The Helena independent., 1894-06-09
WILL COST $1,000 900.
TO repair the Damage to the O n. a n
by Flood.

To Repair the Damage 20 the a. n, a n
by Flood.
OMAHA. June e.-Ths dsmage done TO tho
Oregon Railroad a. Navigation company.
By tho recent food In the Columbia and
Snake rivers. ssems 10 have bssn eonsideTs-
big ovsrsstimhtsd. according to Secretary
L. n. Or. Of the Union Pacific. lie
thinks no more than 100 miles OF track
would bo found damaged. and In many
places be said the track would undoubtedly
be found intact whom the waters fell. The
repairs necessary 10 bring tho track back 10
its old condition will be made By the Union
Pacific. but tho Oregon oompnny will
have 10 make good the amount expended
for the maintenance and repair OF ths road.
Probably 10 will take $1,000. 900 TO put tho
road back 10 its normsl condition, which
will leave the net earnings OF the Oregon
company in q very dilApidatsd state.
Ibis Hood. which has covered almost the
whole OF Idaho like q sss. comes at q most
inoppoftune time for the bondhoidsrs OF
the o. egon Railroad a. Navigation Co.. who
ere contemplating nlins q bill for a sepnr-
ate receiver. should tho Oregon Railroad
ship 1. would leave the Union Pacific In
much better eondision, through traffic ar
rsnqements. than through los present lease
on the line. which includes 1900 mlles Of
track and water facilities.
At Union Pacific hsadQuartsrs ID was
given ont that the wsshonn along Snake
river. between Payne and Market Lake. y
distance Of twelve miles, will be repaired
BY sunday night, when IL Ia thought the
rssedins waters Of the Columbia will show
how much repair work must be done on the
Oregon railroad line.
PORTLAND, Ore, June 81. q. Day, one
OF the contractors OF the construction OF
the Cascade locks. was In the citY to-day.
He says the damage 20 the works, plant
and bnildings 10 inoalculabls and cannot
be estimated even approximately at pres
snt. Many OF she smaller buildings are
carried away. number of the buildinRs
occupied By those having charge OF the
works are under water. The mighty force
OF the current has played havoc AZ Powder
Point, near tbs works. About four acres
have been washed away. leaving only q
smaIl point OF earth and rocks.
BoxSrR's FnnE1. Ida. June 8.-Asin street
10 under water 1ye 10 ten feet. BonpsI's
Port, where ell business houses are iocsted,
IL deserted. The old town 10 q big river
with Q swift current down street. More
than twenty buildings have been washed
down the river. The log Jail was hosted
70 the Great Northern addition aud lodged
In tses. IL 10 mob known whether any
prisoners we're lost. Rancbers In the valley
have suffered inoalonlsbls damage. All
crops are dead loss.
VANCOUVER, B. c., June S.-Tslceraphie
communication has been resumed and TIE
inoorrsetnoss of yesterdays alarming rs.
port that a Csnadian Paeinc train had been
wrecked and a Raymond excursion pa "
drowned 10 established. Old timsfs pre-
dict that she water will rise much higher
as the Rocky Mountain freshst has not yet
been received.
SPOKANE. June a.-Kslispsll valley. on
the Pond d'Oteille river, 10 an immense
lake twenty-five miles long and ten 70
twenty Ave miles wide. Many homes have
been wrecked and the people drivon 10 she
htlfs