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J25 ttnsrJKrMr iM i thai of the McKallev fitch Com ZlnTehrteredtocMTT50001nchM It IT bout eleven miles long and this season li stog about 1500 or 2000 inches Next 1 private ditch GCollins with water irom the river taken out tiro miles south ifiDp itton ot a capacity of about 500 Inehes and nstng about 200 Inches Tbiji conie th Junes ditch boat the tames the Collins ditch Ford Bawson Ir bail line ditch and cUlm 4000 inihei theWestsideottheriver lext cones the Bis fine ditch clatmlng 2000 inches hat not completed The Sanger Cdit nearAivord claims 2000iches are Mine 900 Inches A TY Bbeh ntxelsiras 2000 Inches The fieeler claim of 25000 inches near Tibbet a Is hot com The main ditch on the west side of the Tiller is that of the Bishop Ditch Com tny chartered for 4000 Inches and Cithahout 2300 utilized They have alo Slededatm 4000 inches to be taxes oat of Bishop erect which they are now Swings bat the water was to he sed from Ovens rirer eit come the Owens Elver Canal Company chartered with a claim of 10000 inches Oat of 120000 inches the 0 wens river then there are claims to lllOOO inches filed and doubt jess when it Is Inown that there la any srpla nnappropriated some grabber will lje no tine in tusking the necessary filing SA3T XIEGO A COLOSSAt OCAB Every Stream Available for Irritation Is Appropriated A search ot the records In San Diego count shows that with the exception of the Colorado rlvery every stream In the count available for irrigation has been filed npon to Its fullest extent by appropriators In the following list wilt be found some of the largest appropriations Where the figures are extraordinarily large they srefihnp on the Colorado river The enormous total of 1315218 inches is thus teen to nave tieen appropriated Inches Cmntro Yanea and Aires nrrairj Vfll nt 1 iclisn all and IC BCU 1 ouasea and flc knell AI Browa et al Elyihe TH HTtM 1L Birth i II flume VT XeraftJrdelat Avnarenraretai tirlli aveta rTrm anetai 300 2UOO 60 JO 2UO lOOJ 1440 190000 1W 0600 10OO 00 mo tWOO loaodo 20l Oortocto laerard AESodttion WUetal XI Il iletal 9 4 l4 HaUaod Urraj Vi hcait 2 Han tnoa John Joson et al aal hromoa A Kimwut Iltn OCllngetal ll ix cua Mat I Loc Hngetai WVP Btmrpoo jia i ana an jr Unrny ad Moor RO Kuan A Honweaa et al IX Wrong IX 8trni suonc 600 oo 3W SOU 1000 X440 loo 300 SOOO JOOi 400O 4000 40 4 0O0 142000 SOI 800 looo 10o atlOO ao 4 co Worm nd 14 all Thomts CTboaiM nr HbbU4C wall rfOKaj i UtTMCtr lDiTrtnidd Burroughn vntfoaierr and Mont jomry CO 1440 aoo sou 10t 40O loo 1728 3000 400 20 80 SOO 3000 prr iti 4t Tni 100 Cf Laiigwoir ioo i KSMckey ttO BurroiirWs Mopigomerr and Mont tomrr A 000 1 etmore and vt 10 Kl Mnvlae lone 400 trnrtwo 10 0O0 60 jm itx 0 tt and Cat iOO ttnrtr XuO and 100 1 i 100 MlndIra3dKoscos bo lLUUortan 400 CF Tni 10 0UO 1 vimiritiiiUMr 21 Of i tech i loo tlnllvn 200 Collier ttraham and HeJd looo LeoaIawn 11 I Pml loo 300 100 loo Ud Hnld IXluwrir Ballan Ehaw ad igf 8 afaaw Mooy lykin Pnr Jacob ctl lntJm Met In 1 It Vf Bmn Mc tear Mmnn and Wilon wW imvcMKl nniyt Tboaitoo aa Mrke Purler and jyrne lll rerrlu 1 homu iLnd Usob au Sljk Porr and Byrne A nowiw eo 100 0O 100 1650 aooo 60 2000 3000 2000 goo 60 100O0 8UOO 400 JOOtO Byrna and an biyka Morrfaon Jamca any ranela Motreltand UUp Morrill ana lieoe i Roblyn A a orli Murray and noldiaan a an TKe Oooilwla and oo Iwtn and Carues Falu boldbanm 1 jarael 1 York John 1 htone XcCormic andoriffin Mliitoor UMorreil 1 yors an 1 hlni Com Won an Kerr rlilm I Mc rmck rrhomasADd Wllaon A an Blrke Porttr Brine and 1 bomn Bii 3 000 Cbarnoc Kobi on Byrne and lids 60 mi 3OO0 SOit IOO 10ON 10UKI dUO aoo 6000 3X40 ll OU 60 600 looo 25i 6O1X 2uuO 3outi 6oo uio 20O0 30 100 200 60U 400 2aooo 200 2tXW 4tMJ 3000 lu000 6uO eooo eooo 0000 oo 4 COO Id coo 6 0u 3UOO0 OOOU 4O0O 40 4000 3000 OOO 10v 10000 lOO 20f0 4000 HOOO lOOO ioo fiOO 30i looo 40K0 4 0 0 2000 3000 S000 IUit fcO 3i0 fi000 MorrteoQ aad McAlmnd union santee iX A Oexier CA Laiter A Ilex A Di er A Iwiter Hail smith a duuinun 7 omas Aivcradc Mary II foot i iwra Tarlorund Campbell Morrison and McAlmond Alpn waterio I barleft Diitr Wllaon an 1 Crain PfcUlipi Oraod 0M BmlUl WOrtoo Murray Hall and Barley uiey MaitbUand tt rvrir Kib Kn and an Uy A Unly 316318 SAN BERNAIIDINO FINE TTOKK ot a Single Inch or Water Unappropriated A careful search ot the records In Sail Bernardino county shows that there is not a single inch xfawater in any of the 1 streams which is not covered by appro priation The Santa Ana river Mojavel liver ATara creel tytle creei Jf in creek Devil Canyon creek City eroek and evry UtUe rlrolet and spring has been filed on lonj since To an expressive phrase 44 they are covered with filings ten deep 60 rreat Is the demand for water that any somber of filings have been made npon waste water That where prior ap ttoprlato allow any water to piss then It filed upon sometimes by half a dozen persona This of coarse works well enough in seasons of abundant rain bat In dry seasons the prior claimant la very apt to use all the water in the stream leaving the waste water claimants in the lnrtb There is not In the entire connty a stream which is not covered In this way Qcxxa rcauc bik ficto I trlty Star Avautt 1890 I ale in the year 1870 three or foor persons from the East came to California to te lect land for a colony Tner finally pitched npon the present site of Kiverside and tho surrounding country comprUinf tarn lire Mrlcan erantx A company wu formed and the land purchased from the proprietors probably for about 1W cents an acre nearly all ollt belnr to all appearances a desert bat capable of he in made a garden by the nsa of water owing to the natural fertility ot the sell and the treat heat of the lose i mmer As a rule such ot the table lands in that section as are not irritated are of little value without Irritation even a train erop belnf precarious and the surface water from 80 to 120 feet below the tround if enee whoever secures the water in that reclon practically owns the land and apart from legal limitations of little or no value he can obtain from the cultivator not only all the traflle will bear but sometimes considerably more will beieen hereafter Ot conrse the first operation ot the company was to die or build a canal for water fhl nMalnari from tha Bant Ana I river at a point seven miles dlstant nrinciouie ixooraocB --as said by competent and disinterested ersons It is probable that twice the mnnnt TnnulNl thtt WOOld Ve I Men aeary fa have rendered a much fUraieoiuainiae iBm fore oonstrnctlna tmi mn 000 There was never any tlear andde ucuBccoaniaepiio snow what acta alry cost savin nothinrnf Out nnrh i amount it should have eost ander reallr aklUfol management this left a large wr iue unaeinaaon so mat the company successively raised its alleged eost from 15000 Jurt after tt waacom pleted to 175000 aad In 1882 to 100 000 Another canal was subsequently buiUat alleged cost of 100000 but actual cost ot not toexceed OOOmiinV the cost of botl canali not over 55000 but the company now claim we believe that they coat oOOOO an1 ri tm Ir1 terest ett on nearly five times the actual t31ZCX In the spring of 1873 or thereabout the Weary settlers rejoiced at the completion Of the first canal lor which some had waited two long years on the desert in to buy necessaries of a monopoly store paying or three prices and undergoing pr vatioaa nnknowB to the average pioneer When the water came the company was anxious to sell at a low price to anyone who could buy in any quantity at anr tlmedesired It shoold be stated here that a large rnanuty of irrigable Government land ad jotainx the land of the company who were quite as anxious to sell water to the settlers on this land as to those who had purchased land from them usually at about 20 an acre Settlers were thus encouraged to plant orange and other fruit trees alzo Tines to a great extent hvin to spend much labor and money on their care before any returns could be realized The company while subsequently very forcibly ureing its claims to a high price for water Because of their large investment totally ignored an equally valid claim of the cultivators At this time water was sold try the miner inch VI ater Is measured first by the height Of the source of supply above the point at which it is permitted te emerge on the land of the purchaser by means of a small wooden gate and secondly by the superficial laches of the aperture at the bottom of the gaie The firt element Is called the pressure the company at the ouuet giving aix Inches pressure charging 2 cents per Inch for twelve hoars by day and I cent for the lame by night the purchaser taking it when he rleased fruit trees etc were planted and land sold of course upon the understanding that water would continue to be famished at the same rate But subsequently the company discovered tbat this arrangement was not remunerative and threatened to discontinue the supply on less at least thirty residents would agree to take five inches continuously at 5 per month whether they wanted that a nantltr rnot This was an advance of SO cents on uie previous rate for the same quantity The people being largely In the companys power and not knowing but that the company might have told the truth assented ibis was a very slight turn of the screw though it increased the expense of such cultivators as had to pay for more water than they needed At I cent per Inch day and nlsfct the water opt rat Ion alone apart from the enhancement of the value ot the land would be faitlytremunerative The six Inch pressure was gradually or otherwise red need to four Inches lessening the supply nearly one half while tbe charges were undiminished to resistance was made to this swindle About the year 1873 70 the original company Joined another that owned a tract adjoining the Riverside tract on the south and reaching to the Temescal tin mines twenty miles southerly from Riverside village They desired them to restrict the use ot the water henceforth to those who had purchased the land of them and to cut it ofrfrom the settlers on Government land st thus they would be enabled to sell at 40 per acre some 8000 acres of land to the south the supply for which would be otherwise uncertain That is they proposed to take it right by the doors of set tiers who had each paid them hundreds of dollars for water which the company had been glad to sell then in order to exact 40 an acre from new comen on what was known as the Hartshorn tract They offered however as a compromise to form a newcompsay and such settlers on Government land as chose to purchase a 20 share for each acre of land to be irrigated would still be permitted to get what water they wanted on paying for it Some accepted but others fought the company in the courts with the usual results of heavy expense delays decisions appeals etc and we are not Informed of the exact legal status of the case at the time a recent com prorufse was made While these frauds and litigations were going on Blrerade was Increasing its reputation as a sanitarium then there was a boom and aru of rich individuals and prices went up ont of all proportion to values So did the prices of water from 2 cents an inch to 12 cents by day and 6 cents by night the price in 1882 Land bought for say 50 cents and on which the company may have expended 3 to 5 an acre to bring water is said to sell for 400 the difference between that sum and 5 representing much robbery of labor To make the extent of these charees Lmore apparent we summarize the cost ot constructing ana running me aucnes tne inches of water carried by them and the price charged as follows Cost of ditches npt exceeding 35 000 the ditch superintendent is paid 73 a month rtwo carpenters on flumes etc 00 each two men on an average the year round at 10 each but an occasional break needs twenty or thirty men for re airs these can always be obtained at an ours notice 0 for water clerk This makes a total of 355 a monta call It 300 There would be no difficulty in securing a man to run the ditch by contract for S400 ow tor tbe income Tne ditcnes nave an actual capacity 01 33000 inches per day but usually run from 2000 to 3000 Inches that being all generally obtainable Taking the lowest estimate 2000 inches daily at 12 cents an Inch is 240 a day or 7200 a month and at 6 cents an inch for night water all of which is used so great is the demaud over the supply 3600 a month additional or 10 800 a month in 11 against an outlay of 300 being thirty times tbe cost of service Thus the original cost of the ditches in addition to keeping them in repair is repaid to the owners every five or six months Inthe dry part ot the year or al lowing for the usually brief wet season about one and a half times every year It may be safely eUimated that allowing for the lesser price for water received at earlier dates the ditches have now been paid for at least six times over by the users of the water and that exclusive of the enhanced price of land the Riverside Land and Irrigating Company which seems to consist now mainly or wholly of Felton and Evans 275000 has been cleared on the sale ot water while the Constitution says that the right to water is a public use hence the company has no right to charge anything more than the expense of distribution in accordance with this view the company gave out In the arly tettlementof Riverside that the ditches were only to be built to sell the land and then when all of it was sold that is all the land then owned by the company the purchasers of the land would also own the ditch Instead of this the company Felton Co have kept Punic faith by getting hold of more land and trying to makefthe water cover It At last they propose to sell to the people that which has been paid for six times over and still retain a controlling Interest in the property soldi This Is a tremendous sell The Riverside Company has repeated on a smaller scale all the extortions of the Central Pacific Railroad in even a greater degree MERCED OVER A SIHI10S ACRtg Jfot a Water Kight That Is 2ot Taken TJp in ti ut innt an txamiiialIon shows that there Is good ground for stating that there not an wen 01 nppropneu in tho efreama In the follow ing list will be found the names of the principal appropriatorswitn leamoun clalmed by them The filings foot up 1094000 incnesL Heal 20000 Inches 4 Inch pressure Dead Man creek ftk Httffinan 100000 Inches 4 inch pressurevMerted river Bheehy 20000 inches 4 Inch pressure Dead Mans creek Minturn 400O inches 4 inch pres sure ChowcpilJa river Iv eaIyV 0000 Inches inch pres sure Deaajuaii wxca AAldriclir 20000 lnches Inch pressure Little Dead Mans creek ATAldrich 20000 Inches 41nch pressure little Dead Mans creek A AMrich 20000 inches Inch pres sore Dead Mans creek AJUdrich 20000 inches 4 inch pressure Little Dead Man creek Merced Canal Company 300000 Inches 4 inch pressure Merced river Mni 10000 inches 4 inch pres sure Romero creek ffouutr vwv uhi sureKanto creek Chapman Harris 12960 Inches 4 Inch pressure Los Garsos creek Chapman Harris 12900 inches 4 Inch pressure Los Bancs creek Packard iSangdale all ganXouis creek ri pressure Merced river yf iivlngston 160 feet 4 Inch pres sure Ari iw John fowler all Los Banos creek imi1 em nn 50 cubic inches 4 lnchpreurLosLarclascretk i3 1 vm Inches 4 Inch tires lvu a sure Los Banos creek uaron i PsureRomeroCreet nitewora ajw uc sure Cnito creek Samuel Fowler et aL7200 Inches 4 Inch pressure Los Banot creek Largan a7J0 Inches 4 Inch pressure jjcGl aen 8000 Inches Inch pre HJrr MJUm MI4va vatt AJ Packard 8430 Inches 4 Inch pressure fan Louis creek Stlbbene 20000 Inches 44nch pressure Mariposa creek George Brown 6430 inches 4 inch pressure Los Banos creek Oalland 20000 Inches 4 Inch pressure Mariposa creek Shore et al 4000 inches 4 Inch prtu re Harron 10000 Inches 4 inch pressure Dead Mans creek Bott eal 10000 Inches 4 Inch pressure Um tm 10000 chev4 tneh pres nxarllS taT 5000 toche 4 Inch pressure Bear creek A Zirker10000lnesl4 Inch pressure Carrol 10000 Inches xhprenx Turner et at 30000 Inches 44neh press re atanpoea cree RaheUy ISfiOQ tachi iafb i iureuckcre TOBSUOTAT CHRONICLE ATTHJar 1 18M TRIPm SOSm HMi Dk3T UH i a a fa tachem 44imi measure Owens creek ak ll miMai urei5ck ee pS2oSneree fc jjvvw iucuea usaer inch pressure Los Banna crvv ntlierMvfe er Inch pres A tnrn a 6 iih ucb unaer incn pressure Quinto creek mXrSy 643 iJKb a cl pressure Romero creek aiieu xtaivvj inches under Inch pressure Merced river owutiuaa eta xuuuu inches under 4 tnrh pressure Merced river Warren 8430 inches tinder 4 inch Fowler etaX 5104 Inches under 4 Inch pressure Los Banos creek TULAKE MORE THAN Att The Appropriation Exceed tbeKax Imam Flow In Tulare county where some of the largest irrigating canals are found the records show that there Is no such thing as any unappropriated water available for Irrigation To give the total amount appropriated In miners inches would be an impossibility as the appropriations have been made in many forms Tbe names of the principal appopriators and a faw of the smaller ones are given to show the different wavs In which the locations of water rights read Borne appropriators claim a certain number Of miner 1 inches nthont a nnmhar of cubie feet feet miners measure ment tprooabiy 144 miners lncbes feet without stating whether cubic or otherwise cubicfeet per econd known among engineers as second eef eqnl va lent to fifty miners inches square feet 144 Inches each others appropriate water toTIU a ditch of a certain lie To reduce it all to miners inches requires considerable figuring and In many in stances estimates are purely guesswork The number of small appropriators is fully twice as many as those here named The amount of water claimed by them ir eti mated to be halt that of the claimants named In estimatingthe total amount of appro pruttioBsfrom each stream not including the smaller ones or less than 1000 inches each a few ot which are named In the table the following is the result and Is less than the real amount The amounts are given in teamdftct and Risers iwhtt Bxscaic Kings rver inclnding lartoa ere Ki Kaweab river tJolis rirer oHxhooti of a aweali Cross Creek oUs cet of awean lllll Creek oflsboot awean Total for Keweah uauuae creak la rlver Cver creek Vbltneyrk ury creea Scond fatl or ft sert Miners becond I incnea l680l oo 1960 2 JO 8403 lt 13 8 501 200 9 000 11600 4 4J0 30 80U 46AO0 10 000 10OOO The small amount appropriated from Blntrs river is due to the set that most of the canals carrying water from that stream into miare coumy nave ueir point 01 diversion in Fresno county Tha mean rate ot discharge of the Kaweah river for the year is 627 cubie feet per second or 3115 miners Inches the maximum discharge in season of high water 6840 cubic feet per second or 34 miners incnea ne amount ciaunetl by the principal appropriators alone ex ceeds this maximum flow The same may be said of moat of the other streams There is no unauDropnated water in anv stream in Tulare county that can be of Use 1 tor irrigation torine appropriations irom tha principal streams being greater than the flow 01 water Include the water in the small tributaries of the rivers in the mountains Many of the appropriators do not use the fall amount claimed by them And some have accro riated a certain amount of unappropriated water different streams of which there la none Following are toe names 01 some 01 tne Drinm oalanDronrlators toeether With the amounta claimed by them K15G a aivxa Joseph St at ditch 16 feat wide 8 leetaeep 1 ou ropl liltca Company 14400 miaers ewe brovra et al SoO faa 1880 C0ECBKEK OFFSHOOT OF SIKGS KIVEB TXI ryetalich8 feet wide 3 feel deep 1873 A nc et ai lien 1 ree wide feat deep 1873 XAWI KIVEE MpaMBlOB and JSamual Jtnalncs pttr UOTty et a Cltch tt feet IViae leafcacai i wt CbarleaC UequetM at a altcb 0 leal wk 3 tee top 187 Ho li Hamlllon et al dltcb a teat wide i leev ei ncbumna liieha Atlr liltrh flomti IOO mlnera iec 1 i 1fi4 TbomasKbodes et al ditch 12 leet wide 1S75 Oeorge Qrossmo dilc 40 feat wide 4 leet deep 1 1875 8B Haaklna ditch 35 feet wide 3 feet aeep a Krlr dltf wide 3 feeL deep 1877 Pioneer Canal fumpaoy ditch 60 feet ri a ft ilapo 1877 Palje aiortoa etaU 67 0ti coble inc eal8b3 JU1Q IHUGIflt KU 1W IRIWCi IRI I Ji Koag ditch 80 feet aide 3 feet deep 1 1885 Barrel and Borrell ditch 14 feet wlia 3 feet deep 1886 ET JOII V8 EtVia OFFSHOOT FBOX XAWXH a Brown et al ditch 16 feet wide 8 feet deep 1873 John Cutler el at ditch 10 feet wide feet deep 1873 Eamuei owler et al 6500 lncbes 1875 Vboice el aL 10 OiH locate 1M75 Jttbauenetal dltcu 16 feet wide 3 leet eep iw Bacon at at ditch 12 feet wide 2 feet deep 1875 186 aauvra ei mjov Lewis as lasseldilchls feet wide 2 feet deep 1877 SZ Curtis ditch 16 feet wide li ieet deep T877 jTc ene and A Wanning 6000 CBOSS CKEEK OFTSBOOT OF WK Jlt John oil et at ditch 7 feet wide Jf leet deep uii 711 llllama aL dltf 10 fe wldttv feel deep 1873 Lakeside ldtcb Company ditch 20 feet wide 4 nv xrnnnn and WUltam Tl odltch 60 feel wide 6 eetdeep 1876 lakeside fitch Compear ditch leet wide at top 4 leet ep 1S76 VoodeiadltcU 4 leet wide 4 feet deep 1S83 Jacob et aL ditch 30 feet wide 3 feet deeo 18b6 MILL CK SK OFFSHOOT OF XAWX JL VT Calwell et at ditch 8 feet wide 6 feet dean 1874 abanbornetadttch 0 feet wide 2 teel deep 1S75 aHa achetal 6000 inches 1878 iwla atal dltcb 16 feet wide feet deep 1885 orrsiDE CKE lobn re Hart eta ditch leet wide 2 feet deep 1873 John UartetaL ditch 6 feet wide 2 feetdaen in i lh WrlgtetaL 112 cubic fee 187 i Ulce et aL iten is leet ice lee deep 1 1875 A iccoury ec aL 60 feel 1870 XLS BAYOU SAVE AS ABOVE Burnett el aL ditch 46 feet wide 3 feet deep 1885 TC1E XIV XK Thomas IT Allen et at 18 square feet 1372 Stockton Irr gallon wtch ditcn 1M leet wide 10 feet deep 1874 Thomas Janes el aUdltch 10 feet wide feetdeep 184 TL VI arp et ai ditch 30 feet wide feetdeep 1875 Seth iroy a ditch 20 feet wide 2 tret deep i 1876 UF cooper et aL ditch 30 feet wide 3 reel deep TW Harper etal ditch 15 feet wide 3 ULI al 1 1 Cast 171 BenUey etaU A 36 feat wide 3 feet deep 1876 Baclf lopL ditch 10 feet wide 1 A oods and It 8 tpecnnib 2 i feet If 8 hria flour et al 10 aqUAre feet 18 8 Millar et ai 25 feel DEES CEEEK A Bay et aL itch 6 feet wide 6 feet aeep 1875 oss aL ditch 16 feet wide feet 1ka 1875 1875 KM KAker ditch IS feet We2ieet tiTrr it-- nin aitrh lafaecw la fart de lga A lie Km el al 5 fret wide i feet itrrp 1S77 William Kymon at aL ditch 28 wkle 3 feel deep l78 TDA CoU1nsetL2ofae 1M7J 1U Baser ei at res Oabora and 8 Uos ujo 10 feetlt6 wnmtET omk Patrick Brady et aL 10000 ioches Jl 683 nay Cbeek JJ Boag ditch 80 ft wlas 3 feet deep1 8S5 COLUSA OBEEyg 8C11EME Probably the Largest Single Grab la tbe State i a am hr tha fnllowinr notice schema has been set on foot for diverting water Of the oaeramenio river to tne of no less than 500000 Indies details of this a rpesdo i scheme are set forth wirra mnicx Koflceni herebTtv by the onderal iied andf taltnds to aPProprta aj harj ea ow Ti era ep va a rtr hank or ae ol Ue oacrameaW riTtr about twuty als baiew aad sea i the extent Thai herai the after lponet heiic of the north bound line of Towaahlp 23 north ranxe 2 wrt ifount Dlahio baas an atari Jbu an east of tbe red land aW ders1iroed claims the water 9ow ias aaaid rl er aLbyanapaM saMpetatto Stif otSva bus red ibtwaaad 000 locoes a eaaared under a rh vressure tte pnrnoaea let which said ua er fed claims taid water and inte de to di vert are follows ta wUt AJirrbnuina lands lylog the coonUee of Colusa ola aad Solano westerly et and from id river and easterly of aad from a canal or water ditch whlen the undenigned tnteuda to oonstrnct and whleh is nowpar tlauy aarr runnlrg from said river at tha point of tbe poaUMr hereof a far wu on and inproga tbe plains land loaaid Cohna countr as the fall wl practically admU ofj thence eoatheriy down and atone tbe eatterly edge of the ascent to tbe Coast Kane mount aim aad to and through said counties of Ooloaa Veto and Solano to Bataon bey also for cosdactiag water at some convenient point from the one of ihe canal to tbe east side of the liven tor farnlaolnv fbr thep oplend tbeladlntbeoountes of omasa atte and ftterforlrrleatrooomestia use and also lrrlcaung the land in said counties iyla along the rtgnt or starly ila and bailor aiU aacrameuo river For furnls ing pure fresh water fbr an domestic purposes to tbe people of the towns and village and to tbe peopla residing on farms tying on along or oear and also at alt poluts accesnble from said canal or ditch and Macoarse or famishing water power tor mala and all mechanical and mano factoring purpose on along or near and also at all points accessible from sa kl canal or dilch and tu eonrsa 4 For navigation and for floating aawioca tlmbcr wot and lumber of eery atnd and boats barges and water craft ot every description threoch the length of said canaL Tbe places of intended nee are tbe place herein abovt named raarred Tbe means by which aaid ndrsl intends to divert said water la a canal or ditch whtcn shall be ny feet wide at the bottom throng bout Its length and seventeen to elchteen feet deep at tbe point of commencement at aaid river King down two or three feat below low water mar The slope of aaid canal or ditch will be from on to one or three to one BTOKY BL CASAL COMPART 8 Uacasr trealdent Statk or Cautoksia uouvty Uv tea To wits a Oreea being dnly worn aara thai be hi a citizen of the Colled Slates orer the age of 21 Tear aad was at all the herelnaTer referre i to that on the 30lh day orJanuar a iv 1SS4 tie posted a irotlceatthe point deslgxated la the within and foregoinc and thai the within and fare going a full and correct cjpy of said noueess aed Subscribed and sworn to before me this 8th dar of eebr ut a 184 Seal RDCSCAS Notary fub ic In and for Colusa county California PRESNO A STClKMJOCS KXniUlJ Claim Filed for 3tIlllon on lillions of Incheav But if the foregoing is an exemplification of the greed ef the grabbers when Fresno county Is reached a state of affairs Is unearthed which is aimnlv astonndlne Nocommentla necessary a simple statement of the facts being more forcible than columns of rhetoric would be Banning through the records iir this county such claims as2073600 Inches In legs river are met Farther on is a modest 3000 cubic feet in the Fresno river then comes 1728000 Inches in Kings river all taken by one perso another wants 1800000 inches in the same river still another 2000000 Inchest other 1500000 Inches ana anotner wtu De sausneu witn an even million Besides these colossal filings there are any quantity asking for 100 000 inches or more while still others had no time to specify injnebes the amount they desired and so have calmly filed npon all the water in any stream no matter how large which happened to strike their fancy But it Js reserved for Fresno county to furnish the champion prior approprl ator This modest individual or ratter company utterly spurning the example of the Los Angeles grabber who takes an en tire lake or the Kent county resident who has filed on two lakes has pat on re cord a claim to no less than ten itreami and four vxtcu tsnt tne recora appenaea can saieiy be vermltted to speak for itself Vllliam Bazelton 500 Inches of Fish creek I Cr nmer all of Sig Dry creek to a certain tree in Vashwood field William TCole and John Ow Simoson 2000 inches in Big Dry erect ing lverana i resno uanai company A Jackson Hntchings Harvy Alters Trustees Joseph Burns Secretary 13824 square inches of Kin2s river Johns French 1000 inches cf Dinkey creek VI ilson Snyder 800 Inches ol Bear creel John Kennedy 20 inches of Xost creek and 000 of Sand creek Davis 100 inches of Big Dry creek 8 Twitchell 8 JCorbett A 8Feter son Tadlock Jlayhew Tadlock Douglass James Dickenson Vt illiam Thurman Mark Howell Job Wheat 100000 inches of North fork of San Joaquin river YV 8 TwitcheU Corbett A Peterson Tadlock Sr Usyhew Tadlock Jr James Dickenson William Thurman Mark Howell Job Wheat Douglass 100000 of Big creek Twitchell 8 Corbett A Peterson Tadlock 8r WK llayhew EL Tadlock Jr Donglau Junes Dic en son William Thurman Mark LIowelL TaW rw 4trw 4 WU 1 44 Jit ViUlUUk VWV IJLIIb a middle prong of the tort fork of San joaquin river Twitchell Corbett Tad lode Mayhew Tadlock Jr Douglass James Dickenson William II Thurman Mark Howell Job Wheat cnicara uuu incnes on rreftn river TwitcheU Corbett A 8 Pet UBVUr iau luva i aiucn Tadlock Jr Douglass James Dicken son ttiuiam a Tnnrman arc uoweu Job Wheat Chlcard 1000 inches on rTesno river Twitchell Corbett A Feter son Tadlod Mayhew Tadlock Jr Douglass Thurman lara iioweii joo tyneat vmcara 100 000 inches on Fresno river William Ingram GTThornton 0 Wilson vtilliam Morton John Ingram Jonathan Esvey Justin Esvey reorse Fos ter est nance water uitcn co outeet from Kings river a Davis Jaci 1000 inches of Dinkey creek Tallon Barnes James Bath Cartrigbt claim on Dry creek A Alwell6 feet on a branch ot Cole slough Andrew Reed 13 square feet in Cole or Murphys slough II Brown four square feet of Whisky creekv Sweene David Orr Charley More II Welling Thomas Thornton Mitchell James Jnrden River Dale ditch twelve feet wide two feet deep Key es John A Xeyes Jensen 500 square Inches ot eyes creek kings River and Fresno Canal Company 3800 inches of Kings river MMJ ck Phillips fifty inches northeast fork of Sycamore creek 8 Wible 80000 inches of Fresno slough St Johns and Abbotts 5000 Inches In Cole slough Uarlan HThomas Banks Rhodes Smith and Haines John Moore Moore illiam Winner SwifLA Bobinson James Rhodes Will lam Ad nis Mr Kay Moore 13 48 inches of Cole slough John Jacoby 100 inches of Jabobys creek James Karnes 49 inches ot Fanshaw eet 1 Humphreys ditch 6 inches deep and wide on Bransford a gulch JustinErseyJ Henilen Moore William Ingram I Waggener or est Chance Water Ditch Company 50 square feet ot Kings river John Ashurst all ot a certain stream flowing through VaUecltos valley about 00 inches AX CblMs all the water ot Mill creek at a certain point Hiram Mills 200 square Inches on Fresno river Mark Howell 1000 Inches of east branch of band creek and 500 of west branch ot Sand creek 500 southwest branch of the south fork of the Merced river a CartwrighV James Ruth Tllton Barnes 50 square inches on eyes sukb Barrougb 20 inches small branch of Kings river A Le fever Lefever ditch six feet wide at top three feet at bottom and three feet deep from Kings river Thormau 1000 inches from east branch of Sand creek William Thurman 500 inches from west branch ot Sand creek chambers John Pad en 283 square Inches of Big Dry creek Thomas Lowe 40000 inches of Kings river John Sutherland James 8 Williams Louis Haas Daniel Spangler 430O inches ot Kings river Thomas Lowe 40000 inches ot Kings river Thomas Lowe canal 50 feet wide on Kings river A Lefever Lefever 1200 Inches of Kings river Vr JackJn Pi flips Davis 100 inches ot Taylor erect 100 inches or Farru creek and 100 Inches on Sycamore creek Doherty Ernest Brewer Bryant Carter Galpin 30 000 inches of San Joaquin river James Vrqnhart twenty lour Inches In Big Dry creek it Dixon A 3 Van Winkle 8 Patterson a 4 HelyJohn Fountain Dixon 5000 laches ot and creek William Barrett Chapman 12000 Inches ot Kings rirer Berkley 100 Inches of Series creek Tulare and San Joaquin VaMey Reclamation Irrigation and Transportation Com pany iwu leet ot sing river George Cramner lao Inches on Fancha creek EW Chapman 72000 Inches of Kings river A Lefever CLefever 2000 Inches Of Kinaa river Austin Phillip JW Mitchell Joseph 4 incaia a en leetwia irom aang river A Berring 100 Inches of Jscobyt creek Robert Henderson 1000 Inches ot Mi creek St John Abbott Co 30000 Inches of Cole slough George CrsnmerlOO Inches of Fancha creek Water Bight Vanderc Bitch Co 8G40 inches anewhlp 7raae20 4 Robert Worthy 2160 inches fif Uttc tlon 14 township 17 south range 19 east Peoples West bide Irtlgatliij Ditch 50 ww incnea rrom ean oaqum nver Cxanmer 100 Inches in Fancha creek Murray Davis 150 inches In Bus creei John Doak Hall 410 Inches in Stevenson creek 1440 inches in Big creek and 1440 inches in Puritan creek illiam Applegartb Frank Drake Clark son Applegartb Henry Dewey evern Ban 40000 inches in 8aa Joaquin river Henry Dewey William Applecart 40 000 Inches in rose Good creek William eraltb John Jordan and John FarnaH 50000 tnchea at agoona Thomas Lowe 106 inches in a creek near Big Dry creek IHvidlBogard 200 Inches sear Watts dam William Carner A 6 ndert A Cole a 3ratton and vai nati 15000 inches from Kings river Newton Phillips Mitchell andJE 1L Patterson 1 3824 Inches In Kings river Austin PhUlips Fattenon and la A Clark 4000 inches in Kings river fx Lafever A Lefever Charles Williams A Wood and Wood 2000 Inches in Kings river Litten ten Inches in Boss Lawn creek Samuel HSmedley A Long 200 Inches in Fine Gold rulch Kr Frather 25000 inches in Posa China creek Charles Tt BrignelLD a Sample 2000 Inches In Big Dry creek a Sample 140 inches In Keyes creek A MrSwaln 41 1 Inches In Pnn China creel David EUunsbottom 8 Crain Jose Be has Alice Simpson 20000 Inches in San Joaqulnriver Charles Brown 20000 cubic lne In Chowchi a river Drake Oliver Drake John Apple garth Thomas Boyzer Hazzey 40000 Inches in San Joaquin river Samuel McVey NTIubbard 5000 inches in north fork of San Joaquin A tt Jones A McCall LIvermoM 28 000 inches in Kings river Apperson Joseph Benson Robert Henderson John Rosin all of a certain gulch flowing into Sycamore creek John Dewing Charles Campbell Emerson Waterford John Stroble Bernard 8einJGaultL Holt FHolt Samuel Hinckley 3000 Inches ot the south fork ot the north fork at the San Joaquin river Hi CttUer DanUl Lodes 3000 Inches in Bitter ater creek Wcanfield 2000 inches In Bitter Wa ter creek WolUey Shaw 3000 Inches In Fanoche creek Barton John and James 2000 Inches in Froelich creek Geddes 500 Inehea In WhtV xreek Shaw 3000 Inches In Tanoche creek illiam Stephenson iOO Inches In Davis creel Ajrv Georee gharpton 1000 Inches in the north fork of the San Joaquin and 5000 inches In a branch ot the north fork ot the Baa Joaquin Cobb 5000 cubic Inches or the north fork of the San Joaquin Cobb all the water of the west and east fork ol Willow creek together with the entire amount of water flowing down lllow creek and emptying into the north fork of the San Joaquin 8 RV Il and 8 Dixon and John rJUlt 8000 inches in Fresno river AM PoageH Poage1000 inches In Bitter creel John Berne alt the water of Will Hyde spring Murray Davis JKlpp 400 inches in Big Dry creek tt Caruthers Sronce 1728 Inches in Cole sloagn Horton I Appersou Ut ten 5000 Inches of the north fork ot Fine Gold creek McKeniie Frank Rule 1000 inches In the north fork of Fine Cold gulch Horace Clark John Grsmble 50000 Inches in the San Joaquin river David Findley two feet of Mill creek Hntehinaoa Overholt two cable feetof Wattoga creel John Simons Prescott Richard Fuller 8inkler Simons allot a spring ot the north fork of the San Joaquin river A Manning Ferrin Cnn ntagham Tuggle a a Clay Minor a canal to carry SOOOr cublc feet from San Joaquin Jaaies Moore 250 inches In Big Dry creek EB Perrin Perrln 130000 inches San Joaquin river A Clark all of the water of Granite spring Ac John Parker WeHs James Parker Farter 50O inches of the south branch of the north fork of tha Ban Joaquin Thomas Harvey William Robertson A Clark all of water of spring sear Pioneer quicksilver minis SuudartAC McSwain BolUver Root Staadart PratherW illiam Cobles John 1 very John Barbero 25000 tnchea ot the Palvidaro creek South 8ide Canal Company 136000 Inches of Kings river 8tadart Prather A a McSwain 70 feet of the waters of Kings river San Joaquin Table Mountain Ditching and Mininz Company all the water of Big sandy creek Lyman bawyer John Brown Jr all the water of Fine Gold gulch Walker all the water of Coarse Gold gulch David Setlander Louis Carman James Collins and Williams all the waters of the south fork of Fine Gold gulch Lyman Sawyer John Brown Co all the water from the San Joaquin river William Ia Plaskett John bmythe all the water from the Cb wchil i creek William Donaldson Co all the water from the Fresno river Stratham Co all the waters of Sand creek Ira 1 CCray Robert Nelson Em rick a Winehsll the Millerton Ditch and Mining Company 10000 Inches from ban Joaquin river Charles A Bart all the waters of Fresno river above a certain point Henri Charbonnet and Hunter 2000 cubic feet per minute of the Fresno river James Walker all the waters in Coarse Gold gulch A Wade and Pear a certain spring running from Millerton to King a river 8 King fc Brothers that point ot Fresno river thirty yards above the middle of Coarse Gold gulch 200C feet per minute Orrin Simmons all the water of the San Joaquin river Gillman Bailey Brothers a ditch from Fresno river David Dorothy all the Water ot Froe ch creek fifteen milks east ot Millerton 11 Pope a ditch from Fish creek Hiram Dennis a ditch twenty feet wide from Kings rlTcr Harvey Akers and seven others a ditch ten feet wfde from Kings river Jesse Morrow a ditch from Kings river Jesse Morrow and two Others a ditch from Kings river at the foot of the mountains John Carey a ditch from Kings rtver five feet wide by two and half feet deep Hiram Dennis and William right a ditch from tbe slough ot King river Appling a ditch from Chowchilla river five feet wide one and a half feet deep Stockton a ditch from Upper Kings river Sayle a ditch from Froelicha creek George Revereomb the exclusive use of tig Dry creek at a certain point Spyars Hyde Harvey Akcs a ditch three feet wide from Upper Kings river William Lent and three others all the water in Coarse Gold gulch at a certain point Charles A Boltt an the San Joaquin river at second and third riffle above dam half a mile above rrt Miller Held wick and three others a ditch from Kings river ten feet wide and si feet deen bweem a ditch ten feet deep and two feet wide from King rirer a Botsford a canal from Kings river 50 feet wide and 10 feet deep Church a ditch from Kings river 20 feet wide on bottom 30 feet on top and 4 feet deep John Lasgenette a ditch from Fresno river Jack the waters of Wah to ke creel Fresno Irrigation Company claim the priority of waters of Fresno river Lower Kings River Water Ditch Com pany water from King river through Carutber alough or any other route Horace Whltaker claims all the water In New Mill creek San Joaquin and Kings River Canal and Irrigation Company claim the Use ot all Kings river between tbe stage road crossing from Centervtlle to isalla and fifteen miles above Barry Beley and three others claim the dry bed of Sand creek John Heinle and three others a dltcb 20 feet wide and 2 feet deep from Kings river Perry Phillips 2200 inches in King river The San Joaquin and King River Canal and Irrigation Company claims the waters of Klngrs river King river sloughs Mussel sloagn Four creeks Deer and Elk Bayou river and Kern river sloughs Goose lake Buena Vista and Kern lakes also Bnena ista sloughs flowing Into Tulare lake same company at above claim all the waters of Summit lake and all the water Sowing thereinto and the right to take and usethetame Same company all the waters of Tulare lake and a flowing thereinto Same company all waters ef the San Joaquin rirer between Gravelly ford and the canyon five miles above Millerton Fresno Canal and Irrigation Company a canal from Kings river 100 feet wide ot a minimum depth of 6 feet The San Joaquin and Kings River Canal and Irrigation Company a canal from Tulare lake lbO feet wide at the top and 100 at the bottom and 11 feet deep Same claims the waters et Tulare lake by a ditch 150 feet wide and 12 feet deep Same company claims the waters of Tulare lake to the amount of 500000 inches a XX Davis 600 Inches of Dinkies creek Harris and two others all the water of Buena Vista creek Anderson 200 Inches from Big Xrry creek A Gould 6000 Inches of ena Vista Falls and 4000 of Gould Falls tXA Yancey all of Big Dry creek near Glass toll road Friedlander 17800 inches ot Fresno river Jose Aurrecoec a alt of Tranqalllou Meyers John Haley 300 inches ot Fresno river DeFrees 3000 inches south fork Of the first north fork of San Joaquin river George Heward A Stereos all the water of Fresno soda springs Murphy 400 inches of Big Sandy creek a WW011aiM Brown waters ot tha north fork ot the Dinki Wimmer and three others 100 cubic lchaaof the north fork of Durker creek A Jones A Jenea 20 cuMe inches oi as norm ion or turaey ere-Several springs located hr A Wood and others WHUaa Schults 4 feet of Cole slough JaM Faber A Co all of Id May creek Parker and two other 500 inches of Fresno river John Doak and fourteeen others 250 feet of the South Fork of the San Joaquin Collins Brothers 200 feet from a branch of the Middle Fork of Kinga river A Hacker 2 cubie feet from Faaeher creek James Morgan 3000 Incnea of the first Hoi Fork of the San Joaquin Biegleand two others 800 Inches in tee north branch of Minaret creek Ennls and three others 300 Inches of the north branch of the Middle Fork of Kings riTer Humphreys all of a certain spring WP Litten 3000 inches of the south fork of the first north fork of the San Joa quin rtver Fairbanks 3000 Inches of Fresno river JS Lingo all of a certain spring JW Tripp and two others 136000 Inches of Kinga rirer Seaton 3000 Inches of the south fork of the first north fork of the San Joaquin river John Boxle Chapman 500 inches ot the south fork ot Fine Gold gulch Henro Rogers and two others 500 inches of the north fork of Minaret creek William Bender and two others 2000 Inches Ot Minaret creek Kings Creek Mining Company 10 cubic feet under 47 inches pressure from the main branch of Kings creek Mordecai and four others 20000 cubic inches of Fresno river Thomas Minturn 10000 Inches ot Chowchilla ereek Mordecai and tour others a channel SO feet wide 4 feet deep In Fresno river WH Ball 6000 Inches of the east branch of the smith fork of the little north fork of tbe San Joaquin rtver John a Stitt 10000 inches of Fresno river Chapman and 3 Hoxie 400 inches of the south fork ot Fine Gold gulch Garfield Canal Company 500 cubic feet from King river William Applegartb 75000 Inches of Kings river Towers Comely 400 inches ot the south branch of Kaiser creek George Sharpton Jeff Bodgersv 500 inches of Chlquito Joaquin creek a Murphy and Jioberts all of Big bandy creek at certain point Belgle and six other 1000 Inches of Kesercreek Mcculloch and two others 300 inches of Keiser creek and 300 Inches on opposite side of Keiser creek and 200 Inches on Jhn Horse gulch wniiam Gibbons a ditch on Fresno river Alfred Waterford 1000 Inches ot the south ork of Ketoer creek elgle and tour more 1000 Inches on Keiser creek John Stitt 500 inches of Hildreth cieek WTulloch and 2 others all the water of the San Joaquin at Jenny Lind canyon Poly Uellborn Co700 cubic feet from Esery cut off slough running oat of King a river Perry and four others a ditch thirty feet on bottom and four feet deep from the north fork of Kings river Cobb 51840 inches of San Joaquin river Thomas Goss 300 Inches of Chowchill creek Frederick Zoller 1000 inches from Fresno river Cameron and Jama 4 hv 5Wt 560 Inches of Kings river Charles A Halt a ditch from the San Joaquin river Robert Barton and Dixon 30000 inches from the San Joaquin river Cole 2O00 inches from Big Dry creek Cobb 103680 inches from the San Joaquin river The Fowlers Switch Canal Company 1500 cubic feet per second of the flow of Kings riverrwhlch Includes another claim filed in 1881 by Frank busy rerce and John Ashley 200 inches of Fine Gold gulch James A Bigby 8o400 Inches in the San Joaquin river Bat 2000 Inches of Froelich creek Rowland Roberts 2073600 Inches from the San Joaouin James Ledgley 50000 Inches of the San Joaquin Baker 144000 Inches of Kings river Tofiock and two others a ditch ten feet wide by four feetdeep on creek ten tiles south and west of Fresno James Avert and Thomas Wack ford all the water In creek known as Thorn ill water claim WTulloc and two other water from Big creek to fill a flume 8x4 feet Charles Strivens bOO inches from Whisky creek GuUv and Herming Laos 100 cubic feet from San Joaquin river Roberts 1728000 inches of Kinga river namptonadMJ Do ohoe3000 Inches from the south fork of the north fork of San Joaquin river 8 French Co 20 cubic feet from rancher creek and 20 cubic feet from Dinkey creek and 20 cubic feet from Rush creek A Warren and It Sloan 300000 inches from the Arrovo da los Gatoa Jobn McDonald and David Moore a uhcii leet wiae irom tne es uatos creek Daniel Barney and Wi lam Strader a ditch 25 feet wide from the south fork of Los Gates creek a Beatty and two others 300000 inches of Cantaw creek KlpfS and others 20 000 Inches from Stevenson creek and 20000 from Big creek and 1000 Inches of Deep creek and 1000 inches of Rush creek Beck all the water in Fine Gold gulch at a certain point Healey and three others 300000 inches from Los Gates creek Jones 4000 inches from Tascariara creek Richard A Downer 200 inches of Fresno river 8 Stevenson all the water in Watts creek a ditch 2x3 feet A Botnwell all the water is Kings gulch at a certain point A Butler and Thomas Hughes 150 000 Inches in Kings riverT Wllila Kipp 2 cubic feet of Flintlock creek John McDonall David Moore COO 000 Inches from the middle fork of Los Jatos creek Charles aw arren and William Sloan 300000 inches of the Arroyo de las Gates Daniel Harney and William Strader 300000 Inches of the south fork of Los Gate creek Joseph 8 Sre 200 Inches in same creea Russet Flemmlng 100000 Inches from Big creek and 100000 from Stevenson creek and 5000 from Second Clipper Mill creek and 5000 from First Clipper Mill creek A A Webber and four others 3000 cubic feet of King river Byron Jennings and two others all the water of Long Gold gulch Richard Gi nan and Charles Matthlaa Wolf 1000 Inches of Chlquito river Thurman 1000 tnchea of Earner and Big creeks Wimmer and Willi ams all the water of Lewis spring Davis and 8 Dixon 200 000 inches of the San Joaquin river and 03 200 Inches in another part of the San Joaquin river tt illiam Strader and WIiam Sloan 600000 inches from Kings river and 600000 from the tame river in another locality and 600000 Inches in still another place San Pedro all the waters of Iron creek James XX McDonald an the waters of Grizzly creek above a certain point Hardman all the water of Silver lake and creek Raplye and Lewis claim the water of certain springs Cyrenius Pierce 200 Inches of Fine Gold gulch Orrin Sharpe and two others 500 Inches of Fresno river Selma Canal and Irrigation Company 3000 cubie feet of King rtver James Forsyth 1000 Inches in Murphy lough Charles Wolff 1000 Inches ef Deer creek John Ahart and two others all tbe waters of Big creek above a certain point William Strader and Sloane 600000 inches of Kings rirer Charles OXelL 200 inches of Coarse Gold creek LBFraser twenty four Inches of the tributary ot the 8an Joaquin river and twenty four inches in another stream 8 French and two others 1500 inches in First Clipper Mill creek Minturn the waters of Chowchilla river at a certain point In a ditch 10x4 feet William de Frees 6000 Inches In the north fork of tbe San Joaqaln river Webster Sargent 10000 Inches of Ash slough George Ehaepton and a Dixon 5000 cubie Inches ot Bridge creek and the north fork of the San Joaquin by a ditch 30x3 feet Robert Maxwell 100 inches of Chowchilla creek Kreyenhages 10000 Inches on Zapa China creek BW Byron and ilxteenothera 200000 Inches ot Pasadena creek Davis and two others 1000 Inches 01 Whisky ereek A Camichael and six others 200000 inches ot Pasadena creek David Moore and Snow 600000 Inches of King1 river Davis and two others 1000 Inches ot Whisky creek Jonathan Elwood all the water ef Big creek at a certain point Wells 5000 inches from Sopato China in a dltcb 23 feet wide and 18 Inches deep -William Kerr 3000 inches from Lot Garos creek Litton 6000 inches In the tout fork of the first north fork of the San Joaquin river and 6000 tnchea of tha lint north fork of the San Joaquin William Carlisle 5000 laches irom Murphy creek Joseph Gpode 1500 Inches from Whisky creek WIUUmRde Frees 6000 tnchea ta the north fork oi the Ban Joaquin and 400 in Fine Gold gulch a A Austin and others a ditch 20x4 feet from Arroya del lvera Thomas McOuldJy and two ether 75000 inches la Kin 1 river Sharp 50 Inches of neber creek Tulare Lake Land and Ditch Company 500000 Inches ot Kings river Jasper A Scott alt the water In Coaaa GoW gulch at Ii on srlng A Watta100 iac ea of Big creek James Burton 800 1 och ea of wg creek Kerr 10000 in Hob IibIi CnlnMnatmte 402 feet Jesus Lopes allot lion creek a brasch ef Canto a creek Await and ten other 000000 inches of Pasq uiera creek Robert eH aOey 10000 aquare lntbef ot Zapata China creek JicFar all the water ot tfce northwest branch ot Fine Gold gulch Krevgenbegen 10000 Inches ot Za pate China creek JohnSCrton a ditch from Ptia China creek 100 feet wide by 4 feet deep and a ditch 100x3 feet from Folradaro creek Fleming enough of San Joaquin tlver at Cassidy Bar to run a mill Fairs and IX McClure 500000 inches of Fresno slough Gust Kreyenhagen all the water In Alcalde creek at a certain point Jesse Ross 300 Inches of Soganue creek Skidmore Barker 5000 inches of Pasa Chene creek McClure and CorreD 1000 000 Inches of Summit lake A Blossom and eleven others 600000 Inches of the Arroyo Cantutv David Taggart 30 Inches of Big Cry creek 8 Lehman 400 inches of Keys creek Henry A Taggart3 inches of Big Dry Chapman and A McDonald 0 inches of Willows creek Frank Miller and two others 1000 inches of Keyser creek and 300 inches of a tributary of Keyser creek and 500 inches of anotner tributary HC Blossom and twelve others 600 000 inches of Arroyo Cantua i MeLare and 9 Fish 500000 inches of Fresno slough and 1000000 cae oi summit use A Poole 250 Inches of Fresno river Oscar Johnson 1000000 inches of Sum mit ue ana iuuuuuu incnea oi ing river Charles Hit lick 5000 inches from Sopato creek bTANISIATJS POSTMASTER BACKUS mer rf His Foiir Years ei Setrke IMFiWYE CESTS ISTBODCCKD Fpotress of tbe Poste ice 4er Back Adais istratioflu The of cial transfer ot the posioflce from the hands of 3 Backus to those of WJ Bryan will take place to morrow and the new Incumbent wU be fairly launched upon hit responsible duties Tha Ad ministration of Postmaster Backus been able and ts succeasor wilt have the advantage of receiving Into hi has da a thoroughly organised and disciplined ser vice During the past four years aamat HALF A MIX IOX INCHES Some Enormoo Filing Lrpon the Tuolumne Itlver Irrigation has not made the same progress in Stanislaus which has bees the ease in the other counties dealt with here hat nevertheless the water grabbers have not been entirely Inactive There are at pres ent bat three ditches ot any alio In use fa SU i sna The Knight Ferry ditch used mostly tor mining is six miles long and carries 2000 Inches of water The La grange ditch also used principally for mining it seventeen mile long and car ries 4juu incnea i ne aungt river and Mn Joaquin irrigating ditch runs through a portion ot this couutyand carries water enough to irrigate 22000 acres tn Stanislaus requiring at least 2200 inches for that purpose Bat these are mere bagatelles compared with some of the claims that have been filed For instance A tt heaton has put In a claim for 100000 Inches tn the Tuolumne river The Lagrange Hydraulic and Mining Company has filed on 100000 inches in the same stream Woribington Bost dt Gels Worth icton and Gels have also each filed on 100000 inches in the Tuolumne making a clean half million inches appropriated by five individuals or firms One of the peculiarities of the last three filings is i at tne persona name ao pot own a foot of land along the bank of the stream lobbied nor indeed in any other cart of the county Five hundred thousand laches Is suffl cient water to Irrigate 5000000 acres of land at tbe rate eatablished in out em California of one Inch to ten acres There are in Stanislaus but 800000 acres all toia nence these sve claims are for enough water to Irrigate over six times as mucn as tne enure county This amount of water would fill a stream 500 feet wide and eight feet deep or a stream over seven times as wide as the Erie canal and of the same dent aa that Immense interior water wav In tha southern counties at a low rate of calcula tion water i worm isiuw an men ana many water ngnts nave cnangea nana at that and even higher prices On this basis then these 500000 Inches represent a nrobable value of only 6500000000 The sum Is appalling but it is Justified by the tperienjce ot water sellers In the south Truly there is nothing small about these prior appropriators and It is no wonaeru lattn ey are mating so outer a fight to protect their stea ngk Jimmy teal Knocked Down Before the enrollment meeting ol Democratic Precinct Club Ka 5 Cf the Thirty fifth Assembly district was opened last evening at 760 Mission street ex Deputy Sheriff Jimmy Jeal while stand ig on the corner In front of the premises made some disparaging remarks concerning the en rolling committee wnica were resented Dy a bystander Hot words and hard names followed and iNeal made a motion toward his pistol pocket whereupon the other hit him between the eyes and knocked him down Friends separated the combatants and Steal went away 1 i i Fire Alarm Report The annual report of the Fire alarm and Telegraph Department whleh ha just been filed wit the Board of Supervisors shows that during the year ended Jane 30th 216 fires occurred in the city and on fifty other occasions alarms were turned In The report further gives details of the various extensions of lines and other changes made The salaries of the officials and operators with Incidental expenses such as horse hire repairs etc amoust in the aggregate to 918099 1U Tea Tear at Folsom The sentence of the Court Is that you be imprisoned at Folsom Prison for the the term of ten years was the Judgment pronounced Superior Judge Murphy yesterday In the case of William Clemente convicted ot burglary in the second degree The prisoners crime consisted ot his having broken into the residence ot Theodore Bissing at 533 Minna street on March 20th The reason of tha heavv sentence was the fact of the prisoners tree nrior couvicu ous The Marine Decorative Prize The special committee on prizes for the three best decorated ships in the harbor during the Grand Army of the Republic encampment week have made the follow ing awaras irint tntin imp tiauwood second American yacht Brunhllde third British ship Theasalns The following ships also made creditable displays of bunting and flags The Hoghton Towers Pvthomene Thompson and Cosimo doreS Allen TT The Young Womens Christian Temperance Union has changed the place of its Gospel Temperance ice ngs The hall on the comer of Sixth and Market streets will no longer accommodate its audience and it has token Irving Hall 129 Post street To day the meeting will be addressed by Bev McCauley of the Powell street Methodist Episcopal Church Mis Annie levus and Mrs Ltpmai i will ting i ir Arrest for Embesilement Thomas Corcoran a barkeeper in a Beale street saloon was arrested on a war rant yesterday and charged at the south harbor police station wlthembeiilement The charge was made by Evan Evans who elate that several davs aso he rare Cor coran 100 for safe keenina and when he requested the return of the money Cor I coran rexusea to given cacx saying ne never received any money from Evans A Cigar Thief Sentenced James Barden convicted of grand larcenylarceny Was sentenced yesterday by Judge Murphy to pne year imprisonment in the Boose ot Correction On July 6th Barden broke into the freight bed of the Southern Pacific Railroad at Fourth and Townsend streets and stole 3250 cigars which had been stored there preparatory to shipment Denny Coleman Released The case of Dennis Coleman who was arrested and charged with murder for having struck tt illiam Crane a short time before Cranes death from apoplexy was continued In Police Judge it a Court until next Tuesday Coleman wat then released on his own recognizance which virtually ends la case A Pythian Knight Plea When John Barney held to answer a charge of embezzling 100 while acting as rand Keeper of Records and Seals ot the Knights of Tythlawes arraigned before Superior Judge Wilson yesterday he entered a plea of not guilty Ills case was then set for trial on September 14th 4 Bank ami nation The Bank Coms tstonen have examined the affairs of the Cloverdale Banking and Commercial Company and find it solvent with 97553 95 resources and liabilities Tbe Bank of La Porte ha also been examined and it resources and llablU ties are found to be 00111 47 1 A Larcealtta Punishment Superior Judge Tooby yesterday sen tenced yan to imprisonment in the House of Correction for six month and to pay a fine of f250 Bran was convicted of grand larceny for stealing a watch and chain from Daniel Williams on tha 4th of last June i A Token tt Appreciation After business hours on Friday evening the employes of OBrien It Co met for the purpose ot making a prc enta on to McCarthy of a handsome gold watch on tha occasion ot his leart for heast i TBE BOI BC0T8 pHsh with the facilities ton shed by the Gov emmentvand much credit la due the retiring Postmaster for the energy and persistency with which he has demanded for San Francisco such accommods on a are now extended There is no surer criterion ot the growth of a community than its postal statistics and the foowing data showing the status of the postal service at this point In June 1832 aa compared with the year ending June 1886 will be read with in terest The revenues of the office from the tale Of stamps etc for the two fiscal years ended respectively on June aw 188 aud 1886 were as lubjolned evens fbr tear ended Joe 80 J8S S610867 27 Tav4in fop vaar and Jnna SO 1880 510S What would appear to be a tailing off In these figures la in reality a heavy gain The revenue has remained nearly station ary notwithstanding the following edufc films tn tx ataffe i On October 11883 letter hostage was reduced from 3 centa to 2 cents per half ounce or one third On July 1 1885 tecond elass matter or newspaper postage was reduced from 2 cents per pound to 1 cent per pound ot one half On July 11885 the unit of weight on flnt class or letter matter was increased to one ounce from one half ounce aa heretofore Ine rate rema iedubef ore Tla 2 cents per rate This change doubled the amount of letter matter which may be carried for 2 cents and had the effect decreasing the rerenne On July 1884 the rate of postage on second class matter newspapers mailed by other than the publisher was reduced from 1 cent for two ounces to cent for four ounces ISC gas or bcsis ss Here are four distinct redaction of postage which in the aggregate cat down be Income of the Baa Francisco Po to ice by one ball The increase of burlnen has been such however during thepasttour vears that tha revenue haa suffered but slight dim lotion Each redaction was followed by a proportionate Increase of business so that the labor now Dcrformed in the San Francisco Postoffice is nearly double what tt waa in 1832 Thera ha been a be ocor Ala al lowance of fadli es to meet this work by tne uepar en tore ci era are wan tea and the carrier force should be increased by at least fifty men in order to bring the service ur to the stand of erSclenev of Eastern offices in cities of equal popula This increase of work farther emDheslzes the want of a proper posto lce building the present old rookery being entirely inadequate for the growing work ot a flrst ciasipo tomce ln SeptembervlSd the plan ef seperat tnz city letters on the car waa fnanruratext on the trains of the Central Pacific Railroad bringing the daily overland malt This wss a new feature of the postal service and ha been found of great advantage to the mercantile community of San FranciscoFrancisco Trained eitv distributors eouneaeh davssfarasWinnemacca 2ev to meet te incoming mans ana assort ana work up the letters before they reach San Pran eisco The result a vast saving of time as the letters reach the city ready to be placed at once In the bands of tbe carriers for delivery It is expected that this system will be extended and nude to cover mails fro the south before long TATiotl On October 1 1834 Station was estate llshed at the foot ot Market street after long and tedious negotiations and correspondence with the department This branch office at once sprang into Importance aa a postal station and has become the raost popular place of business for down town merchant and business men Its location 1 such a to give it an Immense advantage in the rapid dispatch of mails It being possible to keep mails open there until within four or five minutes of the departure of boats whereas all mi ill must close at tha main office et least half an hour before tbe departure of boats In view of the fact that the overland mall arrives In this city at 11 30 and goes out on tha train or boat which leaves at 3 the business In this city if but three and a naif hours long and every moment ot It precious The establishment ot Station enables business men to save at least half an hour on this mail and has proved itself to be a great convenience in the sale of stamps money orders etc Much of the efficiency of this static Is due to the tact and still of Duboce its Superintendent who ha had charge of 1U operations tinea its estabLshment In connection with the establishment of Station an important aid was brought to the carrier system in the shape of a concession from most of the street railroad companies permitting carrier while on duty to ride free to and from their districts of delivery and the stations This was a privilege from which the entire community reaped a benefit In the shape of speedy delivery and the liberality of the railroad companies is deserving of propr recognition It la proper to add that the fear entertained by most of tbe companies when the subject wss first broached to them by Postmaster Backus that tha extension of this privilege would lead to abuses on the part ol the men has not been realized except tn a few Instances In each of which tbe guilty persona have been severely disciplined eao TH or mi ornci In November 1884 permission wu fereeandthltndweOB of tyste a as bseip among employe AT DISTRICT RACgfs The oa rs Divided aetw vortta and the Field There wat a far better attendance aster day afternoon at the Bay District track aad aa bet the races were of an iit if aracterbot few spectators left tha awsroi tne finish although there a fUng fogy Which was ery an sad which tt times obscured a part of the hackstretch A each ot ilia es showed broken heats there wee wcya at Invested In the poono S22aLZ2 dTWed J5 S5355sWa viffitten4adaWunra was a te eral trnt km that FriocT waa th beet eftke tot there wu arealy any pool later wished to have arlew of raSkw of Peravln Bitters owned by Dan McCarthy who made hi d4bol kaea lSSSL Prince Kvdaatd Fera vJMKttert iced rwid gait to 9rtpoeC when the latter made snrh a been done for the postal service of 84rIwt i1 Ja 1r Francisco as It fceeSpossible to coi Lbe dd1 SJ WI tt farTIIMa fnentant tha Tl 3 1 and ck ing the gap at ewerf allygotthe lead and won bf id in i Utf Prince beta aeeoftl cured from the department to establish eight stamp agencies in San Francisco These have been placed in different quarters of the city With a view to the accommodation of fne largest number of people and have proved a great convenience to persona who desire to purchase stamp and postal supplies In small quantttlea The number of clerk in the San Francisco Poetoffice In Jane 1882 was seventy five the number at present employed is 105 The number of carriers when Postmaster Backus took office wu sixty eight The present force numbers 101 regular men and twenty five sub ltutes The following table comparing the month of Jane 1882 with Jane 1886 will show the respective work of tbe carrier and the phenomenal Increase of their duties in four years time ltt urd latter oe iTaren tall tetter dell i Mat poata 1 card a Yre Loral lauara da vd 4al DO 1 card delivered Hawspaper ttelVd iuniiiunH host earn col A Newspaper col Co Jane 18ol 633 1S44 130 A a 13 09 13 JOJ Iao7T8S 3W LlTHfild 374S4 1M7 Ko corsets ever brought to America give unlTTwd actio a tb Royal CB Baiarsto them at Fraud Corset Uaaaa 743 and 744 Maratt atraat bafor try lag any other Bxro taking stock at Philip Kennedy ator they will efltr tvtry eescriptloa of dry at price that ill wlthool aoobt aocounils tin deal rttl end and that to torn Uwtr Imei tecs lata cast Be tan and visit very asp itent is UM Mate far wberf crvtt xnci woxkisos It Is a question to what effect the operations of the Civil Service law hu had In Increasing the efficacy ot the postal force la this city under the adml lstratlo of Postmaster Backus The Act wu put into operation here in August 1833 about one year after General Backus went into ofnctv It hu tinea controlled all appointments to the postal service Cp to the present time 151 persons hare been offered employment nnder the provisions of the law Kine dec ned to accept places when offered twenty eight resigned after baying entered upon service and six ware removed for cause There are at present in the Postofflce 103 persons who secured their place In this way At they went in on merit they depend on merit for the retention ot their positions This hu been found to be an Important factor in the preservation of discipline and good behavior Politic hat had nothin to da with the selection of these men and there is every reason to believe mat the Democ racy it represented eouaiiy wits the publicans among these employes There is perbapt no office in the country where tha practical application of the Civil Service law hu had a fairer teat than hu been given to It in the San Francisco Post omce ana tne retuiinu been most gratify lug to tha friends of the law ju rona or ia nxunsnATiox The following resume ot the work ac complished ana tne improvement inlro aucea iio tne postal seme oi at city during the pat four year tornl bet a record which 1 not only gratifying to the community but creditable to the retiring Fostmuter First Tha revenues of tha office hare remained sttUonary notwithstanding repeated reductions tn not Crates I Becod lt7dltribuiesubhedon cara Third Tha estah thment of Station aad free ride on street cars extended to carriers on doty Fourth Th ntabU hment of eight stamp agencies nan The number ot carrier Increased from sixty eight to 101 men and twenty vetabatit tes Sixth The number ot clerks Increased from eventy nve to 105 men Seventh Tbe extension ol carriers delivery westward to to take in one th umuch territory wu originally covered Eighth Tha increase ot street letter boxes from 275 to 391 and the organisation ot a tjttematie system of collection by which every box ia collected a cerW number of Hmej both nay and niaht A oro ereTyUonof iLe of speed aad ing atme ne a fine bead I and Jievada third Tha betting now a amed an antated form Priaea and Xevada briurtjut40 each Peruvian Bi ten 5 wiWt7ferB7 In tne aaefln heat Peruvian Bitten wu both steady and fast and leading from start ta ia repealed Ma previous victory by three lengths iron evada ta 3 3K Prince IIm a good third Tha Ueat now began to i allte thai lu rtting agi the Bitter they had eaua a Tartar and there wu such a rash to hedge that onlvfSS couM be bid on all tha field agat at f0 for hit eacea In theensulag heat Nevada prestad thefa voritetocteaaly that they were sppedu they passed the half mila past and about halt a furlong farther on Peruvian Bitter broke into a rattling run aad hr chaekingr hU speed he wu patted by bou Princa and Kevada the former aaauming the lead In tha mean while StcCarty brought hit hone toward toe poie in trying to onng ntm to Ms gait and heaving Donathan oomlag fast withl be turned outwarbat too mtjettmtmgk I i atbM tried to or way too te fenartyw wheel waf ugfitd ehckottaeeton broka hi thaft aad the driver i in such aues aa net tainiing dUereiion tna beat aart of valor ha nea an lande aafelr traek There wu a great Tut to wards the track at the hofae wu teen taUoeiBa ahead down tha au stretch but the police kept the gates closed and after running a good a to ha wasez nu ana a cen ne to toe amiHe his driver etc pin with a good ahak tg Iff tbe mean time the iudgeabad aivea tha heat to Prince with Kevada second and Elraa third aad declared Peruvian Utter distanced To A maioritv of tha mac nea thla Aj cition wu thought to be very unjust 4 a i ou waa cie rij te eet an accident and many experienced turfmen eXDretwad tha onlnlon that tha laAa ahoul have withheld their 1 i noHI the fact of the case bad been placed before 4 em Aivr a consul en ubh a earx tbe evidence offered bv Dnna uu they reverted their former jadgment and am a roonu oi apptaase uaey gave rTMU vian Bitten theouteideporitton Thethree horse now sold at almost even tana aara that Elma waa thrown in with Pr tea the field Gannon assumed tbe reins over the runaway and holdtnr htm wall In hand until tornlno Into tha iniili tent him up to thtftwe leaden aad with a nne aurpiay or wpeeo ne beat sevadh oat after a splendid finish inSPrinc being second and Kevada taking third money ine winner a nne siaetting bay and It will take a good one to beat hTm la any oi ai races There wu also a trot for the 2 0 ekes In which were Como Blaine Longfellow and St David of which tha two first hea i were sandwiched in between the final oaaa ot the previous race Comowas tha vnr itebutinthafirt heat Loagfellow after apreciy uown me noo leavetc Deaf him out in 2UJ3 st David third Como was still first choice but he made no better showing in the second heat Blaine took tbe lead front him and won alter a eyr finish In 2 33 with St David Como being third The backers of Como now began to show their hand and tbe poola ran higS at 9110 for his chances against 15 for Longfellow aad 970 tor tbe field In the next uirea neat uomo snowed hi true form winning easily in each in ice Blaine beln a aeoond tn tha Irrt aI Longfellow occupying the aaiwe poti iu two niun seats in ne nemg 7 2 38 and 2 7 sho win a noted meliora tion in the speed over the two first aailea This brought a Conclusion an excellent day sport NEW ADTSTS nh MONSTEH Clearance Sale Greatest Reduction XK PRICES or FIFE SHOES 3000 pairs Ladies French Kid Button Boots at the enormously low price per pair of 3 coco pairs Ladies Fine Tampico Pebble Goat Button Boots pet 300 pairs Ladles French Kid Bat ton English Walking Shoes stitched edges common senj last reduced per pair to 4 90 PH HERBERS We hare about coo stirs of PINETS and PH HERBERS French Shoes 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