Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1889-08-04
THE FRESHETS WORK
MUCH DAMAGE DONE, BUT REPAIRS
GOING ON STEADILY.
The Jetties In the James-Condition Oh
the Acknowledgement In
cfdents.

Travel on the Richmond and Allegheny
railroad was resumed yesterday-the trss
train leaving here at Ais r Nj.
The breaks at the Five and Nine-Nlle
locks and at Westham have been repaired
and trains we're expected to reach SCOTS
vile on schedule time. The accommoda-
ton was 10 be run through TO Lexington
on this occasion.
The first train from Lynchburg was ex-
late. -, -,
The accommodation train will leave
Richmond this afternoon at 4:l5 O'CLOCK
and will run through 10 Clifton Forge
The train for Lynchburg and points west
will leave this evening at 10 O'Clock.
Henceforward all passenger trains on the
James-River division are resumed, COM
mencing with the 4:15 train this afternoon.
RICHMOND, FREDERICKSBURG AND POTOMAC
ROAD ALL RIGHT.
The Richmond. Fredericksburg and Po-
tomac Railroad Company have been run
ming trains from Hanover Junction ca the
Chesapeake and Ohio and Virginia MID
land roads. but the break at Penola has
been repaired. aud their trains are now
running as usual and the road IS III good
order.
LANDSLIDE.
A landslide occurred yesterday morning
near Lanexa, on the Chesapeake and ono
railway. The passengers, baggage, ana
mail were promptly transferred, and the
train came in one hour late.
THE JAsIEs-BIyER JETTIEs.
In view Of the fact that recent disas-
trous floods have occurred on the James
river some persons have imagined that the
unusual rise of the water IL due to the
ietties and training walls that have been
constructed by the United States. en-
gineers for the improvement of the river.
10 dispel all such imaginatiOns and to give
TO the readers Of the Dispatch such IN
formation as will enable any intelligent
thinker to decide for himself, the follow
ing statement has been prepared. In the
first place. If the stream has been backed
up by the ,jetties the water at Richmond
should be higher relatively now than 1t
was before when compared with Dutch
Gap. The following are the figures
Height Height Difference
Da,e. Dutch Gap. Richmond. slope
November 1877 MS feet. 30 feet. los feet
Ami. lssG........l3l feet H.3 feet liz rect
June. 1889. feet 25.2 feet Ill feet.
From an inspection of the above table IT
will be Immediately seen that the construc-
tlon OF tu' lttlltS HAS h'l hh''t nv
slope" any appreciabe amount. On the
other hand. 10y referring 10 the tables of
the rainfall it will be seen at once what an
enormous "down-pour there has been
this season. As these tables have already
been published in the DisPGtcb, a repetition
of them here is unnecessary. II is suth-
cienr 10 say that the amount of rain that
has fallen since the 1st Of January has been
greater than at any corresponding period
Of which there is record. 1t is the extra
ordinary rainfall that has produced the
freshets and not the construction OF the
jettles.
TIE RFCEDTNG RIVER.
The river il steadily falling, but il has
been observed that it retires with great re-
luctauce.
1t has been slower in getting within
its banks after this frcshet than ever before,
and it has left behind frightful deposit OF
rnuI