Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1877-08-06
THE RIN Err.

The steamer Tidal Wave left for st. Louis
yesterday morning.
The steamer Chambers left Saturday night
for Sioux City. She viii arrive here from
that place on Thursday.
The steamer Arkansas has not been heard
from. The telegraph lines are not working
above Yankton Agency.
The steamer Black Hills, of the Yank-
ton and Pierre packet line, will leave Iank-
ton for Pierre tonight, with one hundred
tons of freight and a cabin full Of passen-
gers.
The river channel has taken IA new turn,
and is now cutting directly across from the
Nebraska Shore, striking the Dakota side
at the eastern end of the upper warehouse.
For several years a bar has existed along
the whole warehouse and depot front in
low water, with a pocket Of deep water be-
tween The bar and the Dakota shore into
which boats could ran BY going some dis
lance below and r unding The point of the
bar. The prospect nov is that a boat chan.
mel WI be formed direc'y through this bar
which will probably ia time carry away the
whole bar and max ii permanent channel
along the Yankton levce, from the upp.r
warehouse down. For the past two day
the water has Eeen running through this
cut at a lively rate.
Council Bluffs Nonpareil, Aug. Sd: The
.l..a-. - L. IT,. ~ rI "a
Missouri river, which was caused by the
t 'cut off" that was made north of this city
l when the June rise subsidized, bids fair to dc
a great amount of damage on the Nebraska
t shore. At the present time it is wearing
e away the banks at a rate which is alarming
to the residents of our sister city, as the re
e rults bid fair to ultimately destroy the smell
ting works and Union Pacific machine shop
which are located there. Where the chr
rent strikes the shore, as we learn from tn,
, Herald the bank has been cut into unit
;. ii forms the segment Of a circle which is b.
= ing increased in size by wearing away TIL
soil up stream. In other words, the cutting
y into the bank commenced east of its presen
" point and went west. Beginning down siren
- it has worked up stream, and "a moment
= investigation shows that it is still workin
W up stream, eating its way into the bank
~ chunk by chunk, with visible progress ever
hour.
/, The danger lies in the fact that at a poin
:, considerably above is a stream emptying il
lis TO the Missouri from that side. 1.-THE Mis-
e. ouri continues to eat into the bank, an
n work its way up stream, and striking cor
9 ~tinually higher up, it is feared that it wi
reach the stream in question, and then tes
u its way through the loose sandy soil back
g the machine shops and the smelling work
re-, The extent to which the bank has been cate
M into already is fearful. The old sand be-
that up to the time the cutoff came throug
~, lay in front of Omaha, is entirely covere
90 with water. The outermost edges of tt
bank were marked by a growth of cottol
We wood trees width nave s. rived for a landmar
:, at this point for years. Three of these co
~ tonwood trees have been swept away, an
.ol heir dripping branches, bending before IL
u swift current, can be seen way ont in Il
ey stream. There are three trees left standin
close to the bank, like three brothers, bour
to each other by ropes as if determined
live or perish together.
ly lit s not thought Il e calamity referred
re, that of washing away the machine shops al
a smelling works, wlllhappen IN a day or tw
"a but it is thought by the officials of Il
Union Pacific company that unless som
&c thing can be done to prevent it, such a CO
he amity is aim ost assured in the course of
few months, Judging by the rapid way
r. which the bank has been swallowed up
the course of the past few weeks, and a vi
to the spot will convince any one that t
apprehension is by no means g~roundless.
Every effort is being made to avert Il
4. disaster and Il large force of men are ell
az ployed at the present time in making a b,
err wark of trees and stones forming a XII
Dir. of rip rap that will throw the current, it
iss thought, TO this side of the river.