The record-union., 1898-04-10
YOL0 LANDOWNERS AGREE.
SIGN CONTRACTS TO BUILD UP
THEIR LEVEES.
Board OF Public Works Ready to
Construct Easements-Eng1-
ueers on Dredging.


neers on Dredging.
The Auditing Board to the Commits
sioner Of Public Works held meeting
IL the Capitol building yesterday, an
the members being present.
y. A Lindley, President, and j. y.
Coleman, Secretary Of the Sacramento
Chamber of Commerce, presented con-
tracts signed by all the landowners on
the YoIo side Of the river, from Elk
horn down to this city, obligatlng
themselves to build their levees TO
point indicated by the Public WORKS
engineers, as soon as they had assur-
Rnce that the easement at the Butcher
break would be put in
LANDOWNERS CONTRACTS.
Twenty-seven property signed
an ordinary contract but that signed
by Messrs. Hershey Hauser and Jean,
the largest landowners, was somewhat
ont Of the usual 1t was as follows:
.eVe the undersigned, hereby agree
ard hind ourselves. one with the other
and with the Auditing Board to the
Commissioner of Public Works. that we
Will bUild Ievees on or before NOvem-
Der / 1898, on our lands bordering on
the Sacramento River, in Yolo County,
above Elkhorn. to the hight and the
dimensions required by the engineer TO
the Commissioner of Public Works,
provided the Sacramento Chamber of
Commerce viii secure money by sub
scription sufficient to pay for filing in
the washes or cuts on our own lands
TO a hight equal to the original or
natural hight of the land or ground
surface"
The contract is signed by D. N. Her
shey. V. Hauser and a. Jean.
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE'S GOOD
WORK.
In relation to the part taken by the
Chamber of Commerce in securing the
contracts, President Lindley presented
the following communication:
ITO the Auditing Board to the Com
mission of Public Works-Gentlemen:
At a meeting of the Board of Direct
ors of the Sacramento Chamber OF
Commerce it was decided that this
chamber of Commerce will cause to be
done the work of filing in the cuts to
the natural hight of the land on the
premises Of D. \. Hershey, Y. Hauser
and A. Jean, situated on the west bank
of the Sacramento River, between Elk
horn and point opposite the mouth OF
the Feather River, and the President
and Secretary were authorized to con-
tract for said work at cost not to
exceed 81 800, as estimated by your
Board Of Engineers.
..This agreement being based upon a
certain resolution of intention to bulid
a certain weir. adopted by your board
on October 27, 1897, and upon agree
ments of landowners to build leVees
eiened since October Dist, which agree
raents are herewith submitted. BY or
der OF the Board of Directors.
ID. A. LINDLEY, President.
i O. COLEMAN. Secretary.
Mr.. Lindley said he felt absolutely
certain that the signers would carry
out their part of the agreement The
Chamber Of Commerce, he said, had
aeoertained that the breaks could be
filed in by dredgers, at the rate OF so
cents per cubic yard, and the leVees,
aside from the breaks, could be re
raired at a cost of cents per yard
Secretary Coleman also addressed the
board. He said he felt certain that II
the weir was constructed, the proper =
tv-owners would carry out their part
of the agreement to the letter
T. p. Hall. a member of the Audit
ing Board. said he believed the board
would not take the slightest risk III
accepting the contracts of the land
owners and in proceeding with the con-
struction of the easements.
. EASEMENT PLANS APPROVED.
E,ngineer. NJ. \. Nurse, upon sugGes-
ton of President Corcoran, presented
his plans and specifications for the con
struction Of the easements. The estl-
mated cost of construction was 81
O0J. a considerable increase over a
former estimate for an easement at the
same place.
Engineer Nurse explained that the
plans presented provided for a Tuch
more satisfactory easement than those
formerly suggested, and that while the
cost would be more it would be much
more substantial
Major Heuer, the Government en-
rineer. who is also consulting engineer
to the Auditing Board, was absent, ana
the point was raised by Mr. Corcoran
that he oueht to be consulted regard
inc the adoption of the plans and specl-
fcations.
A motion by Senator Doty, that the
plans and specifications be accepted
was. however, carried. Mr.. Corcoran
voting no.
CAPTAIN Hall was appointed COM
mittee of one to attend to the matter
of securing deeds to the property on
which to construct the easement.
MUIR DREDGER OFFER
The following communication from
William Muir. President of the Hy-
draulic Eiector Dredging Company
was read and placed on file:
Sacramento, April 8. 1898.
Hon John Markley, Secretary Aud
iting Board-Dear Sir: The Hydraulic
Dredging Company duly incorporated
under the laws of this State. desires to,
and does make the following offer to
the State through the Auditing Board.
of which you are the Secretary:
THE company Will construct and de-
liver to the said Auditing Board within
five months a combination hydraulic
and endless chain bucket dredger, with
a capacity of 1,G3G cubic yards per
hour if solid material or a like amount
of LIQUID form, for SS5,0t0.
"Or the said company will build one
of similar. but of double capacity for
&1-n na0 rao11iri0o however three