The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-08-04
THE JUMPING JAMES
RAPIDLY RECEOlNG WITHIN LIZ
CLIMATE LIMITS.

\ "Timcs" Reporters Visit To- the Scene
Of the Late IIood-uow ~ Looks Anei
the Trcshct--City and suburban New,
In General.
The latest froshet has subsided. Af
ter flooding Ricketts,, stopping the gas
works. doing damage 10 the cana
which furnishes the motive power e
she water-w oiks, aud depO-i,ing mucf
mud M many business houses and driv
ing many people 10 a higher altitude
fOr lodging places. the water has got
ten into the regular channel, leaving
many fcmembfauces behind.
The water lcil Franklin street. at the
corner Of Seventeenth. about 3 o CLOCK
yesterday morning. The butchers ~
the First Market were early at work
and had their Saturday morning stoca
OF fresh ard salt meats on hand I'm ful
supply. The country men. who brlna
IN the vegetables that the housewives
purchase were found m numbers cqua
10 The regular Saturday mornings
The ladies had no trouble IN filling then
baskets.
iIiANNU NAAll ANs
The streets around and In the neigh
borhOod Of tho First market were a.
clean az new pm. The TINES ye-ter
day told II the work Of The sanitary
corps. The deposits made by the water
were swept up as fast as the water sub
sided and caited away. The result T.
that the iuuIdlted district. 70 far a.
The streets are concerned. shows no
sign of an overflow Of water.
FIRE ENGINES FOR PUMPING OFT CELLARS
II is true that all the cellars around
the FIRST market and up tOthe dock are
filled with wafer. There seems TO be d
general understanding that the fire
engines. as far as they can be spared
Will be- loarci the merchants 10 pump
the water out of their cellars.
Some may think such use Of the fire
engine, private convenience, but Tho
major portion Of the population Of
Richmond believe that when the health
Of the city ncccssitaics the usS Of the
FIRE engines when they can be spared to
get the water out Of the cellars, ana
thus prevent stagnant water, the
should be brought INTO service for the
purpose. Mcssrs. Davenport q Morris
who suffer more than any one Other
firm by the filling up Of their cellar.
by water. have not hesiiaied 10 pay ioi
the use of the fire engine.
rRTsHET MEMORANDA.
At If O'Clock yesterday morning the
water In the river had not gotten below
the Old Dominion wharves. Later D.
the dav the wharve, were sufficiently
clear of water 20 allow the WyanOke O.
come up. take on load and severa.
passenger Sine will saIl this morning
early for New York.
The Gas Works have been nicely
cleaned out. and aie IN full blast. N
one visiting the works would ever have
imagined that they had been under
water. aud the manufacture Of ga
stopped.
The people ia Rockets who had re-
moved from their homes were al
again d0miciled yesterday morning
There was mud 10 clean out and furni
fure to put bnck. bat beyond that it'll,
damage was done.
There did not seem TO be any need of
the Christian societies furnishing the
people with food.
Along the line Of the dock and on
Water aud Dock streets the mud de
rosited is about three inches deep bl
actual measurement. 10 viii take some
time To get this mud of of these streets
At no time were MessIs Craig ana
Simmons. the vigilant toll gathers OF
Mayo's bridge. driven from their post
The water did uot rise high enough t'
flood the toll Office, although II came
mighty near doing 20.
The boats Of the Virginia Boat Clul
were well protected. They were fast
cued securely and rode the still water
ON the island beautifully. The boat
house was moi damaged. The water
flooded the lower portion. which D.
built on tho stone foundation Of TN,
old mill that once stood there. Had noi
the club-h house been erected on these
old granite walls it would have been
washed away long ago.
Is MANCHESTER
several inches OF mud is left i'm the
streets IN the section where the waite
covered. The mills along the line be
gan work early. They were stopped
only for a short while.
Thi, is the fourth time that the mer
chants aud residents Of Richmond an'
Manchester have mad - keep "a weathe
or frtshet thsNcar. and each of then
hope tina, they viii not have TO look on
for the fifth VISITATION.
From the indications sent from
Washington. signed by General Greedy
there is more rain vet 90 come. TIN
Will prove the year i'm which more rail-
has fallen tnan ior any year within tb
memory Of those nov living.
THE WHEAT
in the fields which had been placed II
,hocks has sproutcd and thus becom
ruined. Fruit such as watermelon
and muakmelons from Henrico AT
Hanover. have not been brought TO th
cit, at all. Some few have beel
brought. but they are not good To eat
The watermelons now on the markc
come from the South.