Evening journal., 1901-04-23
Rise Of the Ohio River Not
SO Rapid
OUTLOOK is ENCOURAGING
No Danger Of Another Rise at Pitts
burg-ROrk Of Cleaning Up
Progressing Rapidly

Cincinnati, April 23.-Alarm over the
food has almost ceased in the lower
Ohio valley The low water in the
Ohio river below this city has allowed
the floods from UP the river TO flow
rapidly toward the Mississippi Tho
situation is still serious up the river,
notably at Ripley. Maysville, Aberdeen.
Portsmouth. Hanging Rock. Ironton,
Ashland, CatIettsbHrg. Huntington.
Point Pleasant, Pomeroy, Marietta,
Parkersburg and smaller places be-
tween Wheeling and Cincinnati. The
crest of the flood is below Wheeling,
and the further down stream it gets
the lower is the rate of rising. The
uniform rate of three inches an hour
yesterday morning fell to two inches
before noon and as low as Ia inches
an hour at Point Pleasant at 2 p. m.
1t usually takes the crest Of the
food two days to reach Cincinnati from
Point Pleasant. but the present unob-
structed flcod is much more rapid than
in former floods. At Portsmouth last
night 55 feet were reported, which
means serious conditions at points be-
low Portsmouth. The weather bureau
says the flood will not exceed 5S feet al
any time at Cincinnati, and possibly il
may not reach 81 feet. It is now above
SO feet, and the maximum will not be
reached before tonight or tomorrow
This is about ten feet less than was
anticipatcd here until the river begar
falling Sunday night at Pittsburg. Tht
flood is not as bad as in a dozen for.
mer years and is much below the rec.
Ords of 1897 and 1898 and those Of 1SS:
and 1884.
The property loss IN the rural dis
tricts will be very large, but homeless!
people will not be kept away from theil
houses as long as during former floods
which in some cases lasted as many
weeks as this will continue days in tn,
spring The highest stage will b,
reached at Parkersburg today and her,
tomorrow, and at the mouth Of tn,
Ohio before the end of the week.
The weather bureau here last nigh
gave out the statement that the Obi,
river in the Cincinnati district gen
orally was above the danger line, from
one foot at Cincinnati to IA feet a
Point Pleasant. and rising at an aver
age OF two inches per hour. It indi
Gated that the rise would continue a
Cincinnati till tomorrow, when thr
river win become stationary and soor
begin falling. This bureau predicts 81
feet here this evening. The most en-
couraging information received by thl
weather bureau was from Parkers
burg. where there was n rise Of onl.
one foot all day and a stage Of only a
feet was recorded, where the local rive
men had anticipated IS feet. It wa
expected that the river would begil
falling at ParEersburg today At Poin
Pleasant, another critical place furthe
down the river, the water was risin
much more slowly.
At Pomerov. which Is located IN
great bend, the suffering IS roporte
less than in former floods. The larg
furnaces Of the salt trust are locate
there, and they have suffered muc
loss, as have the lumbermen. the elec
trio inter-urban lines, the light and ga
plants and other corporations. Sim
Ter conditions exist at Minersvillo. bu
all the points IN the Pomeroy bend cg
caped. The reports from other II
river points that suffered so severel
during other floods Indicate that n
outside help is needed, that there ha
been no loss Of life except in acc
dental drowuings.