growth OF cottonwood and will
low Haven't been there in years; have heard 1t
Is covered with willow growth. Dr. Chapman
says so, and have no reason to doubt it. Don't
know that no sewers Of Marysville empty from the
city. Didn't know her sew,rs into the Yuba are
below the level OF the river, and are now ten feet
under debris Now that think Of it, it is proba-
bic it should be So" Typhoid fever Is not frozen out
by the cold but it is said frost kills OF yellow fever
sewers grade must depend on Its contents and
the amount to be carried and the water to carry on
the matter Two or two and half eet to a mile is
too little. Don't know that nlne-tenths OF the sew
ers OF Sacramento are brick. Brick sewers open at
the joints, and permitting percoiaton, are not SO
good as iron-st0ne pipe Brick sewers are better
than wood In San Francisco there are all sorts Of
sewers. Some are so fiat TO be mere con-
tnuous cesspools. Witness at length described the
kind OF traps, drains, etc, to perfect system Of
| sewerage and cesspools, etc. Have not examined
the sewerage OF Sacramento Came here only last
evening.
Quastion-Would the creation of swamp ON the
north Of Sacramento, two miles one way and one
the other, and the filing up OF the streams, so that
the grounds sodden to be wet from three to four
months in the year, and the hight OF the streams
preventing the use OF the drainage canal, tend TO
increase disease conditions for the dissemination OF
malaral and typhoid diseasesf Witness said the
formation Of a swamp about the city would have
that tendency; and, desiring to catch the tran and
having Dut lew moments lett, was allowed 10 ue-
part without fully expressing himself ON the subject
Vincent Hook sworn-l au native OF California,
and reside in Contra Costa county. was educated
for civil engineer at the University OF California,
and graduated from that institution in 1876. have
resided in Pacheco valley for the last twentyseven
| years. My people own 200 acres OF land ln that
valley. The lower part OF the valley was tule or
swamp There was one nlvigable slough into
which Walnut creek emptie5 The town of Pacheco
is four five miles distant from the bay. The sur
| face Of that valley is level and unbroken. The
breaking of the soil and cutting of it up by the
vines is quite considerable since the farming was
commenced in the valley. The soil that has never
| been titled washes but little. The natural wash
from titled soil is very great. The town of Lafayette
| is situated in small valley about nine miles from
Pacheco. The soil is principally black adobe, which Is
very hard in the summer and very soft in the winter
| Witness produced map of the country that he
had been describing. Schooners formerly came up
to the Town OF Pacheco but the filling In OF the bay
from natural wash has made it comparatively an in
land town. large bar has formed at the mouth OF
Walnut creek. The material composing the Natural
| wash comes from the Pacheco valley. There are
$500 acres OF land in the vicinity OF Pacheco that
is covered with debris TO depth OF from six inches
| to twelve feet. The town of Pacheco has been al
most destroyed They have had to raise their
houses: and the town, from being the most I'M
portant in the couaty, is only an insignificant VII
lage. Ny father owned large warehouse there,
which was erected ia 1865 To-day it is partly stick
ing out of the ground, there being fill around it to
the depth OF twelve feet. Witness described Wal
nut creek and Mt Diablo creek, gave their extent,
and stated the various changes to each that has
been caused by the debris. We had short rail-
road butt there at time to connect the
houses with the navigable water. Each year the
railroad had TO be extended to keep pace with the
debris brought down upon us from natural causes.
AT the present time the warehouses and railroad
abandoned. Rolling ground, after it has been
plowed. washes to very great extent with the
heavy rains. | judge that the debris deposited in
and around the town of Paoheco is about s 0eO 900
cubic yards Since the hillsides have been denuded
of their timber there has been great many land
slides. Similar effects to those at Pacheco are no.
ticed at other places in the county.
Cross examination 10y Mr.. Cadwalader)- My father
lives on ranch near Pacheco. Martinez is about
five miles from Pacheco. l farmer, and am
located two and half miles south of Pacheco. Wal.
nut creek is dry in the summer time. The narrow
est place in the estuary is about fifty feet. The schoon
that used in the grain trade there about
twenty-five feet wide. Pache SEQ is not much higher
than the bay The mouth of the estuary which puts
into Pachecu is about six miles east of Martinez.
Pacheco was built the edge of a tue swamp.
Walnut creek Is about twenty-five miles in
length. 1t heads near San Leandro and has
a general northerlY direction. The land
along that creek when dry is very hard.
The first cultivation in the PachecO valley in
1850. The principal destruction caused from natural
wash was in 1861 and 1862. Pacheco valley is 25
miles in length. The town of Pacheco covered more
than 40 acres had six or seven main and many
streets, and the entire town site s covered
with debris TO the depth OF IL IL feet. Witness
exhibited plat of the town of Pacheco and ex.
plai1ed the same to the Court. Murder creek rises
in the western portion OF the valley, and has length
II seven or eight miles, The western portion of
Mount Diablo drains into the Pacheco valley. Mount
Diablo has an elevation OF 1900 feet. We have
very heavy rains during the winter season in this
valley.
Redirect-The early cultivation OF the valley was
confined to the tilling of only the level tracts.
Adjourned until $50 A. NJ. to-day.