The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-06-03

| and not wheel has turned since last Sun
| day. Besides. hundreds of carloads of pre-
| pared meats have been ruined, and the sit
uation. from the packers standpoint. is a
/ most desperate one.
WATER AND LIGHTS
ARE AT A PREMIUM.
THE Kansas City. Mo-. waterworks are
located on the Kansas side. The water was
, transported in immense pipes. which were
built on bridge at the Kaw's mouth. This
bridge was one of the first to go down. and
Kansas City, Mo-, has been without water
for three days.
The gas and electric light plants have
been shut down since Saturday. and candles
and lamps have been used, There is a
shortage in these. too. and many persons
are going without light. Candles are used
! in the principal hotels and water is held at
a premium.
Yesterday morning I was unable to get
water enough to wash my face. I went into
a restaurant to get some breakfast. 1 asked
| for boiled eggs. The waiter told me he
couldn't give them to me because they
| didn't have any water to boil them in.
"Foodstuffs are going up in price. and
the situation IS appalling.
A/tisl SuHutty informing tnere were elSnt
feet of water in the Kansas City Union De-
pot. Union avenue, which the depot faces.
was completely covered. and the hotels and
| ticket offices on the street had been de-
| serted.
THE Hannibal and st. Joseph roundhouse,
rot far from the depot. was destroyed by
| fire and many box cars were devoured by
| the flames. ~,
"0pp all NJ things eoIp o
! down the Kaw River. Houses. box cars.
| lumber. representing the entire supply of
, immense lumber yards horses. cattle. sheep
and hogs, trees and every other thing that
fell in the flood path. were included in the
| unusual procession that went down the wide
stream.
| CHANGE OF CHANNEL
PRESENTS GRAVE PROBLEM.
THE channel of the Kaw River has been
| changed, the main current now being about
| two miles west, or in the vicinity occupied
| by the Union Pacific Yards. If this current
| doesn't change, condition will confront the
people of Kansas City even more serious
| than the present one.
With the channel Of the river left two
| miles west of its usual course, the railroad
commerce would be blocked for months.
I'm the East Bottoms the large manufac-
turing industries have sustained immense
losses The Helm Brewing Company will
lose 100000 Thousands of barrels of beer
were fioated down stream when the foodtide
| struck this plant.
''In the Missouri Pacific yards, in what
is known as the West Bottoms. one could
| stand on the bluff and see engines gradually
submerged by the water. Last Sunday aft
ernoon l looked toward the yards and &c
tually saw engines submerged to the smoke
stack.
THE street railway system was paralyZed
until yesterday. The company. by hauling
water to its uptown power plant. managed
to start the Ninth street cable line and the
Fifteenth street electric line. All the other
lines are closed.
with all the street railway bridges over
the Kaw washed away. it will be months be-
fore the two Kansas Citys will have traffic
connections. A water famine can hardly
be averted in Kansas City, Mo-. for until a
bridge is built across the kaw it will be i'm
possible for the Missouri town to get a wa
ter supply.
"It may be several weeks, too. before the
electric light companies are able to operate.
CITY WILL BE CRIPPLED.
FOR SEVERAL WEEKS.
THE Standard Oil Company will lose at
least sl.GCO,OOO. Its plant and yards were
located in Armourdaie and every oil tank
was foated downstream. The yards are
practically deserted save for the large brick
warehouses.
The LOSES TO packing companies will be
estimated by millions and it will be several
weeks before they are able to resume opera
tons in all departments.
1.-The whole sale houses in the west bot
tens will ne great losers. Every house is
shut down and their first floors are covered
with water.
THE residents affected by the flood have
been taken care of fairly well. More than
3 $50 are being cared for in Convention Hall
ana thousands of others are living in
churches and ether houses of a public ma =
ture.
The hotel companies very generously
turned over their hostelries to the Relief
Committee and many of the unfortunates
have found temporary home in the places
where. under ordinary circumstances, 1t
costs from s. to Sc day to live.
THE flood was na: without its humorous
, Si:.:.,:c-.Is LAST s=:i.asy 'r=ifs
clothed man wading through four feet of
WAFER on West Blur street. i Was standing
on the bluff just over him. and as the man
passed me he looked at the water and be-
"or +" sag I left my happy home for YOU
And he was speaik:-.s ia; :, -. l. -.
I think"
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