El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-05-31

Round About's absence from the
city last week cut his daily column out
OF this paper. AS the artist was with
him the pictures also failed to appear,
but the time was used to good advant-
age and an illustrated write up of the
"Corralitos Route will be the result.
roads so badly that it will be fully a
year before they can be put in fair
cOnditian.
The house of Messrs. Bloom, New
man, Badger, Gaeinne and others are
still in good condition in the second
ward, the water not yet having reach
ed them. Gaeinne was protected by a
dyke but the high lands on which the
others were located saved them. The
sand domes of Forestville have proved
boon to those people.
Agitation is good thing sometimes
but good newspaper only sgitates by
telling facts. No one can kick against
facts no matter how badly they hurt.
Chihuahua is complete mass Of
ruin ana desolatiCn, but the colOnizing
of the Mexican population is good
move. There they are above high
water and still near water, where they
can keep healthy and clean. The
old barracks make splendid temporary
living quarters and for hygenic pur-
poses there is not better location in
this section, besides this the health
physician can better watch the health
of this people and prevent the spread
contagious diseases.
X
There are fully two thousand people
have been made homeless by the
flood.
Several large brick houses down San
Antonio street are threatening to col
lapse on account of the water standing
around the foundation SO long. The
house Of Mr.. Schoonmaker had the
west wall knocked in Saturday night
by an adobe house, adjoining, falling
against it. Mr.. Schooumaker's house
is of brick and very neat house. 1t
is located on the north side of east
Overland street.
The canal bank broke at the place
referred to by the HERALD over two
weeks ago. At that time little work
in that particular place would have
kept the water back aud many homeless
people would now be residing in their
own houses.
The barracks at old Fort Bliss are
proving of use to Ell Paso. Every room
there now contains from two to three
families.
A Mexican woman gave birth to
child at the barracks at old Fort Bliss
this morning and was removed to the
hospital where she could receive proper
atten ton.
The dam across the canal at the
headgste is progressing slowly. After
two days work it is not more than half
way across. 1t is built of broken rock
and will stand when Oncs put in. The
headgate Is as solid as it ever was, but
a out one hundred feet below the wa
ter is rushing over a break in the bank
at rapid rate.
The Mexican families who have been
living in the foot hills for the past few
d avs are either being moved to old
Fort Bliss or to such Other places as
they been allowed to squat on. Some
Of them have returned to their homes,
where the buildings are still standing.
The city furnishes twelve wagons for
the flood sufferers to move in. Yester-
day there was some trouble in getting
them to move, but this morning o. L.
Dix and the chief of police gave them
orders to move and several of the most
obstreperous were bundled into wagons
and moved whether they so desired or
not. For the health of the city it is
necessary that severe rules be adopted
with the campers.
The report circulated this morning
that the Stanton street bridge had
washed away was not so. The bridge
still stands and will probably be there
after the flood is over. The water does
not now touch the stringe.s.
There was strong talk today Of cut
ting the T. & 2. track to let the water
run off of East Overland street, but the
idea was Abandoned, when property
owners in that neighborhood were con-
WINGED that the warer would not go
down until the canal dam was finished.
Mr.. Toomar, of the Dallas News, is
in town making pictures for his paper
of the flooded district.
The Corralitos workingmau seems to
be the fish on which the sharks of Ell
Paso make their meals. One poor devil
was taken in last night by female
shark aud her paramount to the tune of
eighty dollars. The victim knows more
now, but has less money.
There was slight rise in the river |
this morning and considerable drift |
was coming down, but the indications |
were that the flood dangers were over
for the time being. The water in the
city has fallen fourteen inches since
reaching the highest point.
Seep waters are causing considerable
trouble in different parts CT town. At
Iaennie's levee the seepage is the,oply
trouble, while up above the Santa Fe
7ards the water has seeped through