The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1899-03-25
Mormon and Stockton Channels
Raging Torrents.
The TuoIumne and StanlsIaus Rivers Higher
Than for Many Years.
Streets in the Neighborhood Of the
Shipyards at Stockton Flooded
and Water Running Into Cellars
and Easements All Over the
Town.

STOCKTON. March At rained
hard all morning, and the water is COM
ing into the town of Linden, east OF
Stockton. The Calaveras is rising a.
foot every four hours, and Mormon and
Stockton channels are raging torrents
Melting SHOWS and heavy rains in the
mountains and foothills are causing
considerable apprehension
Stockton Channel rose two feet dur
ing the night, and is still rising. Miner
Channel, which is a raging torrent, is
pouring a great volume of water into
the head of Stockton Channel through
McLeod's Lake, and Mormon Channel,
which is running bank full, is flowing
into Stockton Channel a mile further
down.
The low places to the south of the
Tesla coal bunkers are under water,
and water is flooding the streets in the
neighborhood of the ship yard, on the
north bank of StocktoE Channel. Gel
lars and Easements all over town are
beginning to fill, and merchants are
moving their stocks to higher floors.
A special to the MALI this morning
stated that the water was beginning
to come into Linden, which is east of
Stockton, and fears were expressed
that the large volume of water coming
down from the mountains would flood
considerable of the country in that vi
cinity.
The chief source of danger is from
the volume of water coming from the
mountains by reason of melting SHOWS
and heavy rains.
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Mail" from Mr.. Hender of Sonora
states that the Tuolumne and STAINS
laus Rivers are higher now than they
have been since the heavy winter of
1SS9-90. A heavy warm rain is pre-
vailing, with a southwest wind and a
low barometer. The rainfall for the
past twenty-four hours, ending at 10
o'clock this morning was 2.23, 1863 for
the storm and 243S for the season. The
falf for the season last year was 20.41.
He said the country for twenty miles
back was getting a good wetting.
These figures indicate that an i'm
mense body of water is coming this
way, and should reach this part of the
country some time this evening.
William F. Mackey, the Milton agent
for Cross & Meyers, the freighters, To-
Gated at jamestown, was in Stockton
to-day. He reports that the Calaveras
River is rising at the rate of a foot
every four hours. He also states that
six inches of rain fell at Tuolumne yes
terday, and that the snow which has
fallen in large quantities the past few
days in the foothills is melting rapidly.
The weather is warm up there He re-
ports high water all the way between
here and Milton, which is twenty -four
miles east of Stockton and that there
are grave apprehensions of flood.
Sheriff Sibley reports the Mormon
Channel levee,. which extends five miles
east of Stockton, has been tempered
with in efforts to irrigate.
The Calaveras River has gone over
the banks at Cloves place, northeast
of town, and the French Camp toll
road, southwest of town. is under water
in several places. The channels here
continue to rise. The San Joaquin
River is rising an inch an hour, and it
is within three feet of the top of the
levee.
EVERYBODY REJOICING.
SAN JOSE, March 24.-But little rain
fell here last night There was a steady
fall all day yesterday, but as night
came on the fall stopped, so the total
for the twenty-four hours ending at 8
a. m. to-day was only one-haIf inch. In
some parts of the county much more
water fell. In the mountains on both
sides the valley there was a heavy
fall, as all the streams in the foothills
We're torrents. AS the water continued
down the valley many million gallons
We're taken out by irrigating bitches
As result none of the creeks were out
of their banks in San Jose, but down
toward Alviso all the lowlands have
more or less overflow water But as
yet no damage has been done even
there Unless the water gets deeper
and stays for some time. even the small
amount of grain caught is not seriously
hurt.
The fear now is that the storm may
continue. The ground is thoroughly
soaked and irrigating bitches full. The
water which falls now must largely run
off to the bay. If the fall in the mount
aims should be as heavy the next TWEEN
ty-four hours as in the past, all creeks
through town will probably be away
out of their banks. But no special alarm
exists as yet. since there have been but
light intermittent showers to-day. The
udfION gauge -IdliIOdd ID AAosih5 eiCN
BILE with landslides, and it may be some
days before the road is fully cleared.
The good done by the rain in this valley
is beyond calculation, and everybody
is rejoicing. Gilroy has had several
. overfiows in the last two days, but no
material damage was done.
DANGER IN MOUNTAIN VIEW DIS
TRICT PASSED.
OAKLAND, March 24.-The situation
in the Mountain View district to-day
was about the same as last night,
though the lakes have continued to
rise slowly. Superintendent Smith of
the cemetery declares all the danger is
now passed, unless heavier downpour
should result. All the breaks in the
dams have been repaired and at noon
to-day the residents returned to their
homes. In speaking of the matter Su-
perfntendent Smith said:
IT think the worst danger is past,
though cannot say what will happen
II more heavy rains come. The leak we
found this afternoon was most dam
xerous one. 1t was carrying away
the dam between the two reservoirs.