The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-06-02

Kansas City,. June "A decided i'm
provement exists in the situation this
morning. and there Is general feeling
that Kansas City has seen the worst of
the flood. Unofficial weather gauges In
the union depot showed a fall OF about
six inches during the night, tho the Off
cial report Is stationary, the water being
IS feet at 9 a. m.
The danger of q famine has passed and
the railroads are confident that they will
this time on. The stock of meats In the
packing houses, most of which can be
taken out In boats, proves to be greater
than at first supposed, and there is no
doubt that there is sufficient meat to sus-
tain the city for week, even If nothing
Is brought in from outside. Greater scar
city Of food exists In Kansas City, Kan;
but with the opening of the electric line
from Leavenworth, It is thought that there
will be no distress Of an acute descrip-
ton.
Water Plant to Resume.
Superintendent Goodwin, Of the water
works department, announced this morn
ing that he believed the water supply
would be in a, measure restored by night
fall. He has placed a pump and boiler
in Allen street and Is running a supply
pipe into a twenty-inch main leading to
the Molly street; reservoir. This he says,
0oSSSA
protection against fire, and providing
water for sanitary purposes.
All the cable car lines have resumed
and are running as, usual The power
plant of the electric lines Is under water
and these roads will not be able to run
until the water subsidies.
The first mails from the west have
come in, one late last night another from
Wichita this morning. Nothing has come
yet from the flooded district around To-.
peka, and Lawrence and it is not likely
that any will arrive for several days after
the water subsidies. About two car loads
Of second, third and fourth class mail
matter have been lost in the freight yards.
The water is now about five feet above
the bottom Of the mail cars and running
strongly. It may be possible to dry out
mail after its recovery, but at present
Superintendent Taft Of the railway service
classes that mail among the lost articles.
Loss May Reach s2s,ooo,ooo.
The financial damage liz estimated by
prominent business men at anywhere be-
tween $10,000,000 and $25,00Os00O In this
city alone, but there Is no method OF de-
termining this with any accuracy. One
mans guess is as good as anot her's.ssy
The great danger now is the crumbling:
Of brick buildings and this has begun in
some quarters where old buildings are
standing. Here and there the corner Of a
brick structure has gone down, but there
has been no general collapse as yet of any
| large building. All thru the freight yards
| numbers of cars are being loosened from
their trucks and are floating down stream.
When swept along by the current they
hake. a high class. ba,ttering ram and the
| front Of any building that receives many
| shocks from them is bound to suffer ma
teriaI damage.
The gas company has announced that it
hopes to restore the supply of gas In the
course OF the day, but it failed this morn
| ing to make good the promise to supply
sufficient gas for cooking purposes Nine
tenths Of the Kansas City households use
gas for cooking. The gas company hopes
for better luck by night and IT. has the
| good wishes Of all people who like warm
meals. @
! Under Martial Law.
A mild type Of martial law was in force
last night. Soldiers were stationed all
over the business portion of the city and
while no attempts were made to keep peo-
pie off the streets, anybody walking
abroad after midnight was compelled to