, 1876-07-22
4 Pleasure Trip.

uiS. 10 company WIN IlOn- o. ~ W ihgaid
.,5 LADY. Hon. r. Guichard and lady, Mrs.
vm Neal and daughter, and number Of
t.r friends. started TO make the trip to the
nth Of the Columbia. With the exceP-
49,, of Jndse Wingard, who was on bis way
O., 0lvmpia. to attend the Supreme Court
Aba Marty was exclusively one of pleasure aud
-..,satign. For week or two prev Gus the
line # travel had been interrupted by high
,,,.sr. and As the party passed on down they
t.d An excellent opportunity Of observing
ne damage occGsioned by the fTeshet. In
ri. regard the Valley Railroad was The frst
=. come under observation. For about two
miles out from the landing the road had been
spbuerL,ed, and greatly damaged. The al
Hi enbankments. wherever reached by the
,s,sr were reduced to the cuudiyiuu Of
,,pi.k .k.and, and dangerous to pass over. On
aching this part of the road the train was
.,opfed and the passengers required 10 foot it
the balance of the way. Much Of the dis
a
single mis'ep would have precipi'ated the
~ r-on mo the river. Fortunately all cross
a over without serious accident, and reached
,b. 0. 5. y. Co.'S steamer Ne,o Tet.a.o in
safety.
The landing presented much the appear
spce Of a drowned rat, and was even less in
y,,iug than usual. The railroad track in
many pluces had been torn mp by the wild
waste of waters, and sustained damages to
the extent If six or eight Thousand collars.
The side track Ibid along the river for the
rnrp6se II reaching the wharf boat was al
most totally destroyed, and will have to be
rebuilt. With Characteristic energy, DIR.
R.kpr has gone to work, and will soon have
III. road IN as good CONDITION a. ever.
Leaving the landing about ) o'clock, Mon
day morning, the next point made was Una
t!la. which town Suffered greatly from the
fr,-het. Here the large house known AS the
.Oflraas HOTEL" was dIaied off en'irtly.
rnd many other buildings greatly damaged
D. Theodore. E-g., whose place of business is
back ,Wo squares from the river front, had
water ia his s'ore' ana my IONS q Ice N
Iear oui"''HS was "'S''oy'u' Ho uo"o'
whether S1O,0O0 will cover the damages
the town sustained Continuing On 'o"h'
the next point reached was oeili'' "Hefe
a'n'" the eli. c'~ 'i The "'5h water were man
A-'l' A"' ~ Do ~
largest structure o' 'He A'Hu On 'Ns 0o-S,,
"'7 greatly 'A''s' u' "H-- d. i''S 0'' "'.l
the binding washed away ne o'"' P'"! :
railroad TOO had suffered O"' WI" 'n7 an,
u a large gang oi msn al "o'S H'1 ''en
made P'sshh.e-
At The D-l!'S The 1'7''"e'''" q P''f5',
MAS really .e''i'''' AL ne ''.''',,S7 o'' ''g
north side OF a1'n street had s"l's'''' ana
several OF 'ne So n o"''H''AS "e'e - 1'o.
"T'rkS. I"7 o"h'i.i' IL ''S7' one q '"0
hne't hotels IN 'h' N'''h''" county "".'
A'on' e'sht feet u water Ill 'h' h'S' S'.y'
""A was "@''''%.' ~ '''' ''''.'''' 'o00
" ais Oh ''oh' CUMMINGS VI -. STU 50 S''. W
A''" street "'i D q" D" .'''' De-. . t''.,'
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eel" H. 1.''.'T -.''''S '''' '''- .'''',
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t.''. '"'"s'' l 10 -'''''''..''' '''' ~
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'' 'n '"' ''.''a II'o'' '''' '-'' ''.
H',m'" S'"o' 0"''"'.s' ''''''' -" d,
Al" 'he company o"''.'''-
had been submerged ana '"e O'""''i""S o'-
n'mentel grounds were i'iI 'o''i'u "i'"
slime and hI'h' AZ mo'e'"'e e '"@.''