, 1870-10-08
TOTAL DAMAGES nj 1HH FLu0n.
The full lossee il. kind and lie br this t1ood
in the Potomac and lanes Valleys will proba-

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n.rn.e to canal. aud boat peope:rt..,. 4s,,:uo
1Ioss to the communities and railways hg
4se!tuttsa IT.; ~ c:ai Aims sGo
fectei to O l2Ect part OF the abCyc aalnuntl
| The tots 5dan,age BY the bood OF 1870 !:
probably IS ,6t0, ,eH6, two-thirds OF which will
TALL upon the poor aud 1abo;ing classes.
| TIE CAPITAL CIT As wArER1So PLACE.
Some word, u ;hs topography OF Wash
inctcu City. aud what remain. u the '.tSeiva
uies square" formerly constituting tho Die
t1ict Of Colombia. may b: properly san upon
this episode. a. New York and fli'ldelpma
lie between two siytr., 80 DOES the ea2l:al
city. thu Districs Aas q water-lne upon tue
Potomac OF sbons ten milea tho iotouase
falls rsrt it from northwest to southe lst, sna
the actual city front il ncaels four niles lou:,
bounded veetwaEd1y By Rock Greek aud esst-
eard's By the Antieossi, o, Eastfsn !, nIsnen. ,,.
h,raIy mile. and on the EASTERN Branch
nesrIy three miles. Through the lungs Of tue
ci;y flows sluggish and treacheroas torr,n1
called, vsriously, the 'tTiber Creek" AMI the
nea1 tie Capitol Hill, in tie centre of the
place, ar3 ilam the base OF the same hill
seujs of two outlets, one by lis uatusal bed,
into the main po:onac, the Other bs An arti-
iciA ditch into the Eastern Branch.
fn,s In II te' tie s';E fser 0f i the vre:sd aai
dis rict, rejoicing in the name Of s<ampoodle,
and between the outlets is au agueish and,
III ra,ts. dcnsciy built section, covering uore
| than mile square, called = The Island
!, channel fos about mile up ths East branch.
and eight or pine feet OF wharfage along the
. | potouac front The real channel at the main
. Potomac (xhich irA 1ale vide opposite tho
/ city} hugs the virgiaia shore. and thus hap
| pens what is atfhaps unc1am3led in the his
tory Of large cities, fha, the tzue puEs Of
, Wa.hipgton il two mile. u, stream 1t George
E town, where there are from seventeen to
). thir.y-four feet Of wharfage etiu no craft
/ pulling over eeven feet has any privilege. At
. The t.re and ahtido,e Of tie city Il the
}t1oatied Tser. No deaht it promised greas
things At frst, IL sewerage and docks in the
= he.t1 Of the town, ard it was originally
: yeEitah!e port, GaTng Acesss e
; tnre nsar!y At The base oi Capitol Hill !; bu'
!. like its namesake which breeds sGne 1nc
:. Groxus out part of Rome. tns Tiber ha'
= bseeuoe N unmanaEea5le nuisaoce to tht
arisen destinies OF Washington; il has tont
:, was not expected Of IT, Lying go low a. TO b
- ,i.tl, !. receives The freshe:s OF the lo:oma'
= and discharges thezu into the cellars OF Penn
:. | sv]yxEi. avenue, which runs nearly pAFAAe
e with It: yet when there ara no fseshets Il y
~ half dry ee~er, not u,v:gsbi.t ard au1=I!int
L Ike sluico Of tal:e wste. and dead cats. l
= - rot even reliable fo. suici3e. az seveta
/, Polish Cunts have asces:ained =; despeEas
= expefiUent, Asa Tar eflaQ hock OF LII ~
- Of S,ehs it il ! fraud. Ten tsidges and ses
~ eral cuixelts czo4s ihi- Unstable s1sorF dsaln
s it bxs it, delta, and by the MD OF the Lon
- Bridge it hss made ! pestilentiAl "dat
~ estuary in the Potomac fuiiy ro1
- square aud from hali foot to isa fse
- shallow depth. Tha Long nsi1ge is the ali'
- OF the Jiber to annoy Washington. Pas
IL cau.cEay, part rotten piles. il i, nut telass
g, ~ : visduct, but it IL we'll e.f:ut,sea TO daE
a up all The escapirg sewerage OF the iioer 40
b. ipcresse the area Of rnslasia- less f:ort
NJ heusitle bridge on the Eastern Dsancu-
Il mile and half from its mouth, has heiped !
eh CONT lesely stop navigation above II, Tnet
to onre ocean ctAft Penetrated - BlA1en ~ souEs
Il four Es;1es beyond. The problem Of. y al
n. irsiep-Iow too large citE to 10 considefs
!, ax merely u.l-t2ke-ls Whist 10 q
~ With the Tiber. Like Ill the streAU
- ip lie tljal region Of the Chesapeake, It
~ sob{.ct to extraordinary trcsustioEs. now 4
a.. mrst tEv ditch, nos IN foundation. II it
nr archel, What a1p the chances that del1s
IKE tie present, flowing in At both eads, os
- not turst ft7 VIII ihe removal Of the Ii:
IN Bridge and 1ock-gate systsm he4P It to
own de!ire1Ance3 Or will tha EaaIaua, whli
has for tittv years rendered ths Lower Pot
ri; mac ne ally unnh2tit4hlc dnally ascend 10 Il
- }foz,s Copitoli7tts and give u an anuu
~, taste OF the 81 Eoman fevers" It ascertain til
n aftp1 tbe great growth ot city II
a.d Washington. there 3Ee got l.TSe necea,iu
,av 4 before It. It muat contend with in hydl
md | c!ally. Almost AZ uondetct5pt in itR IstI
zen i. Rome, tie ss,!nscs! head Of political ..