Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1904-10-22
RESUME OF THE
PECOS VALLEY FLOOD
The Entire Fertile Section
Swept by Raging Torrents
for a Few Days.
EDDY COUNTY Loss, ssO,ooO

Little additional news has dovoi.
opod from the flood conditions OF
last wcgk further than appeared boz
the Carlsbad Argus OF last issue. Tho
waters gradually roCedod until with.
in fow feet OF their normal condi.
tlCa by Saturday evening when they
again took a sudden rise. oCoaa.0ued
hy additional heavy rains in the up.
per waters OF Che Hondo. about The
middle of the week. aud which By
the time % reached Carlsbad caused
the river at this poiut 90 rise only
about four feet
AZ Roswell. tho condition. caused
by this second flooding was even
more serious than the first The water
rose 90 height of from two to four
feet in the streets. and 60 about
eighteen Inches in tho stores More
serious damage resulted Co buildings
from the second inundatlon than the
first Some six or eight adobe build.
lngs crumbled anu fen. doing much
damage 90 furniture aud fixtures lL
some instances toe buildings worC oc.
cupird al small stores. In which event
the entire stock was lost The olec.
tric liRht company was unable TO opo.
rate its plant leaving che city m to-
tai darkness.
The loss to Roswell and vicinity
viii amount 90 many thousands OF
dollars. any definite estimate OF which
s uuOhtaiuablo at this time. ostl.
mates varying from $4,000 to $780,
600.
Carlsbad being more fortunately
situated uu higher grouud relative
90 the river Jared much bottcr ihan
our sister city Protected by high
bluffs Immediately north of the city.
and broad loWlaudI oNtcudinR over
many square miles In area. feW
miles above. places this city in pnc
ideally hn absolute saf" condition.
except in the most extreme instances
This was put Co q most severe test
last week A few miles above the
dume, nature has provided "a dam
made by two immense hills f0rmod
oi solid rock. between which passes
tho channel of the river Through q
% is impossible Tor only certain
amount Of water 10 pass. Below is a
broad. flat area. over which the wat
or Is allowed t3 spread, and at the
lower end is the immense concrete
flumo, q vcritablc solid rock. as a lin.
al safe Euard 90 the city Its Inesti.
mahlo Strength from a structural
standpoint. supplemented hy its Inn
monse weight, makes it a Gibraltar of
frmnoss and durability. Beneath ila
expansive arches tho water is again
permitted to pass in measured guam
titles. which prevents tho town below
from being submerged 70 is only hy
n parnd1Xicnl condition. contrary tu
the lhw nf nature when water runs
up hin. via. back water from below
that any danger or damage eau result
to the city
The reccn, high wator was tue first
since the building Of the fiumr about
two years ago. to establish those
facts % waH tho danger resulting
from a failure Of these structures %
stand. and the report that thr dam.
and fume were going out tha.
created the fear and excitement hero
causing the exodus 20 IN hills The
water which roso Boz the lower cul
Of Canyon street 90 a dep,h of abou
three feet, was caused by back water
from Dark Canyon
The Wuudman building. which ha.
| long stood In a totlering condition
was the only one 10 bo affected Th,
water caused ita foundation fo set
tle. throwing % uut OF plumb by about
twelve inches lt has bcOn condemn
gd by the city authorities and win b,
torn down.
The upper dam. which was recent
ly put ln by Mrs Mary E Tansill a.
an expense of 10000 remains iniac.
aud nluiurcd The water cut "a chan
mel around either end, leaving thil
wall of solid masonry undIsturbod iu
the center of the stream
The RAMSEY company hnye erected
a building near their former site. just
east Of che railroad tracks and will
bc prgrarod Gao operate their gln
hy me goth inst. the eK.geucy Of the
cotton crop making % imperative fur
them to rebuild Immediately and
prepare Tor che caring 0f che crop. a
large portion oft which is now picked
anu ready to ho T.nnod
The county commissioners have
under ndy.somout tho rebuilding of
tho Two bridges which we're swept
away Al a meeting to ho held no,
later than November i2. some def
mite action viii ho taken
The railroad company ls atralplug
every effort 90 repair tho road bod
between This city and Peco8 90 re-
build the bridge across tho Pocoa
river about one mile north of the
city. aud thus ro-osiablish train scr
vice. which has been at siandatilI
for inc past ten days
Only one mail has been received az
the post office within the period OF q
week The first 10 feacn this city,
affor the cuunaafian al the unnrT