Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1903-06-19
False Report No. 8.

Coming up the Barelas road in the
direction of Old Albuquerque, the Hun
ing pasture vas supposed to be mum
dater, as the reports the past few days
had water creeping over the pasture
in the direction of the city and the |
good people of that end of the city
were making preparations to move to
the Highlands. No water was found
on these pastures, except an occasion
al pool here and there from recent
rains and the fine collection of dairy
mich cows grazed undisturbed.
At the Yott Place.
Continuing on the drive through old
town, the roads were found pretty
muddy from recent rains, but not from
river water.
At the Yott place the water, which
had lone great damage the day before,
forcing the families of J. d. Yott. w. p.
Allen and others to abandon their
homes. had gone down a foot at least
in the past twelve hours, and Mr.. Yott
was seen wading in the water, carry
ing out the remaining household eff
fects from his residence which is still
surrounded by water. He fears that
the house will fall as soon as the wa
ter recedes, while others are of the
opinion that it will not. There is at
lnapt N fan. ~. tr,x - ,,atn- not L., tb;e
neighborhood, and some effort will
have to be made to drain it off. Until
that time, Mr.. Yott int family will re-
side in this city.
At End of Fourth Street.
Here a rise of several inches, since
early this morning, was reported, and
IN fact it looked more. A larger cut
had been made in the Barelas ditch by
order of Sheriff Hubbell, and the sur
plus water was running through it, in
the language of the ladies', lat a beau
tiful speed" County Commissioner
Gutierrez had his OF off, and was di-
recting the work of half a dozen of
more native laborers who were watch
ing the acequia banks and keeping
them secure, while City Street Com
missioner Tierney and Police Judge
Crawford were personally superintend-
ing the Strengthening of the new en-
bankment running along the road from
the acequia to the Becker dairy, where
- - - - ~
throwing up dirt and filling bags with
sand. This embankment, no doubt,
saved the city yesterday afternoon and
last night from a flood. It is solid now,
and Messrs. Hubbell, Fornoff, Myers,
Harsch and others, who have put in
good time at it, give out the informa-
ton that it will stand against any kind
of a food or rise that is likely now to
come down the Rio Grande, forcing its
way over the dyke and through any
acequia between this city and Alemeda
Laborers Generously Fed.
The invitation 10 bring Something
TO eat" for the labOrers was responded
to by a generous public, and cores OF
ladies, with baskets well filled with
substantial foodf visited the scene OF
work this morning. Enough food vas
taken out to feed a force of workmen
five times as many. Those who worked
were well fed, and they enjoyed the re
past, thanks TO the ladies.
False Report No. 4.
A report reached the city at moo TO
day that the acequia at Yott's place
had broken and water was rushing
over on this side of the acequia, food
ing the ranches of Lusted and Mat
thew. A telephone message from Mr.
Matthew gives the information thai
there is no break of any kind at OF
near his place; he had gone over the
r acequia, up and down, for some dis
r lance and discovered no break. HI
states, however, that some backwatei
! had been run into the Griegos ditch