The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-10-10
BAD MOBILE WEATHER
GULF CITY FEELS EFFECT OF
 NEIGHBORING STORM.
Water Backs Up in Streets, Though Wholesale Danger Is Avoided
 News from Lower Bay DiscouraGinR.
Advertiser Bureau,
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Mobile, Oct. g.
 The storm which appeared in the Gulf yesterday south of Louisiana seems to have shown the greatest in tensity at New Orleans, where last even ing's reports to the local Weather Blu reau show the wind. was thirty-eig hours IA inches. The barometer here fell steadily all of last night and to- day until noon. then lulled for fully two hours. and again began falling and the rain began dropping in torrents. All forenoon the wind was from the north and northeast. This afternoon 1t the weather man predicted easterly winds and more rain. That his pre- diction was correct Is evidenced by the fact that it has rained without ceasing and continues to rain. At sundown all the big drains in the western part of the city were almost level with the top of the piers.
 At night the wind shifted to west ward and thus avoided disaster in the wholesale district along the river front. News from the lower bay was of a dttse1uraging nature tS mariners Bay ported the water inside as unusually rough and from the lower bay it was reported decidedly ugly. An evidence following words: Pilot Ray Wilson took the fruit steamship Limon down and could not leave her because of the water and had to put to sea for Port Liverpool steamship Roma to the outer bar and could not disembark, and Is now enroute to Liverpool unless he succeeds in meeting the Key West pilot boat or Mobile bound steamship.
 Telegraph wires are reported down at points between Mobile. and New Or leans along the l.. and N.
 Water flowing in behind the base ment wall of the new Cawthon Hotel building this afternoon caused the cav ing in of ,d.a wall wall eight feet high and the basement, which Is partly filled with water, overfowing therein from St Ir Francis Street, 4 large bridge across from Dauphin and Broad Streets to one Mile Creek was washed away at St Louis Street tonight.
 At regular meeting of the Board 'of Revenue and Road Commissioners held at noon today Messrs Teasley and Gunter of Montgomery were awarded the contract to prepare maps and profles of every ward and precinct in Mobile County
 Mir. Teasley appeared before the Board with reference to his proposition to fur and county by wards and precincts as noted in The Advertiser as a part of the previous proceedings of this board. MT. TeasleY in furtherance of his prop- osition submitted letters from A. H Eubanks. Tax Assessor, and George w, Hale, Tax Collector of Montgomery County; Phelan B Dorlon. Tax Collector of Mobile County and J. T. German, |, State Examiner of Public Accounts, re- commenting the plats, maps, etc, of MT. Teasiey with reference to the col lection of escapes On motion of Com missioner Bauer, duly seconded, the contract as per previous agreement was awarded to MT. Teasley and associate Court petition in involuntary bank ruptcy was filed by the Crescent Lum- Der Company through it's directors, F. C. and Turner. B. l.. Stafford and A R. Holland. The hearing of the cause is set down for October 19 before Referee R. T. Erwin. The assets and liabilities are large, but figures could not be obtained