The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-02-09

rate of three fourths of an inch au no. Tie
weather is mild, and showers fen at i.erysIs
during the day. River men say there w bean
increase of from eighteen inches TO tyoaeto On
the present rise. This would miu be- water
above the high-water mark of l-}3 greatly
increase the damage and suffe1ug . relief
committees are Offering work upon th reefs TO
all who will accept it at 81 25 pei day. 1.dava
large force is employed, and the applicants con-
tinue numerous This work is much needed.
and there are so many idle men I'M the
city In consequence of the stoppage
of the manufactures, that the movement re-
ceives general approval Nevertheless, there is
sure to be a great deal Of suffering This VIII
be ameliorated as far as the cases may be made
known, by own citizens and the city and
county authorities.
To-day the food invaded the passengerrooms,
ticket office and freight depot of the New AL
bany & St Louis Airline railroad. The Offices
were removed to the second floor. A good many
families were driven from their homes to-day,
and others are packed up and ready to move.
Eight families quartered in the court house,
and the halls of the building are slowed full of
furniture. People have brought their chickens
made vocal with the crow of the chanticleer and
the clucking of hens; crying babies and the
shouts of gleeful children are also among the
new noises introduced by the food into the sane
tuary of the law
This evening a large hay stack, upon which
were man and boy, foated past the city.
Skiffs went to the rescue of the man and boy,
and landed them on the Kentucky shore. The
furnaces of DePauw's glass works are yet safe,
but little more water will touch the melting
pots in the window glass and bottle houses 1t
will take two feet more to reach the potsin the
plate-glass departments. Such precautions have
been taken at the works that it is hoped the
furnaces will escape serious damage. Their de-
struction would involve loss of 100000 The
furnaces at the Ohio Falls Iron Works and the
New Albany Rail Mil though in the water, are
not believed to be much damaged. Carter Tar
tarrat & Co. have 15OO 900 pieces of spoke timber
and partly finished spokes afoat in the flood,
but most of them will be saved All their fin
ished spokes were saved. Force & Co. have
large amount of timber and lumber
ahoat at their bent wood works, and viii
lose considerable. Their building and machinery
are flooded but safe so far They lost over
81 800 by last years food a great many fences
and outhouses have been set afoat in the flooded
districts, but there has been comparatively little
damage to residences. Hundreds of boats are
constantly plying the flooded districts and boat
building is now the most thriving industry of
the city. The only manufactures now running
in the city the woolenmills, cotton mills,
hosiery mills, stovewor'ks, L., n. A. d c. ma
chine shops, two furniture factories, three flour
mills and thpap brpWpTiaS Tc a nf
general joy that cold water has had no effect on
the beer factories, though this stad old town
makes great temperance pretonsions. To sum
up, New Albany has so far, pulled through the
food with little loss with but little suffering as
compared with last year. with infinite pluck, and
without single casualty.