Omaha daily bee., 1903-03-12
Tree BuaiE 8u1 Ovsi BurlinIts1 T-Rou
Between oruEbB and Lino1l1-
NEARLY sRN TRANS HANDLED on lNE
Tax il RE-5 e Ward OF Danger, but
DiEphtubs1 suDossi
MANY BRIDGES ARE ALREADY REPAIRED
Gangs d Rsn Labor q opsr Up TrEf1r
Across Swollen strsHmh
WATERS REACH HsBEsT MARX DPEcTFD
HtErosrf Aloss seems 20 ThreH5eH
Now and 4. stfn RtssnE Past Al
Nebrasks CITY. with ProsPec1
Of Serious nnmREe-

AehrAska NtrFs Wnth frohpec1
Of Serious Damage
he damage done by the hiEh wrfHr and
srs EurFeF in Nsn-HHkB rivers has been
partly -emHdlst En6 trains ARE again be
ginning 70 observe their schedules
Tn RDrk Island and The Missouri Pa
cibr are the only ruHds running uUt ui
Omaha that have moi repaired their tracks,
80 that al trains scheduled are run
ming The Rpnk Island Btfn HHndf itF trains
between LiDunln and Omaha over The 2 4
N tracks making the lOuEl towns OF itE
Uvn lines by special trains from both Lin
unln and 0mHhB 10 The damaged bridge over
The PlErt- river.
The bridge Ursr the Platte n Louisville
on ths Missouri Pacific 10 partly DUt and
nothing uEn be Done 10 repair il until the
wEtsr BuhEideF slightly Service 10 Towns
un the line which runs between here Eno
Weeping Water k given ty sbo-z locals
running trun either puin1 10 The bridge.
The regular trEizE With run over The
branch are going by way u PiEtlsmUuIh
Hno are bu1 slightly inuuurBniaDcsd by the
DAMAGE 10 tns bridge
The Union PBuffc resumed traffic ever fis
own line by WY o. Columbus Ef1sr mid
nigh on Tuesday. NO. 5. 10 the vest, was
The frEi train ssut out Il was held here
several hours 10 wRit for The opening Of
the bridge
n a n Repairs lrs Br5dEes-
The 2 & N has repaired its bridges II
Columbus and Schuyler and is having Nc
more difBculry on It's branch lines
On the Northwestern line. between Verdi
Eris and Lynch whore The track vas sue-,
the ruHdbsd has been bEIlRstsd and trains
arr making regular time, This iE ElsD The
case on me Harrington branch q the Chi
oEgo, 81 Pau Minneapolis Omaha,
where trHffr had been interrupted iur 1hrss
dErH
The r. 4 N handled more trains Uvsr its
single track between here and Lincoln
T'uasdBF than if has In 9 long time. Thirty
trains arrived frum the west and twenty
nins were ssDt weE1 curing the fwsntF-ipur
hours. This included the entire train
service uf fhs Rock Island. UuiGn Pacific
and 2. & NJ. Despite the crDwded candi-
tluR nf 1hs Line n all 11mek al the
raEulAf trains oi the h NJ came II RDe
went ON schedule time The dis-
pEiuhsr's ufboe was kspi busy attending
10 the wurk and there is a general feeling
Of sstiEfRr1inn ever me tact that no nori-
dents resulted.
waters Are Stationary
LINCOLN. March l1.-FlDodf IN Nebraska
reached 4 stationary Stage this morning.
The rRIlruRdE are sending uu1 wrecking
Crews, hr1dEs and grace gangs ID repair
the dRmREs dome by The food The PlHrts
river iE srfl high ant though showing no
sign d suhHidinE. 10 higher water is an
ticipHtsd-
The EurEss IN The Elkhurn Loup Repub-
nrEn End Platte rivers are hruksn Up- The
I water is racing for The Mississippi river
1 without check II Is Of greater volume
over the state than curing any previous
food
u win he weeks before The railroad trafbt
iF piRre6 back 70 its normal condrinn q.
seven days BEn Nearly every railroad
h1adEs uf any size IN the state has been
damaged somewhat Ten have been de-
slrUvs6 entirely
Section roads throughout the eastern and
southern parts uf Nebraska are useless bs-
cause u5 The high running water and the
absence u h-jdEsE 81 any kind Hundreds
uf small wooden and irun Affairs pm II by
many counties have been iroksn and
wIEhse away
Missouri River Near Danger Line
NEBRASKA CITY, MHruh 1.-THE Me
BnUra river If within thres inches uf ID,
danger line II 1hF rise continues fur Twl
hours n lht preEsnI rate the town VIII ~
Hooded The ice EurEes in the NehrEskI
rivers have AL broken ID and The wafer il
racing Gown The Missouri cutting nev
channels and covering the l0WlRndE every
where. The Missouri Pacific main lins
from OinHhR 10 Kansas CRY VIII be CON-
Vlstsly swept INTO The river tuE ssFerE
miles II the danger liDs if passed
ASHLAND Nsh March IL Special -
The dHnEHr tram hiEh Wsisr IN The PlHtt,
river. sEs1 q Ashland. if nov though Il
be over The only damage d1ns WAS 1h'
tearing UUt 81 The dykes OF R0ss's iElant
yesterday EfIsrnuun. causing twenty,
Eve acres q fine lBnd which has bssi
uDder cultivation several years. 70 bs
Waste. The Flst-s river hridgs has DO
been In dEnEer-
FULLERTON. Nsh-. March IA
noon yesterday A p Jarvis WAS &c
eidsu.ElE orONDsd Nhils attempting Il
Cr0ss he L0up river IN q small bHBJ
EEEbsrn VERY HiEh-
WEST POINT. Nsb.. March l1-lsps
ciRll-The EIkhurn river A. TINS point
hEnE ful and bui very lirlls rise wuul
be Eufhcieut 10 turn hoO6 iulo The love
portions q ths uiIy- The weather Is rHs
rold and tuEgy and lhs streets End uouutr
ruadE almost impHsEHhls win nut
Frust iE practically AL uut % rhs Eroun
winch iF thoroughly EuEksd with EIis- 4
EraEf depth.
NORFOLK. Neh.. March u-rSpeciE
TslHErEnl-Ths nurth furk o. The Elkhul-
has been ErRduGIlE rising since vssisrdr
morning WEier has sErsEd uui over ID
b0It0mE. and covers much q Ehs easter
purtiun q ths cltE. s0uth q Norfolk ave
nuH- one span 81 IN hTidEt over ths EIk
horn. on Suuth First street haf Enns GU
STEELE CITY. Nsh-. March 11.-Ths Sc
has dEmEEsd both mil cams a. lhis piau
and taken ON lhs uHuisT span from N
hridEe s0uth % town
The wEisr iE Etil high IN The rive
thar he amount o. danger iE hard 10 sE
4mEtf-
HARDY, NHh-. MErub al.-Ths Rspuhl
uUn river a. IhiE place has risen HbnJ