Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1884-02-18
BASED on A MISTAKE AND IGSoR-
ANCE.

The Erening Bee on Saturday makes a
long local assault upon the proposition to ex-
pend S40,O 900 upon the levees. Blu. the pivot
on which the whole article turns is based on
one mistake and one ignorant assertion put
forward as fact. The mistake came about
in this wise At the meeting OF the Citizens
Association, on Friday, when the Chairman
Of the Committee or the Levee Petition was
called upon to speak, he stated that the sum
OF 81 900 expended on the levee below Y
street, outside the city limits, was better ex-
pended and would give more protection, ETC.,
than several thousands would be north of Y
street. The gentleman reporting for our
contemporary probably understood the re-
mark to refer to proposed expenditure
of 81, 900 below Y street. when in fact the
reference was and MIR. Flints auditors and
the RECORD UNION representative present 50
Understood, to the sum which has been this
winter expended in strengthening the levee at
that point, and which was paid out Of last
years tax lsvv. The exact amount was $780,
and against its expenditure the Bee had no
word OF protest, though it knew of the order
aud the work. So much for that. The re.
mainder Of the local article is due to its igno-
rance of facts for the evening paper declares,
in reference to the proposed raising Of a
grade along the line of the Folsom railroad
track from Brighton station for about mile,
that even should the American river ever
cross that low ground, the water could not
come into the city, but by closing the cul-
verts on the r street railroad line this side of
Brighton station, the fl lod would be forced
around back Of the County Hospital and be-
low Whisky Hill" Now the fact is that the
R.sireet railroad grade does not extend to
Brighton station that If water crosses the
low section above the station it will run down
l. side our north and east levee, and the rail-
road track, take the Burns slough ditch, and
meet no resistance until it reaches the Thirty
first street grade. which interposes no suf-
ficient obstacle. At the best, such an event
would give us back water south of the city.
In fact, the rain water falling in the vicinity
Of Brighton station long has, and now does
run down the C jurse indicated and is drained
off by Burns slough. The attitudes are mat
tiers of record and cannot be denied. More
over, the land there is twenty feet above
Front street. and the watershed inclines
sharply toward the city. At the time Cf the
last high water in the American river, when
the somewhat celebrated scare took place,
such a body of drainage water came down
through thai section from the southeast into
the basin between the railroad and the north
levee as for some hours TO shut off travel by
vehicles. l. will be seen, therefore, that the
true economy is to bar the passage of the
American ADORE Brighton station and keep
the water in the river channel
THE TURNER MAsQUERADE.-Th fifteenth
annual bal masque of the Sacramento Turn
Verein will not be held at the new EXPOSE
ton building as heretofore announced. but at
the old Pavilion, corner of Sixth and NJ
streets, on Thursday evening, February 18th.
The change has been on account of the new
building being so open that there is great
danger of those who participate contracting
cclds.
HEITERKEIT SOCIAL The Heiterkeit So.
cial Club gave their tenth anniversary ball at
Jacobs Hall last evening, which was largely
attended. Music was furnished by Fisch x
Watson's band. Eiward Botsford and Her
man Fisher acted as floor directors. The
programme contained fourteen dances