The record-union., 1891-02-24
THE STORM KING.
He Again Rides Rough-Shod Over
the Country.
Rain and Wind in the Valleys, and
Snow On the Hills-The
Rivers Booming.

Rivers Booming.
The farmers have ceased to pray Tor
rain, and are beginning to expert
ence some anxiety lest there should be
too much for the good of their crops. The
storm, which broke on Sunday night,
was resumed again yesterday afternoon,
and at late hour last night the rain was
still falling and the wind whistllng
through the naked trees and rattling
windows, shutters, signs and all movable
things outside the buildings.
1t was learned at the railroad offices
last night that the storm ragged all day on
the Sierra Nevadas yesterday along the
line of the overland railroad, and snow
fell as low down the mountains as Col
fax. Last night an unusually heavy
snow-storm, made more formidable by
driving wind, ragged on the 'hilP' east OF
Gold Run. and at Colfax rain was falling
steadily.
Reports from all of the station agents
along the Central Pacific road, this side
of Truckee and east of Alta, read: 'sSnow-
ing and blowing hard" There is but lit
tie snow alongside the track. and the
able to remove what falls between the
rails.
OVERLAND TRAIN DELAYED.
The overland train due here this morn
ing at SIS O'Clock was reported two hours
behind time east of Truckee, and this will
cause 1t to arrive in Sacramento an hour
or so late.
AT the Summit yesterday the barometer
reached the lowest point to which it has
ever been known to descend. 1t regis
tered 22.25.
LANDSLIDES UP NORTH.
The landslides on the Oregon road were
Rll reported removed from the track
yesterday, with the exception of the one
near the Ninth Crossing of the Sacra-
mento River, short distance this side Of
Sims.
The crew which has been at work on
che branch road between Knights Land
ing and Marysville were ordered to go to
the slide and help clear away the debris.
They were working on the obstruction
at midnight last night, and expected to
have the track clear in short time.
The south-bound Oregon express, due
here early yesterday morning. was wait
ing at Dunsmuir last night. 1t will prob
ably arrive here about noon to-day.
This mornings south-bound train has
encountered landslide above Ashland,
which may cause detention of a day or
more.
Los ANGELES CUT OFF.
There viii be no connection at Lathrop
with the Los Angeles train for several
days. big washout has occurred in
Soledad Canyon, and serious damage has
been done to the track. Bridges have
been washed away, and it is thought that
several days viii be required to repair
the road.
THE RIVERS BOOMING.
The American river commenced to roll
its extra volume of water into the Sacra-
mentS yesterday morning at O'Clock
and the latter stream rose steadily during
the day. At 2 o'clock in the afternoon it
marked 10 feet inches on the gauge, and
last night at 10 O'Clock it had reached the
20-foot mark. 1t was still rising, and
probably will go couple of feet higher
when the water from the upper Sacra-
mento reaches here.
\ gentleman who came down from Fol-
som yesterday said the American river
was running eight feet over the big dam
sIG7SAL OFFICE REPORTS.
The Sign IL Service reports last evening
show low, but rapidly-rising barometer
The lowest point reached in this city was
29.lO inch IS, at p. VI. on Sunday night
from which time it began rising, and read
at D A. N yesterday 1881 inches and at 5 p.
NJ. of the same day 1888 inches, showing a
rise of l6 of an inch in II hours, and A
of an inch in 24 hours, altogether too
Iaplu IL rise IOf SGIIl0O weather.
The highest velocity of the wind during
the storm was 40 miles per hour-beuween
10 and l0:30 O'Clock on Sunday night
The total precipitation for the storm
was 2.56 inches, distributed as follows:
Saturday, up to P. NJ, .26 of an inch !;
Sunday, up to P. NJ, 1.04 inches; Mon
day, up TO p. NJ, l.26 inches.
The highest and lowest temperature
yesterday was $40 and 40, as against 4So
and so on the same date last year. The
highest and lowest one year ago to-day
was 4S0 and 360, showing last year at this
time to have been much colder than this
year.
The total precipitation for this month
has been 5.29 inches, which is almost one
inch more than was measured during the
month of February Of last year. The to-
tai for this season is 9.96 inches, as against
2756 inches to an equal date last year.
The barometer at p. NJ last night read
as follows for the Signal Service stations
named: Olympia, 1896 inches; Walla
Walla. 29.40; Spokane Falls, $3.50; Fort
Candy, 29.14; Portland, 1924; Roseburg,
$3.50; Red Bluff, 29.44, and Sacramento,
29.5S inches.
Judging from the barometrical readings
and the direction of the wind, there APP
pears to be another heavy storm ap-
preaching the land from off the ocean in
the vicinity of Fort Candy The temper
ature at 5 P. NJ was: For OLYMPIA 34o
Portland 3S0, and Roseburg $50, which is
quite cool for 3 O'Clock in the afternoon,
and looks as though q cool wave might
visit Central California in few days.
The precipitation for the twelve hours
ending at 5 O'Clock last evening was: For
Olympia, Ca of an inch; Walla Walla. .OS
Spokane Falls, .0S; Fort Candy, 30; Port
land, .0S; Roseburg, .04; Red Bluff, o.
and Sacramento, .O6 of an inch. There
was therefore a very light rainfall during
yesterday between the hours of A. NJ
and P. NJ. over the Pacific slope from
Sacramento north to Olympia.
The highest wind velocity in this city
yesterday was thirty miles per hour,
from the south.
FURTHER FROM THE OREGON LINE.
A press dispatch from Roseburg, Ore
gon, received late last night. says:
Southern Pacific train No. IS, which ar
rived last night from the north, was de-
layed here all day on account of slides at
Roberts Hill, seven miles south of here
Bridge Superintendent Happerscott went
out with wrecking train and large
force of men, but did not get the track
clear for trains till late this afternoon,
then only by laying temporary track
around the slide.
Train No. l5 arrived from the south at
80 P. NJ"
SOUTHERN CITRUS FAIR