The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-06-04


efforts TO succeed.
May that success which they deserve
attend them all.
TIE RIVER FELL RAPIDLY
The river fell rapidly Sunday night
and Yesterday. and carly yesterday
morplug the water had ie,eded ir.E
Min street. 10 remained, however. tol
blocksde traffic at lower points. Al
The corners Of = vcntccnih and Faux
i'm ard S.vtnttenih AID Cary lt dad
not linger long after lelving NAN
street hnt the muddy and Shiny conii-
ton of the etrcets tO'd that there ha'
been very recent overflow
Early in the day a force 81 hands
werc AT work ON Main street cl'arinr
eff The sidewalks. All OF the proprie'
,ofs of stores ia the flooded district,
which embraced that territory on
Franklin between Fifteenth and Seven
teepth Main between Fifteenth and
Fi,btcenth. and Cary between Four
teenth and Eighteenth strec,s, had en-
Moved hands and Wcfo either bnsiy
Engaged m cleaning up or replacing
tLcir stock, in the stoIC,. Tbs was mo
deed Uercu can task. These people
will by 10 morrow morning probably
have then goods iu place AMI he ready
for business. I'm iact. a number 81
those on Main street were ready ioi
business by noon Yesterday.
ANornIE IlCE At LIBBY.
,i.;, IA thn lib. Prison site ic
vealed the fact that The water Ead c1s
cre8 il a. the depth of five feet. 4 fc@
ioists and some of TIE old LUMBER thai
had not been removed ind been Wi'd
and tied together and then no'i,d az
fastened TO posts 90 preveut D'int
floa,el oil bv The ilood. Np'0itnsiaud-
inc this fact. much a ~ that had not
bscn fastened together tlla.ed of. and
was thus lost forever 20 the eyes at the
c1rious that bad cxp.c.ed to see aud
eloot ever IL $50 Chicago. As II u. what
remains # ;. a. it, old site S covered
with mud and mIc the yellow sedi
,neniary de.o.ii nl the river. - IN
way IN spite OF eh0u.i-h curiosity and
Yankee cupidiy ard avarlce. the re-
moval of this old prison has had an
eveutful history In the beginning
there were many hlich,s M It's pun
chase. which delayed It's tiausiei ioi
many months and winch ctnle neal
defeating the sale and alter The actual
rcmoyal of tine material commencei
and while in Transit the train bear mg
- came in collision with auOlh,r. and
,he deb IS was -catteIcl an all dIec-
lions. and some a. it. it is said. WAS
stolen ana carried of by the people
living I'm the rcigEboiho9d Of the col
lision.
Libby Pi,on size. on tie long. mario"
strip Of land betwes n The river AMI Inc
dock. were stored many Thousand iail
road cr0sstirs. Those that were piled
IN ,l,e heigh, If ten or twelve feet re-
NAMED in position bv their own weight
and were : wed. but J, is "a that ab'n'
three thnusaud- that were scattered
around m small lois iloaicd OF. Per-
hans the create savings made 10y ne
,,reckers were IN these cross tlc'. hich
were easily caught and bound together.
formipg RATS eMany hundreds oi these
ties are now piled up az the foot Of Scv-
,n,eenth. Eightceuth and Nineteeuth
streets. Tne los, i'm these Tailrcad ties
Is estimated al sHW0.
As the river is not yetac'ually WITHIN
It's banks, il is impossible TO e. innate
,he losses incurred ia the lower part Of
the city. 1t will surely run up into the
thousands.
A NIyERNAN INDIGNANT.
Uoon a visit to the northern termi-
ms of the james uver free bridge Mr..
Richard I.eary. who was bornand rear ed
at this pomt. add who has all ms ME
here resided and made has living tIom
The river bv his boats and iishHraps,
was met with and found to be indig-
nunt al tina statement that tins i'oJ
was less than that OF 1870. As he Is
daily IN the nVcr. be Is perfectly
familiar with every rock ard nee in
The vicinity Cf lhe bridge, anu th1s ha0
many marks bY which TO estimate the
height OF floods. &c.
TINS is what he said: III Is all non
sense about this food being les than
that of 1870. II tnCIc Is any difference
il il higher. know too much about
hi. river to be- deceived. and nave TOO
many marks aud points of obsei Nation.
by which 10 measure the heights ana
am down here every day of my ME
Y.u cannot estimate the height Of the
river where tine tide ana The lctues 81.
feet It,
"Wny. up here i the place t. Get
,l,e ,iso. | never saw anything like 81.
and then the suddennoss OF it, sunday
ma I'M. was cut pa the river, az
O'Clock the river was so high thai the
crnz;~st man would not have venlured
out"
AIS o'clock last night the following
nlaces were still flooded. pa some M
some ;ustauces g. the depth of four feet
old Dominion Steamship Company
Home Ice Company. Halves coal eieVa-
tor. Allison * Adoison's Feilihzug
Works, Virginia Steamboat Company 5
sheds.
THE FESDfnicKsBURG ROAD.
The Ricl mord. Fredericksburg aud
Potomac Railroad s. badly oaNNged at
various poirts. A. the forty eiglh
mile D 4. lhe hInE Is washed CUT apJnt
one hundred yards: culver. ~ "ashe"
ont. culyert lOi damaged: calvert lOa
nbu,ment dow T.. az the north end OF
Massapouax bridge one cnd Of the abut-
ment and tao tfussos out, bridge D.
standing aud IA proper position.
Al Deep Run seventy i've iet Of The
hank is gone and TIE culNert IS bail,
damaged.
AZ Hazel Run the iron bridge Is
down.
Between the Al and y nile post.
about 800 yards 81 the track IS cut and
the road bed Washed.
Between the A aud 10 mile posts til.
gravel is washed cut Of the track auo
about 200 yards II the track out OF hnc.
The officials we're not prepared 10 svs
when the road will open lOr travel.
The Richmond aud Dauville railroad
from Richmond south h all right again.
ard trains are running on schedule