Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1883-11-15
THE CITY LEYEEs.

side in the city to ask as to the condition OF
the levees. All the great floods have been
caused by the breaking of the north lsvee.
| The American is short stream, yet it drains
an immense watershed, and comes down
with rush. At meeting of the citizens
organization on Friday night last, David
LubiD, John Mcneil, James Mcclure, Silas
earle and Daniel Flint were appointed a
committee to inspect the north leves and the
work recently done on the American, and to
report the condition of the same to the next
meeting. These gentlemen met at the new
City Hall at 10 a. NJ, where they were Joined
by Mayor Brown and Trustees Gutenberger
and Nielsen, aud all proceeded in carriages
to the Ievee referred to. When they reached
Thirty first street, Mayor Brown halted
them and said he was going to propose to
fill up that street from L to the north
levee. At L street the land was thirteen
feet high and continued on the same
grade to Whisky Hill. If the street was
raised and graded between L street and the
levee it would insure the city against inunda.
| ton, even though the north levee should
break above that point. The raising OF this
street would prevent the water from running
into the city, and would cause it to run eff
near the County Hospital. This would cost
the city about SO, 900. The top of the levee
| could be graveled, and the street then would
make an excellent drive. The I'LL would only
have to be five feet in depth, and hardpan,
the best material that could be used, was
near at hand in large quantities. If that was
| done, all the American river levee that would
directly affect the city would be from Seventh
| to Thirty.first street. They then proceeded
to the wing dams recently constructed in the
American Just above Smiths Gardens. and
which were fully described in these columns
few weeks since. Afterwards they returned
| to the levee at point opposite Smiths Car
dens and followed the same 10 Seventh street.
| in this city. The levee above the
railroad bridge, so far as examined,
was found to be in excellent condition. 1t
has base of about one hundred feet. is ten
| feet high, and from twenty-four to thirty feet
wide on top. The Central Pacific has track
laid on top of this levee clear through to
Brighton. About two years ago this levee
was strengthened by adding twelve feet of
dirt to the inside. The outside slope is very
gradual, we'll soWn with Bermuda grass, and
protected from wash by thick underground
of young willows. The river opposite Mrs.
Waldron's place, and about half a mile above
the railroad bridge, is within about 800 yards
of the levee. Immediately below that it
curves northward toward the bridge, and
nowhere below Smiths Gardens is it less
than from mile to a mile and half from
the levee. The highest water ever known
stood only three feet deep against the levee
north of the bridge, and that hight the dis
lance through the leVae is seventy feet.
From the railroad bridge to Rabeps tan
merry, st Twenty seventh street, the levee is
ia excellent condition, with q graveled top
and 30 well protected by dense growth of
timber that it seems an impossibility that the
back water could ever, under any circum-
stances, affect it in the least The top of the
levee in the section last spoken of has an
average width of but seventeen feet. Mayor
Brown says the city proposed to give the rail-
road company so. 000 if they would fill up
on the inside of this piece of the levee suf-
fciently to allow the laying of another track.
This, if cone would give such protection that
absolute safety would be guaranteed. The
railroad company have the proposition under
the Board in a few days The levee from the
railroad bridge to the Central Pacific depot is
| full a and feet above the highest water
ever known. The greater part of it has been
| rip-rapped with granite. and $50 car loads of
stone was used in constructing the levee
| Immediately opposite RabePs tannery. The
committee at P. VI. came home, and will go
| again at s a. NJ. on Tuesday next, when they
will make critical examination of the levee
from Mrs. Waldron's-tbe highest point ex-
amined yesterday-to Brighton. The COM
mittee all manifested much surprise at the
great strength and fine condition of the
levees, and of the excellent work recently
| done by those who were engaged in the con-
struction Of the wing DANG. II can be said
here that the wing dams have no connection
whatever with the levees, but are simply
breskwaters intended to set the current of the
| stream from the levees to the opposite shore,
The committee fully approved and heartily
Endorsed the propositions made by the Mayor
as to the improvement of Thirty-frst street,
and the letting of contract to the railroad
company for the strengthening Of the north
levee.
CoRoNER's INQUEsT.-The tiresome exam
ination Of Chinese rioters was continued last
evening at the Coroner's Office, and the won
derful patience of District Attorney Carey in
his questioning and the wonderful stupidity
of the witnesses in their answers was enter.
tanning to the large cosmopolitan crowd that
gathered in the room and on the sidewalk.
| Leu Ty, who was shot in the right thigh, was
sworn. and testified that he wss coming
down street and passed Tong An Cheung,
| when the latter wheeled and shet him Leu
| Ty's information in regard to the Lodge Of
] which he claimed membership was very vague.
All Gan. who was shot in the neck, was
| placed on the stand, and bis testimony, be-
yond the fact that a ball had plowed around
in the vicinity of his juRulsr, wss very unim-
porsant. The extreme dullness of the pre-.
Ceedings was broken for moment when
james Dryer took the stand and testified that
he was member of the Second-street Lodge;
that the initiation fee was So; that he was told
| by those who preached the subject of joining,
| that the members of the order were men Of
the highest responsibility that Charley
| Jones and several other lawyers were mem
| bers, etc., and on this good recommendation
he consented to join the 4 org Duck Tong
Lodge 1. o. o. f. Deputy Constable Geo.
! Rider testified that he arrested Mock Soon,
and on searching his man found him to be a
walking arsenal, having a revolver, hRtchet
and a pair Of derTiDgers. Nothing more
could be learned 10 regard TO the asssssins or
in regard to the workings of their two
| lodges. Clouds Of mystery seem to hang
around those establishments. The objects
are unknown. their members are unlocked,
and their officials are myths. The end came,
and the jury found that Sing Due, aged IS,
and Lung Yek, aged 80. natives of China,
came to their death by gunshot wounds dur
ing riot on [ street Sunday evening, No
| vember II, 1885, at the hands of parties I'M
known.
ACCIDENT ON THE RAM.-The second-clsss
train from Sacramento yesterday morning
ran into the rear end of freight train No. 10
at the switch at fremont, between Davis
Vile and Dixon, wrecking the csboose and
fiat car, and damaging somewhat the engine.
| When the engine struck the fat car, loaded
with lumber, which was attached to the ca
boose, the car was tilted up, ran under and
loaded the caboose, while the latter was tel
| escoped by the lumber. Luckily no one was
hurt. At the time of the accident a very
dense fog prevailed, and the train ahead
could not be distinguished. The wrecking
train was sent from this city to clear the
track, and trains were delayed but three
hours.
The WEATHER.-The temperature, wind
and weather yesterday, as received by Ser
geans Barwiek. was For Olympia, so, north
and cloudy; Tatoosh, Az, east and clear /;
Portland, 45o, northwest and clearing Fort
Candy, 52o, southeast and clear: Roseburg,
AZ, calm and foggy; Red Bluff, 59', south aud
clear; Sacramento, co., southeast and clear;
San Francisco, 53', northeast and foggy; Los
Angeles. TT, south and clear; San Diego.
go, west and clear; Salt Lake, AZ, north
west and fair Cheyenne, Az, northwest
and clear; Denver, So, north and clear /;
North Platte 4S', west and clear Omaha,