The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1892-05-28

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occurred the track was dsluged for the
distance Of nearly two miles, an Il was
only with great difioulty aud no in
considerable risk that theeyenfAgtrain
to Baton Rouge pnssed over. The
through morning train came in over
the Illinois Central Railroad.
1t is stated at the Office ofthe Missis.
sippi Valley road that the ~samesystem
Of transportation will haveto be put In
operation as prevailed befOge the COM
pletiOn Of their inclines at Sarpy.
Several trains passed over the Inc
cliHes yesterday for the first time. and
now that they will have to be abans
dOned, a great loss of time, labor and
money will DO sustained BY the com
pany.
If the volume Of water is as great as
poured through the Mia revasse it Is
said thar the Illinois Central tracks
will hardly escape humiliation.
The
CRIB WORK ON THE Gypsy cREvAssE
was compile ted yesterday, and the en-
g~ineers think that the break can now
be closed, at least they consider the
chances favorable.
Mr.. w. II. Chaffe said this morning,
that the water has fallen four inches
at Sellers this morning, and tho water
flowing u of the break Is estimated
TO be 20 per cent less than when it
occurred,
Secretary Bell, of the New Orlea ms,
and Southern Railroad Company said.
this morning that all the breaks along
the entire line on the east bank of the
river were now closed.
On the west bank, Happy Point
Crevasse Is reported to DO still causing
considerable trouble. The workmen
have succeeded in holding the ends of,
the break, but the swiftness of the
current renders progress very slow.
The tracks of the Grand Isle are
still oycifiOwed and trains are thereby
considerably delayed. The opinion
was expressed this morning that the
break could be closed in two days
more. ri
The latest.creyasse reported in this
State occurred yesterday in Bossier.
parish in the Nicholas leYee. The
break is SO serious that thereisno hope
of closing it, and the immense volume
Of water pouring through The break will
ruin a number of large cotton planta-
tions, which q few days ago gave pro
mise of produc cling heavy crops.
NEW ORLEANS, May 26.-Levee
matters morea rather brighter aspect
yesterday for the New Orleans and
Southern Road, which. received word
during the day that Harlem would
soon be made secure again, and that
the at Belair, which is now so
feet wide, can be closed.
There IL a stretch Of old levee about
$50 feet outside the levee, which will
be connected with the main line by
cribbing above and below, after which
the outside levee, being low and mar
row Of crest, will have to be re-enforCed
by revetment and sacking.
About 500 feet of c rubbing and revct-
ment will be necessary, but as fthe
water is shallow and labor plentiful,
the work can be quickly and strongly
done.
About 10000 feet OF lumber has SO
far been sent down, and hopes are
entertained that the wood work will
be completed to-day or during the
night.
So far, the water has covered about
One-third Of Belair, and almost all of
Fairview, also owned by Hon. John
Dymond, lying just below. The rail
road track is impossible except to
hand ears and pedestrians, the tracks
being under water and the bed too
badly softened to permit the passage
of a train.
Nothing but good news was received
by the local officers Of the Valley Road
yesterday as regards the two upper
coast %crevasses, matters being in statu
quo at Anchor, the eribbing having
greatly lessened the head of water
flowing in through the break.
The officials at Home Place sent
down the very encouraging informa-
ton that the cribLing was all holding
admirably, and that the filling in be-
gan at l o'clock in the afternoon, at
which hour 500 men were on hand to
handle the I25,OUO sacks filed with
earth up to that time.
Other information, regarding minor
details, only served to renew the Con-
fidence Of the officials here that the
trains would be running in q weeks
time.
At the Office Of the United States en-
gineers; however, very d~isconraging
reports were received, and from the
present outlook it is rather
DOUBTFUL FRAT cREyAssE CAN Ba
CLOSED.
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