The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-10-12
GOODNOW TO LEAVE
 THE ROCK ISLAND
B. F. WiNCHELL, NEW GENERAL MANAGER OF THE ROCK lS- LAND, WILL BE GIVEN SUPREME CHARGE OF OPERATION.

Chicago October 11.-Charles A. Good now will sever his connection with the Chicago Rock Island and Pacific rail- road as general manager at the end or the present month. His resignation was | forecast several weeks ago, but was not formally presented until yesterday.
 Fourth Vice President John R. Stevens who recently came to the Rock Island, will have charge of the Rock Island con- struction department, and it has been semi-officially announced that B. F.. winchell, now general manager of the I sss Louis and San Faaileisco. is to De the third vice president of the Rock Is- land, and will be given supreme charge of the operating affairs of the system MT. Winchell, 1t is said, will move from St. Louis to Chicago on November l. It is also stated that MT. Goodnows posi- tion as general manager will not be filled after his retirement.
 away, as they are wooden structures The one iron bridge between Trenton and Easton is that crossing the river from Point Pleasant, Pa, to Byeran, N. J. This bridge. which Is about half way be- tween Trenton and Easton, is believed to be the only one not destroyed The bridges have been erected at a probable average cost of s5000O each.
 The Reading railroad bridge across the Delaware at Yardley and the Pennsyl- vania bridge across the river at this city were both uninjured, but the two wagon bridges between this city and Moreysville were damaged by the wreckage. The Cal houn street bridge was so badly damaged that 1t was closed
 Traffic Suspended.
 Railroad traffic on the Belvidere divs . ion of the Pennsylvania railroad between this city and Easton has been entirely suspended since Saturday morning.
 Many washouts are reported from differ ent points, and in some places the tracks are under water
 The railroad officials here have only meagre information as to the condition of the Belvidere division. Railroad traffic on the Amboy division from this city to Camden, Is also suspended. The tracks along the river between this city and Bor- dentown are submerged at points to a depth of three feet. Traffic on the main line of the Pennsylvania is conducted with very little deviation from the regular schedule
 General Superintendent Sheppard of the Pennsylvania railroad company was here again today with corps of engineers, and gave further thought to remedying the condition under which the flooding of the company's tracks is made possible whenever there is a rain in the Assam pink creek.
 Will Raise Canal Bed.
 The plan understood to be favored in the rising of the bed from Delaware and Raritan canal about five feet to the point where the canal crosses over the com. pany's tracks. This will permit the rais- ing of the tracks to the level of the canal above the present surface of adjoining i property, and intersecting streets The Delaware and Raritan canal and the canal feeders are reported to have several breaks in their banks at different points. The water in the river fell considerably ] today About one hundred houses in South Trenton are still partially under water by reason of the overfowing of the river. The city's water power supply, which is an artificial stream running i through the city parallel with and about three blocks back from the city, is also overfowed and did considerable damage. This made a sort of island from the in- tervening high ground. Comparatively small damage is being done outside of the 1 injury of furniture and inconvenience caused Where the houses are flooded, there seems to De no current and the structures are not being weakened. A few factories have been obliged to suspend work by reason of the flooding of thei. engine rooms.
 Delaware River Recedes. Easton, Pa, October 1.-The Delaware river began to recede at midnight and continues to fall. The Lehigh and Bush- kill are back up for miles and everything along their banks is flooded. It is im- possible to estimate the loss or even approximate 1t. But in the eastern towns up and down the Delaware it will take millions of dollars to replace the bridges and repair the damage.
 The bridge between Easton and Phil lipsburg Is sound, but the driftwood de- stroyed portions of the railing The Jer- sey Central bridge Is seriously damaged. The bridges at Rigelsville, Milford and l Frenchtown were washed away | The Belvidere and Delaware division of |. the Pennsylvania railroad is seriously damaged and trains are stalled here. Big 
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