The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-04-06

road to cease and the high wagon bridge across
the river will be Closed until further notice.
Special to the Globe.
WINONA. Mimi, April 5.-The Mississippi
Is now the highest 1t has been in a number
OF years. Youmans Bros sawmill has been
obliged to shut down and all the levee e1e-
yators and other concerns are being much
troubled by the flood. In the west end of
the city the water Is in one or two places up
as high as Fourth street. and Polish resi-
dents of that district are obliged to desert
their homes. The water Is a number of inches
above the level OF the Diamond 10 company s
dock. Water is entering Second street base
ments and causing trouble The river par
italy surrounds the upper works of one
OF the two wells from which the city's water
supply Is secured. The basement portion of
OF the great pump which supplies all the city
water is being flooded and 1t is necessary
TO Keep one Of the smaller pumps continually
at work draining this basement If the water
rises two feet more the fires under the boil
ers IN the waterworks win be put out and
tne city Will be minus any water supply.
Special to the Globe
HASTINGS, Mimi, April 5.-The river is
sui on the rampage, rising about half a foot
day The gauge indicated Is $40 feet today,
MItnfn foot of the 1881 mark. The steamer
Flora Clark, Capt. E. E. Brown in com
mand, pulled out for st. Paul this morning.
ST. CLOUD, Mimi, April 5.-One week ago
yesterday scores of men were working on t6e
Ice In the Mississippi at this point engaged
in saving 100-foot wide channel through the
Ice two feet deep. One week has elapsed, and
To-Day the Mississippi at st. Cloud presents a
decidedly wild appearance Millions Of feet
Of logs have piled safely over the dams and
everything is yet safe. A log jam formed
SeloW the dam Saturday, and hundreds Of
St Cloud people visited the dam Sunday to
view the sight. The water is not as yet re-
ced1ng, but no danger is anticipated The
channel sawed through the ice is without
$50
ever made and doubtless saved much prop
erty.
LITTLE FALLS, Mimi. April Sat noon
To-Day large log and ice jam broke and
moved down river about half a mile but
damned again when it reached the new
boom piers put in by the Pine Tree com
pany about four miles north of here last
winter The Pine Tree company is confident
that its works will hold and no damage will
De DONE The Mississippi is very high here
at present, but still lacks considerable of
being as high as last year II il estimated
that there is 100 900 900 feet of logs in the
jam above the city, but the boom men claim
that the new works will hold even if the
water rises three feet above the present
stage.
LAKE CITY, Mimi, April 5.-The recent
rains and high winds have played havoc
with the ice in Lake Pepin, and navigation
Is now practically open in that body The
water continues to rise, an increase of ten
inches being noticed in the past twenty-folI.
hours. Buildings and other property near the
shore are in imminent danger.
BRA1NERD, Mimi, April 5.-The river at
this point Is gradually rising at the rate of
about three inches a day. 1t is still confined
to Its banks and has done no damage as vet
further rise of five or six feet can occur
without harm. Not far from 75, 0o0 900 feet of
logs are held at this point above the dam.
but no trouble is anticipated in holding them
II the water should rise ten feet more, which
Is not at all probable
The huge storage dam and reservoirs above
here are filling up, and very high water
Is expected until they are full, by which time
the food conditions below will have changed.
The Brainerd & Northern Minnesota today
received a requisition from the Mississippi
Boom company for 100 cars to load for pilfng
to replace the destroyed boonls at Minneapo-
lis and other points.
The Crow Wing river at Motley, a few miles
west Of here, yesterday was very high and
the Northern Pacific bridge at that point was
only saved by very hard work. the ice and
logs going out nearly destroying the bridge
and abutments.