anaheim-gazette 1902-04-10

CROWTHER ACCUSES: SHERWOOD DENIES Warm Meeting of the Water Board. During Which Hale Thwacks His Fist Upon the Table The meeting of the water board on Saturday afternoon, which was prolonged beyond candle lighting, was the warmest one since the time when, many years ago, Col. Tuffree playfully threw a chair at the head of Col. McFadden. Mr. Hale was the star performer, and pounded the table in emphasis of his statement that his position upon the Yorba reservoir had been misconstrued and his purposes basely misinterpreted. "It seems no use," he said, in the loudest voice that has rung for some time through the ancestral castle in which the board holds its meetings, and thwacking his fist upon the table vigorously, "it seems no use for us to attempt to define our position upon this reservoir. There are men here and reporters of certain newspapers, who deliberately misconstrue our statements, no matter what we say, and maliciously misrepresent us (thwack!) I don't know why it is, but it isn't right. "I have all along said that I favored building this reservoir. My constituents favor it; but we want to know whether it will hold water first. We believe the investigations already made do not show that conclusively, and you'll never get my vote for it until you do. But I favor the reservoir, only I want to know whether it will hold water first." Mr. Crowther observed impressively that in his opinion that was all non-sense. "You may say that to a baby," he said, addressing his remarks to Hale, "but don't say that to men. Tell that to a baby with diapers on. There is no sense in it." Hale (turning to Crowther)—And if that's the best sense you've got, you had better have diapers on yourself! If you want to talk like a baby, I am ready to talk that way to you. Hale didn't thwack the table. He looked like there might be a possibility of his thwacking Crowther! The latter gentleman said something to the effect that if he had diapers on he was big enough to take them off. The meeting had dragged along until well toward 7 o'clock. It had been expected that a test of strength would eventuate between the proponents of lapel of the coat, therefore, and should whisper in your ear and should say to you that between these two eminent gentlemen there subsists the same friendship that characterized that of Damon and his side partner, don't you believe it, for it isn't so. Folks say that if Sherwood can discredit Kellogg in the reservoir, he would have no compunctions of conscience about doing it. There was nothing doing until nearly 6, when, the routine business having been disposed of, the chair announced that consideration of the reservoir would be the next thing in order. He had, he said, a report to make upon the result of his investigations into the site, a copy of which he had handed the secretary. If the board wished it read it could do so. Crowther interposed the suggestion that inasmuch as it was getting late an adjournment be taken and the subject be taken up for consideration at the next meeting, when more time offered for consideration of the subject in all its details. "The report of the committee is not complete," he said. "It is complete so far as I'm concerned," ejaculated Sherwood. Mr. Sheppard, to whom all reservoirs look alike, leastways who sees much sameness between the structure under consideration and the relic of the abandoned Kraemer reservoir, suggested that the report be read. Hale was of the same opinion, and so Secretary Krick cleared up his throat and read as follows: REPORT ON YORBA RESERVOIR SITE. BOARD OF DIRECTORS A. U.W. Co.—In pursuance of the resolution adopted at the meeting March 15th, directing Mr. Kellogg and myself to make further examination of the Yorba reservoir site, with the view of locating the old flood plain of the river, I have to report as follows: On March 28th, under the direction of Mr. Sheppard and myself, several holes were dug in the hill forming the western abutment of the proposed dam, beginning at a point on the southern slope of the hill about 400 feet west of the dam site. At this point the white river gravel and sand was exposed about two feet below the surface for a depth of about 20 feet without locating its extent. From this point the stratum of gravel was followed easterly to a point on the proposed dam line. Here pits were dug exposing a stratum of clean sand and gravel, about 10 feet thick, containing rounded pebbles and boulders, manifestly the old flood plain of the river, about 2 feet below the surface and located between 20 and 30 feet above the bottom of the reservoir. Also at a point several hundred feet above the point first mentioned in the white duck bag, which he still wore like a regalia, several clods and laid them upon the table. Hale picked one of the pieces up and asked, suggestively, "What do you call this?" "I call that hardpan," replied Kellogg; "that came out of the side of the reservoir, under the deposit of gravel found by Mr. Sherwood. That is the very best material in the world for the construction of a reservoir." Kellogg explained his chart showing the stratification of the reservoir fully. He said he had put a man at work at the place where gravel had been discovered and instructed him to bore to hardpan. The man struck hardpan a short distance below the gravel and bored all day and only made two feet. Kellogg procured a new augur and his man continued boring until he reached a depth of eight feet in hardpan. "How much further shall I go?" he asked me," said Kellogg. "Eight feet is deep enough for me," I said; "but if Mr. Sherwood is not satisfied you may keep on." A discussion arose between two engineers, each differing from the other upon such points as (1) the eroding of the sides of the reservoir, and at what prehistoric moment the last change in its physical features occurred; Sherwood claiming that Kellogg drew deductions from topographical peculiarities which afforded no criterion to go by; (2) the time of the prehistoric deposit of gravel referred to, and the whenceness of its origin; (3) different character of material in the sidehill from that previously reported, and other matters relating to the geological and other phases of the subject. This discussion was followed by more or less interest by those present. Evidently it possessed but little interest to Mr. Zeyn, for after looking around for his hat, he put it on and left the hall. He had had it in his hand all the while. Kellogg had with him a book on reservoir making, by an expert, which he claimed bore him out in all of his contents, but Sheppard said it was one thing to build reservoirs theoretically and quite another to build them practically. Kellogg said he had as much at stake, if not more than any man upon the board. Hale (interrupting)—I doubt it. Kellogg—All the investigations you people have made have not altered my figures in the least. You bored down in one of the holes made by Sorenson years ago, and have found the stratifi- Hale (turning to Crowther)—And if that's the best sense you've got, you had better have diapers on yourself! If you want to talk like a baby, I am ready to talk that way to you. Hale didn't thwack the table. He looked like there might be a possibility of his thwacking Crowther! The thwack gentleman said something to the effect that if he had diapers on he was big enough to take them off. The meeting had dragged along until well toward 7 o'clock. It had been expected that a test of strength would eventuate between the proponents of the reservoir and those who had bucked the proposition from the start. Sherwood had been understood to have made a discovery of a gravel deposit of unknown thickness at some point in the reservoir site, which might impair or peradventure altogether destroy its usefulness; and Kellogg had subsequently bored through the gravel and struck hardpan. One of his men, operating the augur at the point where Sherwood had discovered the gravel deposit in his circumnavigation of the reservoir, was at last accounts eight feet deep in the hardpan and still going down. These facts were known, to a greater or lesser extent. What a discussion of the morits of either or both of these contentions would bring out was the question. In anticipation of a scrap, a large crowd of spectators filled the visitors' gallery, principally reporters. Kellogg was present with a chart showing the stratification of the site, together with a number of specimens of hardpan which he drew from a capacious white-duck home-made bag fringed with red braid, which hung suspended at his side from a band of similar material, and similarly bound with red braid, which ran diagonally over the opposite shoulder. Between the two (Kellogg and Sherwood, not the bag), both of them civil engineers as they are, there subsists the acutest ill-feeling. Kellogg was last year, while Sherwood was a member of the board, put practically in charge of engineering operations in the defense against Newberry in that gentleman's attempted rape of our water rights—now practically terminated, very happily, in the sweeping decision given in the United States Circuit Court the other day against that conspirator. Kellogg has been the rock upon which the company has relied to resist the encroachments of this man Newberry, buttressed as he was by a troop of lawyers and all the engineers he could lay his hands upon in Southern California. There have been rumors of engineers gone wrong in this overtowering ogre of the Newberry, which frightened timid people, and mention of which fond mothers crooned their infants to sleep. But not so Kellogg. He has stood as the rock of adamant defying the tempest's storm. That he has recently shot his magnificent crop of Populistic whiskers—riotous, bushy, tangled, fierce and predominant—has not caused confidence in him to waver. Rather is it taken as an indication of his purpose, having em holes were dug in the hill forming the western abutment of the proposed dam, beginning at a point on the southern slope of the hill about 400 feet west of the dam site. At this point the white river gravel and sand was exposed about two feet below the surface for a depth of about 20 feet without locating its extent. From this point the stratum of gravel was followed easterly to a point on the proposed dam line. Here pits were dug exposing a stratum of clean sand and gravel, about 10 feet thick, containing rounded pebbles and bowlders, manifestly the old floodplain of the river, about 2 feet below the surface and located between 20 and 30 feet above the bottom of the reservoir. Also at a point several hundred feet north of the point first mentioned, indications of gravel were found at a squirrel hole located above the 44 foot line. A superficial examination of the hill at the east end of the dam was also made, but without exposing any gravel strata. The examination has been continued with boring tools to date, under the supervision of Mr. Elwing, with the result that clean sand was found at about the 12 foot level and gravel at about the 22 foot level in the projecting hill next north of the west end of the dam line. The conclusions that I have arrived at from the hasty and superficial examination made are as follows: 1st. That the present plan of using the hill mentioned at the west end of the dam line as the western abutment of the dam is unsuitable and unsafe. 2nd. That the inexhaustible carelessness or negligence of those in charge of the former examination in not developing the facts shown above, operates to throw doubt upon the results of the borings in the bottom, and renders a practically new examination imperative. In making this examination I have endeavored to form a hypothesis which will explain the general conditions existing in the past operating to bring about the results as we find them today. This hypothesis may or may not be borne out by the facts to be ascertained in the future, but will be found useful as a basis of investigation. In the first place it is to be noted that the old flood plane of the river is traceable from Horseshoe Bend to the gravel pit northeast of Fullerton. This peculiar deposit of gravel, now covered in places by 10 or 12 feet of clay, must have been deposited in water in strata nearly level. In the course of ages it may have been elevated above or depressed below its original location. From the examinations I have made it seems probable that when the gravel deposits were made at the Yorba site in the main canyon the Yorba gully was not yet eroded, the broken hills rose vastly higher than they do today, and perhaps an arm of the river flowed along near what are today the foothills. At any rate, as the main river cut its way down to a lower level, a large stream of water came down, gradually eroding the Yorba gully to a depth much greater than it is today. As the country gradually assumed its present aspect, the drainage from the hills found other channels; the arm of the river ceased to flow; the clay hills gradually melted over the gravel deposits, partially filling the gullies and the main canyon, until the contour of the country assumed the shape in which we find it today. Thus, if this hypothesis be a true one, while we will perhaps find deposits of sand and gravel in the sides and bottom of the Yorba gully, they will be small in extent and local in character and unconnected with those in the main canyon or any other canyon. Likewise the deposits on the sides of the main canyon will be found not to extend in holes were dug in the hill forming the western abutment of the proposed dam, beginning at a point on the southern slope ofthe hill about 400 feet westofthe dam site. At this pointthe white river gravel and sand was exposed about two feet belowthe surface and located between 20 and 30 feet abovethe bottomofthe reservoir.Alsoatapointseveralhundredfeetnorthofthepointfirstmentioned,indicationsofgravelwerefoundatasquirrelholelocatedabovethe44footline.Asuperficialexaminationofthehillatetheeastendofthedamwasalsomadebutwithoutexposinganygravelstrata. The examination has been continued with boring tools to date, underthe supervisionofMr.Elwing,theresultthatcleansandwasfoundataboutthe12footlevelandgravelataboutthe22footlevelinthenprojectinghillnextnorthofthewestendofthedamline. The conclusions thatIhavearrivedatfromthehastyandsuperficialexaminationmadeareasfollows: 1st. Thatthepresentplanofusingthehillmentionedatthewestendofthedamisunsuitableandunsafe. 2nd.Thattheinexhaustiblecarelessnessornegligenceofthoseinchargeoftheformerexaminationinnotdevelopingthefactsshownabove,operatestothrowdoubtupontheresultsofboringsinbethroughwhataretodaythefoothills. Atanyrate,themainrivercutitwaydowntoalowerlevel,alargestreamofwatercamedowngraduallyerodingtheYorbagullytoadepthmuchgreaterthanitistoday.Assethecountrygraduallyassumeditspresentaspect,thedrainagefromthehillsfoundotherchannels;thearmoftheriverceasedtocflow;theclayhilsgraduallymeltdoverthegraveldepositispartiallyfiltingthegulliesandthemaincanyon,tunelittlecontourofthecountryassumedtheshapeinwhichwefindit today. ThusifthishypothesisbeatrueonewhilewewillperhapsfinddepositionsofsandandgravelinthesidesandbottomoftheYorbagullytheywillbesmallinextentandlocalinhcharacterandunconnectedwiththoseinthemaincanyonoranyothercanyon.Likewisethedepositionsonthesidesofthemaincanyonwillbefoundnottoextendinholeswereduginthemillformingthewesternabutmentoftheproposeddambeginningatthepointonthesouthernslopeofthehillabout400feetwestofthedamsite.Atthispointthewhiterivergraveland砂wasexposedabouttwofeetbelowthesurfaceandlocatedbetween20and30feetabovethebottomofthereservoir.Alsoatapointseveralhundredfeetnorthofthepointfirstmentioned,indicationsofgravelwerefoundatasquirrelholelocatedabovethe44footline.Asuperficialexaminationofthehillatetheeastendofthedamwasalsomadebutwithoutexposinganygravelstrata. The examination has been continued with boring tools to date,underthe supervisionofMr.Elwing,theresultthatcleansandwasfoundataboutthe12footlevelandgravelataboutthe22footlevelinthenprojectinghillnextnorthofthewestendofthedamline. The conclusions thatIhavearrivedatfromthehastyandsuperficialexaminationmadeareasfollows: 1st. Thatthepresentplanofusingthehillmentionedatthewestendofthedamisunsuitableandunsafe. 2nd.Thattheinexhaustiblecarelessnessornegligenceofthoseinchargeoftheformerexaminationinnotdevelopingthefactsshownabove,operatestothrowdoubtupontheresultsofboringsinbethroughwhataretodaythefoothills. Atanyrate,themainrivercutitwaydowntoalowerlevel,alargestreamofwatercamedowngraduallyerodingtheYorbagullytoadepthmuchgreaterthanitistoday.Assethecountrygraduallyassumeditspresentaspect,thedrainagefromthehillsfoundotherchannels;thearmoftheriverceasedtocflow;theclayhilsgraduallymeltdoverthegraveldepositispartiallyfiltingthegulliesandthemaincanyon,tunelittlecontourofthecountryassumedtheshapeinwhichwefindit today. Thusifthishypothesisbeatrueonewhilewewillperhapsfinddepositionsofsandandgravelinthesides和bottomoftheYorbagullytheywillbesmallinextentandlocalinhcharacterandunconnectedwiththosein.thesouthernslopeofthehillabout400feetwestofthedamsite.Atthispointthewhiterivergraveland砂wasexposedabouttwofeetbelowthesurfaceandlocatedbetween20and30feetabovethebottomofthereservoir.Alsoatapointseveralhundredfeetnorthofthepointfirstmentioned,indicationsofgravelwerefoundatasquirrelholelocatedabovethe44footline.Asuperficialexaminationofthehillatetheeastend ofthedamwasalsomadebutwithoutexposinganygravelstrata. The examination has been continued with boring tools to date,underthe supervisionofMr.Elwing,theresultthatcleansandwasfoundataboutthe12footlevelandgravelataboutthe22footlevelinthenprojectinghillnextnorthofthewestendofthedamline. The conclusions thatIhavearrivedatfromthehastyandsuperficialexaminationmadeareasfollows: 1st. Thatthepresentplanofusingthehillmentionedatthewestendofthedamisunsuitableandunsafe. 2nd.Thattheinexhaustiblecarelessnessornegligenceofthoseinchargeofthe formerexaminationinnotdevelopingthefactsshownabove,operatestothrowdoubtupontheresultsofboringsinbethroughwhataretodaythefoothills. Atanyrate,themainrivercutitwaydowntoalowerlevel,alargestreamofwatercamedowngraduallyerodingtheYorbagullytoadepthmuchgreaterthanitistoday.Assethecountrygraduallyassumeditspresentaspect,thedrainagefromthehillsfoundotherchannels;thearmoftotheriverceasedtocflow;theclayhilsgraduallymeltdoverthegraveldepositispartiallyfiltingthegulliesandthemaincanyon,tunelittlecontourofthecountryassumedtheshapeinwhichwefindit today. Thusifthishypothesisbeatrueonewhilewewillperhapsfinddepositionsofsandandgravelin-thesides和bottomoftheYorbagullytheywillbesmallinextentandlocalinhcharacterandunconnectedwiththosein.thesouthernslopeofthehillabout400feetwestofthedamsite.Atthispointthewhiterivergraveland砂wasexposedabouttwofeetbelowthesurface和locatedbetween20and30feetabovethebottomofthereservoir.Alsoatapointseveralhundredfeetnorthofthepointfirstmentioned,indicationsofgravelwerefoundatasquirrelholelocatedabovethe44footline.Asuperficialexaminationofthehillatetheeastend ofthedamwasalsomadebutwithoutexposinganygravelstrata. The examination has been continued with boring tools to date,underthe supervisionofMr.Elwing,theresultthatcleansandwasfoundataboutthe12-footlevelandgravelataboutthe22-footlevelinthenprojectinghillnextnorthofthewestendofthedamline. The conclusions thatIhavearrivedatfromthehastyandsuperficialexaminationmadeareasfollows: 1st. Thatthepresentplanofusingthehillmentionedat.thewestend ofthedamisunsuitableandunsafe. 2nd.Thattheinexhaustiblecarelessnessornegligenceofthoseinchargeofthe formerexaminationinnotdevelopingthefactsshownabove,operatestothrowdoubtupontheresultsofboringsinbethroughwhataretodaythefoothills. Atanyrate,themainrivercutitwaydowntoalowerlevel,alargestreamofwatercamedowngraduallyerodingtheYorbagullytoadepthmuchgreaterthanitistoday.Assethecountrygraduallyassumeditspresentaspect,thedrainagefromthehillsfoundotherchannels;thearmoftotheriverceasedtocflow;theclayhilsgraduallymeltdoverthegraveldepositispartiallyfiltingthegulliesandthemaincanyon,tunelittlecontourofthecountryassumedtheshapeinwhichwefindit today. Thusifthishypothesisbeatrueonewhilewewillperhapsfinddepositionsofsandandgravelin-thesides和bottomoftheYorbagullytheywillbesmallinextent和localinhcharacter和unconnectedwiththosein.thesouthernslopeofthehillabout400feetwestofthedamsite.Atthispoint—thewhiterivergravel,and砂wasexposedabouttwofeetbelow,thesurface,andlocatedbetween20and30feetabove,thereservoir.Alsoatapointseveralhundredfeetnorthofthepointfirstmentioned,indicationsofgravelwerefoundatasquirrelholelocatedabove,the44footline.Asuperficialexaminationofthehillatetheeastend ofthedamwasalsomadebutwithoutexposinganygravelstrata. The examination has been continued with boring tools to date,underthe supervisionofMr.Elwing,theresultthatcleansandwasfoundataboutthe12-footlevelandgravelataboutthe22-footlevelinthenprojectinghillnextnorthofthewestendOfTheCircuit Court The other day against that conspirator. Kellogg has been the rock upon which the company has relied to resist the encroachment of this man Newberry, buttressed as he was by a troop of lawyers and all the engineers he could lay his hands upon in Southern California. There have been rumors of engineers gone wrong in this overtowering ogre of the Newberry, which frightened timid people, and mention of which fond mothers crooned their infants to sleep. But not so Kellogg. He has stood as the rock of adamant defying the tempest's storm. That he has recently shot his magnificent crop of Populistic whiskers—riotous,bushy,tangled,fierce and predominant—has not caused confidence in him to waver. Rather is it taken as an indication of his purpose,having em holes were dug in the hill forming the western abutment ofthetempest's storm in tracelike a true one, while we will perhaps find deposits of sand and gravel in the sides and bottom of TheYorba gully they will be small in extent and local in character and unconnected with those in main canyon or any other canyon. Likewise these deposits on the sides of main canyon will be found not to extend in holes were dug in THEYORBA GULLY they will be small in extent and local in character and unconnected with those in main canyon or any other canyon. Likewise these deposits on the sides of main canyon will be found not to extend in holes were dug in THEYORBA GULLY they will be small in extent and local in character and unconnected with those in main canyon or any other canyon. Likewise these deposits on the sides of main canyon will be found not to extend in holes were dug in THEYORBA GULLY they will be small in extent and local in character and unconnected with those in main canyon or any other canyon. Likewise these deposits on... troop of lawyers and all the engineers he could lay his hands upon in Southern California. There have been rumors of engineers gone wrong in this overtowering ogre of the Newberry, which frightened timid people, and at mention of which fond mothers crooned their infants to sleep. But not so Kellogg. He has stood as the rock of adamant defying the tempest's storm. That he has recently shot his magnificent crop of Populistic whiskers—riotous, bushy, tangled, fierce and predominant—has not caused confidence in him to waver. Rather is it taken as an indication of his purpose, having emerged from the tall grass at Santa Ana, he resolved, throwing aside his disguises, to be prepared to meet all comers with a face which, if it would not stop a clock, was at least childlike and bland. But it was a mistake—the murdering of those whiskers. Singularly enough, Sherwood, in all this preparatory work for the lawsuit which seemed to threaten the confiscation of our homes, was never called in consultation by the old board. Some said he had once set the line of a cement ditch ten feet out of the way, and this operated to freeze the board's young blood. Others said—but we are not going to say what. Anyhow he was barred out of all the meetings of the litigation committees at which this lawsuit was discussed. Kellogg had the entree to the charmed inner circle, and was drawing down a good salary for it. This did not sit well on Sherwood's Italian stomach. He was afflicted with buck ague every time he saw Kellogg. He inveighed loudly against the infamy of the executive session. Now, having in the meantime been elected President of the company and appointed himself upon the secret law committee, he has reduced the distance intervening between him and Kellogg by a lap—by several laps. But the Newberry comedy is about over—it turns out to have been nothing but a fuzzle after all. Yet Sherwood says nothing about secret sessions now—he suggests them. Odious once, they are the proper caper now. If anybody should seize you by the much greater than it is today. As the country gradually assumed its present aspect, the drainage from the hills found other channels; the arm of the river ceased to flow; the clay hills gradually melted over the gravel deposits, partially filling the gullies and the main canyon, until the contour of the country assumed the shape in which we find it today. Thus, if this hypothesis be a true one, while we will perhaps find deposits of sand and gravel in the sides and bottom of the Yorba gully, they will be small in extent and local in character and unconnected with those in the main canyon or any other canyon. Likewise the deposits on the sides of the main canyon will be found not to extend inward very far. If this can be shown to be so, a change in the location of the dam by curving the west end to join the hill just north of the present proposed west abutment will be all that is necessary to make the site available and safe. I am unable, until the results of the preliminary examination are studied, to outline a plan for further borings. April 2, 1902. At the conclusion of the reading the question arose whether or not to file the report. The members of the board engaged in a whispered consultation around the table. Mr. Bradford spoke up in his artless Japanese way, saying newspapers that printed things they hadn’t ought, ought to be ashamed of themselves, yes indeed. Bradford shows the attributes of a Czar. He is the press censor of the board. Sheppard said newspapers should be guided in their reports of meetings by the interests of the stockholders. Hale (who is strenuous) said in his impressive basso profundo: "Take it home with you." Kellogg here arose and said he would like to say a few words about the reservoir. He had no formal report to make, but had continued his investigations further into the site, as instructed by the board, and found no reason to alter his former favorable report upon the stratification of the structure. It was just as good a reservoir as ever. It was underlaid with a sheeting of hardpan many feet in thickness, which was a most admirable thing. He extracted from the inner recesses of Hale (excitedly)—How do you know Crowther—His actions show it. don't care to discuss it. Actions speak louder than words. Sherwood—You have made an untruthful statement. You may not care to discuss it, but I do. Your statement is altogether devoid of truth. Then Hale electrified the meeting by speaking his piece and thwacking the table. Sherwood finally declined to accept the charge without the unanimous consent of the board. Hale said he only wanted what he right. He would be willing to let that matter be referred to Crowther, and abide by his decision. He was willing to go ahead and begin work upon the reservoir if an engineer could be found who would give bonds it would hold water. Crowther—You could get no engineer to do anything of the kind. To further investigation, I personally do not consider that necessary. I favor the reservoir and I am willing to rev my judgment upon the data now before the board. Finally the board agreed to refer that matter back to Sherwood and Kellogg to agree upon some competent person to carry on further investigations. Baseball Downey defeated Oilwells on Lemont street grounds Sunday. A large crowd witnessed the game, which was among the best ever played on the grounds. Features of the game were the battery work of Crips and Brod Rimpau's batting and baserunning at Pratt's playing at third. The Downey nine put up a superior quality of good and won on their merits. The score: Downey... R.O. OILWELLS... B Wierba-h., cf.... 0 4 Tuffree, ss... Newcomb, 3b..... 0 3 Brown, c... O.Williams, 2b..... 2 Fquua, 1b... Crandall, p..... 1 Wagner, if... Cohn, ss..... 0 3 Freeley, 2b... Easterly, c..... 1 3 Crips, p... L.Williams, rf..... 1 1 Rimpau, cf... Briswalter, lb..... 0 3 Hetebrink, rf... Carson, if..... 1 2 Pratt, 3b... Totals... 6 24 Totals... A duck bag, which he still has in regalia, several clods and snap on the table. KELLOGG WRITES OF YORBA RESERVOIR Quotes Geologist Lawson in Support of His Contention About Gravel Deposit EDITOR GAZETTE:—With your permission I will state a few facts for the benefit of the stockholders concerning the Yorba reservoir. I cannot understand why Mr. Sherwood and some newspaper men of Fullerton are making such statements as have appeared recently, unless it is for the purpose of establishing a prejudice against the reservoir, as the investigations made are not complete, and at the time these reports were made were of the most superficial character. They have since been made a little more systematic and thorough, but, as I stated to the directors on Saturday, the lines of investigation commenced are not complete. After stating that we could only make a progress report to the board, Mr. Sherwood jumps in with a report, and elaborates on the general features without details, taking occasion to make statements that are in the nature of an aspersion on those who had previously made examinations on said reservoir, and advances a dual hypothesis as to the geological conditions that led up to the present situation. And after intimating that on the one side it might be doubtful, he takes the other view to throw out a slight hope for the reservoir by assuming that the river was formerly on a higher plane with higher hills behind, which in the cutting out partially slid down on the gravel deposits, and admitting that in case the Yorba reservoir might be an erosion in this plane it might be possible to utilize it by using great skill in selecting a dam site. Now, all the evidence obtainable (and there is plenty of it) conclusively shows that the river had its original flood plane at a much higher level. Prof. Andrew C. Lawson, geologist, has reported to this effect to the water companies, and Mr. Sherwood has had the benefit of his report. As Mr. Lawson’s description of the relative flood planes is clear and concise, and he is regarded as an eminent authority, I will quote from his report on this subject: First, that the canyon of the Santa Ana river where it cuts through the Santa Ana mountains below Rincon is without question the result of the erosion of the stream, and that the present flood plane in the bottom of the canyon is underlaid by but a few feet, probably nowhere exceeding 10 feet, of flood plane sands and gravels, the latter duck bag, which he still has in regalia, several clods and snap on the table. Explained his chart showing location of the reservoir fully. He had put a man at work at where gravel had been dislodged instructed him to bore to The man struck hardpan distance below the gravel and clay and only made two feet. Occured a new augur and his bored boring until he reached weight feet in hardpan. Much further shall I go? he said Kellogg. He feet is deep enough for me,’ if If Mr. Sherwood is not sat may keep on.’’ Mission arose between the two such points as (1) the erosion sides of the reservoir, and at historic moment the last its physical features occur wood claiming that Kellogg actions from topographical ties which afforded no criterion; (2) the time of the preposition of gravel referred to,贪婪ness of its origin; (3) character of material in the form that previously reported, matters relating to the geothermal phases of the subject. Mission was followed by more arrest by those present. Evidently possessed little interest to for after looking around for put it on and left the hall. It in his hand all the while, had with him a book on resisting, by an expert, which he bored him out in all of his conduct Sheppard said it was one build reservoir theoretically another to build them practiced he had as much stake, more than any man upon the interrupting)—I doubt it. All the investigations you are made have not altered my least. You bored down the holes made by Sorenson and have found the stratification so be reported it. KELLOGG WRITES OF YORBA RESERVOIR Quotes Geologist Lawson in Support of His Contention About Gravel Deposit EDITOR GAZETTE:—With your permission I will state a few facts for the benefit of the stockholders concerning the Yorba reservoir. I cannot understand why Mr. Sherwood and some newspaper men of Fullerton are making such statements as have appeared recently, unless it is for the purpose of establishing a prejudice against the reservoir, as the investigations made are not complete, and at the time these reports were made were of the most superficial character. They have since been made a little more systematic and thorough, but, as I stated to the directors on Saturday, the lines of investigation commenced are not complete. After stating that we could only make a progress report to the board, Mr. Sherwood jumps in with a report, and elaborates on the general features without details, taking occasion to make statements that are in the nature of an aspersion on those who had previously made examinations on said reservoir, and advances a dual hypothesis as to the geological conditions that led up to the present situation. And after intimating that on the one side it might be doubtful, he takes the other view to throw out a slight hope for the reservoir by assuming that the river was formerly on a higher plane with higher hills behind, which in the cutting out partially slid down on the gravel deposits, and admitting that in case the Yorba reservoir might be an erosion in this plane it might be possible to utilize it by using great skill in selecting a dam site. Now, all the evidence obtainable (and there is plenty of it) conclusively shows that the river had its original flood plane at a much higher level. Prof. Andrew C. Lawson, geologist, has reported to this effect to the water companies, and Mr. Sherwood has had the benefit of his report. As Mr. Lawson’s description of the relative flood planes is clear and concise, and he is regarded as an eminent authority, I will quote from his report on this subject: First, that the canyon of the Santa Ana river where it cuts through the Santa Ana mountains below Rincon is without question the result of the erosion of the stream, and that the present flood plane in the bottom of the canyon is underlaid by but a few feet, probably nowhere exceeding 10 feet, of flood plane sands and gravels, the latter duck bag, which he still has in regalia, several clods and snap on the table. Explained his chart showing location of the reservoir fully. He had put a man at work at where gravel had been dislodged instructed him to bore to The man struck hardpan distance below the gravel and clay and only made two feet. Occured a new augur and his bored boring until he reached weight feet in hardpan. Much further shall I go? he said Kellogg. He feet is deep enough for me,’ if If Mr. Sherwood is not sat may keep on.’’ Mission arose between the two such points as (1) the erosion sides of the reservoir, and at historic moment the last its physical features occur wood claiming that Kellogg actions from topographical ties which afforded no criterion; (2) the time of the preposition of gravel referred to,贪婪ness of its origin; (3) character of material in the form that previously reported, matters relating to the geothermal phases of the subject. Mission was followed by more arrest by those present. Evi­ entessibly possessed little interest to for after looking around for put it on and left the hall. It in his hand all the while, had with him a book on res­ tiring, by an expert, which he bored him out in all of his con­ uct Sheppard said it was one build reservoir theoretically another to build them prac­ ticed he had as much stake, more than any man upon the interrupting)—I doubt it. Jimmy Jones is going to open a restaurant in the Metz block. C. A. Strehle paid a business wizard to Chino during the week. Watson & Lounsberry have moved their drugstore into Luedke building. Robert Thiele was in town from Angeles yesterday on a short business visit. Charles Albrecht and Butcher Cott came down from Downey on Sunday; see the ball game. Mr. and Mrs. Gustav Heimann Los Angeles spent Sunday in town with friends. They leave on the Dale for Europe to be gone three months. Miss Margaret Higgins visited w friends in town during the week, from Redlands. She states her father had a severe spell of illness since moving to that city. Judge Ballard on Monday affirms the decision of lower court in case against Joseph Smith, for illiterary liquor selling at Fullerton. A fine $150 had been imposed by the Orad Justice. Miss Blanche Mitchell of Pasadena is a guest of her aunt, Mrs. Cadmia She is engaged in the preparation an elaborate wedding trousseau; is to be one of Crown City’s pre- June brides. Willie Wallopp returned some days ago from San Francisco, after an absence upward of a year. He expelled to leave for Honoluluthe latter part month to take a position as boo keeper for a large firm. Mr. and Mrs. G. F. Kirby and M Kirby of Marshalltown, Iowa are guests of Mr. and Mrs. M. L. Rogers.Mirrory is a prominent Iowa band an old-time friend of Mr. Rogers; she is delighted with his first impressio­ of California. James Enearl has installed a pu­ ling plant upon his ranch southwest town,and fitted it with a twenty horsepower gasoline engine.Her sunk a deep well and constructed a crete pit tothe depthof thirtyfeethasa plentiful supplyof water. N. D. Ellis of Whittier,General W President ofthe Fraternal Aid association will visitthe local council evening.A literary and musical gram will be rendered,followed by repast prepared bythe ladies off coun­ cil.A big turnout is expected. W.C.Eymann disposedof7000a lot gets this season outofa total All the investigations you made have not altered my least. You bored down the holes made by Sorenson and have found the stratification as he reported it. So squirrel hole, 400 feet outside is concerned, I found this directly below the gravel. Squirrel said he had not parquit a deposit of gravel ex-squirrel hole. On the occa-cus visit there, he had run his car and scraped up plenty of you find any gravel in the locked man in charge of arms. Looking for hardpan, he said, looking for gravel, I said." The discussion between the officers had worn itself out, moved that both formulate a further investigation, and work be carried on by Shernumbers of the board had left its and ware standing about. Crowther alone remained yet entirely recovered from new escape from asphyxiation before. His hat was on, and seemingly lost all interest in bedings. Aid to Sheppard: "Well, why do make a motion. Let's get with this. We don't want to call night." I have made a motion. What is it? Rod restated his motion. He reasons for moving that one minute the work of investigation the score of economy. Sher-den near the work, and when needed any implement to their labors they could go is place and get it. I second the motion. Air put the question. Crowther arose and the fun he said: "Mr. Chairman, that is scarcely a fair deal. Mr. did has done everything in his delay work on the reservoir. Ooosed to the reservoir—excitedly)—How do you know? Hear—His actions show it. He to discuss it. Actions speak mean words. Good—You have made an unstatement. You may not care it, but I do. Your statement other devoid of truth. Hale electrified the meeting by his piece and thwacking the flood finally declined to accept age without the unanimous conoard. Aid he only wanted what he would be willing to let the reservoir where it cuts through the Santa Ana mountains below Rincon is without question the result of the erosion of the stream, and that the present flood plane in the bottom of the canyon is underlaid by but a few feet, probably nowhere exceeding 10 feet, of flood plane sands and gravels, the latter reposing directly upon the worn edges of the strata of bed rock. The stream at one time flowed through the canyon on a flood plane which is now only seen in remnants at an altitude of about 60 feet above the present level of the stream. This ancient flood plane may be well seen on the hills on the southeast of the river a few miles above Rincon. While the river was meandering upon this plain the region was lifted somewhat higher above sea-level, and in consequence of this, the stream, in order to maintain its normal grade, trenched its flood plane. Having re-established its normal grade in this trench, the stream meandered from side to side, impinging now on this bank and now on that, and so widening its bottom until a new flood plane was eroded at about 20 feet below the level of the older plane. In the course of time the new flood plane became very broad, and in as much as this broadening was effected by the undermining or sapling of the older plane, the latter now is seen only in remnants. This newer flood plane is about 40 feet above the present level of the stream. When this second flood plane had attained great breadth, the altitude of the region relative to the sea-level was again disturbed, and since this time the stream has cut down to its present level and established a third flood plane of rather limited dimensions, bounded on either side by very precipitous stream cliffs. The history of the evolution of the present Santa Ana river is so clearly marked by these stages of its development that there is no doubt whatever that there is no doubt whatever that the canyon or trench in which it flows is the result of its own down-cutting. I call special attention to the superposed drift strata which he gives as not exceeding 10 feet in the present narrow channel of the river. The exposures at different points along the upper flood plane show it to be from 3½ to 6 feet. It may also be noted that the original flood planes are given as being 40 and 60 feet above the present channel. These elevations might be somewhat modified in the lower valley, but they could never be as low as the bottom of the reservoir, which is only 5 or 6 feet above the present channel. Gravel plainly marks both the upper and lower plane at different places, both above and below the Yorba reservoir site; the erosion of the canyon forming this reservoir site following the erosion of the river into the bedrock. As mentioned by Lawson, these flood planes are clearly indicated by deposits of gravel in cuts on the Cajon canal about one mile above the Yorba reservoir site, on the 60-foot plane, and in the point of hills above and below said site on the 40-foot plane. In all cases this gravel is overlaid with from 8 to 10 feet of soil and clay-hardpan, excepting at the junction of the old flood plane with the feet to hard blue clay, and a pit on each side at the 10-foot level showing a good hardpan at 7 feet, and bored holes across the bottom of the reservoir at the 10, 20 and 30-foot levels, showing a satisfactory bottom, as stated in report. The abrasions in the sides of the hills indicated a sufficient depth of overlying hardpan. All of these conditions seemed sufficiently favorable to all at that time to justify the construction of a reservoir. Inasmuch as it was intended to carry the puddle wall 22 feet below the bottom and from 4 to 6 feet into hardpan on the sides, I fail to see where recent investigations render any change necessary. They do not even show that a greater depth of puddlerench is required, but even if they did it would not prove any serious defect, as no engineer would make a specific limit for the cut-off walls. On the other hand, all the specifications for the best dams that have been built give a broad latitude on this point. It has never occurred to me that a reservoir with a good bottom and solid underlying foundations for a dam could seriously be regarded as defective if a pocket of gravel should be found at a higher level, especially if it could be cut at reasonable expense by a puddle wall. A careful study of the authorities on this subject, together with a history of the dams built, show that even more serious conditions are frequently encountered and successfully overcome. The investigations so far show hardpan under all the gravel, and no gravel or sand as low as the reservoir bottom, and ten feet of soil and hardpan on the sides. If the further investigations show a continuity of these conditions I fall to see on what grounds the reservoir can be condemned. I want to see the investigations carried far enough to satisfy all interested in the construction of the reservoir and can act without prejudice upon the facts. H. CLAY KELLOGG. TURNER SISTERHOOD ENTERTAIN "Three Jolly Cobblers" and "Uncle Becher's Romance" Provoke Much Mirth at Turser Hall Sunday Evening. The Turner Sisterhood entertained their many friends at a musical and dramatic recital at Turner hall on Sunday evening. Two amusing fares served to throw large house into convulsive laughter. The hall was crowded with happy people from all over the county. The singing by Frau Oder de Nicolas was splendid. The song, "Du Bist Mein Gedanke," was so beautifully rendered that the audience insisted upon her reappearance, and she sang "An Alpine Lullaby." "The Three Jolly Cobblers," portrayed by Louis Baumbach, Paul Rudolph and Ernest Rudolph, was a happy combination of wit and humor. In The Gazette which they represented they found many interesting songs and jokes, and in the personal columns of this paper were found interesting comments upon Prof. L. Thomas, Victor Schumacher, Henry Oelkers and others. Then came the pleasantest surprise of the evening—a song by little Eddie Backs, aged five years, the son of Joseph Backs. Eddie stepped upon the stage as though he owned the house, and everybody was willing that he should when he stopped singing. James Enearl has installed a pumping plant upon his ranch southwest town, and fitted it with a twenty-wheelpower gasoline engine. He sunk a deep well and constructed a crete pit to the depth of thirty feet has a plentiful supply of water. N. D. Ellis of Whittier, General President of the Fraternal Aid association, will visit the local council evening. A literary and musical gram will be rendered, followed by repast prepared by the ladies of council. A big turnout is expected. W. C. Eymann disposed of 7000 cot trees this season, out of a total 7700 on hand at the beginning of season. He also sold a large number of walnut trees. He believes in pumps' ink, and doubts it to his advertising, no less than his superiority of his trees, were his sales in part due. Ed Zeus is in receipt of a letter Los Angeles from the gentleman whom he sold his team of blacks $350, tothe effect that he had been ferred $500 for them. This offer has fused. One of the horses,the lee states,goes a mile in less than ten minutes,and doesn't half try.horses arethe propertyofreceiured Klondiker. Frank Pallas who is employedthe McFadden ranch at Placentiaan accident happen him that came putting him out of commission.was engaged in work of repairthe pump fixtures，when a brench,dropped fromthe handone ofthe MeFadden boys inthe gingofthe windmill overhead,she blim in his upturned face.Hettained serious bruises abouttheeand foreheadand narrowlymissingan eye. F.A.Korn contemplates make trip to Germany this summer,painted by his daughter,Miss Horatman.Mr.Korn has heard much abouttheFatherlandsincereturnofMr.DickelthatheisrestogohimselfandseeifitisallsoshiponwhichhewastohewatetheoneoftheMeFaddenboysinthegingofthewindmilloverhead,shebliminhisupturnedface.Hettainedseriousbruisesabouttheeandforeheadandnarrowlymissinganeye. Leonard Parker,nold-time resectiondinathehursdaymorninginhiseight-fourthyear.Hewillbemilformonths,having thrownfromhisbuggyearlyyearsandsustainedinjuriesfromheneverfully recovered.Some ago,whilewalkingabouthishornfell.injuringhishead.Hewwillconsciousforsomedaysbeforea mise.Hewwassurroundedbymeofhisfamilyattheend. Mr.Parkerhadbeenashispatientthissectionford32years.HewwouldofpioneersofthesettlementEastside,andownedoneoftheplacesinthatlocality.Thefuneraloccurredonsaturdayternoat1o'clock. 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