The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-07-08
GOING DO WN SLOWLY
Kansas River Is Down to 16 Feet at Man
haitian and Is Stationary.
The Total Fall in Topeka Is Over -Four
Feet.
THE SCARE is NOW OVER
People Are Returning to Homes in North
Topeka.
Water Is Gradually Receding From the
Streets.

! and there are practically no trains
moving, though the Santa Fe got one
| out for the west at noon today.
North Approach Is Safe.
p. L. Wise, ex-city engineer, this
morning stated that the north approach
| to the Melan arch bridge was not
damaged in the least by the high water
| OF the Kaw.
| Mr.. Wise together with a number OF
city and county officials made
| through examination of the wooden
structure at the north end of the bridge
| and they pronounced it as safe as IL
has always been. The railings on a
| wooden bridge always give the first
signs of the weakening of the bridge
| said Mr.. Wise, "and the railipgs of this
| bridge do not give any indication of
weakening. We made a thorough in
| spection of the bridge and find every
thing about it in good shape"
Street Railway Bridge There.
The stringers of the street railway
/ bridge are intact, and it was announc-
| ed this morning that the street railway
| officials would at once begin work ON
! another temporary structure across this
river. Piles will be driven right beside
the present bridge and the heavy tim
| bers which comprise the stringers from
pier to pier will be moved over onto the
new piles.
Water Not Running Over.
The water was not running over the
| Union racine tracks INTO NORTH To-
/ peka from the Kaw river this morn
/, ing, and the baclkwater from Soldier
| creek, which got up as far as Gordon
| street and Kansas avenue where 1t met
| the water from the Kaw, is going
| down. Thursday afternoon the yard
in front of the residence of DR.. Ry der
| on Gordon street was under water,
| but this morning the water had left
| that vicinity. 1t has gone back from
| the two blocks directly north of Cor
don street on Kansas avenue and the
same applies to Central avenue.
People living in he vicinity of the
creek this morning stated that Soldier
creek had fallen foot and a half
from o'clock to 10 O'Clock.
| They anticipate that a great deal OF
the surplus water still left in the
streets will be carried off by the
Not much water is left on the side
streets in the most thickly populated
| portion of the city. The most of the
water which is left is on North Kan
sas avenue, away out.
Driftwood Is Blasted Out.
The gap at the Rock Island bridge
which was caused by one span going
with driftwood yesterday and last
night 1t was released by the use OF
dynamite this morning and it fioated
down the river to the Melan arch
| bridge and the street railway bridge
The drift came in two large sections
and it looked for a time that 1t would
be the final straw which would make
the street railway bridge go out. But
the mass of wood went through with
out doing any damage
Workmen are using dynamite to
dfslodge the drift which has become
clogged by the piers of the street rail-
santa Fe Reaches Chicago.
The Atchison, Topeka Santa Fe
today. The main line between To-
peka and Kansas City is still blocked
by the high water. The ST. Joe line,
however. was thrown open for train
service late Thursday afternoon, and
at $50 O'Clock yesterday afternoon a
train consisting of yesterdays No.
and cars from several other trains
that were laid out here, was sent
Missouri Pacific to Kansas City, and
the Santa Fes own track from that
point on Two other Chicago trains
were also made up here last night
and left here over the same route at
8 o'clock last night. Besides these,
two trains were sent into Kansas City.
one leaving at 1880 p. m. and the
other at $3.50 D. m.
The Missouri Pacific route, however,
has been abandoned. Last night the
companys yards at Kansas City, Kan,
and Armourdale We're flooded and rath-
er tnan take the risk of having their
trains tied up at those points orders
were issued for them to be detoured
to Kansas City via Atchison. St. Joe
No. 2 and No. We're consolidated this
morning and sent to Chicago over this
route
West of here the Santa Fe is in better
shape than it has been for the past
few days. The line is open clear to
| Newton and beyond and arrangements
have been made for stub No. 1 to
| leave Topeka at 1:25 p. m today for
Elnporia The cutoff was opened last
night and the stub will connect with
Nos. and / which VIII be sent west
1 today over that route.
| According to the statements of w. j.
Black, general passenger agent for the
Santa Fe, that road will run a plug
train from Topeka to Kansas City Sat
urday morning via Emporia and the
cutoff providing the line between mere
and Kansas City is not opened by that
time.
Union Pacific Waterbound.
East-bound passenger train No.
of the Union Pacific which arrived in
r.