anaheim-gazette 1938-07-21

HERE'S MORE ABOUT Authentic Flood History (Continued from Page 1) employees were assigned to various trucks to assist and supervise rescue work. "Both fire trucks were taken to the telephone company's office to pump water from the basement, thus materially aiding restoration of communications with outside cities. Trouble Starts Early "Runoff waters from Carbon canyon began causing trouble in the new La Palma park as well as the residence zone north of the park as early as 1 o'clock on the afternoon of March 2. Two hours later La Palma street was a curb to curb mill race with the pavement going out, so that it was no longer safe to cross. A little later, pavement on Los Angeles street at the entrance to the wading pool started to cave off. Men were then stationed on Los Angeles street to warn traffic over and to stop traffic if the street went out. During the afternoon and evening several park department employees aided in evacuating Mexican families from the Juliana-Patt street district. Employees of the street department assisted in this work as well as being on duty and working on the Santa Ana river dyke. Anaheim's section of the dyke held intact during the peak of the rise of the river. Monetary Loss High "Monetary loss to city property as the result of the inundation is practically impossible to estimate. Flood waters covered 50½ miles of paved and oiled streets, 19 miles of paved and oiled alleys and rushed through 38½ miles of domestic sewer lines. Damage to the streets allows and saves water of the water in these wells being contaminated. Extremely low water pressure on the morning of the flood, even though Wells No. 2 and 7 were pumping at the time, aroused the fear that somewhere in the city a floating house had broken a fire hydrant and enough water was escaping to cause low pressure. Investigation revealed no broken fire hydrants, but proved the cause of the low pressure to be 140 broken services that were discharging water at a rapid rate. On Friday, March 4, C. W. O'Flying of the Orange county health department obtained water samples at Wells No. 2 and 7. Tests for bacteria showed bad contamination in the sample taken from Well No. 7, and on Sunday the city was instructed to discontinue the use of that well. No Typhoid Fever "The great efforts of the health department and Vard W. Hannum, superintendent of the light, and water department, in testing wells and providing chlorination is reflected by the fact that not a single case of typhoid fever or dysentery developed in the city of Anaheim. The damage done to the water distribution system was remarkably small in the light of the intensity of the flood. Approximately 140 services were broken, due principally to houses being washed from their foundations. All services broken were small connections with the exception of two two-inch connections at La Palma Park and one two-inch service connection at the Cal-Juices, Inc. Plant. One water meter and meter box was washed away repre- 16 WPA men, 2 WPA trucks, city trucks. All the rest of clean-up and repair work placed in the hands of Hail who made the following actions: Lemcke and Holyoft pairing sewer mains on La avenue, West street and Street; removing obstruction filling dangerous holes in search through debris fories and dead animals; and giving flood data: 60 WPA men WPA trucks and 2 city trucks Foster, patching and maintain Section 2 of the outfall sewer WPA men and 2 city parks, cleaning of the street and alleys; the remainder of WPA forces and equip which varied from 60 to 858 to 15 trucks, and skip loot. All the suitable materials hauled to La Palma Park place what had washed Peterson, pumping water basements: for this service they did pump outfits with open was donated by the follow WPA 3, Standard Oil Co., trial Fuel Supply company, Oil company, Union Oil company. "The basements of 32 bus or public buildings and 67 dences were pumped out, half being done by WPA. "In order to obtain the imum benefit from the clean and pumping equipment, especially after WPA working hour was necessary to hire additmen; these were selected by the State Reemployment Service which had opened an emergency office in the city hall with Cram in charge. The six emes of the engineering depart- were on duty or on call me time for the first ten day the clean-up campaign, and man averaged 16 to 20 hours per day. Activity Feverish and working on the Santa Ana river dyke. Anaheim's section of the dyke held intact during the peak of the rise of the river. Monetary Less High "Monetary loss to city property as the result of the inundation is practically impossible to estimate. Flood waters covered 50½ miles of paved and oiled streets, 19 miles of paved and oilied alleys and rushed through 38½ miles of domestic sewer lines. Damage to the streets, alleys and sewers varied from virtually nothing in some areas to complete destruction in others." "The storeroom escaped damage except for a small amount of water pipe which was racked on the ground and needed cleaning. The storeroom remained open for business from 5 a.m. to 6 p.m. the day of the flood." "Both fire trucks, which were used throughout March 3, to pump approximately 920,000 gallons of water from the basement of the telephone company office, were badly scarred and cut and were overhauled completely. The cost was about $250, which was paid by the telephone company. The work of pumping the basement was more severe due to the fact that a large sewer line leading into the basement was broken and discharging water rapidly. Equipment Damaged "Motorized equipment of the city was damaged extensively during the morning of the flood and immediately afterward. In all, seven trucks and ten cars had to have wheels, motors, transmissions and differentials cleaned out." "Equipment under the control of the public service department which was damaged included 140 water pipe lines broken and 350 meters flooded and damaged." "The public library lost rather heavily, having a total of 1143 books and magazines destroyed in the adult branch and 1377 books, prints, and magazines destroyed or lost in the junior department." "At the city park the loss, principally in time and labor, was estimated at $3,000. The Greek Theater was completely submerged with about two feet of silt in the dressing rooms and theater pit. The handicraft shop was completely destroyed. Only about three feet of water entered the plunge basement, caused by a sewer backing up. New plantings throughout the park were washed out and fish were destroyed. Lakes" "The damage done to the water distribution system was remarkably small in the light of the intensity of the flood. Approximately 140 services were broken, due principally to houses being washed from their foundations. All services broken were small connections with the exception of two two-inch connections at La Palma Park and one two-inch service connection at the Cal-Juices, Inc. Plant. One water meter and meter box was washed away, representing a loss of about $10. Twelve meter box lids were also lost, while nearly every meter box in the city was subjected to mud deposits of varying depths." "On North West street, near La Palma avenue, twelve 18 foot lengths of six-inch cast iron pipe valued at $162 was lost. It was found necessary to re-calk five fire hydrants that had become tipped as the result of being struck by moving objects." Water Loss High "The amount of water the loss of which may be directly attributed to the flood is as follows: 1,469,-200 gallons used for flushing wells, 2,618,000 gallons used that flowed through broken services and were not charged, to consumers and 1,618,000 gallons used for street flushing and miscellaneous purposes, a total of 5,705,200 gallons. Based on a calculated pumping cost of $,0000126 per gallon, the total cost of pumping this amount of water is $71.88." "The first sign of trouble to electric service on the morning of March 3, occurred at about 8 a.m. when the circuit that serves most of the territory north of Chartress street and west of Los Angeles street was killed by a short circuit in the primary line on N. West street, resulting from two poles being washed out. Another source of trouble on this circuit was found on Sycamore street at Zeyn street where a transformer vault was flooded. Due to the high water in this vault, a 37.5 kilowatt transformer was put out of commission. In the alley east of Philadelphia street and south of North street secondary wires became entangled due to falling poles causing the primary fuse to blow out on the transformer serving that district. Three poles were pushed over by floating objects, eight poles were broken off and three poles were washed out." "The largest loss suffered by the WPA working house was necessary to hire additional men; these were selected through the State Reemployment Service which had opened an emergency office in the city hall with Cram in charge. The six employees of the engineering department were on duty or on call mornings for the first ten days before the clean-up campaign, and man averaged 16 to 20 hours per day." Activity Feverish "Activity in almost every partment of the city was no feverish pitch for days, and some cases weeks, after the aster. The street department about immediately assisted a movel of trash, flood debris rubbish from streets and a Twelve extra men were employed in the department on March clean sidewalks. The street sweder and men were employed on March on double shifts and worked overtime for days owing storm drains, sewers, or sewer, barricading closed damaged streets, repairing sinks and alleys and continuously ing mud from the streets and leys." "The office of the city clerk used as a bureau of information for many days after the initiation. The California State Employment Service established office in the council chair which it maintained for several weeks." "Two extra trash trucks placed in service, working for 20 days hauling 135 loads of Two mud dump trucks also worked 21 days hauling 378 load dirt." The evening after the flood large area in the north park the city was practically evacuated and it was deemed necessary police that territory against other crimes. The sonnel of the department being adequate, it was necessarily called upon some organization help. The California National Guard, the American Legion, responded promptly. The following day officers from various O'Connor counties were loaned to Anaheim department. The co-sheriff's office also sent departure here and the California Highway Patrol assigned a number of men to the area." "At the city park the loss, principally in time and labor, was estimated at $3,000. The Greek Theater was completely submerged with about two feet of silt in the dressing rooms and theater pit. The handicraft shop was completely destroyed. Only about three feet of water entered the plunge basement, caused by a sewer backing up. New plantings throughout the park were washed out and fish were destroyed. Lakes were filled with dirt, sand and debris and lawns had an average of about two inches of muck on them. None of the older plants was damaged. Park is Destroyed "The new La Palma park site on which development work had started only about three months previously was completely wrecked. Eight inches of dirt was lost off the ball field and the Greeting and picnic grounds had fills from six inches to two feet deep. Fourteen palms were washed out, eight of which were not recovered. The La Palma street curb was destroyed, as was one culvert near the casting pool. The loss was estimated at $3,000, of which only about $1,000 was in materials. "Street tree losses were also heavy with about 360 deciduous trees and 220 coco plumosos palms being washed out. All were of recent planting. The street tree nursery also was wrecked." "One of the principal causes for concern on the part of city officials dealt with the water supply. The picture that presented itself on the morning of Mar. 3, was not a cheerful one. A survey showed that of the five water wells in the system, only Well No. 2 at Plant No. 1, and Well No. 7 at Plant No. 2 had not been flooded, thus making it prohibitive to use Wells No. 3, 4 and 6, due to the possibility due to the high water vault, a 37.5 kilowatt transformer was put out of commission. In the alley east of Philadelphia street and south of North street secondary wires became entangled due to falling poles causing the primary fuse to blow out on the transformer serving that district. Three poles were pushed over by floating objects, eight poles were broken off and three poles were washed out. "The largest loss suffered by the electric department occurred in electric meter department. Three meters valued at $35 were lost, while 76 meters were recovered from wrecked houses, streets and fields, ten of which were damaged beyond repair. Repair parts for the remaining 66 meters cost approximately $225. Total damage done to electric meters was about $350. Sixty house services were torn down by moving buildings. PAGE ONE AUTHENTIC REPORT — GAL. 4 "The street light system also felt the force of the flood. Due to the velocity of the water, many of the doors in the bases of the ornamental standards were dislodged, allowing the water to rise above the disconnecting pot heads, thus causing the circuit to be shorted. Three light standards were knocked over. Work is Planned On Sunday, March 6, the city council, clerk, street and park superintendents, fire chief and engineer held a meeting and organized the clean-up work, as follows: Bowen-street cleaning; all the street department's equipment and men, one rented tractor, an additional blade loaned by Sully-Miller Contracting company of Long Beach, and 4 WPA men; Boysen, clean-up in both parks: 40 WPA men; Nyboe, clean-up of trash and hosing dirt off streets: Police Reinforced Within a few days amments were completed when enrollees of the El Toro cane the Civilian Conservation Corps were placed at the disposal of police department. In order to control trafficional Guardsmen and high patrol officers were assigned all entrances to the city and structured to permit no one but holders to enter the city. CCC enrollees were assigned patrol the area north of Syca street. These men were drawn on March 29. Temporary communication established by short wave through the Anaheim station the naval reserve as quickest possible after telephone service was disrupted. During the emergency thereers of the Anaheim police department without exception were duty from 36 to 43 hours were assigned a 12-hour tour duty each for the following weeks. WPA Cooperates Works Progress administration officials cooperated splen with the city in furnishing meaid in rehabilitating public pity. They assisted city work in many phases of the program including cleaning streets and leys, cleaning of the city park pair of sewer lines in the city repair of the outfall sewer line WPA men, 2 WPA trucks and 2 trucks. All the rest of the men-up and repair work was done in the hands of Hapgood, made the following assignments: Lemcke and Holyoke reeling sewer mains on La Palma Avenue, West street and Citronet; removing obstructions and damaging holes in streets; fetching through debris for bodies and dead animals; and gathering flood data: 60 WPA men, 2 A trucks and 2 city trucks; water patching and maintaining section 2 of the outfall sewer: 24 A men and 2 city trucks; rocks, cleaning of the streets alleys; the remainder of the A forces and equipment, which varied from 60 to 85 men, 15 trucks, and 2 skip loaders; the suitable material was used to La Palma Park to reduce what had washed away, person, pumping water from dents; for this service the use of pumping outfits with operators, donated by the following: A 3, Standard Oil Co., Indus-Fuel Supply company, Home company, Union Oil company. The basements of 32 business public buildings and 67 residences were pumped out, about being done by WPA. In order to obtain the maximum benefit from the cleaning pumping equipment, especially after WPA working hours, it is necessary to hire additional workers; these were selected through State Reemployment Service which had opened an emergency site in the city hall with Donn in charge. The six employes of the engineering department on duty or on call most of time for the first ten days of clean-up campaign, and each averaged 16 to 20 hours work day. Valencias Meet Irvine Tomorrow National Nightball League Enters Final Round; Stars Defeated! The National Nightball league turns into the home stretch tomorrow night with six teams ranked as contenders for the four spots in the Shaughnessy playoffs which will follow the close of the regular 28-game schedule. Huntington Beach, leading the field by three games, Anaheim and San Bernardino, tied for second, are apparent certainties to enter the playoffs. Santa Ana, Irvine and Orange, bunched within two games of each other, will be battling for the fourth position. The Valencias open the final round at home against Irvine. The Beanpickers have moved into fifth place with 10 wins and 11 losses and are one of the "hottest" clubs in the loop right now. Anaheim caught up with San Bernardino Tuesday night on the strength of a 7 to 4 win over Santa Ana while the Ponies were bowing to Orange, 3 to 0. The Valencias lost a chance for a clear claim to second place last Friday when they finally dropped a 5 to 4 verdict to Huntington Beach after carrying the Oilers 11 innings. Big Fritz Gunther was the hero of the Santa Ana tilt. His walloping war-club found its mark twice, producing five runs. Gunther's second mighty wallop came as the climax to a five-run rally in the eighth inning that decided the issue. Anaheim was one down in the second inning when Charley Com- Activity Feverish Activity in almost every department of the city was at a trash pitch for days, and in cases weeks after the disasters. The street department set out immediately to assist in realizing trash, flood debris and trash from streets and alleys. Five extra men were employed on the department on March 3, to sidewalks. The street sweepers and men were employed during each on double shifts and men used overtime for days clean-storm drains, sewers, outfall arrears, barricading closed and aged streets, repairing streets, alleys and continuously haul mud from the streets and alley. The office of the city clerk was as a bureau of information many days after the inundation. The California State Emergency Service established an office in the council chambers which maintained for several days two extra trash trucks were used in service, working about 75 haulings 135 loads of trash, mud dump trucks also worked 11 days hauling 378 loads of the evening after the flood area in the north part of city was practically evacuated it was deemed necessary to that territory against loot- and other crimes. The personnel of the department being inadequate, it was necessary to upon some organization for the California National Guard, the American Legion and Veterans of Foreign Wars read promptly. The following officers from various Orange cities were loaned to the relief department. The county office also sent deputies and the California Highway Patrol assigned a number of its to the area. Police Reinforced Within a few days arrangement in charge. The six employees of the engineering department on duty or on call most of time for the first ten days of clean-up campaign, and each averaged 16 to 20 hours work day. Big Fritz Gunther was the hero of the Santa Ana tilt. His walloping war-club found its mark twice, producing five runs. Gunther's second mighty wallop came as the climax to a five-run rally in the eighth inning that decided the issue. Anaheim was one down in the second inning when Charley Comstock opened with a single. Gunther then unloaded a towering fly that sailed over Richardson's head in right field for the circuit. The Stars kept pecking away at Rudy Heman to build up a 4 to 2 lead as the Valencias came to bat in the eighth. Manager Joe Cornelius opened the round with an infield single and Heman and Bob Hosack followed suit to load the sacks. Seacord forced Cornelius at home and Bell popped to Smith. With two strikes on him, Comstock riffled a single into center, scoring Heman and Hosack. Charley moved to second on the throw-in and Seacord went to third. Stan Jacobsmeyer got a three-two count on Gunther and then "fatted" one in and Big Fritz blazed the ball on the line over Denney's head in left field. Huntington Beach had to go 14 innings subduing Brea, 7 to 3. It was the Oilers' second consecutive extra-inning game. It took them 11 rounds and a questionableumpiring decision to edge out a win over Anaheim Friday. Ted Neja hurled the entire game and did a creditable job. Comstock rapped a homer for Anaheim while Kelly hit for the round trip for the Oilers. League standings: W. L. Petty. Huntington Beach 17 4 .809 ANAHEIM 13 8 .619 San Bernardino 13 8 .619 Santa Ana 11 10 .524 Irvine 10 11 .476 Orange 9 12 .429 Brea 7 14 .333 Whittier 4 17 .130 "Employees in all the operative departments of the city were called upon for much overtime work during the few weeks immediately after the disaster and all responded with a splendid manner. It would be impossible in this review to enumerate the activities of each employee and department." "Employees in all the operative departments of the city were called upon for much overtime work during the few weeks immediately after the disaster and all responded with a splendid manner. It would be impossible in this review to enumerate the activities of each employee and department head. "The county health department played an important part in guarding against disease in the city as the result of flood waters. It has already been noted briefly its activity in connection with the city's water supply. In addition, an inspection was made shortly after the flood of all homes in the Mexican settlement areas which were inundated. Many were found returning and setting up housekeeping in deplorable conditions. As a result 77 buildings were posted with warnings that it was illegal to live in them until repaired, cleaned and approved. "Typhoid immunization clinics were started as soon as possible in the refugee camps. The Anaheim physicians advisory committee and other doctors cooperated with the health department in giving services to these clinics and also offering immunizations in their private offices at a reduced fee, with the vaccine being supplied by the health department. Now, some four months after the city of Anaheim was flooded by the raging Santa Ana river, there is but little sign of the disaster. Rehabilitation has been rapid and thorough, with only some of the larger projects as yet uncompleted." Anaheim, Calif., July 21, 1933 PHA BETA FOOD MARKETS SATURDAY, JULY 22nd & 23rd CENTER AT EMILY CENTER AT PALM to Trade at the Friendly “A.B.C.” Way Markets--Try It! ET 1-lb. can 19¢ WDER CHOCOLATE or BAKER'S COCONUT! PINEAPPLE large No.2 can 12½ c SLICED—VITA-PINE LOOK AT THIS FINE FRUIT SPECIAL—TRY A FEW CANNS NOW! 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