The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1894-06-01
PORTLAND IN 4 LAKE.
The InhabitaAts 60 About the
Streets In RowboatA
WILLAMETTE At 4 srA.osr,ll.
Niles Of the Unioa Pacific Track
Covered hy the Columbia.
nllAaaETrE At 4 sTAHosT,ll.


PoarLAsD. Nay 3L-No mails have ar
rived from the EAst over the Union Pscific
since last Saturday. The compsnv .hs.
put on bosts 1T umatilla. bat j, sxperispc-
ing great difa3cusfy II making portaees n
The Dalles and Cascadss. Teisrraph COM
municasion slonx the Columbia = cus OF
ing Eastern Oregon and Washington 10 Oy
circuitous routeA Niles Of the q Uuiou Pa
ciic track along tho Columbia ~ under
water. and il viii probably q more than
. week before anoshsf train reaches this
city over thas rouse. The Northern Pacific
manages to keep passengsrs and trains
moving by pressing Into service the iarro
transfer boat used Sc KsIama The Soush.
srn Pacific hsj sxper,encsd ouiv siirht
DELAYS henortheen part Of the eitv' -
tar hack = NiAsk street. /. : vsst
lake. and the Wholesale busineea
of The city . entirelv suspeuded.
The absence Of any current In the WiIlan.
stts river makss nsvivataon By bosss verv
easy. and hundreds of ANAL honfs A.
being used along Fhout rirxt ana eecond
streets from Alder stfees 70 the North End-
AL D. m. the river was n : arand.s;Il
The Western Uuion Telerraph Comnarv
has established boat service besveen their
main ofilce. which i surrounded bv v.ter
and their delivery and recaivins ofaee.
which has been moved 10 hieher rround
The Southern Paci5c vas DELAYED todav
one hour and half ~ hieh vate, q
Clsckamaa Pa,.epeers vers landed a
East Madison STREET The union derot i
a,most entirely surrounded bv vater
ny
The vater came nm another tvc ana : hs,s
inches today. ana at hixh tide the level
Of the Fraser vas onlv aeven and I half
inches belov the hi9h uafer maxi AZ aae2
Thpnfnation mn ana down the river 4
unchaneed. The eonerai impreeaion in The
flooded districts i thet the wort 8 over
and the ssttlee, and others can do noth.
ine nov but wait raeienflv for the vater,
70 subsida. The csfsIe have heen r.movexa
to places of eafetv. end the hves of set-
tiers are nowhere A. danear. Ahont al
the dam 80 noenika1 haa heen done unla..
the river should ar1aa fvo - three e.et
above the isBs nnrk. vhen The cone
ouences would = very dinastrous. rhe
new bridge ina corsnlefod a The North
arm af Richmond = nhakv- Tha vafep
has scouretl ont tha kifin~ around tha nilea
and there n danger = thn nfruoture ana.
tainane norious das3lk<un n ~ 'senu,ins
CONTINUES. Thn 0f1as voaa Is xhn 1851
mark at Bon Accord Last ni~ht
The wires are .tili down hstveen sas.is
and Yale. and no report Of the vater n
the latter point could b obtained. A dis.
patch. hovsver. came through from North
Bend this mornins. the bearer 1raveIinr
bv hand-car 70 Yalo and thence bv eanoe
"a Rnhv C.re.k- The me..s.e .tatsa 81.
the vafer n the Iraser n North Rerd -.
= ft,ot highsr than IN tsao .ns etili ,;.ir-
The railvav line i occn fron. Nnrth n.rS
night fourteen inches over the Canadian
Pacific railroad track three milee vsat Of
Mi,sion. Int trains na.seA fhrnn~h the
49, -;,hcrt n;0ar,,l.r tn. .s.nsss.. I.
49, -..-.Ls-s
Aassvs uuSnss'keo sOuay. Aus OfsuBe
- ssiii ssanoin9' soouen the approaches
on both sides are partially washed ont.
The Fraser 10 atill poufinR through the
breaks in the Nstsoui dvke onto the
nrairie which Il covered L. . 6.rsh
s.c,;,. s-r,r, -. - -, c..t IT,.
-, l~".'ne ssc'A ". - ss.su's.
oAauys s.S'vso uowu aaoan 0HuAwscA snd
Intermediate points tnia evening. She
brought little news TO add TO what has
already been told. The water rose three
inches NJ ChiIiivack last nisht Only
,h,ee f.miIie. 49, .tickin. hv th.;, hou..
=. 49,. ;.,..a
", s'so" '.'.
"ousH soS' d-iSpscsss.f-
The Skagit mas receded about thirty-two
inches, but tonight Il appears 70 b rising