The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-04-05

ing deal of damage To the west OF
Chestnut street the stone yards OF
Lauer Bros, w. H. Ulmer and James
Young We're flooded and the buildings
used as offices and tool houses had three
feet o. water on the floors. East Of
Chestnut street the seed warehouse Of
BoggS q Holt was being slowly sub
merged. All the valuable seed and
. grain was removed on SATURDAY.. and
what was left in the warehouse was
loaded on wagons ready to be moved
on short notice. The stables Of Con.
tractor Grant were rendered useless,
the water being two and a half feet
deep on the floor. Adjoining the ware
house of Boggs & Holt is the yard IT
the OHIO Coal company, and two thou
sand cords Of wood piled in the yard
is half covered with water Coming
down the levee towards Wabasha
street gangs Of men worked all yes-
terday afternoon under the direction OF
ofhclals of the Omaha road The OUT
side track on the bank of the river Is
within few feet Of the water and
carloads OF stone were hauled and
dumped along the edge Of the track
from a point opposite Market street 10
the Wabasha street bridge. East from
the Wabasha street bridge the outer
track Is built on piling and filled In
with gravel and sand. The current or
channel Of the river, hugs the north
bank between the WabaSha and ROB-
ert street bridges, and the water
washed out the ground under the track
trestle slowly but steadily all the after
noon. Across the river the appeara nee
OF Raspberry island was anything but
that Of an island. In fact there was no
land visible. The Minnesota boat house
and the Curling club house seemed 70
stand the flow of water all right, all
though 1t is feared that another foot
will do considerable damage to the
curling club building
AT a O'Clock yesterday afternoon sew
elaI million feet of logs swept down the
river and gave the crowds on the
bridges something to look at The mass
! appeared to be RATED together SO
evenly did the logs ride the water, The
| river for half an hour was black with
the heating logs and men were kept
busy In preventing jams at the Waba-
sha and Robert street bridges
The warehouse occupied by Dever-
eux q co. and the Diamond 10 steam
BOAT line on the levee between jackson
ana Slbley streets commenced to fill
with water yesterday noon and last
evening the agent in charge Of the
building for the steamboat company
had the doors of the warehouse from
Ing on the river opened and with huge
haWsers tied the warehouse to the poles
along the railroad track The water
was so high and the current so swift
that Agent Brockway said he did not
intend to take any chances Of the house
hoating off down the river The Mil
Waukee freight house at the foot Of
Sibley street was built so that teams
could drive under it, Along this drives
way yesterday water ten feet deep ran
from S1bley to Wacouta street The
agent for the road in charge of the
freight house said the water was not
high enough to do any damage to the
freight and that unless the water came
up three or four feet higher there waa
no danger Of goods in the house being
damaged.
The gangway to the Bethel boat was
discarded yesterday, and those visiting
the craft were obliged to use the ele-
waited freight tracks of the Milwaukee
road to reach the floating Friendly inn.
In the Sixth ward the water began
to show between Robert and State
streets, and for a distance Of three
blocks back from the river the resi-
dents Of houses below the grades Of the
streets were inconvenienced The pu-
lice from the Ducas street station re-
ported that the water was backing up
along Fairfield avenue and Fillmore
street, and while none of the residents
had been compelled to leave their
homes as yet, it was probable if the
rise continued they would be obliged TO
move TODAY