The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1894-06-26
AFTER THE FALL.

still up to the u~nderpinning of most
sidewalks and the tops of cellars, the
real havoc wrought by the. food is more
p%erceptIb!e than it was when l sailed
over the place a couple of weeks ago in
a boat. And that which has been re-
vealed by the subsistence of the river is
a great deal worse than anything that
has before been pictured. On Oak street,
between First and Second, the office of
the Turner FIGURING Mills Co., and the
place where formerly the business of
the Inflated Haytien Republic was
transacted, is literally thrown upside
down. Large ledgers and cash books
turned green and bent double lie on the
floor, while whole masses of correspon-
dence, receipted bills, old accounts, let
ter presses, and files lie saturated and
destroyed all over the shelves and coun-
tiers. The Office of IOrdtio Cook, the n
dertaker, opposite, is likewise in a de-
plorable condition, while the building of
the Philadelphia steam dye works, next
door, not only has all its contents ruin
ed, but is itself tumbled right away
from the street level and lies consid-
erably out of plumb. The next place fl
interest is the warehouse of the Good
year Rubber Co., with dozens of cases
Of goods rotting to pieces. The office of
j. w. Cook, the well-known cannery-
man, has been completely flooded out,
and all the desks and office furniture
are ruined. Right from this locality,
which is at the corner of First, down to
Pine on the former street, is a long
stagnant pond of foul smelling water eX-
tending down on the other side past the
Western Union Telegraph office. The
Portland Loan office next to the West
ern Union, is a heavy loser. Great
stacks of all descriptions of merchandise
are heaped up in the windows and on
the shelves, and all are completely
ruined. Front street looks worse than
eve.. The middle of the road is COM
pletely dry, but on both sides the whole
way along the street are collections OF
filthy little lakes, that are fast polluting
all the air in the vicinity. The road
itself, built Of cobblestones, is in horri-
BILE condition. No two stones are level.
They are sunken in and form a series
Of peaks and valleys that would put to
shame any road in Clatsop county in
the winter months. Underneath them
the earth foundations have oo2ed away
in many places forming great crevices,
and dapositing numbers of the stones
along the c~ulverts and into the fragrant
ponds at the sides. All the produce
district adds it's generous share OF aro-
ma to the polluted air, and needless
to say the tons of decayed vegetables
that | referred to when the flood was
highest nave not improved by age. l
walked down this street at 8 o'clock
this evening, and in the whole two-mile
length of the ~thoroughfare, passed three
people. Not a dozen buildings in this
street nave been disinfected-indeed 1t.
would do no good if they Were, seeing
that the stencil in the roads would null
ifv all their efforts to better the state
of affairs. The sidewalk for the whole
length of Dodd & Co.'s warehouse OPP
posite the Bank of British Columbia is
all in pieces. The big timbers were all
smashed, and thirty yards of the wood
is thrown up against the wall OF the
building. Here are piled ruined ma
chimes of every description, all slung
together anyhow and looking exactly
like scrap iron. Wheels of traction en-
gines, plows, and dozens Of boxes OF
nails are thrown about the street, and
all are damaged beyond repair. In the
bank of British Columbia, now hat the
water has gone, the sight is worth a
visit. As in the Portland National
Bank, all the furniture and fittings have
been smashed to pieces. All along here
among the large warehouses the scene
shows that The water has everywhere
done more damage than was originally
supposed, and the statements made con-
corning their condition when the river
was hiding most of it, are all now more
than borne out. When got as far as
Burnside L could stand the fearful
stencil no longer and turned along into
First street, where matters are quite as
bad, with the exception Of the road paw
ing, which seems to ave kept its place
a great deal better than on First street.
The odor is sickening, and all the busi-
ness houses show how general has been
the destruction. The amount OF plate
glass alone smashed in this thorough
fare is very large.
On Friday night the Ainsworth dock
recalled a scene of old times, many
wears ago. The California steamer lei
there at 8 d. m, taking with her a large
number of passengers, and the X. X
Thomson cleared at the same h0ur
also with a big contingent. The wharf
presented a very bustling appearance
and the old sheds, that look like iesola
tion itself, were for a little While th'
scene of more activity and life thai
thew nave witnessed for many a day
The Thompson left her regular dock a
Ash street tonight for the first time II
n month. The water is just Hush VIII
the TOP of the wharf, all the underneath
docking ami cargo lifts, Of course benz
sill inundated. The approach to IN
dock will all be rebuilt as soon as IN
water goes down enough to allow o
mon getting below the woodwork.
The Portland Heights cable cars WI
not be able to run in proper ORDER 10
.a,or,l davs. They are operating IN