, 1879-06-13
SZEGEDIN.
An Army OF Hvorkmen Employed In Re-
pairing tho Damages Madu by tho Swollen
Thalas

pairing tho Damages hIadu by tle Swollen
Theiss.
cofTf.pondence Rt'o 1"rk Ter'd.
VIENNA, May M.-It is more thur, two months
since tho terrible flood destroyed BzcgcdLu,
nnd yet II you stood un tho nights Of tho rail-
wny dixie you would SEQ around you d
sea Of muddy, wcct1y water closed tn
by, tho aardhtlls near Dorozma, distant
many miles. To rid the country Of such
enormous masses Of watcr seemed wcll-ntet,
impossible. For this purpose rinE-diko In
closing the town must bo built before pumping
could bo begun. The Hungarian Parliament
the first days Of April building society WAS In
trusted with It's execution. Ten days were re-.
Quired to collect tho materials necessary for
tho undertaking. Three hundred pontoons
were brought from Stobenburgen, lransylvanln,
150, 00o Square feet Of p0lcs, ranls etc. Goo, ,O0
cords 81 wood. md $50 anehors from Pestt, a1ltl
sixty ships Atd fifty b0ats iron Upper Hungary.
The number Of these has been doubled since.
The Danube Navigation CompanY seut four
Of Its towing steamers. Everything was
taken to .sn,Gs sxGGsd by wateE q course
made Ia the dlkcs 10 permit tic passage u u
steamers, ships, pontoons, and boats. The 9,6OO
work.nen employed arc nearly nll noor tnhab.
ltants Of szcgedin,, cloaen by the Government
rlcver at this Kind Of work. Smiths ani car ar
pentcrs are raher rnrc in szeccdtu, and, as 1000
we're required. thty wero taken from Upper
Hungary. 1t was difficult to lodge such u
number OF men, ind adips Wero furnished for
the purpose, barracks built, and number OF
rnilWay-cars turned into bedroomE. Thu wages
OF u 'aborer Were fixed at IRON QUO florn tWertY
]trcutzers to one torin eighty kroutzers per day,
those Of carpenter or snltl ut from two for-
los hftY krelttzers to three lorins fifty kreut-
xcrs. The mon worked In relays, twclva hours
by day aud gight by night. At niEht operations
went IN by torclI!Eh. aud by olectric light.
On April 10 work began. Pile4lrtyng was
!ug engines were IN ope!ation day and night
Piles were driven into tho earth yard apa~t.
10 thCse were added thu cross-bcans and
anchors to enable thcm tllc better to resist the
81 plies was 1000 yards loug. Tho most
dangerous point, however, wheru . gap OF
5G7 metres wns n,ade by tho grcut lootl, and
whicl! subsequont storms widenel 10 877 metres,
was ,lsads safe by>drlytng the plies closuly 1tuo
BY sldG. Tho ctnpty spare brtWecn the wall
alKl tho ra!lWay~dko was filled up with fasciues
ulMl llmcstohu from nclghboring hill. Al
though tho Teather was ID u1s'ayorable aa pos.
siolet steady progress 'saa i,lnde nnd Aattsfar-
tory results werc obtained. On tlln .9tt,. how
over, another terrible storm destroyed almost
oil tllu work accomplished, grcat many
Of the slips, almost all tho nilc-driy-
RS, aud swept away great quantity OF
was est,.nutu1 At from B0,O00 to 7o,00O tlorins.
1t took ton days to repair tho damage done, and,
although another storm on lhu Ilth intorruntc,l
tho steaty progress OF tic work, still the whVJo
wall u ples, 1000 yards long, was tintshul liz
turty days Al st,e salue tinie l,u old titkvs and
ctnGankinonta wcro rrpatruti, ra!scI, u,ui OK.
tollc to fol}ow tic course Of Tie round wall Of
piles. Wood MAS very seatco, and the rptters
from the roofs Of houses destroyed By tho Hood
,serr used for tic purpose.
Now that the city haa hcen isolated from tho
outsdc flood IL ia possible to bcgtu pumping.
Que hundred aliti twunly steann pl,1npa nru e.
bo employed twenty hours cauh DAY, N,,tl il In
calcu!pted that the quantity Of water nl,nped
uut daily will amount TO 50OO0 cubic ysrtis.
Aud ret doubts arise ~ to whelhcr tl1s viii
suffice to master tho u, ,0O3OOO cubic yards of
wstsr which szcgeata ls said to contain. Con.
tiuual ratpta|s Of course Increase The tifflcujty
oi tic task,
IL wus tIfst Of nli decided ti,at tho repatrs 10
tho Austrian States halfway nutl The Aifoid
RAILWAY shoulu Decuutc purt Of thu 0oyarn-
,nuut,n plar. The Austr;an States halfway
must rebuild It's line, which 1us been ifoojaA
over distance OF tvu a,ul 4 half kilonutren.
Two Kilometres aro to hu rarrleI oYer q trcstio
bridge, nnl cjght and u half kloinctrus aver
n ecntfo}tIt,ty f.tlcu with stonra. 1'his
viii hn IL yery icaf1y svstnm hut t1,n
austrian Status RIlwny al nr4srnt
suffers a lois Of l5.UN forinn ~ ,lnw
hv ths s,,sncnsinu at trai}lt. mia Sifolf psti