The record-union., 1899-03-16
THE BIG STORM CONTINUES.
CoPIoUs RAINS FALL IN ALL
DIRECTIONS.
Heavy Fall Of Snow in the Mount
ains-Now Everything Will
Boom Along.

The storm that started in early on
Tuesday morning continued all day yes
terday and last night, almost without
ing in violence until last might it blew
a regular gale.
1t was wild day and a wilder night,
but SO long as the rain poured down
nobody had the heart to complain, for
the rain assured bountiful crops and a
prosperous year for farmers and miners
The two days rainfall up to o'clock
last evening was 2.64 inches, and if the
storm lasts to-day the fall will doubt
less exceed four inches.
1t showed all day yesterday along the
line of the Central Pacific Railroad as
far down as Blue Canyon, and OCCASION
ally as far down as Towles, where there
was several inches last evening A lit
tie snow fell as low as Clipper Gap. Two
and a. half feet fell at the Summit, and
it was raining all through, the the, lower
foothills and over the valley.
A heavy snowfall in the mountains
means a good supply of water in the
riversi and creeks well into the summer
This will help the men engaged in the
for the big electric plant on the Ameri-
can River, which was so badly handi
capped last season by the small water
supply for several months.
The rise in the American River caused
by this storm and the melting snow
will also enable the lumber company
whose boom Is at Folsom to float down
their logs from near Placerville. With
plenty of logs at hand no doubt the
large saw mill and box factory at Fol-
som will again start up and run all
through the year.
A thorough flushing of the city sew
ers is another good result from these
copiouS rains. For nearly two years
past the sewers had not had a good
washing out, but they have been get
ting one this week that should leave
them in a comparatively clean condi-
'tion.
The grain and hay crops, also pastur-
age, have been given a new start, and
with the usual showers in April there
now seems to be no reason why crops
should not be heavy, with an abundance
of feed for livestock.
WEATHER BUREAU REPORTS.
The Weather Bureau reports show the
highest and lowest temperatures yes
terday to have been 81 and Al degrees,
with high southeasterly winds and rainy
weather prevailing.
The barometrical readings at 5 a. m.
and p. m. yesterday were 1888 and
29.1O inches, respectively.
The highest and lowest temperatures
one year ago yesterday were 81 and SO
degrees, and one year ago to-day "a
and 81 degrees.
The average temperature was so de-
gres and the normal "a degrees, show
ing yesterday to have been degrees
cooler than usual for the 18th day of
March
The river was steady at II feet, but
no doubt it began to rise last night, and
will continue to do so for several days
or week. thereby increasing the
depth of the river, and benefiting the
orchards along the stream by an in
creased amount of seepage.
According to the Weather Burea u
records this has been about the heav-
lest and greatest storm in this section
since the 2Sth and Doth of January.
1897. The total rainfall for the storm
vations yesterday was 2.66 inches.
segregated as follows: From 4:3O a.
m. of Tuesday, the hour of the be7
ginning Of the storm, to 8 D. m. the
same day, there was 0.46 of an inch.
From p. N. Tuesday to 3 a. m. yes
terday there was O.50 of an inch, and
from a. m to 5 p. m. yesterday there
was 1.1O inches, making as above, for
this storm, 266 inches, for March to
date 2.72 inches, as against 294 inches,
the normal rainfall for March.
This seasons rainfall is now 1851
inches, as against $50 inches to the
first day of April last year.
The barometer was still falling at D
p. m. yesterday, with high southeast
erly winds and clouds moving from the
same direction, being no doubt the har-
binger of continued rain. The total
amount of rainfall will in all probabil-
ity reach above 8 inches before the
present storm passes by.
This season IS now over two inches
ahead of last season up to the first of
April, and this month but half gone.
The highest wind velocity was forty
miles per hour, from the southeast.