The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-06-02

that river would be compelled TO sue
cumb TO the rampant waters.
CITY WATER WORKS.
The water put our city water works
to some inconvenience. but the ultl-
mate loss and Inconvenience Will not
be of a permanent sort, or produce any
derangement IN the eivice Of that de
partmcnt.
Before many people awoke yes
terday mOrning those who owned
property in mat portion OF the clty
likely To be flooded were present
either in person or by proxy and had
all their goods removed from the base
rlent or ground floor to the stores
above beyond high water.
The merchants on Main street who
do retail business did not hesitate TO
pack up their goods and land them on
the floor above.
About 4 O'Clock yesterday morning
the water in DR.. Scott 5 drug store Gel
lar. at the corner Of Franklin and
Seventeenth street, made Its appearance
on the street This is the lowest de
pression on the leading streets III tins
city. 1t Is always the case that the
cellar of DR.. SCOTS drug store Is the
first one TO fill, and that through the
opening to the culvert IN front OF ms
store the first water rises to the surface
of the street.
DIR. Scott and his neighbors, recog
nizing the fact that this was the corner
where nigh water would first develop
itself moved all their goods TO a place
of safety.
Al 7.3O A. NJ. yesterday the water at
franklin ana Seventeenth streets met
from the two culverts opening ON either
side of the street.
The water crossing this street pro
duced a change in the manner 81 run
ming the cleo rio cars. They had.tC
transfer at Seventeenth street by boat
There was complaint OF the necessity Of
changing ears several times. but IT wa
= mailer " hich the wafer I'm the jane
river was alone responsible for. There
are two tracks. one west
b,npd. and one east bound. At Twelfth
and Franklin and Twenty first an,
franklin there are connecting track
lbv which one car can be transferred
from an east bound track TO west
lhound. and rice rerSd. This necessitate
the regular changes at this point fac
which some of the passengers coulG
not appreciate.
At 5 O'Clock yesterday the waite
lcou.d be seen IN front OF stores on Mai
street between s.. Charles Hotel ans
the Old Market. q few inches Of thu
surface of the roadway. People watch
ed that culvert all day. and left sayinl
that they would hot stay there to ST.
water rise so slowly. ~ o'clock th
water reached the gutter, and slowi,
spread until at ; O'Clock last night l
reached across the street and made
connecting link.
The first place where the James an'
the dock Joined each other was at TN
lcoal-yard of c. p. LIthrop. ~ Messrs
Davenport q Morris the water at
lo'clock had Just reached southeast
lcorner of the building. All OF tn
Goods in the basement and on TN
icysund floor had been, however, takei
lupsiairs. the firm having thirty WORK
men engaged IN moving the stock.
The Office of III. Greed 1. Davis
Istables. aud sand-yards we're all undel
water and the sand has doubtless dis
lappeared down the river. Some OF II
no doubt can be found decorating thu
whole line of the Richmond aud Dan
willie connection road, or redoposite'
into the sand banks Of the river, from
which il originally cane.
The first ntlmalion of any rise In th'
river was received by Messrs. Dayen
port * Morris from a correspondent
of theirs at Lynchburg.
The tides have "A great deal to dc
with the water. All daring the after
noon, and up to 7 O'Clock. .he tid'
Icame in. aud thus made back ". n
The current in the river could not rui
IF. and at Z o'clock the tide changing
the water proceeded down the river
very rapidly.
Mr. Warner Moore, who had on hi
first floor thousands Of barrels Of un