The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1894-06-24

every garden bordering on this Portland
Killarney has the green, Shiny filth in
sinuated itself, spreading over velvety
lawns. shifting flights of steps bodily
away from their proper positions, and
throwing them down on their sides. In
one garden a rose bush lay yesterday
bert over on its stem, with one aower
perfect red bud, within an inch Of the
green surface. The houses are surround
ed on all sides by the water, IL water II
can be termed.
To o.ll the above true picture of the
locality indicated would be like saying
that the month of the Columbia river
was seven miles wide, with lots Of water
in it. The reality is that such things
must be seen to be properly appreciated.
No telling or writing can adequately
give an idea of the truth.
Along Sixth, from B to Davis, on both
sides of the road, meeting with these
green lakes in miniature dotted all over
the thoroughfare, we come to dozens Of
private residences, very few of which
have escaped serious injury and all Of
them being damaged mere or less by
the action of the water All the way
along fences are lying along the lawns,
whi III smell like filthy seaweed. Be-
tween tw fine residences, neither of
which ce d have cost less than $4,000
to build sparated from each by long
stretch OF lawn, is large stable. Here
the water has cleaned out the place as
effectually as the Augean stables Of old
were secured, swishing tons of refuse
out of the djors and sides, and fioatlng
il about till ii has settled in foul heaps
all over the gardens for a block around.
William Pf1nder's handsome dwelling
is handsome no longer. Right up sew
eral feet of the brick basement the un-
derpinning is broken away, leaving
great gaps in the surface. The flight of
eight steps leading TO the front door has
been torn clean away from the veranda,
and handsome creeper clinging to
the whole front Of the house has been
thrown out Of place and smashed to-
pieces. Large rose bushes in the garden
have been destroyed, and several once
fine shrubs and plants of other kinds
lie dead, Opposite Povey Bros art glass
warehouse, one Of the few places in the
whole locality that is not a private
house, Isl pool of stagnation very little
smaller than the one already described.
At the corner of Davis street we come
to another fine dwelling house, built in
Colonial style, with two stories and
wide vereanda. On all sides the fences
are down; a large pond of filth stands
in the back yard, while all over the
front garden and rose beos is scene
Of destruction. This is one Of the very
few houses where any measures Of dis
injecting have been taken, and right
alongside, where clusters of forget-me-
nots and coXcomb peep out from green
stagnation, thick heaps of copperas and
chloride of lime are spread in large
quantities. The stencil, however is even
here overpowering, the disinfectants
seemingly being unable to absorb even
a small proportion Of the filthy odor. 1t
can be we'll imagined that the good
qualities Of copperas in a drained cell
lar are entirely lost when it is placed in
the middle of ponds of floating slime,
subject all the time to the action Of
broiling sun. On the opposite side OF
Davis is Smeltzer's big wood yard TAX
ing more than great morass 1 10 feet
deep with logs and filth floating all
over it. Every woodpile in the yard has
been demolished. On the next corner,
where Everett crosses Sixth, is a three
story private boarding house. The water
is still two feet deep here, and the fur
niture lies in the place rotted and
ruined, showing scene Of desolation
not often met with.
The reservoir foundation of the old
gas works, on the corner Of l. street, IL
filled with water, and looks like an enor-
nous circular swimming tank. Al
round 1t float long stretches Of side
walk and fencing of every description,
from common split boards TO the costli-
est and most artlstically carved styles.
The big four-story Barr hotel has its
billiard dining rooms and office very
badly flooded, and the extensive ware
house Of Charles II. Dodd & Co., where
dozens Of wagons and large pieces Of
machinery are stored. has suffered con-
siderably. Alongside 1t is a whole un-
tenated block, covered in two feet OF
water, which, however, has not yet
rea aehed the decomposition stage. Just
block beyond, at the big Union depot,
where one side Of our square ends, Is a
sight that challenges description. The
new and imposing buildings stand in
the centre Of large plain. over which
float sidewalks. building materials,
fences. doors and whole mass Of ar
ticles too numerous to mention. Pools
Of filth are many, and the high water
mark IS pidinIy shown on the new brick
Of tie buildings. Dirty slime is Uttered
everywhere, and clings tight 10 each OBJ
ject on which It has settled.
Turning again, we will go down the
next street-seventh-a far as Aukeny,
and the description OF this and Sixth
will answer perfectly for every thor
oughfare between the same points as far
along as Twelfth. On Seventh. az on all
the others. there are no pretensions to
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