The record-union., 1899-10-28
WILL INVESTIGATE WELLS.
WATER COMMITTEE WILL BE-
GIN AT ONCE.
Engineer Herring Makes an Elabo-
rate Report ON the Cues
ton of Supply.

A week ago Rudolph Herring, the
eminent civil engineer and water eX-
pert of New York, visited this city at
the request of the Citizens Water COM
mittee and after gathering all the IN
formation possible concerning the sew
eral propositions under consideration
for furnishing the city with pure
clear water supply, addressed the COM
mittee, at length, a full report OF his
advice appearing in the Record
Union
Mr.. Herring recommended an immedi-
ate investigation of the proposed sup
ply from the wells east of this city.
Subsequent to his visit the City
Board Of Trustees authorized the Water
Committee to go ahead with its inves-
tigation, and Immediately thereafter
d. A. Lindley, Chairman of the Com
mittee on Wells called that committee
together and mapped out line of ac-
tion.
Mr. Herring, upon his return home,
wrote out a full report of his investi-
cations and conclusions, and this was
received yesterday by the committee.
Accordingly, a called meeting of the
Water Committee was held in the Trus-
POSC
receiving Mr.. Hering's report, and in
structing the Committee on Wells as to
the course to pursue
Mr.. Lindley reported that after the
favorable action of the Board of Trus-
tees, the Committee on Wells met and
authorized him to go to San Fran
cisco and make arrangements for en-
gaging a competent engineer to super
ha inv fo~af 0F he act eli a
we'll supply Mr. Herring had recon-
mended the employment, if possible, of
L. ]. lie Conte, a nephew of Professor
Joseph Le Conte, the noted geologist.
Mr.. Lindley said he had been fortunate
in being able to secure the services of
Mr.. LIE Conte, and that the latter had
agreed to come to this city on Satur-
days and stay over Sundays for SO
each trip, and expenses. Feeling that
the committee would concur in his
judgment he had written to Mr.. lie
Conte authorizing him to come to this
city to-day, and had also made ar
rangements with City Surveyor Null
lenney and his assistant, Mr.. Phinney,
to start at S o'clock this morning and
run a line of levels from the Chamber
of Commerce wells, near Oak Park,
eastward to Brighton, and back on a
parallel line, so as to give Mr.. LIE Conte
something to go to work on he having
suggested that an accurate survey was
the first step to take. He had also
made arrangements to have the pumps
raised from the Chamber of Commerce
wells, so as to give a chance for the
measurement of the water therein.
Then Chairman Tozer called for the
reading by Secretary Howe Of Engineer
Hering's report. It proved to be an
exhaustive discussion Of the several
proposed water supply propositions and
was in full as follows:
ENGINEER HERING's REPORT.
San Francisco. October %, 1899.
General Lewellyn Tozer, Chairman of
the Water Committee of Sacramento
Cal.-Dear Sir: In compliance with
your request to visit your city, examine
into certain projects for a new water
supply and advise you regarding fur
ther Investigations, I hereby report as
follows:
On my arrival you stated to me that
you desired the entire water problem
looked over and an opinion given as to
which Of the available projects for Sc
curing better supply should be fur
ther investigated and if so, to Indicate
the character of such investigations
For this purpose you gave me to look
over several previous reports that had
been made, suggesting certain new
sources Of supply.
October Goth. 21st and ODD were spent
inspecting the present works and, SO
far as it was possible within the limit
ed time Of my visit, examining into all
of the projects that had been suggested
10 obtain better supply and confer
ring concerning them with the gentle
men Of your committee.
On the Goth I examined, with several
members, the point of confluence Of the
American and Sacramento Rivers, the
present pumping station and the terri
tory suggested for securing a ground
water supply southeast Of the city. On
October 21st, was shown the works
Of the North Fork Ditch Company at
Folsom.
On the Doth the Sacramento River
was running fairly clear but the Amer
lean River was turbid. The rains of
the following day caused the Sacra-
mento River likewise to become turbid
and to rise to the gauge hight of II feet.
1t was stated that the quality Of the
water was then almost equal to it's