The record-union., 1897-10-22

and assurance given that such 1evees
will be maintained as directed by the
Commissioner Of Public Works, the en-
tire distance between said points, that
this board viii then authorize the con-
struction of a suitable easement or
overflow weir to carry off the surplus
/ waters of the Sacramento River. when
the waters of said river exceed the
hight of 241a feet as registered
by the Government gauge a. the foot
of K street in the city Of Sacramento.
The construction of said easements will
not render the State liable for any ac-
| ton for damages by reason of its con-
struction and use as an overflow Weir
Following the course Of the discus
sion, the following was also adopted:
Resolved, That the Attorney-Cener-
al be requested to advise this board
whether the State would be liable for
damages if an overflow weir is con-
structed by the Commissioner of Pub
lie Works by and with the consent of
the board on the right or west bank
of the Sacramento River, which weir
! or easement would carry the surplus
waters of said river above the Az
foot stage at Sacramento into the al
jacent country
VIM. Muir, the inventor of dredger
now being used in the mines in Placer
! County. addressed the board n favor
of his machine.
! Engineer Nurse again raised the
o1lestion of securing a written permis-
sion from the Government engineers
~ -. cs,,+o,. Toax-c ND Ijnnrc-fOr the
prosecution of the work at Newtown
Shoals. He thought it would be neces-
sary to get the Government engineers
to commit themselves to the PROPOSE
ton of dredging, for in his opinion,
with only the jetties to rely upon, dan
ger would accrue to property up the
river
Chairman Corcoran said he was op-
nosed to dredging. for the reason that
! a properly constructed jetty Will 90
more to scour out a channel in day
than can a dredger in a year. He said
the proposition of the Public Works en-
gineers is to remove a certain amount
of sand by dredging, while as a mat
ter Of fact the excavation so made
would be filed in by silt brought
down by the first moderate flood, on the
/ DIlIlClDl6
always finds a certain plane
Commissioner Leake and Engineer
Nurse explained that dredging would
| be done the entire length of the par,
and not at any one particular point
Engineer Nurse said there is no ques-
ton but what the proposed wingdams
or jetties will eventually cause the re-
moval of the shoals, but that dredging
| 11f
Chairman Corcoran said he would
favor dredging if, after the proposed
ietty system had been put in, it did not
succeed by contracting the water into
| certain channel, in removing the shoal,
but that until the efficiency of wing
dams has been tested he should op-
pose the dredging proposition.
| The discussion finally ended in the
/ adoption of the following resolution:
Resolved, That the engineer to the
/ Commissioner of Public Works be in
structed to at once apply to the proper
Government officer for permission to do
the work authorized by the Board on
the Sacramento and San Joaquin Riv-
ers."
The board took up for consideration
the specifications or proposed instruc-
ton to bidders for contract work at
Newtown Shoals as prepared by En-
gineer Nurse, a synopsis of which has
already appeared IL the 'Record-Un
ion"
1t was agreed to allow contractors
ninety days after beginning work in
which to complete the same and twen-
| ty days after the awarding of the con-
| tract in which to begin operations.
The question Of advertising for bids
for dredging at the time of advertis-
| ing for bids for constructing the wing
dams at the Newtown Shoals reopened
the subject of dredging. Chairman
Corcoran said he assumed that the
board was a unit in declaring for
dredging on the shoals, provided the
proposed jetties do not remove them.
Captain Hall favored dredging, even
! before the jetties are completed, so
as not to endanger the property of per-
sons who reside above Newtown
! Engineer Nurse said he would dis
1 like very much to spend $4,000 in
/ dredging the shoals in case the pro-
posed jetties will do the work without
assistance.
| It was the sense of the meeting that
bids for dredging be advertised for, the
Auditing Board retaining the right TO
annul any contract, providing it be
found that dredging will not be neces-
sary. 1t was also decided that bids for
| improving the San Joaquin River
should be advertised for at the same
time with bids for the jetty and for
dredging.
The question of selecting the news
papers in which the advertisement shall
appear. was called M Chairman Cor
coran recommended the Stockton
Mail" Mr.. Markley recommended the
Sacramento Record Union and Mr..
Brusie, representing the San Francisco
Call, proposed that paper The Act
creating the Auditing Board provides
that all advertisements shall be inserted
for week in a daily newspaper in
Stockton, Sacramento and San Fran
cisco, and no other recommendations
oelng made, the newspapers named
We're selected, and it was decided to in
sert the advertisement in those papers.
commencing October 23d bids to be
opened November 15 1897, the board
reseiving the right to take any and all
bids under advertisement for period
of sixty days.
The usual monthly bills We're approy-
ed, after which the meeting adjourned
to the call of the chair
for. S+o,,.~~-