Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1903-06-13
RUSHING RIO GRANOE.
The Conditions at BarsIds, Atrlsco
and Other Places.
WATCHING ALAMEDA DYKE.

last night sent an extra volume of
water down the Rio Grande, giving
an additional rise In the river of about
a foot
The Citizen representative. in com
pany with Sheriff Hubbell, visited the
Barelas bridge neighborhood this mo-.
ming. and found foot or more of wa.
ter in the road leading to the bridge,
on t.ls side. directly In front of the
residence occupied by Felipe O'Ban-
non and family.
In this immediate nelghborhood the
land Is pretty low, and 1t is now well
covered with water. several families
residing near by having been forced
by the encroaching surplus of water to
abandon their homes. and party of
men are now at work throwing up an
embankmeut to prevent any further
overflow
Across the bridge, at Atrisco. about
a mile up stream, the river makes a
very short bend. and a big volume of
water has rushed over the banks and
flooded quite an area of country. Here,
years ago. was the channel of the riv.
or. but force of men, at work yes
terday and today, have stopped this
overflow, and turned the rushing wa
tiers back into the river proper.
At Ranches de Atrisco just opposite
and below the bridge, the situation
was found to be pretty bad. and sew
eral auobe houses have already crum-
bled down. The river road Is com
pletely under water. and, II is feared,
with another rise. the enbankment
made of sacks of sand will be washed
away and the village will be complete
ly at the mercy of the torrents Hon.
F, A, Hubbell this afternoon sent
messenger to Pajarito. to ask the men
there to render assistance to Ranches
de Atrlsco.
At Islcta. the Pueblo Indians are
working like beavers. and have the
waters pretty well under control--that
is. with the exception of the extreme
low places. no overflow has occurred.
and Pablo Abeita and other intelligent
Indians of that village say that no
great damage will result. unless there
be rise of several feet above the
present condition OF the river.
A telephone message from Peralta,
received at The Citizen Office this
afternoon. gives the good news that
Peralta is all right and safe, although
there was a rumor here yesterday
that the town was flooded
II is learned here that other small
towns, In Valencia county, and located
along the river are in "A pretty bad fix.
Above Albuquerque n telephone
from Alameda and Los Corrales says
the conditions are very had. and these
messages report rise of a foot or
more at certain points In the river up
| there The dyke, which Is holding
back the rushing waters in good order
shows signs of weakening in places,
hut these weak places will he repair
| tu Dtloit hikhis "d!Vi "y'iS 10
serving on the jury these days, but
this afternoon Judge Baker adjourned
| court so he could go up and examine
I the dyke personally. He is now there.
| accompanied on the trip by County
| Commissioner Harsch and several 9TH
| ers.
The Santa Fe Railroad company al
so realized the Importance of strength
eaing the dyke and this afternoon sent
up a batch of native workmen from
the shops to work on the dyke.
Wild rumors are afloat in the city
that the dyke has gone out" and the
waters are rushing madly toward this
city. One man, evidently frightened
by the reports, stood In the middle OF
Second street at Railroad avenue, this
morning, and looked north He saw
something white and promptly notified
the people near by that he could see
the waters coming. The white object
he saw was a tent
OF course, there is always danger In
flood times, but at the present writing
there Is no danger of the city being
Hooded by an overflow from the Rio
Grande. II would be wise. however,
for the county and city officials to get
together ane PROMPTLY strengthen all
weak places in the dyke for future