The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1903-06-04
MAKES
AMENDS.
Has Probably Added Thousands Of
Acres to Kansas City.
CUTTING A NEW CHANNEL.
Loss Of Life In Twin cities Now Esti-
mated at Eight-siissing nurling-
ton Train Found-Thousands
OF Buildings Destroyed.

Kansas City, June Alb. e. Smith,
assistant engineer Of the government
corps in charge Of the Missouri river, is
here seeking to determine whether the
Missouri is cutting a new channel
along the Clay county bluffs north Of
Harlem. There is strong possibility Of
such ain event.
The flood water is flowing over the
Clay county bottom lands with great
swiftness. Powerful glasses show that
the water is rolling in huge waves.
North Of the Harlem railway station
the current is running without inter-
ruption through the embankment over
which the Kansas City, st. Joseph and
Council Bluffs branch formerly ran.
Change worth Millions.
II the river adopts a new channel 1t
will add thousands Of acres Of land, in
Guiding the present bed OF the stream
TO Kansas City. This land will be
worth millions Of dollars for railroad
and manufacturing purposes, whereas
most Of it is now planted in corn.
The possible new channel begins on
the Missouri side, farther up than the
mouth Of the Kansas river, cuts across
the peninsula made by the great bend
Of the Missouri river and rejoins the
old channel just west Of the Milwaukee
bridge. The Burlington bridge and
the unfinished Winner bridge win span
dry land IL the Missouri carries out the
change 1T seems to be contemplating.
The best informed river men believe
that the Missouri will adopt the new
channel and that Argentine and Ar
mourdale will not be cut into by the
Kansas river.
The Burlington train from Chicago
due here Sunday afternoon, which had
been reported as missing, was found
unframed last night at the Randolph
end Of the Milwaukee bridge, five miles
below the city Its passengers and
those Of a st. Joseph and Grand Island
train were brought here by steamboat.
only Eight Known Victims.
Although many unconfrmed reports
Of deaths in the food have been heard
only eight persons, up to midnight yes
terday were positively known to have
been drowned in the two Kansas cities
since last Friday.
Following are some of the largest
structures either damaged or swept
away
Chicago Great Western freight de-
pot; sixteen railroad street and wagon
bridges; building occupied by Seavy &
Florsheim, merchandise brokers' 4. Il.
Cassel's refrigerator factory, several
saloons, several piers Of the l. road via
duct, 1000 buildings in Armourdale.
500 buildings IN Argentine. 400 build
ings IN the east bottoms, 200 buildings
in Sheffield 100 buildings in the west
bottoms
The burlington and Milwaukee,
bridges across the Missouri are intact
but the approaches are wrecked
superintendent Young Of the Swift
Packing company said that there were
probably twenty-five to thirty bodies
in the wreckage lodged In the Armour.
dale packing house district.
The relief fund amounts to $4,000.
An enormous number OF beer kegs is
floating down the Missouri river one
brewer lost $4,000 worth of kegs, car.
ried away from Armourdale. Swift 4
Co estimate their loss ait 100000,
though much Of the meat ID packing
houses will be saved.
The railways continue unable to
move trains except over one or two
lines at long intervals.