* The Assessor reports, 1858: 43 ditches, with an aggregate length of 1,150 miles; value, $617,970. The number contained in the above table is 42. The aggregate amount expended in their construction is estimated at $1,600,000.-[ED. 41 2,000 C. P. Steadman... * The returns of the Assessor, 1858, give the number, 86; aggregate length, 696 miles; value $953,700. The cost of construction is estimated at $1,700,000.-[ED. + Including Del Norte, 26 100,000 ... 20 2,000 PLACER. * ... ... ... 2,500 Kellog & Harrison. 4,000 O. M. Tomlinson.. 20,000 ... 8,000 T. R. Walker, Pr't. 1,500 Arthur Moore, Ag't 8,000 James Whartenby. 800 E. C. Mattison & Co 20,000 Thrusher & Co... 10,000 Jas. Gardner, Ag't 1,000 Hunter&M'Cutchen 1,000 Bell & Co...... 1,000 B. F. Cooley (b) Amer. R. W. & M. Co. American River.. 22 † 100,000 Corporation.... Auburn & Bear River * Number of ditches returned by the Assessor, 1858, 35; aggregate length, 550 miles; assessed value, $283,160; cost of construction, $1,550,000.-[ED. + Cost of construction of that portion in Placer County. SACRAMENTO† 465 7,000 Tucker & Co 7,000 66 66 15,000 McGinnis & Co.... (a) Am. R'r W. & M. Co. American, N. F.. 25 (c) 300,000 Blair's.. *The returns of the capacity, 16,775 inches. Cosumnes ... 11 90 3,000 Mr. Blair 180,000 Dayton & O'Brien. Assessor, 1858, show 92 ditches, with an aggregate length of 201 miles; Assessed value, $210,000; estimated cost of construction, $600,000.-[Ed. + The number returned by the Assessor, 1858, is 11, with an aggregate length of 135 miles. We have returns of 8 ditches, with an aggregate length of 163 miles, exclusive of 177 miles of branches; 18 miles of the A. R. W. & M. Co. are in Placer, and are therefore included in that county; estimated cost of construction for the county, $800,000.-[Ed. * Number reported by the Assessor, 1858, 24; length, 104 miles, with a capacity of 9,000 inches; cost of construction, estimated, $300,000.-[ED. + Number included in the returns of the Assessor, 1858, 70; length, 183 miles; total value, $420,650. Most of these ditches are small, of one or two miles in length each; the principal companies only are included in the table; the amount set opposite to each is the capital stock.-[ED. The Assessor reports, 1858, 16, exclusive of several small ditches; assessed value, $100,000.-[ED. |