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on the 14th the increasing water COM
menced. to excite fears again of more
trouble by rising at the rate of foot
or more a day for several days right
along, after which it was less decided.
but continuous to the 18th, when the
maximum stage of the year, 1874, was
read; thence a series of recessions and
advances, until May 81 saw $50; the
next day inaugurated what may be
called June flood, with reading of
15.7; 1t remained at or above Is feet
most of that month, and at it's close
ii registered 11.8; that was the second
time that June asserted some claim to
her proverbial title. The record showed
only AS at the close of the terminal
summer month, and 1t differed but very
little from that at the close of the
season. The river froZe Dec. 8, with
the gauge reading 81 feet.
1874
This year Is nearly a repetition of
1868, at least for the spring and early
summer months. Gauge readings re-
sumed April 10, with the very good
stage Of 8.9 feet, but that was evil
IDENTIFY due to impeded water by ice
or other dam, since 1t went down to 6.S
on the following day; thence a gradual
rise until the 9th, when the maximum
spring stage was registered, just feet;
that was followed by a gradual and
almost steady fall to June 10, on which
date the water just touched the 5-foot
mark on the gauge, but g. steady rise
brought 1t over the 10-fOOt mark at
the end Of the month, not stopping I'M
til it registered 11.3 as the maximum
for that year, on July 3, so, while 1874
was not a year of big waters, there
needed for, as has been stated, June
and July had more than their usual
share of water; river closed Nov. 20,
at a gauge reading Of 80 feet.
1875.
Opened rather threatening, with gauge
reading, April 9, of 1910 feet, and by
the 18th 40 was registered, but rapid
fall followed; there was moderate
rise that brought 1T up to 1913 on the
8th of June; river froZe that year Nov.
IS, at a reading Of 20; there was d
satisfactory boating stage throughout
the season.
Another threatening condition at
time Of opening, April 9, 9.S feet was
registered Next day it marked 100
feet but that was the maximum for
that year. 1912 was the highest the
following May, and SO in June; the
record for the rest of the year shows
only a fair boating stage; river closed
Nov. g. when water read 22 on the
gauge.
1877.
This is the first year since the COM
mencement of the record to show start
ling deficiencies in river stages; open
ing March 81 at a reading of Az; the
maximum for the year, ~ feet was at
tanned May %, a good to fair boating
stage was maintained up to about Aug.
IS; after which the average reading
was not much more than feet and
often as low as is was registered I'M
til the season of navigation was prac-
tically over; river closed Nov. g. at
90; it opened again late in December,
but there is nothing important to note
except that.
Was another year of scant water, and
to say the best about 1t, there was
only enough for fair to good boating
stage The first gauge reading March
1, indicating % feet of water; slight
fluctuations thence to May 27, when
the maximum for the year, 6.7 was
marked; by Aug. 9 the reading was less
than 2 feet, and during the greater
part of the following September a daily
registration ranging from % to 0.9 was
made, the showing for the rest of the
year was little if any better; river
closed at IL Dec. 49,
1879.
River opened March 9, with a gauge
reading of 2.3 and it did not get above
8 feet, or what was then considered
nominal boating stage until May IL,
an average of to 8 feet was maintain
ed, thence to July l, after which there
was quite an increase, and by July II,
the maximum stage Of the year, 1913
was registered; a good navigable stage
was kept up that month, Sept. % saw
the minimum of the year, 0.9 of foot;
river closed Dec. at % feet
1880.
That year was In many ways a re-
petition of 1867 and 1873; because the
biggest water was in June of both
years; the opening commenced with a
gauge registration of 3.S March q,
thence a gradual increase and during
April and May, a very acceptable boat
ing stage accumulated, the readings
ranging from a fraction above to z
feet; June 4, indicated an even 7-foot
stage, but by June IL, the maximum for