The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-06-07
UNION STATION AND YARDS FRO NJ THE SOUTHWEST

sired. they passed on and left room for
others.
The fear of food famine in Kansas
City. Mo. was never well-grounded. All the
meats in the packing-houses were not COM
pletely destroyed or submerged. and the
Armour stock could be reached by such of
the IL viaduct as stood. A mail car was
run out upon the viaduct twice a day and
returned loaded to the limit. Boat service
also transported many sides Of beef 1t IS
possible. however. that time elapses be-
fore the Stock Yards can resume opera
tons and before beeves can be transported
because of the railroad facilities, that the
general market will be somewhat affected.
A surprising feature of the food situation
lay in that almost glut Of green vegeta-
bles occurred Many shipments of Southern
vegetables consigned to Topeka. Lincoln 1;
Omaha and other points were placed upon
the Kansas City market. The only scarcity
was in potatoes, and this affected the price
but slightly. The ,Glut was true Of eggs.
Enough eggs are in Kansas CITY to keep
every citizen eating eggs month.
The commodities most scarce and Tor
which the remedy was most difficult. were ,,
coal and ice. The city was not oVer-"eii
stocked when the flood came Nearly all coal
yards Were inundated. As handling the pas
senger traffic and the mail was more than
the railroads could do. Ito bring IN coal
trains was out of the question.
GRIPPING OF WATERWORkS
A SERIOUS CALAMITY.
In certain sense, lack Of water was as
dire a catastrophe, or rather. was an I'M
speakable inconvenience and threatened as
serious a calamity, as the flood itself. The
great dependence Of the poulation upon a
waterworks in a modern city was demon
The waters Of the Kaw inundated the
Turkey Creek RImpinfG slap
with the plant on the Kansas city SIDE was
cut off by the fall of the bridge, which car
ern works also were crippled. The result
was that the city had no water for al
most week.
Unless one cared to, go for his morning
Luckily many cisterns existed, which af-
with the sewers. If pollution were al
lowed to gather in them. an immediate out
break of disease was threatened. The dan.
ger was seen by the Board OF Health and
Steps taken to warn the citizens and ask
their assisting to preserve cleanliness and
purity until after the falling of the waters
would permit the repairing Of the water
pumps
KANSAS CITYS
CLOSELY RELATED.
Kansas City, in fact, includes Kansas
City. Kas. The. accident by which the
State line separates them necessarily rem
ders them distinct municipalities. But they
are one in interests.
The residence section of Kansas City.
Kas.. and the retail business section is
eH5 we 13 e Sy a Mo- is h But prime
lifeblood of both communities. the manu-
featuring, the railroad, and the packing
house interest are in the west bottoms. and
ae5 Rst that
more of the city's wealth came to be in
vested in the bottoms. For interests de-
pending upon large rail taS, shipping bus
q necessity.
The lowlands came to be occupied by
large enterprises far up into Argentine. and
KanSaS CITY Mo-. in the district
called the East Bottoms. 1t was a populous
and busy territory, in which the workmen
Argentine. and Armourdale especially were
street after street of small homes, frame
structures which were an easy prey for the
Abont 1880 houses and business buildings
We're encompassed by the river at Arsen;
! tine. Four thousand persons were rendered
| day before had been at work. was precipi-
| tated from ten to twenty feet Of water. The
| swift current dashed against the roofs OF
| cottages, twisted the houses OF their foun-
down stream.
| ROOFS OF HOUSES
! PEEPED OUT OF WATER.
| From the bluffs overhanging the Argen.
| tine, the waters could be seen tapping the
| highlands upon either side of the wide val
| ley. Far upstream there shons from the
| surface the tops of trees and the roofs OF
DIRECTLY ts1
| Company and the Peet Brothers oil mill
| The surface was dotted with many small
| dark objects, which examination through a
| glass disclosed to be the chimneys of houses
| peeping up Down stream were the inun-
| dated packing plants and the more concert
| ed commercial interests of Kansas City
| Kas.
| The Santa Fe roundhouses and repair
| shops was one of the principal industries
f, of the town. The water reached almost to
| the caves of these structures. Long strings
| of cars containing freight were scattered
| heller SHELTER through the yards, wherever
| the vagaries of the current chose to throw
| them.
| A large nursery owned by Blair & Kauf.
| man. which extended over several acres and
| contained stock valued at $4,000. was no
| where to be seen. 1t lay under an unbroken
sheet Of the yellow Kaw, and is total loss
| PEOPLE SAW
LITTLE OR NOTHING.
The people in their flight from Argentine