Daily Yellowstone journal., 1892-04-29
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tilt btEk~ II - nj. thn' Wur: II ~,
that thu :i4it:.r litt t. t:t*,r' t4:t,~r.
eucro 'rll~t 'l14"lt very yt;tr, Il Wuut.
ere Ills lt*s. Ini o1l,. It thc4.nC', l.:
the tt:r* that have Im-.: Il ~iu"+' H..
i"rat'"n nf Attl~> Cry rn IT, pc rrs
site, a1t"rti"n :,n= th' tl< t." ru ,iret1-
tothr W*4rIfg"i 1ite p1rk FRI. t,.:r MI
more titm t'tt fltt tl.rt thr liver .vt
annually :tbh't:G U~ q: .ur .,tt y publ,
llark than truht any .-risu+ ua&,:,.r
that W>- tnt.iH eu. but within t!4e l..s; ;
Two nr three ,e:r. the action nf tn >
H'ef on the ~hl'l'tIn city ii,n!'- In
been such a- ~ 41rtrati.t f,r Ernuiu
a'a'n. Col. S'i4tt:z l1:.. n>trrta1.l+::
bt actual intn~ute tui@ tak+n Recently
anA compared witt: III. ..esntne:,s AKIN
ny i4''' ii It" >:s*:' age. ;ha; ut it>t
"lu h:irk va14@ tn :tt II IA; i14u,t 4I IT,
cit, the rive! has eaten INTO ti>t hank
tht tet'tn If :j>l it,.;, and tins !. +
ov"r Il quarter MA mile TT t!,v' uuttr
rcuLtri' nt'ttf the bend. E+ar,r
town, *nA III TT within the city Ii;1t-
sts, tile a:11!e destroying ,'nw.r lll~
Hen ut Wo1k with surt. intA! +ti+tt that
there Is INV b1t te% tre. uf iivl, tank
intervening between the present
ctutse Of the river untl the low slough
that extend. in various directions
through That portion If tne city eot,tf
ut the railrohd Track. 1t dopa not need
hydraulic engineer to tell III that
ever Ia next sp' ing'- treak~up, perhaps
duri' 4 the high water in Jun next,
this barrow barrier may be- washed
away ..and the whole volume Of Tongue
river turned into this slouRh h 10 seek out.
let's wherever deprtssiou- IL, the grouu,l
will lead the water and wash wldc and
deep etarne!s "ilertver it may 70.
Such calamity would be sufficiently
disastrous, It occurring during tn.
June rl>e. but who tan estimate the
damage to property mud loss o( life,
shuuld the ice bur<lenet| II rent Of 'h- j
river he let lnos4 u nn the town
through tits avenue, during x1l,in. /
break up. VIZ hnve known wtn'" it
is to have AXES IF Icr thirty inches
thick runr:rE tt1rAuE't our ~trtrt-,
carried along merely hy ,he suypIu.
water that ovet flowed the banks of The
river, and from this rot over pleasant t
experience one can form, Il faint idea
Of what would he the result to IT. and
pror erty If the whole volume. ct Ton
que river, laden with ice. ~hould sweep !
over tue city. IT such calamity did !
tAinly leave ..1ch wreck aud ruin iu it,
wake that lornl cal ita. would br para
lyzed and >t ok utller locaEi4,n>, ,'euvibg
our doomtd city tn l'+ fate. 1t r. to
avert II /. probable disaster thu: the
Council hAvr trk+N the st'r rc:. hid
at owe, aud III which 1t n<s tht sui pf,rt
nf IT, T. tif iz-1. mt tltc nell. II |. f!tnl
cult t" reajiz- that tn re- can he any
ohjertitn The rrot"'~+l Appropriation,
but If there IL, 'he JOURNAL wishes to
:ay That is columns art open TO II tl;4~
:u$slon "f the question, aud any cit!-
zen who has anything say pro nr
'on up'n the subject may through he
medium IF 'hia |rapcr have his views
ortrenttfl t. the public. ::