The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1892-06-03


The fiood ~ - Louis and Vicinity Crn6n-
ally fesediu<. Hut q seems 10th 20 DO
The Railroads Ee<nminr Ike guiar tso~t-
nf-~- Hut >osne ~ Them Csmp<lei 20
Yet continos Ihrir Ens~rEc~ey Arrange
ments-
ST. Lorfs. May a. The ri>e from
the Missouri and upper Mississippi
rsver~ has reached this point. and is
mead Is passing the cisy. Despite Il.
che river Is very slowly falling and this
rsse, going down the river. Is now Ger
cain not 70 make any rise here at all.
and will not add any 10 the distress Of
che overiowed districts
This rise from up strram.~ says
Capt. Mason. twill have passed ST.
Louis BY Tuesday morning. II will
simply delay the fall Of the river for
twenfy-four hours or .. The flood is
over and the water will not he as high
again during this season. Only terrible
rains could keep the river from going
down.
The guage Of the river at A. m. reg
isfered 3t.s feet. and at a m. !, was
81 feet and falling slowly
The june rise" Capt Mason says.
twill be late this year on account Of
the late cold weather. and viii be here
about June 20. Had il come 1T its usual
time we would be in ruins By June 20
the river will be nearly at its normal
state. and do not think the June rise
will put il ont Of its banks at all. OF
course. the June rise is sometimes much
higher than ut other times
The water will be on the top Of the
levee by Saturday. and the boat lines
will resume business in real earnest
by that time
The appearance Of the west shore is
much more pleasing than on Saturday.
The levee sidewalks are clear nearly all
tho way from Market street 70 the
bridge. Up the river the water-worlxs.
the knapp-Stont lumber yards. the
factories and the railroad tracks are
looking natural once more.
The Knapp-Stout Lumber Co. find
less lumber missing than was estimated.
and the firms mem beers are well pleased
that they got of & well.
The railroad trac.vs which have been
under water are gradually coming TO
Ere surface. and the companies have
nearly all perfected such arrangements
whereby they can take care Of their
traffic. both passenger and freight.with
little delay or inconvenicnce.
The yandaiia has repaired its tracks.
80 that the Ohio 4 Mississippi is used but
FOR few roads The tracks which have
been submerged are now ssbove water.
II has been found that only about
twenty yards OF the e,nbs nixment has
been washed away The tracks are
still there and an clnbanl<Inent win be
erected AZ once. Meanwhile the VAN
dallas trains are running. and freight
Is being taken inst as II no food had
med.
The Ohio 4 Mississippi is working
smoothly and caring for other roads
traffic in addition.
The Wabash has had no trouble with
ITS western trains az all Its Chicago.
Toledo and Detroit trains are leaving
the union depot at the regular time. run
over the vandalia and Ohio 4 AfisSis-
sippi TO Decatur. where che Wabash
tracks are taken. The Wabash local
trains run in conjunction with the Mer-
chants Terminal trains
The Chicago & Alton trains start from
che Merchants bridge. An easily
climbed stairway has been erected. and
Alton passengers leave Eighth and Gra-
tiot. are taken over the Merchants
bridge and GO down the stairs. where
their trains are waiting. The night
trains for Chicago leave the union de-
pot, going BY way Of Louisiana Mo.
ard the Kansas City night trains 80 via