The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-04-12

tered into. At Lulu. Miss. decided i'm
provement Is noted. There Is still some SUI
fering IN the back country. but IL is being
atfevfated by the planters and to-day rep
resentative of the government arrived and
Will assist the destitute at once.
The Yazoo < Mississippi Valley Rail-
road has been busy all day with pile drivers
replacing washouts and bridges. The road
viii probably have trains running into Lulu
and Clarksdale on Tuesday 1t is now be-
heved the water Will disappear by May /,
and IL this proves true a fair crop can be
made The overflow Will leave. a sediment
or deposit which greatly enriches the soil
their big account with the father of waters
The river is falling at Memphis tonight At
Vicksburg and all points south a steady rise
Major Dabney. chief engineer of Yazoo
'evee board. has arrived from the scene of
the Flower lake break. and had consulta-
ton with Captain Fitch and the members
OF the levee board who are in the city
Major Dabney said that on Thursday he
Instruments and found that il was 1.S75 feet
wide. Since then he thinks that the width
has increased to no less than $50 feet. The
upper end of the levee the one that has
been doing most of the cutting. has been
tied. but Major Dabney says that he Is not
certain that IL will hold at that point. He
was asked Tor an estimate or the volume
OF water that IS passing through the
crevasse into the delta and after making
some rough calculations he placed the
amount at 80 600. 900 cubic feet per hour.
what will be the chance for closing the
opening before the time for the June rise?"'
1T will be absolutely impossible for
levee Of full size and height TO be built
around the opening before that time. With
the circular line that we will have TO follow
around them IL will take some $50 900 yards
OF dirt TO make a standard levee there. and
that will cost between $4,000 and $4,000. 1t
could not be finished i'm time for the June
rise but in the event that the present flood
probably make small levee along the line
TO be followed later by a larger one that
will be sufficient TO keep out a moderate
rise In the river from the melting of the
SHOWS in the Rocky mountains"
With the river falling all along the front
In this district. Major Dabney does not ex-
pect any further trouble.
Colonel Sanger. one of the army officers
sent here by Secretary of War Alger TO in
vestigate the extent of suffering caused by
the great flood. has chartered the steamer
j. n. Hardin and to-day left Memphis on
a trip up the st. Francis river. The boat
was furnished with government supplies
which Will be distributed wherever they
are needed The relief committee purchased
a large quantity Of feed for the live stock
along the ST. Francis and this was also
placed on board the Hardin.
Lieutenant Whitney. in company with w.
G. McNutt of the relief committee, has left
here on the steamer Rowena Lee to investi-
gate the conditions in his district. which
extends from Memphis TO Cairo. Lieut.
Rowan went to Greenville to Investigate up
TO Helena The officers who will have the
distribution of the supplies will arrive in a
short time.
Southwestern May Lose n Bridge.
OMAHA, Neb., April 1.-THE Northwest
ern road is now engaged in a conflict with
the current Of the Missouri. Where the
Fremont. Elkhorn Missouri Valley
branch OF the system crosses the river at
Blair the bridge is n big bend in the
course of the stream. Since the floods
came this spring the river has shown de-
cided tendency to change its course at this
point and make a cut. If IL should the
bridge Will be left over lake three miles
from the channel of the stream. To-day
the current washed away a strip of land
forty feet wide at the threatened point. car
rying down some of the Eikhorn tracks and
some cars. The Elkhorn people have
force of men at work making every effort
10 save the bridge. A special from Pierre.
s. D.. saws the Missouri has risen two feet