The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1892-12-27

water from the Yuba, Feather and Amer
lean. the Sacramento continued to rise
rapidly all day yesterday, and at >
O'clock last evening had reached twenty
i've feet six inches, a rise of two and a
half feet since the same hour on Saturday.
There was very swift current, and
drlItWOOd was coming down IN great
quantities, which boatmen were en-
gaged in gathering in for firewoOd, the
4 river being dotted with drift-gatherers in
all directions.
To-day the Sacramento will doubtless
reach as high point at this city as ever
before, II not higher, owing to the extra
/ hight Of the leyees on either side. If it
| does there viii surely be breaks above or
! below Washington, which VIII relieve
the river of great volume Of water and
create vast inland sea in the Yolo basin.
AT FREEPoRT.
/ During the past summer the land own
ers on the Sacramento side Of the river
/ between hero and Freeport also enlarged
! their levee and raised it several feet.
/ \ esterday a telephone message to the
/ RECORD UNION from Freeport stated that
\ the high water had washed away much
/ OF the new earth in some places, notably
opposite the O'TOOle ranch, and it was
feared that a rise Of a few more feet would
do considerable damage there.
BELOW THE CITY.
Deputy Street Superintendent Mccoy
Went over the leyee last night between
the city and Oak Hail. and found two or
! three places where il is very weak, one of
{ them being n the vicinity of the Mouton
and Merkeley ranches.
lie was surprised to find that the land
owners down that way had taken no pre-
caution toward having their levee pa
! trolled, not a watchman being encoun-
tered in that vicinity. Mr.. Mccoy went
TO the houses of some of the farmers in
that district and warned them of the ne
| cessity Of having their levee watched.
On the Yolo side, he said, all was activ-
! ity. Lights cleaned all along the river
| bank, and he could hear men at work re-
| pairing spots in the levee that had been
! threatened with injury.
| YOLOITEs ALARMED.
! Yesterday the horses and cattle on the
TOdhunter ranch, northwest Of Washing
ton, were removed in anticipation of pos
| sible breaks in the levee between Wash
ington and the Bryte ranch, where there
are few low places.
| Several large cottonwood trees opposite
| the mouth OF the American River, on the
| oIo side. were washed out and carried
away by the strong current of the Amer
/ lean yesterday. The water then washed
/ under barn, which has stood near the
bank for many years, and floated it for
! Some miles below Washington there
are said to be other places that could not
| withstand rise of more than a couple of
! feet beyond the hight Of the river last
night, so that should the expected rise
occur to-day there will most likely be
breaks on the Yolo side.
THE LATEST REPORTS.
Shortly before midnight a telegram was
received at railroad headquarters from
Mayor Rideout of Marysville saying that
that city was perfectly safe, and that her
levees were four feet above the water.
The Mayor said he had no fears what
ever for the cIty's safety.
The north-bound Oregon express did
not pass through Sacramento last night.
but took the Colusa route on account Of
the Washout between here and Redding,
sacramento transfers were brought up
from Davisville on a special sent down
for that purpose.
Reports from various points on the
Central Pacific line at midnight were
that the weather was growing colder
and the sky cloudy. The barometer was
quite high, and the indications were that
the storm was over.
THE RIVER.
The gauge at the Yolo bridge marked
IS feet inches just before midnight last
night, and the river was still rising.