The San Francisco call., 1909-01-19
FLOOD PASSES
SACRAMENTO,
SWEEPS ISLANDS
Gravest Danger Felt in District
About the Town of Rio
Vista
Men at Work Placing Sand
Bags on Levees to
Strengthen Them
Railroads in Upper Valley Strive
TO Get Their Lines Into
Shape
Especial Dispatch 70 The Cali


mento river has passed into the down
river districts and tonight the crest
is supposed to be passing the islands
Telephone communication is cut off
and il is impossible TO tell how much
. damage. IL any, is being done there.
The last word brought to this city
this afternoon by steamers was to the
effect that the levees were all with
: standing the strain and would hold a
foot 10 three or four feet more of
3 water Weather Forecaster Taylor
however. has sent out warnings to the
: people OF the island districts. He ex-
: poets the water to go above the flood
=. stage in that section and believes that
it viii go over some of the levees
The gravest danger, Taylor believes, is
; at Rio Vista.
WATER BREAKS THROUGH LEvEE
= The water broke through the levee
. south of the Lisbon district, two miles
below Clarksburg, on the Yolo side, to-
day and tonight is flowing through at
j.. 4 terrific rate. Some of the levees in
: the Lisbon district were only a few
-.inches above the water this afternoon
/. and gangs of men are placing sacks of
sand in the hope Of making them
: strong enough TO hold until the crest
p # tsle wave passes tomorrow.
AT Freeport this evening the water
was within few inches Of the top, but
gangs of men were in readiness to re-
pair any break that might occur. Isle
ton. Walnut Grove and Courtland were
safe this evening Reports from up
= river points indicate that the water is
. falling rapidly in the Sacramento and
american rivers. as well as in all the
tributaries and the danger is now
passed for all that section above Court
land. according 10 Weather FOrecaster
!. Taylor Railroad communication be-
: tween Sacramento and Davis is still 4
cut OF By reason Of The washouts near
Webster The track is under water /
for four or FIVE miles and all trains
. 10 and from san Francisco come by /
way Of stockton. The temporary track
:. from Ben Ali to Delpaso. connecting
the Southern Pacific and Northern
electric tracks. was completed this
afternoon and overland trains are now
coming by way Of Stockton and thence
'oser the temporary track and on to
-Roseville and the east.
NOLO Is STILL FLOODED
Water is stnI pouring into Yolo
basin from the several breaks above
Brodericlx. and that town is flooded,
but the water is not rising and the
worst apparently is over. over $4,000
acres are under water in Colusa. due to
breaks in levees. Sutter, Glenn. Butte
and Fuba also have much land inun-
dated. The Southern Pacific and North
10 get their lines in the valley in
working order. The former Will prob
ably get into Marysville tomorrow and
10 Oroville TWO or three days hence.
while the Northern electric plans to
open travel between Marysville and
Chico tomorrow night. Biggs reports
the water out Of the town and Gridley
that it is fast leaving there In these
two districts much livestock is re-
ported to have been drowned.
Backwater Will Break Levees
STOCKTON. Jan. lS-Old and Middle
rivers, both of which flow through the
!. delta lands known as the island sec
uons. west Of Stockton. are rising and
VIII continue to rise for the next "a
hours. They are now from three TO
five feet from the tops Of the levees
= nd II is very probable that if the Sac
ramento river continues TO rise back
water will result In the San Joaquin,
. causing many Of the levees Of the
smaller tributaries 10 break through
The breaks on the Sacramento up
river have resulted IN saving the
ISLAND territory west Of Stockton.
\ heretofore the most disastrous floods
caused in the island districts have
6een due 10 tide water at Suisun
bay bausing the Sacramento and
fow their banks. Hundreds of thou
sands Of dollars would be lost and the
seasons products practically lost for
the year should overflow visit those
districts.
LandsIides DemoraIize Plants
RENO. New. Jan. 1S.-High water
and landslides put the several power
plants that supply electric light and
power to Reno, Carson City and Nfr-
syinfa Cftv ont Of commission last night
leaving these places In total darkness.
Further slides this morning damaged
the plants. Streetcars, electric ele-
vators the Sparks railroad shops and
ali plants depending on electric power
are closed. Newspaper plants have in
stalled gasoline engines and viii get
out small editions. Damaged railroad
tracks have been repaired and the first
rams from the west IN three days
overland passenge Nos. 2 and 4, are
due TO arrive from San Francisco at 9
o'clock tonight. Fair weather pre-
walls and no more trouble is feared.
Floods Sweep Aside Dams
SAN JOSE. Jan. 1S.-The storm king
has come 10 the aid OF the suffering
people OF AlNlSD anu yesterday lle
hoods OF the Coyote river swept aside
the dams Of the Dumbarton land COM
panv that Jim Rea theatened TO dyna-
mite and thoroughly cleansed Mallard
slough in which the sewage of the city
OF san Jose has been accommodating for
the last two years. The river had been
running very high for the last several
davs and yesterday the waters We're
backed up by high tide and the whole
marsh land TO the south and east Of
Alviso was TRANSFORMED INTO one vast
iske When the tide started to recede
Tie dams and f7oodgates were unable TO
Withstand the pressure Of the onrushing
current and with q roar which was
heard for miles. gave way
INCREASE SPEAKERS SALARY
WASHINGTON. Jan. 1s.---By vote OF