The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-03-09
THE JAMES BACK
IN ITS BANKS.
But it Leaves Many Very Unpleasant
Mementoes.
RAIL ROAD LINES ARE ALL RIGHT.
Submerged Wharves Come i'm Sight
Again The Gas Works Able To do
Business-Mr. VIM. Dunn on
Notable Fresbets,
RAILROAD LINES ARE ALL Right.

The troubles with the river are at an
end, at least for the present. that muddy,
errauc stream having retired within the
bounds set for it by nature but leaving
behind many things which the long-sui-
fering citizens would have been well
pleased TO have seen 1t take away.
for the last thrty-siX hours the water
has been steadily retirns, and idtc yes-
terday evening the Maln-street cars were
abe Tor the nrst time 10 run through 10
Fulton without change. Whhe the clay
street line also mace IT'S circGit without
difficulty.
WHARVES ~ SIGHT.
Last night The submerged Wharves OF
tie steamship companies came into sight
and those 81 charge stated tlat by 10
O clock this morning they expected theif
warehouses to be na5Itab.e again. 1ne
steamships will be able 10 make their
landings to-day without trouble.
\ estcrday morning the IoCanontas lcft
MeauowVIlle for Norfolk. She Will come
TO her wharf here this afternoon. ana VIII
leave for Norfolk tomorrow morning on
schedule time.
one Blessed result 90 the public gener-
ally Of the retirement of the James is
the fact that the Gas Works have
p
injured, and are now doing business az
the same Old stand. There was abuud-
ance OF gas last night, although. at fast.
10 was little Of IN QudIty. The Gas
Works employees. headed by Mr. Knowles,
have done work during the Hood wh ch
entities them 10 The admiration ami graft
tude Of every resident OF this city. They
have undergone fearful ordeal Wnle
the works are not injured TO any great
extent Sc viii REQUIRE some time TO get
things in ship-shape again.
The railroads have about recovered from
tie effects OF the flood The James River
Division or the Chesapeake and Oh %
was The main sufferer. but 30 Was foHn
that no special damage had been done,
and last night the Omcia. announcement
was made that freight and passenger
traffic would be resumed this morning.
The William r. Trig ShipbuHGns Cone
pauy. which was forced by the water to
suspend operations. got 20 work again az
- O'Clock yesterday morning. and many
other estabIishn euts in the hooued disc
tlicts also resumed business.
YORK RIVER LINE.
The York hivcr i.e oi tle southern
road. which has been impeled by the
water. is now open. and trains are are
rlyiue M and departing from the Viz
eiria--frcat ocn0t
The weather outlook is encouraging. Ac-
c0rdirg 90 FOrela-fer ttan-. tl.tr b. Cd
DE fair weather to-day and warmer to-
orrow and Friday, with variable south
winds.
The trouble with the wires due TO The
snow has been almost entirely remelled.
The people of Newtowu have been
emaucipated from the thra'dom no the
river. During the early hours of yesterday
d
occupants Of the little village who bad /
spent the night in the King MID prop
arty. came down and took possession Of /
their homes.
They found that nothing bad been iniur- 1
Cd TO any extent. bus there we've tons I
and tons of Shiny mud. and misce.a- I
neous collection OF debris.
FRESHETs IL THE PAST
Mr. william Dunn. who was formerly !
connected with tie Manchester PAPER !
Mills has a book containing valuable in-
formation about freshets in James river.
From it The following Items are taken.
The food of Sunday. September g. 1925,
destroyed am immense amount of grain.
IL was never known 10 be- olualei but
oy the great freshet OF May o. ll1
on the big FOOD of Saturday. October
/. 1870. MayOs bridge was washed down
he river
A biz food. two feet higher than that
ll 1870 occurred ON Sunday. so. emoc
&. 1917. I'm this food seven spans Of
\ayO's bridge. five on the south and two
Do the north end were washed away. The
bucket factory was also badly damaged
The water on the Manchester Paper MIL
machinery room LO0r measured eight
Get and one inch Mayo's bridge was rec
,aired and opened for travel April 8. ls.o
DOWN THE RIVER.
on the afternoon OF Saturday. February
lSS2 the second span, north end OF
Iayo's bridge went down carrying "a on-
With 70 Robert Beatue stage coach and
our passengers. a deep snow was on
he bridge at the time which was though
o be tie cause of the accident Ale
houlh badly bruised. no oce WAS serious
y hurt. but the two horses Lad to be
He'd. John Boy'e. che present watch
lan on the Free bridge, was stage driver
The big food of Tuesday. April q i,s
be- measurement of water on the machine
Dom floor was four feet eleven inches. ,
The food Of Sunday, June ., l>,s was
ne foot and one inch higher than that
f 1856: measurement, six feet OF water
n machine room floor.
Another big food occurred oI August
1889. There were two and one-h7lf feet
.