The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-04-22
ON DRY LAND AGAIN
HOUSES ON THE UPPER FLATS BE-
ING OCCUPIED BY THEIR
OWNERS.
WATER Is FALLING SLOWLY.
LINE ON THE RIVER AS SHOWN BY
MARKS ON RASPBERRY
ISLAND.
RIVER sNAG BOAT HAS ARRIVED.
Mississippi, However, Is still Too
High for the Operations That
Will BE Carried On.

The river is rapidly falling. From
eighteen feet, the highest mark reached
during the present RISE the water has
receded since April until the govern
ment guage at the foot Of Jackson at
o'clock last evening registered but
1872 feet, making a total fall of as feet
The fall of the water has, on the whole,
been quite constant and rapid, though
some days witnessed a greater or less
fall than others. The average for
twenty-four hours has been about IS
feet. Everywhere along the river banks
and even in the race of the current the
effect of the fall is apparent. Many
houses are now high and dry, while the
foundations of others are fast rising to
view, and the huge volume Of water
still over-running the channel pursues
it's way more peacefully.
The upper flats, where the flood
played such havoc in its highest stages,
are altogether drained of the back wat
er, leaving the houses fit for occupancy
and the levee several feet above the
current. Many of the jewellers of the
flats have already moved back into
their houses, and yesterday others were
engaged in retransporting their belong
ings to their deserted homes. The levee
read is dry and accessible for travel
and men are now at work repairing
the damage done to the embankment
by the raging waters. In the sloughs
and low lands inland beyond the levee
there is still a great deal of water, but
few of the fiat jewellers are inconveni
enced by this state of affairs, though
portions of several houses on the low
lands are as yet under water The
packing houses are at present the
worst sufferers, as water continues to
surround the plants, being, in it's re-
ceding stage, sufficient to prevent the
resumption Of operations.
The extent of the fall, up to date,
can readily be appreciated from a view
Of Raspberry island which now rises
well out of the flood, only the extreme
ends being submerged. The supports
of the Minnesota Boat club headquar-
tiers are entirely dry, while the club
house of the curling club is as high
above the water as in the season of
least volume. Little damage appears
to have been done either of the build
ings, and the run to the water in front
of the boat club quarters is being again
put in place. All along the south bank
of the river the recession of the water
is marked by the temperance Of near
ly all of the formerly partially sub
merged buildings, while many of the
houSebOats a week ago tied up for
safety, are now resting on dry land.
The fall is also marked in the flooded
districts below State street, where so
many families were forced to leave
their homes Water is plentiful in some
parts of this district yet, but occupants
of a number of houses are but waiting
for them to dry out before resuming
their former occupancy. Several fam
lilies have left the Humboldt school and
re-eStabliShed themselves in their own
homes. The police of the Ducas street
station, yesterday, reported that at the
rate which the river is falling it would
be but a few days when most of the
abandoned houses would again be hab-
liable.
The United States river snag boat
General Barnard, in command of Capt
David Upton, one of the skillful pilots
on the Mississippi, is tied up at the
foot of Jackson street, having just
come up from Keokuk, where she win
tered in the canal. The General Barn
ard is one Of the most powerful in the
Keller. of the United States army en-
gineering corps, is also on board the
boat.
Lieut.. Keller says the river all along
the line from Keokuk is still too high
for the snag boat to commence opera
items In removing distractions TO navi-
CATION The river is rising in the vi
cinity Of Keokuk and is falling at St
Paul The snag boat made attempts
to cut and remove Overhanging trees
along the bank but was unable to get
close enough on account of the OBJ
structions and current. The General
Barnard will remain in st. Paul until
Friday, and in the meantime will prob
ably make a run further up the river
No trouble was experienced in getting
under the bridges along the line from
Keokuk.
AT Lake Pepin there is said to be
more water than in many previous
years, while for miles and miles are
strewn in piles along the banks thous-
ands of the logs which went out with
the high water. The greater quantity
of the logs are some distance inland in
corn fields and pastures on the Iowa
side, and are thought to be wholly
worthless to the owners
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