The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-06-30

the Western Trap and Target Company
We're all flooded, but no great amount OF
damage was reported. 1t is thought the
plants will be able to resume Immediately
after the water has subsidized
The flood produced the worst railroad tie
up in recent years in the vicinity of the
Atoms. The Big Four and the C., P. C
st I. railroads were hit the hardest,
while the Burlington sustained the smallest
amount of damage. The Burlington. west
side. was the only line working directly
between Alton and st. Louis yesterday,
and the road Of the K Line was reported
clear TO Burlington. The Chicago. Burling-
ton and QuincI east side line. however,
had a bad washout between Upper Alton
and Woods Station, on one of the
branches Of the Wood River. and all the
east side trains were compelled to run
from Alton to Brighton over the Chicago
and Alton Railroad.
While the line of the Chicago and Alton
north Of Alton, was working satisfactorily
yesterday. the line south was put out OF
business. the tracks being covered for soma
distance in the vicinity of Wood River.
The tracks were also covered near Mitchell
by back water. All the trains used the
cutoff between Wann and Godfrey. and
the Jacksonville accommodation on the
Kansas City division was pressed into serv-
ice as plug between Alton and Godfrey
to convey passengers both north and south
bound.
The C., p. & st. L. r. r has a
stretch of its track washed away south Of
the Wood River bridge. and the water was
over the tracks in several places in that
vicinity. That part of the road was aban-
doned for the entire day. The Springfield
accommodation southbound went from AL
ton to St Louis over the Burlington. west
side. ad the Peoria and Grafton trains
out OF St Louis took the Chicago and Al
ton cutoff from Granite City to Godfrey,
then back down to Alton, where thsy
reached their own tracks.
Trainmaster W. VI. Calvert Of the C.. p.
& St L. arrived from Springfield. III. ear,r
yesterday morning and personally supertn-
tended the moving OF the trains In coniunc-
lion with Roadmaster John w. Sweeney.
Trainmaster Calvert started replacing the
track in the vicinity of Wood River with
the construction crews Of both the main line
and the eastern branch. The railway on
cfals also had a construction crew on a spe-
ciaI train at the Alton station all during
Saturday night in anticipation of a report
ed washout. ALI excursion trains and
freights were annulled on the south end OF
the road early in the day.
The damage to the farming section at
the mouth of Wood River can scarcely be
estimated at this writing. The stream is
from three to six miles wide in several
places and spreads out over some of the
finest farming lands in the American Bot
toms. Thousands OF bushels of wheat were
washed away during the day. whole shocks
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into the channels. Passengers on the ext.ur.
sion boats between Alton and St. Louis "a,
ported the Mississippi River full of floating
wheat from the mouth of Wood River. The
cornhelds also are badly flooded and late
ySsstefday afternoon a report reached Alton
that several head of cattle and other live
stock had been drowned. This morning will
develop more fully the losses sustained