The record-union., 1898-11-27
DE YRIES INTERESTED.


| Congressman De Vries also expressed
| himself as being we'll pleased with the
completed wier, and said that with such
a showing he could go before Congress
and urge an appropriation with much
better grace, and with better pros
pect of getting what he asked for had
nothing been done by the State.
And after the guests had looked their
| fill; after the Commissioner of Public
Works and his engineers had explained
matters, and after everybody had com
mented and admired, they got on board
the gangplank was drawn in the prov
Of the steamer was turned down the
stream and the trip to Newtown Shoal
was commenced.
THE BANQUET.
And when the start had been made
the tables were spread in the dining
room and the guests sat down to a
banquet, the superior of which is sell
dom seen, and everything went merry.
Twice, and thrice We're those at the
table relieved by others, and the over
flow half filled them for the fourth
time before the appetites of the hungry
Iexcursionists had been satisfied.
THE MENU.
Consomme en- TaSses.
Salade de Crevetts Mayonnaise.
Sauterne.
Cold Turkey. Tongue.
Ham. Head Cheese.
Cresta Blanca (souvenir).
Veaui Roti de- BoeIfl nraise la s@eet Rssgie Peas.
Asparagus and Mustard Sauce
Claret.
Fruit Raisins Nuts.
Swiss Cheese. Black Coffee.
DOWN THE RIVER.
At ! O'Clock the steamer arrived at
Sacramento and tied up long enough to
allow half a dozens gentlemen and two
ladies to disembark.A and then it swung
around into the stream and started on
it's long run to Rio Vista. Courtland
was passed at o'clock and then it
was known that night would have fall
en- before the jetties at the shoals
were reached
IT was 4:35 o'clock when the steamer
passed Walnut Grove, and it was near
ly 6 o'clock when it swung into the
channel at the confluence of the three
rivers, and the first of the five jetties
was silhouetted against the ripping
waters of the broad stream.
NEWToWN SHoAL.
But the darkness was ahead Of the
boat, and close, critical, daylight exam
ination was out of the question.
Soundings were however taken as the
boat swung down the current and the
rule was plenty of water on the shoal.
The river at the Newtown Shoal, just
below the confluence at the foot of
Grand Island spreads out to width Of
5000 feet, and the great breadth of
the stream has caused, probably ever
since the water first ran down from the
mountains to the sea, shoal which has
been an impediment to navigation from
the time General Sutter acted as skip
per of his scow which carried on the
principal exchange between San Fran
cisco Bay and Suffers Fort.
THE NEWTOWN JETTIES.
The jetties are five i'm number and ex-
tend from the east bank of the river
into the stream, the first being 500
feet, the second 975 feet, the third
/ 200 feet, the fourth 1900 feet and the
fifth 1y260 feet in length. The rows of
piles were driven eight feet apart in
parallel lines into the bed of the
stream, the lines being eight feet apart.
Bundles of long brush, closely bound,
are filled in between the two rows of
piles and weighted down with rock.
Then bundles of brush were placed on
the rock to fill up the shrinkage. The
piles were driven into the bed Of the
river an average Of twenty feet, and