El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-05-21
HIGH WATER GETTING WORSE.
Reports From Above Show the River
Two Feet Higher.


at the Stanton street bridge had reach
| ed the high water mark of q week ago
| last Sunday with every indication OF a
| still further rise. The rise, however,
below the bridge did not do much dam
| age as the levees on both sides were
broken and the water spread out over
| large territory
couraging. In addition to the foot rise
of Yesterday at San Marcial noted at
| the time in these columns, there was
further rise of one foot between the
hours of 6 p. m yesterday, and a. M,
today. and the worst appears yet to
| come The water is running over the
Santa Fe tracks at various points be-
tween LajOya and Socorro, and the train
due this noon from the north, had not
| LEFT Albuquerque at that time.
The G. II. and T. & p. trains are
now leaving and arriving regular, but
| they are little late on account OF the
| slow progress the trains make over the
district lately covered by water east OF
here. The @. H. has about completed
the track around the washout and one
| train has already passed over the new
route, but it is not yet ready fer traffic
as it needs leveling, and ballastlng be-
| fore it will be used This track will be
used in the emergency of the East Ell
Paso dyke again breaking and flooding
the track in the valley, and as the rail-
road people still anticipate higher wa
ter, they expect to have to use the
emergency track.
The dam the city is throwing up in
| the south, eastern part of town is pro-
crossing nicely and the work is being
| we'll managed, and the committee ap-
| pointed by the city are keeping them
Sc yes posted on the condition of the
| river above so that they may be able to
| take advantage of 'aDy sudden rise.
| There is no material rise in the water
in the southeastern portion OF town, but
| this is probably due to the facts that
the Mexican dykes below the Stanton
street bridge have given way and the
| water is spreading out over a great
deal OF territory that it did not cover "a
| few days before.
The Texas & Pacific have abandoned
| the work of the pile driver east Of
the water was stopped in East Ell Paso
the T. P. came to the conclusion that
| it was not nee cass ary to stop the gap as
| it gave the water an outlet so 1t could
spread without doing further damage
| than it has already done.
If one of the lcvees on the river
should break it would do more harm
than most people anticipate. Levels
| taken in 1891 show that the water in
puts it on level with the corner of
San Antonio and Ell Paso streets and
property south of that point would be
| iuund ated. 1t is not the few that are
| threatened by high water, but all the
! business part Of town as well.
Two inches more and this bridge
goes" said Supt. Al. Lamour. of the
street railway company, at 1:30 as he
| was standing on the Stanton street
| bridge. The water seemed to be
steadily gaining, and Inspector Cros-
son 5 gauge showed rise since morn
| ing of inches. The water was running
| in broad stream on to the Hats to the
rOrth and was creeping up cato the
Stanton street railway track. Moth
| ing had been done along the line Of
| the railway. although George Gain ne
said that he had been told the street
railway company would dyke the
east side of the street. The water to
the south of the canal was considerably
higher than the water in the canal.
and what was running into the canal
| to the east was setting back up the
canal threatening the lower parts of
the fatlands. George Canine had
force of men throwing up a dyke on
the north side OF the canal and said he
had built clear up from the I. Il z.
stock yards, and would not stop this
side OF Santa Fe street.
MeXicans at the bridges said that
the water was running up to Dr. Alex
ander's place ard hundreds of acres on
the south side were flooded. Juarez
was much alarmed, and dykes are
being thrown up to ward off danger.
The Southern Pacific mana cement
| is nightly pleas with the work done
| by the engineers in shutting OFF the
! flood from East Ell Paso, and especial
| ly with the rapidity with which
I,s- h,,i1
This was completed at S:43 a. IN. to-
day, three miles in two days, and the
east bound passenger was the first
train to run over it. The line leaves
the main track just this side of
Alfalfa and turning northward skirts
| the mesa to Il point on the White Oaks
track near Fort Bliss. This will he
used until the track over the flats has
| been raised from . to It. which will
place it above the reach of any flood.
| The ballasting will be of the heaviest
| character, especially at locations where
danger may be threatened.
General Manager Krutschnitt has
| been personally looking over the field
as he is a practical civil engineer, and
speaks in the highest terms of Mr..
| COburn's work in stopping the breaks
| in the river dykes. He is evidently salts
| fed with the Il tant;on given the dis
aster by his subordinate officials. Mr..
| krutschnitt went over the new route
this afternoon in Manager Van Week 5
car which with Engineer Mah's
car the SarragOssa were at
| tached to the east bound
train. He returned by number 20, and
continued ives, in his private car to
San Francisco. Manager Van Week
| of the @. II. who has been here for the
last two days went ca t in his car with
the engineers, well pleased that way
had been found out of the difficulty.
So every thing is running smoothly
now, and the mana cement does not
look for any more trouble.
The Westeren Union is feeling the
effects of the h gin water in New Mex
leo, and their poles have been washed
out in several p'ares The HERALD $
press report this afternoon came
around by Los Angeles.
The following dispatch was received
by the HERALD today:
SAN MARCIAL, May 2l. Special to
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