The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1881-04-26
STANDING STILL.

STANDING STILL.
The Missouri After Doing Hts Worst
Is Resting-The Prospects For
A Change for the Better.
Council Bluffs, April 25.-After q
continuous rise since Wednesday the
Missouri river became stationary here
yesterday. The water on the over
flowed districts, however, has been
rising slowly all day and now covers
more territory than ever, the river
being fully seven miles wide. The
worst, however, is thought to be past
and by tomorrow it is expected that
the water will begin slowly to recede.
Yesterday the river proper fell an inch,
which is encouraging. Several hum
dred water bound passengers departed
yesterday on the outgoing trains, start
ing from point several miles beyond
the city limits.
The Latest From Omaha.
Omaha, April 25.-Early this morn
ing high wind set in from the north
and stirred the vast body of water
north of the long embankment leading
up to the Union Pacific bridge; on the
east side the waves dashed against the
bank, washing out dirt up to the ties.
This was discovered just in time, and
large force.of men were put to work
piling sand bags aA]ng the north side
for long distance, thus breaking the
force Of the waves and saving the en-
bankment. In two hours time the
water would have taken out section
of several feet of the approach to the
bridge, which would have cut the con-
nection to the pontoon bridge.
The river rose about one inch since
yesterday. 1t is now % feet 10 inches.
Reported falling above.
The transfer of baggage, mails and
passengers still continues by boats at
Council Bluffs. No material change in
affairs since yesterday.
A dispatch from Omaha Of the oath
says: "a situation both at Omaha and
Council Bluffs, and at all points in this
vicinity is becoming hourly more alarm
ing. The river rose inches more
last night, marking % feet eight inches
above low water mark, or about twenty
inches above previous high water mark.
All buildings on the Omaha levee have
been abandoned, and the people are
anxiously awaiting the result. There
are few dwelling houses, small frame
structures, not more than 70, that are
imperiled, but everything is centered
on the Union Pacific shops, smelling
works, packing houses and lumber
yards.
There is four or five feet of water In
the smelling works, which are located
near the channel of the river. As yet
the buildings and brick smokestacks
are standing, but considerable loss is
sustained by damage to material, prin-
cipally to large quantities of blue vitriol
and acids.
A frame slaughter house floated down
the river and struck boom, this
morning, near the Union Pacific shops,
and broke it, letting loose large lot Of
telegraph poles.
Three large ice houses have fallen
down.
At Boyd's packing house there are
20 inches of water. 1,300,0 900 pounds
of meats have been piled up out of
danger. The lumber yards are utterly
demoralized-everything being afloat
but held by booms. Nearly every Office,
shed and other buildings in the yards
are either floating or toppled out of po-
sition.
The Union Pacific trains arrived and
departed on time to-day, taking out the
delayed passengers To-day's passen-
gers from the east arrived here tonight.
The transfer by skiffs is being kept up
between the transfer depot and the
esstern trains, which cannot come
= within two miles of the eastern trans
fer. The Chicago, Burlington and
Quincy, Chicago, Rock Island and Pa
cifc and Wabash, ST. Louis and Pacific
trains all run to dry spot near the
deaf and dumb asylum, on the south
east outskirts of the city, to which
point the skiffs run. The Chicago and
Northwestern cannot get within three
miles OF the city, and have to transfer
with wagons and then with boats. The
Kansas City. st. Joe and Council Bluffs
trains have been entirely abandoned.
the track being under water for 90
miles.
The people along this portion of the
Missouri river contemplate the incon-
venience Of possibly having the overflow
for two or three weeks longer, there
being feras that the food will only
fiuctuate without absolutely subsiding
during that time. The river has been
at stand still for the last few hours.
The Union Pacific trains run regularly,
and temporary bridge of fat cars, sup
planted beyond the transfer depot by
large and safe ferry boats, continue to
keep the overland travel open. Most
OF the through passengers. for the last
lew days coming from the west have
been sent down via Cheyenne, Denver
and Kansas City; but as they are SUBJ
Ject to three mile ferrage at the latter