The morning call., 1894-05-22
AROUND THE CORRIDORS.

AROUND THE CORRIDORS.
Felix Spurgeon, civil engineer of Stockton,
Is at the California. People over my way are
doing good deal Of talking nowadays ABOUT
precautionary measures for relief from pos
sible injury by floods In the future" SAID ne
yesterday. Two plans are under discussion
one By boulevard in East street and The sec
ond by a relief canal TO run up the CalaVeras
River and in toward BelloIa. The canal propO-
sition (and, in fact, that or the boulevard, tOo)
has not reached a stage of development beYond
that OF mere discussion, but the projects are
being pressed 10 that extent as 10 demand The
attention of all interested iperSOns. The stua-
GiOn OF Stockton is peculiarly favorable to
floods. The water comes down into the delta
in which the city lies In such VOlumesthat the
Straits of Carqunez are unable TO carry II Oh
and floods naturally result. In my opinion
relief canal would only afford temporary
benefit. The surrounding country is grad
uRlly being leveled up by the work
of settlers in retaining lands on the banks
OF the river, and this naturally leaves less room
for the water. 1t is claimed that on account OF
the stopping of Paradise cut, which is 26O feet
wide and II feet deep. by the flood OF 81 The
city was inundated This seems 10 me TO De an
erroneous belief, as at the time the Hood was
highest at Stockton. on March 81 Of that year,
al the san Joaquin bridge, five miles below
Paradise cut, on the San Joaquin River, the
gauge marked sixteen feet; on the 18th day OF
June OF the same year IL marked l71a feet, when
the snow floods came down. This cOnclusively
demonstrates to my mind that the flood waters
came from the Calaveras, Lille Johns Creek
and other small tributaries entering therein. AS
l said before, this retaining OF lands which Is
constantly going on restricts The volume OF
water to a smaller area, and the only solution
Of the difficulty would seem to be, as the late
General Negley advocated, the opening OF the
Straits OF Carquinez."
MIR. Shackelford OF Paso Robes manager Of
the Southern Pacific Milling Company, which
owns many elevators along The coast division
OF the Southern Pacific road and In other sec.
tons, is at the Occidental. He predicts
boom for the portion Of country lying all along
the line Of road mentioned when the latter is
completed through and becomes, as it undOubt-
eddy Will, the main line for transit travel IN the
Slate. The company with which Mr.. Shackel-
ford is connected Will erect a number OF new
warehouses at such points along the new line
Of road as may be thought advisable. He
says that the so.caled industrial movement
has proven boon TO The section of country In
which he resides in one respect at least, and
that is that 1t has practically wiped out the
large number Of mendlcants who had fOcked
into that county while the railroad was In
charity al my house became SO frequent that 1t
became absolutely necessary That l should
adopt some means of self-protecton, saiG be-
Every day from four 10 a dozen persons ap-
piled for something 10 eat and while l didn't
object TO feeding worthy man l felt that was
frequently being imposed upon by those who
would not work if they had the opportunity. L
finally had a lot Of four-foot wood piled Up
back OF my house, and when man wanted food
he was referred TO the wOoduile with the
knowledge that after he had earned meal he
should have IL. The plan soon cut down the
number Of applicants, and now tramp Is a
curiosity"
John Crawford OF Mendocino County, who is
at tn Russ. is not as apprehensIve about the
coming years prospects for that particular sec
lion of the State as residents of other portions
seem TO be regarding their localities. He says
he has resided in the county for over twenty
years, ana that an absolute failure in crops has
never yet occurred. This year the farmers VIII
probably harvest one-half OF an average yield,
be says. Mr. Crawford is very enthusiastic
regarding the Russian River country, and at
tributes the failure Of that section to receive a
large share OF Incoming settlers 10 its compare
lively isolated location and the consequent IN
familiarity OF the people with its attractions
and advantages. Travellers" said he yester-
day, "miss one OF the grandest features OF CALI
fOrnia's scenery when they fail to visit the rcd
wood country up there. One grove in partcu-
lar, situated about eight miles from Uklah, is
remarkable in the peculiarly Of its growth the
thick stand Of trees upon the ground and lis
location in a canyon where the rays Of the
sun only gain an entrance about two hours each
day. This grove is called the Montgomery red
woods and Is about a half mile of the road
which runs from Hot Springs to Big River and
Mendocino City. The trees have attained a
III,
girth and luxuriant foliage, renders them a
magnific Mt spectacle. and one with the beauties
of which but few people are familiar"
Possibly the most exciting period In the life
OF Judge c. G. Goodwin, the editor OF the Salt
Lake Tribune, who Is a guest at the Occidental
was at lime when, some years ago, lie was
wagng a memorable war against the polyg-
amOus MormOns. Tie fight became so bitter and
th feeling engendered against him thereby so
intense that IL was openly asserted that the
Judge would be Killed. In command OF the
United States post at Salt Lake at the time was
an old friend OF Judge Goodwin, VINO was
a resolute, fearless individual, who at once
took effectual cps TO preserve the Judge from
possible injury. He called upon Brigham Young
In person and informed him that il Judge Good
win should die by violence. or If any injury
afiict him, the guns OF the United States troops
would aVeDge the wrong done at any aud all
hazards. II is needless 10 add that the Judge
was not molested.
Colonel g. NJ. Terrell of EliZabethtown Ill, is
a guest at the California. He is a retired mer-
chant and is accompanied by w. I. Watrous of
Chicago in an extended trip through this State.
Colonel Terrell was a distinguished participant
ia the late war as commander OF the Twenty.
ninth Volunteer Infantry from the State men,
toned. He moved TO Illinois in IS41 when
Kaskaskia was the capital OF the State aud
ShawneetOwn was The only distributing post
office in the same commonwealth. In those
days merchants stock OF goods comprised
about everything used in or about the house. in
the field or upon the river. A barrel of good
old Kentucky Bourbon was usually kept in
stock, not for sale. but simply where customers
were allowed TO refresh themselves while doing
their trading
A. Batzen of the firm of Geavls & Balizell,
civil engineers Of Redding. Is at the Grand.
Mr.. BaItZell brought down with him a speci-
men Of iron ore which he thought would assay
about So per cent. A number of English capt.
taiisls have become interested in The POSSIBLE
ity OF developing valuable iron industries in
Shasta County, and the specimen Mr.. BalIzeIl
brought TO the city is intended for submission
10 an English assayer. Mr.. BaltZell says that
there are mountains of the ore in Shasta
County, and thai the Englishmen mentioned
will probably invest largely In the district.
Mayor Gaty of Santa Barbara, who is stop
ping in the Occidental, and who has charge of
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