The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-04-22
ELECTROMAGNETIC RISING
Local Merchants Advised to Pre-
pare for High Water.
Cellars Along Louisiana Avenue
Likely to Be Affected by the Riv-
er's Rise-PrepnriuE for Trouble mt
the WHnryes and Along the Canal.

the wharyes and Along the Canal.
Merchants doing business on Louis!-
ana Avenue between Ninth and Tenth
Streets and at other low points
in the city have been rotifed
to prepare for flooded cellars.
Early this morning the Weather
Bureau informed the Police Depart
ment that there was every prospect of
a decided rise in the Potomac River by
tonight and the suggestion was made
that merchants whose cellars are likely
to be invaded by the water and citizens
whose homes are in those sections of
the city nearest the riveI level be noti-
fed to prepare for trouble. In addition
to the notice sent to the police the fol-
lowing bulletin was issued from the
Weather Bureau at noon:
AT Q a. m. this morning the stage
of the Potomac River at Harper
Ferry was 1875 feet rise of 9.5 feet
since a. m yesterday This viii
cause a marked rise in the river at
Washington, and cellars on Louisiana
Avenue. between Ninth and Tenth
Streets, viii be flooded to d depth of
several inches by tonight, and the
Street sewer at the foot of Seven
teenth Street viii b full to the crown
Chief United states weather Bu-
Teau."
Al 2 o'clock this afternoon water COW
cred the floor of the old Marble SalooH
corner Of Ninth Street and Pennsylva-
MIA Avenue to depth of four inches.
This point has always been looked upon
as the place where the first signs OF an
approaching food are to be detected.
The water is rising rapidly and is al
ready beginning to make its way into
the cellars of some of the wholesale
houses on Louisiana Avenue and 2
Street, between Ninth and Tenth
Streets. The merchants have generally
needed the warning given them by the
police and but little perishable stock
remains in the cellars.
Joseph Ferrero, wholesale fruit deal
er at 907-909 Louisiana Avenue, is re-
ceiving half hourly bulletins from Har-
per's Ferry, and his advices indicate
that shortly before o'clock the water
at that point commenced to recede.
Preparations are being made for high
water along the river front It is be-
Iieved that many of the wharves will
be submerged at full tide tonight
Freight and goods stored along the river
are being moved to places out of the
reach Of the water and the river men
are on the alert. At , o'clock this aft
ernoon the water had risen to the level
Of Rney's wharf, ana the belief is ex-
pressed that It viii be entirely sub
merged by midnight when the tide is
full It was said. however, this after
noon that no great damage was expect
ed from high water. At the Gffice Of
the Harbormaster it was stated at noon
lhatt river water was a foot higher
than it was at the same time yesterday,
but that the rise since morning, if any,
was not percepuble-
The channel Of the river opposite
Georgetown is fslI Of drifting wood At
noon the wat = was just tapping the
tops Of the whaTves along the river
front and all articles likely to be dam
aged are 1eing removed to the high
ground. Occupants of houses below NJ
Street are moving out.
According to the measurements Of the
Chesapeake and Ohio Canal officials at
Georgetown, the water is only a little
over two and half feet above normal
The water has passed over the canal
dam at WiIliamsport and at last re-
ports is still rising at the rate of six
inches an hour Families all along the
canal as far up as Cabin John are NOV
ing to places Of safety, although the
water IS not nee rIy as high as it was in
1888