Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1889-06-05

~ The CitNj bY the olhceIs OF Tue James, RIVER
Improvement:
september, lSil o.
NnNefnn ner y. %
November, lSS5. A0@
January,
June =, 1879. b Us
CONGEATrIATORN.
since the arrival OF the monitors 81 then
present anchorage thev have experienced
squalls OF terrific vio(, nee and hail and snow
a. various times; have been swept by gales,
and one recently oi unusual violence; have
had several ireshCts (and the last one OF great
TroIorliOush Snd during all such bad weA-
ther they have never received the slightest
damage. and no approhensions are ever felt
on board Of winds, ireshots, or ice-goIges.
HOW TIRE CITY HELrs.
Three steam fre.engines were employed
Yesterday for the relief OF property-owBers
whose cellars were flooded. one was sta
tored at Davenport & MOrrIs's, one at Mar
shsll X houcGrt's. aud the third at Mr. John
N. Higgins's.
At Rocgetts bose attached 10 fire hydTauts
were used 70 wash O1 streets.
Al TIE Eas-worss the ciiy's loss was estls
mated AZ S5OO-mostly slakcd lime.
The new retoTts were injured very little,
II a. oil.
BEItEF or ROCKETS PEOPLE.
FROM an investigation the Mayor caused
o. be made Il is judged that there are about
twenty-five white families snd l5) cooTed
persons at Rockets " no are in want by rea-
son % tue ireshet These will be supplied
frem the City Mission old Clifton House, to-
day The ladies' having taken charge OF the
matter al the request 81 the Mayor.
The Ladies' tOmmittee yesterday found a
1anI Of - home
hes Several families have been sleeping In
the open air since they were driven from
their homes the houses not vet beng i'm q
condition for them to return. Those able 10
help have been severely taxed in furnishing
and preparing food for the less Fortunate
ones. 10 oae instance widow with seven
children huFst into tears at the prospect OF
getting ssUletbins 10 eat, so severe had been
their want.
NORTHERN MAIL.
Postmaster Culbngwsrth received tele-
gram from the postal aulhoriiiesin Washing
ton Yesterday morning directing that all
mail for the North be sent via Trains Nos. 1.
g, and on the Chesapeake and ohio road
leaving there at 40 aud 1l:05 A. VI. ana
S:1j =. NJ.
An mail for the West. North, East, and
the portion OF the South not tributary TO
the Piedmont Air Line end It's connections
also goes by these trains. which, for the
present. leSsHA BY rd-StTeet station and pass
over the Iiehmond, Fredericksburg and
Potomac Compsny's trick TO Hanover June
ton. Here tho trans Cake the Chesapeake
and Ohio track for the West, aud ~ Cor
G0nsyIIle the uah. passengers. baggage, &c,
are Transferred TO the Virginia Midland,
which carries them rs far as Alexandra, from
whence tbev reach Washington ma boat.
Passengers and mail from the North come
by the same route.
Up % yesterday, when these instructions
were received. Mr.. CuilDgworth sent the
mail via the Newport News division to
Hampton, and the postmaster at that place
saw thai the pouches were properly distTi-
DutPd. Those for Washington were put on
the Potomac boat, those for b .lumo. on the
BAY Line boat, and those for Philadelphia
aud New y ork were carried over 10 Cape
CksTies City and placed on the train on the
PhRadeiphia road. LetieTs Leaving here by
'his rOute a, $50 i. n. were delivered ia
New YORK next morning by 0o'clock.
NOT BUSY.
The clerks In the posl-otlice snd the letter.
cafritrs were not neafly so busy YESTERDAY ss
might nave been exsTecbed. There was little
rush IN the morning handling the northern
malt that arrived Monday night, but this
only lasted very few minutes, and during
the remainder OF the day the lsbOrs OF the
pOst-oliice people were comparatively light.
rs The receipts OF mails we're small. During
the dcr,ngemeut OF trains Tor the past few
days the United states postal authOI tiles at
Washington have displayed dense Ignorance
as 10 the best manner % handling mails in
the south. and a. q result only last Salur-
DAYS Wash,nsl ton papers bad been received
here up 70 O'Clock yesterday afternoon
whereas those Of sunday and Monday should
also have been on hand. Instead Of order
ius the Richmond mail TO I've sent via the
Norfolk and Western railroad and the city
OF Petersburg, where II remained for twen-
ty.four hours wsiting 10 be transferred. II
might have come direct by way OF Newport
Ncws and reached here a Day or TWO sooner
than n dio. THings VIII be lively at the
posg-ofice to-day distributing mail matter
from the NOuh
ON TIE RAILROADS.
The Richmond and Danviie railroad are
running their regular schedule, trains lesy-
iug here at 2:30 A. ~ aud L. NJ, though il
u not pruden, 10 run - fast as usual espe-
cisily al the points whore repairs have just
teen made. All Of the breaks and wAshouts
have been restored aud no transfers are
being made. The freiehts are moving slow
ly aud without aHy defined schedule as yet
The earth Is 20 thoroughly saturated with
water that TO run heavy traiu on this or
suy other road would DO attended with
danger.
one train per day each way is being run
90 the lOrk-RiYer division. A temporary
track has been buih around the bresk At
Romsucoke, sDd the cSscbes are pushed over.
but the weight OF the engine V not allowed
on the tresiliRg, though the engineers think
81 is perfectly ssfe. transfer Il msde OF the
White House bridge. about sixty feet OF
which was knocked out OF position on sun
DAY by steamer running against n. super
lntepdeut RYDER has large force al work
day aud night, and hopes 70 have the line
open from here ~ West Point by tomorrow
evening, possibly sooner Al present 1t
takes three engines 70 make the trip, as one
il kept ai the time between Romaneoke snd
White House and one St each eDd. when
the water Degsn 10 rise Captain West very
thOugbiully sent an engine down below The
flooded district, and was therefore able 10
run trains from Williamsburg avenue during
the high water.
The Chesapeake and Ohio Cincinnati ex-
press trains Nos. 3 and will, until Other
wise advised, leave Richmond from Union
station. Eighth and Byrd streets, aud run
told without transfer 10 Cincinnati. Trans |
leave al S:l5 l.. 81. and iEOo a. h. Ibe |
bridge ever the Chiekshominy was eom'
pleted Monday. that over Little river yester- |
DAY, and Superintendent Dabney bss large |
force st work at south Anna and expects 10
have the line open by 10 night, when trains
will run from Cincinnati 10 Redmond with |
Out interruption.
The temporary uestle around The Rich'
mond, Fredericksburg Rnd Potomsc bridge
over the Cbickshominy three miles south OF
Ashland has been completed and trains NOW
Iup IRON here 10 the Junction without
transfer.
Local trains on ths Psisrshnrs ROAD zn 10