Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-02-21

under the direction OF the city Engineer,
Captain Curtis and Major Emry.
Several charges were fired without any
sppreciable effect The work will b. con-
tinued to-day. but the opinion prevails
among those having the work In charge
that no very good results will BE- obtained.
and that the work will have 20 be abau-
d0ned
DIsCOMFORTS GROWING LESS.
The discomf0rts attending the engorge-
meut OF the river are considerably les
sened by reason of the great fan IN the
water. but in the whil0m ovsrfowed dis
frict lie Is not yet q glad. sweet song
All of the cellars are ful - water. There
has been no time % clean them ont. and
had if been otherwise the merchants
think n u little use 90 long az the gorge
ana prospects % further rise exist
Ptddlee of water stand in the street. the
cobblestones and sidewalks are covered
with slime and unp1ved localities which
have been submerged a-e morasses across
which travel is hardly possible. The First
Market was again occupied yesterday.
bot 70 was disagreeabie quarters. though
10 had been thoroughly cleaned out after
the food sgbsided.
The ice r. stiu piled high against
Mayo's bridge though a channel under
either end is carrying IL on slowly. Ali
the Tee carried down is banking up az q
point not half a mile below Mayo
bridge II will therefore Dee seen that
the moving Of the ice is lffording RELIEF
only 10 the endangered bridges. Tbs ls
only Of n temporary nature ne the ice
must eventually bank up until The chan-
nels under the bridges are closed, unless
the gorge IS broken
MAYO's BRIDGE SAFE.
Nj G. F. T.. Burgwyn, the civil on
gineer. carefully inspected Mayo's bridge
Yesterday and pronounced IL sale i'r
foot passengers. owing 20 the ilFtI
having fallen iho bridge has settled back
=, The piers. The other bridges are
thought 90 be out n danger Mayo's ls
not entirely so as yet
THE gorge at Giue's creek is in places
90 feet hfgh 10 reaches as great heish-
at many points. n is believed to De
frozen almost to the bottom ~ the river.
Al the channel which is now open at
the Richmond end of M1yo's bridge areas
Of ice frequently toppie over and iai mo
the current. I'm doing So they some times
nrn boffor upwards. and nearly always
throw up sand from the bottom OF tho
river This leads to th- belief that tho
Ice reaches to the bottom. u viii. there
fore b,. very difficult to break he STRIP
Of the pack. even with dynamite.
The schooner John S. Beacham ana
Schooner Pebeccd Smith. at the 'hc-a-
peake and Ohio wharf. nre ODD danger
should the gorge break. lhe -.ho'"
Emily -. Naylor and Thomas 'lyde are
in the dock and out ~ danger.
WITHOUT GAS SUNDAY.
The city wns without gas from shorty
before O'Clock Sunday morning unul
,fter T o'clock that night The stopplge
was caused br the water entering the fuh-
merged steering main OF Cary street
surrrirtendont knowles had force oi
hands at work nearly all day pumping
ouf tho main They had to work ln
water several feet deep. but they STUCK
f1 u with such determination that the
pire was finally cleared. and the gas was
turned ON shortly after seven o'clock sum
| dav night However there were no s'i-
vices Bon several Churche-, as was
Thought there would boz no gas, and ap-
polntmcrts were cancelled. ln many
homes candles or Kerosene were used all
fhe evening. us lt was not known iho gas
had been turned on. SO further trouble
/ of this nature ls feared
The street lights were again seen last
rtpht for the first time since FRIDAY
nIrht Nearly the entire city was hfh'-
sd An ~ fhe are lights will be- in use to-
uIrht The damage 20 The Johnson
island plant is NOT set iuly repaired. nor
/ even asr4rtlined. N VIII he some iI"i'
i.fofa the reverse is true in either case.
CROWDS VIEW THE RIVER
/ Tarre crowds visited the Waterfront ail
/ d4r Yesterday. sunday the crowds were
so ereaf 10. chr lines could scarcely
b.rI.. hr Tht ltehwuni lfIR p
ana EIsetrlc Tine. Of course. carried lrse
ofuNa. but probably more people saw
fI. river from ChImborazl Park and
IUN. Hu. going thIthDr over thc Trlc-
nou liue For several hours sunday it
/ was hardly possible to get standing room
lu am easf-bouuI ear below Iwcitth
street. on Broad The lack of paving
/ about the monument causes tne ground
| thrr, moss to be perfect lohIo.lF.
THE WATER DOWN THE RIVER
| The ice-eorre extends a mile and . hllf
along the waterfront from Gi'ue's creek
! gDI1v That point the river is clear 90
/ Chapln'- Blum 10 is g9rged from that
/ point to Dutch Cop
! a telegram from city Point % the Dis
patch Iast uieht stated that the iee block
| hrok. th,.re 40 o'clock yesterday AFTER
/ noon. and that the river Was rlDHr +hnFe
/ and below a- flr nf could hs seen.
Nr r. q. Warmin. OF Washington n
] government engineer. was here Sunday
/ looking into the condition of the river to
| went as far down Is Chains Blum. where
/ he say. De- found lu ice-gorse about go
feet hirh The tug is now at city Point
Th, correspondent ~ a northern ptper
/ t.lrgaphed from Richmond sunday mat
l the lce-e0rge iu the river had apparently
/ caused ths river fu cuf "a nr" channel
/ through tnc valuable lands 0n the Ches-
/ t.raeld eide Tine water was thrown out
/ beyond the banks during the flood last
/ week II ls now standing. but there is uo
i r.Qc channel