Weekly Chillicothe crisis., 1884-07-03
A DES0LATE PICTURE.


Crap ic Report of the Situation In the vallt
by One Who Has Been Thcrc-What the
Floods Have Done In Il MOnlh-Thc
River Rlsing-Another Break.
Walter G. lladlcy, who has Just r,
turned from the flooded districts in tn
Rio Grandc Valley, paints 4 dcsolat
picture OF the present situation in tn
valley south of Albuquerque. "Fo
more than month, ,"says Mr.. Hadlcy
"thc high waters have swept throug
the valley, and every hour the cours
of the river has been changed. AS We
there is no abatement and at Alamiil
and other points the river was as hig
yesterday as il has been at any othe
time. The results are growing dali
more appalling, too, as can be readil
understood when it is considered tina
the long overflow has turned almos
all the earth into quicksand. Wagol
roads are entirely abandoned, and b,
the most heroic efforts only has tn
railroad company been able to supper
4 track on the main line.
At Alamillo the west bank of tn
river has been steadily melted away
and the track has been as stcadil,
shifted, being always kept at saf,
distance from the trcacherouS wash
An entirely new road bed has beer
made some distance west at this point
Between Alamillo and SOcOrrO tn,
river appears to be on both sides of tn,
track, which is out of sight in scvcra
places, and cribbing has been reSOrtcC
to support it, Watchmcn are KEEP
night and day 10 notify hcadquartcr.
concerning new breaks occurring fire.
qucntly. Within the past few DAYS ;
large break occurred about one mil,
below Sucorro which was repaired
after twcnty-lour hours of hard work,
"What i, known Us the 'Shoc-lly is 4
point about four miles below SOcorro
where the river course changed NOR,
than II hundred yards and completely
undermined the track. Within half 4
day there was fifteen feet of water
where the rOadbcd ought to be. The
track was shifted to solid ground; one
hundred loads of rock thrown in IL
protect, and us the last load was thrown
in, the car that carried it, track and all
wcntt TO the internal regions below and
left the sea rs il it had not been The
track was again shifted TO the west; il
held up for four days and went under
again Sunday afternoon.
AT Riucon the course Of the river
and the entire country is 50 much
changed as to be really uurccogniza.
Bile. Where the round house stood i,
now the main current of the stream.
which turns on itself and flows north Il
considerable distance. The building
was saved by being torn down. From
Rncon to DOna Ana thclc is nothing
To suggest 4 railroad. No attempt has
been made 10 rcbuild.
The towns of Tome. Valencia and
Prrato in Valencia county. are swept
away. and two hundred families are
destitute upuu the mesa, San Marcial
iSall Hooded, boats being used to pass
from housctO house. Thrwatcrs form
an ocean, and the iron bridge at that
point was saved only by throwing into
the river several loads of cut stone
worth 500 Il cord.
"Socorro has four or five feet of
water on Mauzanarcs avenue, begin
ming at the depot, and extending to the
tbilJiuiR office. The old town of AL
is Hooded; no water in the
new town. More than twO-thirds of
the crops in the valley are supposed to
be loss. Wheat nearly ripe has fall
len, and in many places the carefully
cultivated fields are only Il sheet of
water. Mosquitoes, frogs, sand flies
and other pests render day and night
hidcOus to the people. The enormous
host of laborcrs are worked almost
continuously by the railroad company,
who allow them double pay for night
work. Last week the majority of the
men put in eighteen days time, yet
they have not complained. Train men
have been doing extra duty and are
worn out.
Tho Rio G,ondr has Lonn risinr ot
AILmmcrnnr for twn Jov, On TITnrS
law afternoon thc stream hrnko
ihrouah thc dixie five miles above thc
new inwn onnnsitr Los Rnnrhos and
mon md women workinr nirht and
Inv finally surrcrdcd in Tenoirinc tbn
LrGor Thn Ec,jrv's I,tcst infGrnna
ian rocniycI ot noon .totos ,hnt tLo
noint nlnnr tn" rivor now conSiJoroJ
In yoaLo-t nnd liLoly ~ hroaI, NJ INV,
is some nina r,iIrs ahoye ~
,nwn 4 Iornn ,ornn nf man IL at worI.
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nnrtcd. saws thcrc is ot least mo dan
rer of the people starving as long rs
the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe