Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1897-04-15
Washout at Mandan Quickly
Repaired Sunday-Trains
Again Running.
The Water Does Damage to
Wagon Bridge Below Flour
Mills Here.
James River Valley q Center
For EmigratiOn-M0re
Dunkards.

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again been established at Mandan and
through trains are coming and going
about on time. Late Sunday it wsa
seen that the Mandan fats would soon
be free Of water and preparations were
made 10 clear the line OF ice and relay
the track. Supt. Wilson Of this division
and Supt. Potter Of the Missouri divi-
sion had large crews OF men on hand
and as soon as the fats appeared above
the food every available man was set to
work. The ice was dynamited, the large
cakes broken up and removed from the
rails and ties which had been swung
down stream for some distance. The
grade = very low in this locality and lit
tie OF it was washed away. Train crews
and ali employees we're pressed into SER
vice either to work or hold lights for
others to work, and by 10 o'clock Sunday
1:L. .e !z. !z. .:s ..as placed the last rail
laid and the last spike driven. Men
were used as thick as they could stand
and it is reported about 800 worked
on the break at the same
time. There was only short
distance where the track was taken ont
altogether, the remainder of the dis
tance across the flats the rails were
foated down stream. The sudden sub
sidenos Of the water left large cakes Of
ice piled on the flats everywhere. The
river did not cut into the bank very
much neither did it tear mp the ground
a. feared. The telegraph poles were
snapped of close to the ground by the
ioe and poles and wire washed away.
A special with acoumulations Of bag
gage. express, etc., held at Mandan was
sent east at sn early hour this morning
the rs:cla. train following q couple OF
hours late.
Anxiety about the Missouri outing
new chsnnel at Bismarck and leaving
thebridgs high and dry -is over. At one
time it looked probable that such would
be the case. The ice gorge which extended
80 miles up stream broke mp and the
water ls now running through the old
channel.
A light rain has been falling today but
the level of water in the river has re-.
NAMED practically unchanged from Sun
day. A slight rise is said to have taken
place north of the city and fall Of
about three inches below the dam.
The James river came up sufficiently
Sunday to flow across the road in
several places south of the mill bridge.
A strong current was flowing through
the hollow and later ice began to run
through. This morning the little wagon
bridge had the center bent OF plllne
knocked out but the bridge was tied up
and prevented from floating away.
A light fall of rain occurred here last
night and this morning. Halt or three
quarters of an inch of snow fell at Steel,
but no rain was reported at Fargo.
Sunday afternoon the Pipestem was
backing into the stockyards.
Reports from Dickey are that the
James is ont OF its banks and doing
considerable damage to the wooden
wagon bridge. The Ice has pounded
away at the piling until it has begun to
90. The water is three feet deep over
the flats northeast of the town, a rise of
foot occurring last night. A rise of
another foot will bring the water up to
the floor of the new iron wagon bridge
and may cause considerable damage to
that structure. The wooden bridge is
old and unsteady. The old residents
say they have not seen SO high water
s,nca the earlV 'SOH