Sacramento daily record-union., 1883-09-19

THE NORTH LEvEE-THE CITY BEING ESDAs-
eERED.-The Board OF Trustees met yesterday after
noon for the purpose of receiving bids for the i'm
provement OF the north levee The American river
during the winter is a wild stream and always at its
high stages causes more or less uneasiness in the
city The levee on street. on which is constructed
the Central Pacific Railroad, has always been con-
sidered high enough and sufficiently strong SO long
as the main channel or the principal current was
kept at sufficient distance. At the meeting of the
= ard yesterday three well-known contractors put
| in bids, accompanied with bonds, to do the work
| specified for certain amounts. The Board refused
| 10 accept any of the bids, and stated that they
would receive proposals again to morrow. Imme-
diately after the adjournment OF the Board party
| started out upon 4 reconnoitering tour and found
what the public least expect, what the authorities
| should prohibit, ana what Mr.. Knox, whsn he was
Second Trustee, not only protested against but
prosecuted successfully procuring the conviction of
| ten persons Tor the offense now being committed.
| The railroad runs out street From to B north,
| and in many places from street half way to the
railroad, from Fourteenth to Nineteenth streets has
all been dug out to a depth ranging from eight to
fifteen feet The width of this immense channel is
equal to that OF the American at ordinary high
| water, and from appearances is about on level
with the present bed OF the river The cOttonwoods
and willows have all been cut away and the protec-
ton stforded by the timber entirely 5ved This
| excavation has been done by the sanction of the
| parties owning the ground. 11e Qlrt has been
haulel into the city, the teamster payng the pro
| prietor five cents per load therefor. 1t seems
strange, as taxpayer remarked yesterday, " that
the city will continually tax us for levee purposes
when they at the same time allow others to undo all
| that has been done for years without murmur. |
/ would not say a word, but these oXcavators are
| mere gophers and must be stopped. The Second
| Trustee must not allow any man or set OF men to
undermine our levees." This is very serious mat
ter and should receive the attention Of the city au-
thorities at once.
FOOLISH SPORTS On Friday last two San Fran
cisco sports, by the name OF Johnson and Flint,
hired a hack aud took ride On the Riverside road
While at the Riverside House they wagereG $40 as
to who could swim to the opposite shore and return
first. The money was put up the men stripped,
plunged into the river together and struck ont for
the Yolo side. About midway Of the stre1m John.
son exhibited signs Of fatigue, and fishing boat
near by rowed to his rescue and saved him from a
watery grave Flint reached the opposite shore,
and when Johnson was brought out in a boat in
helpless, and in fact a paralyzed condition, his
friends advised him not TO undertake to swim back
again. He would not listen to their advice plunged
into the river and struck out for the opposite side
He had not reached the middle OF the river before
he seized with the cramps, and was rescued, al
ter sinking twice, by the same boat that had saved
the life of johnson. Neither OF the have as
yet recovered from the effects OF their fo0shness,
and both viii no doubt suffer through life partial
paralysis.
An INDEPENDENT TRAMP-A camp of tramps,
situated just north OF the levee between Twelfth
and Thirteenth streets, WIS visited yesterday by
reporter. In the camp was found ten large, fat,
lazy, grsasylaoking fellows, with dirty faces and
unkempt hair and with their useless carcasses lying
| on the ground. Near By was pile OF grapes. per
haps one hundred pounds that, no doubt, had been
fcraged from a neighboring vineyard. Several
small. and one fve-gallon can, filled W tn stale beer
completed the outfit Of the camp. When asked if
| they would 60 to work for dollar day, one oi
them, apparently the spokesman of the crowd, arose
and with much dignity waved his hand and said,
'' To hell with yees and your work. America, the
land Of the free, living to all the patriotic
sons Of Ireland. To hell with yees and your work
OFFICIAL ORDEHs on GENERAL EVANS DsArH-
| General Order No. 35, issued from the Adjutant-
Generals off ,e yesterday, reads as follows: "with
feelings Of deem regret, the Commander-in-Chief
announces to the National Guard of California
| the death of General George S. Evans, formerly
| Adiutant- General Of the State He was gallant
soldier wa0 served his country in her hour Of need,
| faithfully and we'll and his memory viii long be
| cherished among the historic few who laid the
! foundation of Caiforna's greatness AS a mark OF