Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1873-02-19
The River.


The rise in the Holston did not come mn
with the anticipations of the most eXpe-
rienced river men, and yesterday morning
about O'Clock it began slowly to fall. and
by O'Clock Friday evening. il had fallen
feet plumb water. The wharf still prp-
sented a busy scene all day, while work
men were STRENGTHENING out the boats
RATS, and the lumber which had been
mixed up and scattered around protnis.
cously in the back water of Second Greek
The machinery of Atkins mill was near
ly uncovered last evening, and Il is expect
Ell the river viii be within its banks this
morning. This will be good news to many
who had property in imminent danger. es-
pecially so TO our Chattanooga friends.
Yesterday evening the river was about
on stand, the rise being almost mper-
cepttble. The rain on yesterday probably
Will send it up again, but il is thought bv
old river men that it will scarcely get any
higher than it was on Thursday. Chatta-
nooga can take things easy for the
present.
In the afternoon two boats-belongiur
to John Brooks, of Morrstown, with a
thousand bushels of oats on each-pas sed
the wharf, being unable to effect land
ing, Mr.. Brooks announcing that he would
stop at LoudOn.
The Freight Blockade-High Water Sub.
siding.
We learn from Col. .McGhee, who has
just returned from Resaca, that the Cos
tannallee river at that point had fallen five
feet on Friday, and it was expected to sub
side still further by Saturday morning, so
that the bridge at that point-which has
been weighted down for several DAYS with
three trains standing on twas thought
to be secure.
The Western and Atlantic road had four
engines and the East Tennessee, Virginia
and Georgia road had two at Dalton or
yesterday, and Il the rains did not cause
another rise, it was expected that the
freight blockade ut that point would be
raised and eighty or ninety cars taken to
their destination southwark.
There are about three hundred cars at
Dalton and six hundred at Chattanooga
which has tied up the rolling stock so that
orders have been issued along the line of
the East Tennessee, Virgin and Georgia
railroad, to receive no freights for the
west until the blockade is raised, which if
no further rise takes place, will be within
the next few days, or as soon thereafter as
possible.
All the engines that could be SHARED
We're sent to Chattanooga to move the
blockaded freight cars in case the water
rose so rs to endanger them.
Trains stopped on Account of High
water.
yesterday evening orders were issued
from the office of the East Tennessee, Viz
ginia and Georgia Railroad, in this CITY
stopping the night train due here at 7;27
this morning, from running. The night
train from Bristol to Chattanooga was
stopped on its arrival here, and no train
will arrive or depart until the hours for
the regular day trains.
This precaution is used on account of the
rains and the difficulty in ex-
aiming bridges at night. In daylight
everything can be under surveillance and
the possibility of danger averted.
The river commenced to rise again on
Sunday morning, about one O'Clock and
so to do until about noon yester-
day, when it came to a stand still. At $3.50
yesterday evening, the river was still at a
stand still with about fifteen feet tide wa
ter. River men think that by this morn
ing the river will commence to fall, and
that there is not much fear of another rise
ike the past taking place this year.
There were no arrivals of boats at the
wharf yesterday, probably owing to the
act that boatmen can Outride the tide and
ire therefore waiting for the river to fall .
little before starting out. A great deal Of
oroduceis, however, expected to arrive by
lie present tide.